Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre TRGMOAC offers engaging exhibitions, activities and events. The Margaret Olley Art Centre (MOAC) celebrates the career, life and legacy of Margaret Olley.
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Join artist and 2026 WAA finalist Kane Corowa for an acrylic painting workshop to learn new skills and techniques inspir...
01/09/2026

Join artist and 2026 WAA finalist Kane Corowa for an acrylic painting workshop to learn new skills and techniques inspired by artworks on display. Take your painting on canvas home with you!

All materials included. For Children 9 – 15 years.

📅Sun 4 Oct | 10.30 am – 12.30 pm

🎫$25 + booking fee | Bookings essential. See link in Bio

Now On Display | The Wollumbin Youth Art Award (WYAA) is a biennial award for young artists aged 5 to 17 years. Held in ...
30/08/2026

Now On Display | The Wollumbin Youth Art Award (WYAA) is a biennial award for young artists aged 5 to 17 years. Held in conjunction with the Wollumbin Art Award, the WYAA is open to young people living in the Tweed, Byron, Ballina, Kyogle, Scenic Rim Shires as well as Lismore and Gold Coast City and Richmond Valley.

The Award explores unique and diverse local perspectives and celebrates the artistic talent and creativity of young people living in the region 🌟

Make sure you see the incredible artworks by budding artists of the region while on display - exhibition finishes 25 October 2026.

The Wollumbin Youth Art Award is sponsored by the Friends of the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre Inc.

📸 Violetta Boyd 2026 WYAA Finalist 13 – 15 years, 'Lenny' 2026, pencil and watercolour on paper, 29 x 42cm, Image courtesy the artist © The artist

Now On Display | The Wollumbin Art Award (WAA) is the Gallery’s biennial $30,000 award that celebrates the calibre and d...
30/08/2026

Now On Display | The Wollumbin Art Award (WAA) is the Gallery’s biennial $30,000 award that celebrates the calibre and diversity of artists of the region 🎉

The 2026 WAA showcases an impressive selection of artworks from shortlisted finalists across the region including painting, ceramics, works on paper, sculpture and digital works.

The 2026 guest judge is Professor Lisa Slade, curator, art historian and Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History at the University of Melbourne.

Check out the impressive selection of works by talented regional artists on display until 15 November 2026.

A Tweed Regional Gallery initiative. This exhibition is proudly sponsored by Bondor Metecno, via the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd.

The $10,000 Bundjalung Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists is sponsored by the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd and includes an exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre.

The $5,000 Emerging Artist Award is supported by Leanne & Greg Tong-Lyon.

The WAA People’s Choice Award is sponsored by the Friends of the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre Inc and The Artist’s Apothecary.

📸 2026 WAA Finalist Kirsten Chambers, 'Vanitas' 2026, oil on polycotton, 121 x 121 cm. Image courtesy the artist. © The artist.

Congratulations to Pascale Bardos for winning the 2026 WAA Emerging Artist Award for her stoneware work ‘Holding time!' ...
29/08/2026

Congratulations to Pascale Bardos for winning the 2026 WAA Emerging Artist Award for her stoneware work ‘Holding time!' ☝️🌟

Judge Professor Lisa Slade said “In 'Holding Time' two colossal, earth-bound vessels enact their title, that is, they hold time in their ancient bodies that were made just this year, with the artist choosing not to fire the clay. Not only do they hold time, but they become time. Here is a practice that is materially and conceptually brave, and in risk, we find reward.”

The $5,000 Emerging Artist Award is supported by Leanne & Greg Tong-Lyon.

The Wollumbin Art Award Finalist exhibition is proudly sponsored by Bondor Metecno, via the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd.



Image credit: WAA Emerging Artist Award Winner Pascale Bardos, Holding Time 2026, stoneware, Image courtesy the artist. © The Artist

Congratulations to Lismore-based Gomeroi artist Penny Evans for winning the 2026 WAA Bundjalung Award with her textile w...
29/08/2026

Congratulations to Lismore-based Gomeroi artist Penny Evans for winning the 2026 WAA Bundjalung Award with her textile wall-based work 'dhurrubuu – FollowMe'. ☝️🌟

Judge Professor Lisa Slade said “In this winning wall-based work Penny Evans steps from her well-known practice in clay into textiles. Titled 'dhurrubuu' which translates to mean ‘follow me’ she alerts us to the risks of disinformation in today’s world and enlivens us to the potency of old Knowledge, held on Country. In the artist’s own words: 'This work can be read like a liturgical banner. The patterns are instructions referencing dendroglyphs requiring pattern recognition in the landscape'.”

The $10,000 WAA Bundjalung Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists includes a solo exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery in 2027, and is sponsored by the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd.



Image credit: WAA Bundjalung Award Winner Penny Evans, 'dhurrubuu – FollowMe', mixed fabric – h**p, cotton, synthetics, applique, raffia, dowel. Image courtesy the artist. © The artist.

The Wollumbin Art Award Finalist exhibition is proudly sponsored by Bondor Metecno, via the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd.

Congratulations to artist Stephen for winning the 2026 Wollumbin Art Award with his work 'Alfred'! ☝️🌟Guest Judge Profes...
29/08/2026

Congratulations to artist Stephen for winning the 2026 Wollumbin Art Award with his work 'Alfred'! ☝️🌟

Guest Judge Professor Lisa Slade said “An acclaimed contemporary artist, Stephen Bird has the knack of making poetic, and sometimes playful, statements in his chosen material, clay. This work reaches a whole new level of poignancy whereby Bird extends the storytelling aspects of his practice to focus on a locally known individual – Alfred. As Bird explains, ‘Alfred was a well-known and much-loved local figure in the Byron Shire’.

In this ceramic tribute to the ‘Shire’s great walker’ Bird uses the seemingly simple oversized plate (known traditionally as a charger) as a surface onto which he memorialises Alfred. The history and role of ceramics in memory and commemoration is never far from the artist’s mind. For him clay is a material with a memory and it can transform the everyday into the extraordinary.”

The $15,000 Award includes a two-week residency at the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio at TRG&MOAC.

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Image credit: 'Alfred' 2026, glazed earthenware, 45 x 45 cm © The artist.

The Wollumbin Art Award Finalist exhibition is proudly sponsored by Bondor Metecno, via the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd.

The Nicholas Harding Estate, Tweed Regional Gallery, Glasshouse Port Macquarie and Manly Art Gallery & Museum, are proud...
28/08/2026

The Nicholas Harding Estate, Tweed Regional Gallery, Glasshouse Port Macquarie and Manly Art Gallery & Museum, are proud to present 'Beach Life', a major touring exhibition for 2026–2027 featuring works by Nicholas Harding (1956-2022).

Drawn from the Estate’s private collection, this selection of work offers a glimpse into Harding’s profound connection to New South Wales. Featuring lush oil paintings, dynamic ink on paper, and luminous watercolours, the exhibition celebrates Harding's masterful ability to capture the fleeting moments of life by the New South Wales coast.

The exhibition presents an unmissable opportunity to engage with the enduring legacy of one of Australia’s most beloved painters with limited ink drawings and selected prints available for sale.



📸 Nicholas Harding, 'Estuary landscape (swamp oaks and figure)' 2014, oil on linen, 138 x 138 cm, Collection of the Nicholas Harding estate © Nicholas Harding

Have you booked your tickets for the Shapes of Stillness Panel Discussion on Friday 18 September? Hosted by the Friends ...
26/08/2026

Have you booked your tickets for the Shapes of Stillness Panel Discussion on Friday 18 September?

Hosted by the Friends of the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Oley Art Centre Inc guest speakers include Panel Chair Alison Kubler - Curator and Editor in Chief, VAULT magazine in conversation with David Greenhalgh - Curator International Art, National Gallery of Australia; Emily Gray - Curator Margaret Olley Art Centre & Collections Manager; and Sally Watterson - the Museologist who managed the re-creation of Margaret Olley’s home studio (2012-14) and is pictured in today's post.

We are so looking forward to sharing how thousands of objects from Olley’s Sydney home studio were packed, transported and re-created at the Gallery in 2014! We will also share images of the re-creation process, the beginnings of which are shown in our second image.

📅 Friday 18 September
🕰️ 4:30 – 6:30 pm (NSW time)
🎫Friends Member $35 | General $40 (+ booking fee)
Booking essential. https://brnw.ch/21x5cRH

Your ticket includes:
🔸Panel Discussion in MOAC
🔸1 x sparkling wine (or non-alcoholic option)
🔸Grazing table by Platters by the Sea
🔸Exclusive opportunity to purchase postcards from Olley’s private collection, gifted to the Friends of the Gallery by the Margaret Olley Estate
🔸 Viewing of images documenting the installation of the re-creation of Olley's home studio

This event celebrates the exhibition Margaret Olley: Shapes of Stillness at the Margaret Olley Art Centre. Showcasing important artworks on loan from private and public collections across Australia, the exhibition also features a suite of works on long term loan from the National Gallery of Australia with support from the Australian Government as part of Sharing the National Collection.



📷 Sally Watterson; install of the re-creation of Margaret Olley home studio

We are excited to announce that as part of the Sharing the National Collection program, funded by the Australian Governm...
20/08/2026

We are excited to announce that as part of the Sharing the National Collection program, funded by the Australian Government’s National Cultural Policy ‘Revive’, ‘White still life’ 1977 by Margaret Olley (1923-2011) will be on display at the Margaret Olley Art Centre from 18 September 2026.

‘White still life’ will join three other works by Olley, and Giorgio Morandi’s ‘Natura morta [Still life]’ 1956 currently on loan to the Gallery though the Sharing the National Collection program.

The Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts, recently said the loan of ‘White still life’ will enrich the Tweed Regional Gallery’s homage to Olley: ‘There’s no more appropriate place for this work of art than the Margaret Olley Art Centre.’

Gallery Director Ingrid Hedgcock affirmed, ‘We are honoured to be the temporary custodians of this exceptional painting – a unique opportunity made possible through the Sharing the National Collection initiative.’

‘White still life’ will be on display in ‘Margaret Olley: Shapes of Stillness’ from 18 September 2026 – 7 March 2027.

Image: Margaret Olley, ‘White still life’, 1977, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Wayne Kratzmann 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program. © Margaret Olley Art Trust

This work of art is on long term loan from the National Gallery of Australia with support from the Australian Government as part of Sharing the National Collection.

Join us for a special panel discussion hosted by the Friends of the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Oley Art Centre In...
13/08/2026

Join us for a special panel discussion hosted by the Friends of the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Oley Art Centre Inc.

Guest speakers include Panel Chair Alison Kubler - Curator and Editor in Chief, VAULT magazine in conversation with David Greenhalgh - Curator International Art, National Gallery of Australia; Sally Watterson - the Museologist who managed the re-creation of Margaret Olley’s home studio (2012-14); and Emily Gray - Curator Margaret Olley Art Centre & Collections Manager.

Our panel will explore Italian painter and printmaker Giorgio Morandi’s influence on the still life tradition and why renowned interior and still life painter Margaret Olley so admired his work. They will consider both artists’ practices, and living and working environments, and you will hear how thousands of objects from Olley’s Sydney home studio were packed, transported and re-created at the Gallery in 2014!

📅 Friday 18 September
🕰️ 4:30 – 6:30 pm (NSW time)
🎫Friends Member $35 | General $40 (+ booking fee)
Booking essential. https://brnw.ch/21x4UPQ

Your ticket includes:
🔸Panel Discussion in MOAC
🔸1 x sparkling wine (or non-alcoholic option)
🔸Grazing table by Platters by the Sea
🔸Exclusive opportunity to purchase postcards from Olley’s private collection, gifted to the Friends of the Gallery by the Margaret Olley Estate
🔸 Viewing of images documenting the installation of the re-creation of Olley's home studio

This event celebrates the exhibition Margaret Olley: Shapes of Stillness at the Margaret Olley Art Centre. Showcasing important artworks on loan from private and public collections across Australia, the exhibition also features a suite of works on long term loan from the National Gallery of Australia with support from the Australian Government as part of Sharing the National Collection.



📷Margaret Olley (1923-2011) White still life II (detail) 1977, oil on board 60 x 74.5cm. Private collection. Courtesy Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; Alison Kubler, David Greenhalgh (Photo: Kerrie Brewer), Sally Watterson, and Emily Gray (Photo: Joe Ruckli).

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