Manning Regional Art Gallery

26/05/2026

Imogen Eve Rowe’s Céleste’s Front Yard (red brick and bougainvillea) captures the quiet complexity of suburban life through observation, memory and place ✨

Part of a larger series exploring 20th century Australian suburbia, the work reflects Rowe’s interest in personal histories, belonging and identity. Through vibrant watercolour and intimate detail, everyday front gardens become spaces layered with culture, activity and lived experience.

Imogen Eve Rowe, Céleste’s Front Yard (red brick and bougainvillea), 2024, watercolour on Yupo paper.

24th Dobell Drawing Prize is a National Art School touring exhibition.

24/05/2026

Reflecting on opening night and the beginning of a memorable exhibition season ✨

It was a special evening celebrating the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize and Senescence by Pat Land with our community at Manning Regional Art Gallery.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in the gallery. There’s one final week to experience the exhibitions before they close on 30 May.

24th Dobell Drawing Prize is a National Art School touring exhibition.

24/05/2026

Winner of the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize, Rosemary Lee’s 24–1 transforms an everyday urban scene into a layered and highly detailed composition ✨

Drawn to the structures and divisions found within the built environment, Lee combines construction scaffolding and demolition sites into a vibrant work that explores observation, framing and perspective in contemporary drawing practice.

Created using fine pencil work, 24–1 reflects the artist’s interest in the complexity and visual rhythm of everyday life.

Rosemary Lee, 24–1, 2024, pencil on paper.

24th Dobell Drawing Prize is a National Art School touring exhibition.

20/05/2026

Final weeks! ✨

Don’t miss your chance to experience the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize and Senescence by Pat Land at Manning Regional Art Gallery.

Featuring finalist works from across Australia, the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize celebrates the versatility, creativity and evolving nature of drawing today, before it continues its national tour.

Inspired by the patterns of tree bark, Senescence by Pat Land considers time, change and quiet transformation. We’d love to welcome you in before it finishes up on Sat 30 May.

🔗 More details here: https://bit.ly/3Y3UDE6

19/05/2026

Journaling with Jessie starts this Saturday ✏️📖

Explore the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize through sketching, discussion and hands-on experimentation with Gallery Programs Facilitator Jessie Beard.

This relaxed studio session invites participants to develop creative ideas, try new materials and build confidence through art journaling.

📅 Saturday 23 May
🎟️ Your first session includes an A5 art journal

Future sessions:
20 June – Private Collection & Matrescence
22 August – Untethered
10 October – Story of Hue

Places are limited, bookings essential
🔗 Book now: https://bit.ly/49jLpZZ

Art journaling series that explores various mediums, techniques and styles, connecting with the shows at Manning Regional Art Gallery

17/05/2026

Some works invite you to slow down and look a little closer 🍃

In Senescence, Pat draws inspiration from the changing surfaces of trees, creating layered works that reflect time, transformation and the quiet beauty found in the natural world.

Showing at the Manning Regional Art Gallery until 30 May.

16/05/2026

Explore one of Australia’s leading drawing exhibitions ✨

The 24th Dobell Drawing Prize brings together finalist works from artists across the country, celebrating innovation, experimentation and contemporary drawing practice.

From intimate works on paper to sculptural, photographic and participatory approaches, the exhibition invites audiences to reconsider what drawing can be today.

Showing now at Manning Regional Art Gallery until 30 May. Free entry.

24th Dobell Drawing Prize is a National Art School touring exhibition.

15/05/2026

What is the Dobell Drawing Prize? ✨

Established as one of Australia’s most respected art awards, the biennial Dobell Drawing Prize celebrates the enduring relevance of drawing in contemporary practice.

Selected from hundreds of entries across the country, this touring exhibition brings together finalist works spanning a wide range of materials and approaches, from traditional techniques to experimental and expanded forms.

🔶 Now on show at Manning Regional Art Gallery until 30 May.

24th Dobell Drawing Prize is a National Art School touring exhibition.

14/05/2026

Slow down, observe and explore new ways of making ✏️📖

Join Gallery Programs Facilitator Jessie for the first session of our Journaling with Jessie series, inspired by the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize.

Beginning with a guided tour of the exhibition, participants will sketch, discuss works and experiment with a range of traditional and contemporary materials to develop their own art journal pages and creative ideas.

Whether you attend one session or follow the full series, these workshops are designed to build confidence, creative thinking and art making skills in a relaxed studio environment.

🎟️ Your first session includes an A5 art journal
📅 First session Saturday 23 May
📍 Manning Regional Art Gallery

Places are limited, bookings essential
🔗 Book now: https://bit.ly/4uamMHv

12/05/2026

In Senescence, material plays a central role ✨🎨

Using recycled papers, plastics and synthetic fabrics, Pat builds up layered surfaces that echo the textures of bark. Through a combination of dyeing, printing and experimental techniques, each work becomes a study of repetition, variation and change over time.

Spend some time with the details, there’s more to discover the longer you look!