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Project Contemporary Artspace is a not-for-profit, artist and volunteer run gallery in Wollongong.
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21/05/2026

THE SPHERES OF CONNECTION ~ NOOSPHERE #2
20.05.26 - 31.05.26

Artists creatively exploring the systems of our living Earth & how they interact with the Noosphere; the manifestation of consciousness generated by human beings & other living things creating a spiritual realm of ancient wisdom and new ideas encompassing science & spirituality, philosophy, myths & legends, folklore & fairy tale.

OPENING: Saturday 23rd May, 6pm

📍 255 Keira Street, Wollongong, NSW

16/05/2026

Pride Art Festival 2026 // June 1st-14th 🌈

We are celebrating Pride Month with local LGBTQIA+ art and culture, with talented local artists and performers. We have 4 fabulous events you won't want to miss!

✨ Pride Art Festival Opening Night: 5th June, 6-8pm
An extravagant night of art with performances by Fancy & Sinn Vicious and Kiama Illawarra Pride Choir. Bubble tea donated by Wonder Boba
Nibblies & $5 drinks 🥂
There will be speeches and the announcement of 'Curator's Choice Award'

📚 Zine Workshop with Ivy Foxall - Pride Month Edition 🌈: 7th June, 12-2pm
Hosted by Ivy. Learn how to make your very own mini publication in a safe and welcoming space. Open to all skill levels and abilities. Materials provided but BYOM welcome.

✏ Q***r Life Drawing for Pride Month ✏️: 10th June, 6:30-8:30pm
Join us for an evening of life drawing in our cosy gallery space facilitated by Charlotte.

☀️ Pride Month Market Day 2026: 13th June, 10am-4pm
Local stall holders selling handmade creations! Everyone is encouraged to stick around, socialise and warm up in the sun.

With less than three weeks to go put these dates in your calendar & keep an eye out for more details! 🗓️

A big thank you to Daisy Knight () for creating this year's wonderful poster. Also thank you to Dandy Loans and City of Wollongong for their support of this year's Pride Art Festival, helping us fund events and support performers.

📍 255 Keira Street Wollongong, just a couple minutes walk from the Wollongong CBD.
Creative Wollongong

07/05/2026

KEIRABALD 2026
4.05.26 - 17.05.26

Step into a world where colour, rhythm and storytelling come together in harmony. Welcome to Keirabald 2026, a portrait competition showcasing the remarkable talent of students from Balgownie, Coniston, Fairy Meadow, Mt Ousley, Pleasant Heights and Wollongong Public Schools, alongside the emerging artists of Keira High School. Inspired by the esteemed Archibald Prize, Keirabald invites audiences to experience portraiture through the imaginative lens of music and story.

This year’s theme, Symphony of Portraits, is inspired by the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s 2026 Book Week theme, Symphony of Stories. Like instruments in an orchestra, each portrait contributes its own voice, rhythm and melody to a larger creative composition. Through colour, line, pattern and expression, students have explored how portraits can convey harmony, movement, individuality and connection.
Since its inception in 2012, Keirabald has celebrated storytelling through portraiture, with each annual theme inspiring young artists to respond in inventive and meaningful ways. This year’s exhibition transforms the gallery into a visual symphony, where every face tells a story and every artwork adds a new note to the world’s song.

Opening Night: Thursday May 7, 5:30-7:15

📍 255 Keira Street, Wollongong

05/05/2026

Hi everyone just a reminder that our sponsorship program for Pride will close this Sunday evening! 🌈 Successful applicants will have all costs covered for entry. So apply now here -> https://forms.gle/fyNoxau3qfFZiCxw7

To Apply:
⭐ Applicants must be 16+
⭐ Applicants must identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+SB community
⭐ Applicants must reside in NSW
⭐ Applicants will still be expected to help with install and sit at least one shift on the sitting roster (more information will be provided)
⭐ Applicants who have already returned their contract and payment will be refunded if their application is successful

Indigenous, First Nations, POC, disabled and low-income artists are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applications close 11:59pm, Sunday 10th May 2026.
Please reach out to us via email if you have any questions or concerns: [email protected]

Thanks once again to our sponsors Dandy Loans and City of Wollongong to help make this happen.

🔄 Don't forget to share with someone who may be interested! And more info about our Pride Art Festival can be found on our socials.

24/04/2026

PRIDE 2026 ARTIST SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM 🌈

Thanks to our sponsors Dandy Loans and City of Wollongong we have been given the opportunity to sponsor three artists for our upcoming Pride Art Festival. Our Pride 2026 Exhibiting Artist Sponsorship Program will give recipients a yearly membership and entry into our exhibition, covering costs of hiring the space, free of charge.

To Apply:
⭐ Applicants must be 16+
⭐ Applicants must identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+SB community
⭐ Applicants must reside in NSW
⭐ Applicants will still be expected to help with install and sit at least one shift on the sitting roster (more information will be provided)
⭐ Applicants who have already returned their contract and payment will be refunded if their application is successful

To apply please fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/fyNoxau3qfFZiCxw7

The exhibition will run from 1st June - 14th June 2026, at Project Contemporary Artspace, 255 Keira St, Wollongong NSW 2500. Installation day will be 1st June.

Indigenous, First Nations, POC, disabled and low-income artists are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applications close 11:59pm, 10th May 2026.
Please reach out to us via email if you have any questions or concerns: [email protected]

21/04/2026

Diana Wood Conroy
Searching for the beloved: a year in watercolour
22.04.26 - 3.05.26

Curated by Hannah Gee

In Greek and Hellenistic art, the idea of pothos or longing formed an undercurrent in all representation. This was a longing for travelling further, going deeper, loving more fervently and with wider friendships, into great continents and across oceans. The title of this show underlines the constant quest, the yearning to clarify an individual vision.

Diana Wood Conroy’s daily watercolour painting maps a fragment of the teeming mind to grasp a moment and observe what is around, inside and outside. A self-portrait often appears as an empty cup, a ruined temple or a headless goddess. The Dharawal Country that surrounds the artist’s home in Woonona watches her. The birds still speak those ancient languages. Diana is reminded of an ancient tomb inscription: ‘with wings the soul flies’.

Working primarily in the woven artform of tapestries, drawing and watercolour for Diana has always been a necessary corollary to weaving, a parallel way of thinking. The scintillating hues evoke the luminosity of dye, and their repetition in lines and blocks makes a mesh like the vertical warp and horizontal weft of weaving. A woven calendar with each of the 365 stripes representing one painting, makes the idea of time materially evident.

The paintings make a pattern to each day, forming lines and grids. The 2025 year observed in Searching for the beloved: a year in watercolour becomes a continuous scroll or panels like book pages. Full of unforeseen events, as every year is, each work in 2025 takes a title from the artist’s journals and reading.

All art is a search for the beloved - John Tavener (British composer 1944 -2013).

OPENING NIGHT: Wednesday, 22nd April, 6pm

📍 255 Keira Street, Wollongong

20/04/2026

We are looking for local LGBTQIA+SB artists to exhibit in our annual:

🌈 Pride Art Festival 🌈
1st June - 14th June 2026

🏳️‍🌈 If this is you, please submit entries via our email to [email protected], subject title: ‘EOI PRIDE’.

🏳️‍⚧️ Entry is $50 or $40 for under 24 (must show a valid photo ID)
✨ Must be a member, $40 p/y. Applicants can become a member upon submitting their entry.

🌈 To apply, please send us the following:
•Your name, age, pronouns
•Artwork medium, number of works exhibiting and dimensions
•Images of your proposed works (optional)
•Installation Requirements

🌟 This year again, thanks to the support of our sponsors we will be running the "Artist Sponsorship Program" where entry and membership fees will be covered for three chosen artists. Keep an eye on our socials to apply, details coming soon

11/04/2026

Member Exhibitions 2026!

📸 Snapshot
8 April - 19th April

🌈 PRIDE ART FESTIVAL
1 June - 14 June
EOI: 20th April

❄️ WINTER WALLS
13 - 26 July
EOI: 1 June

🌟YOUTH EXHIBITION
10 August - 23 August
EOI: 29 June

⚱️TEXTILES, FIBRE & CERAMICS
7 - 20 September
EOI: 27 July

☀️ SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL
30 November - 13 December
EOI: 19 October

📨 When Expression of Interests open, gallery members will be the first to receive an email with details on how to enter a show.

To participate in a Members Exhibition you must be a member of the gallery which is $40p/y, you can apply to be a member on our website (link in bio 🔗) or in person at the gallery. Expression of interest dates are subject to change so sign up to our newsletters for the latest information and updates! ✉️

We look forward to seeing some new faces around the gallery - and familiar ones!

📍 255 Keira Street, Wollongong, NSW

04/04/2026

Showing next at Project Contemporary Artspace is SNAPSHOT, a much‑loved photography exhibition brought back by popular demand.
Exhibition runs 8–19 April 2026.

SNAPSHOT brings together members working across analog, digital, and experimental photographic processes. The exhibition offers an inviting space to explore the many ways artists observe, document, and reimagine the world through the lens.

Join us for Opening Night on Friday 10 April, 6–8pm at Project Contemporary Artspace, 255 Keira Street, Wollongong.

14/12/2025

✨ Thank you to all the artists, volunteers, visitors and supporters who helped make 2025 such a strong and inspiring year at Project Contemporary Artspace. From our exhibitions and workshops to our markets and community gatherings, this space continues to flourish because of the people who share their creativity, energy and care.

The gallery is now closed, and we wish everyone a safe, happy time and a brilliant start to the new year.

Project Contemporary Artspace will reopen on 4 February with our annual Noir et Blanc exhibition. EOIs are now open.

Here are some photos from our final opening night of the year, Summer Arts Festival: Farewell 2025.
Photography by Tia Jackson.

Much love, the PCA team ❤️

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255 Keira Street
Wollongong, NSW
2500

Opening Hours

Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	10pm - 4pm
Sunday	12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+61458241459

Website

http://www.projectgallery.com.au/

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