Social Event for Members, Family and Friends
Event: Three arts &performance exhibits
Featuring female artists
About women - past, present & future
At: Western Plains Cultural Centre
Gallery - Museum - Café
76 Wingewarra St, Dubbo
When: Sunday September 19th, 11.00a.m.-3.oop.m.
With an introduction to the exhibits by the Gallery
Co-ordinator at 12.00 midday.
Wine and cheese from 11.00a.m.
Access to the museum all day
Members & partners and WPCC friends @ $10 pp
Non-members @ $15 pp
The café will be open all day. A Picnic area is available.
###### Wheel chair friendly environment ######
Bookings necessary ~~ Please phone Deb on ..... 02 6577 6008 by 15-9-10
ABOUT THE EXHIBITS
IN THE MAIN GALLERY
WOMEN TRANSPORTED: Life in Australia's Convict Female Factories
It is estimated that one in five Australians has a female factory ancestor yet very little of their culture survives. While the contribution of these women was largely ignored they were the 'mothers of a nation', the women who with grit survived the dire conditions of the late 18th century and early 19th century Britain, only to be trans-located to a totally unfamiliar place to them. They were then subject to an experimental society, an often harsh penal system, outnumbered by men six to one.
This exhibition includes objects and artworks that tell the stories of these forgotten women.
IN THE REGIONAL ART SPACE
LEAH-NICOLE TORBAY: Red Shed
Leah-Nicole Torbay is an artist living and working in Armidale. The regional art space will be transformed into a brainstormed chamber of eclectic ideas, offering a new perspective on what it means to live in country Australia.
IN THE NEW MEDIA SPACE
ANTHEA BEHM: The Chrissy Diaries
The Chrissy diaries is a body of work that re-examines idealised femininity which has been preserved by mass media and scrutinised by feminist discourse. This work focuses on four female stereotypes, namely The Princess, The Air Hostess, The Cheerleader and The Bikini Model. By participating in the activities constituting each stereotype through the persona of a character called Chrissy, the project explores the extent to which values perpetuated by the mass media shape subjectivity and society, at an experimental level.
The notes above are from the Western Plains Cultural Centre brochure.
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