Why are guided tours valuable? Visitors sometimes find art exhibitions intimidating. Gallery buildings can seem imposing, making visitors feel they don’t belong there. Some visitors feel they don’t know enough about art and lack the confidence to ask. Guides are … Continued
Collie Rotary Club invited a group from Leadership WA to visit the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019 on display at the Collie Art Gallery on May 22. The visit also included a guided tour to some of the features in … Continued
The Collie Art Gallery is calling for interested persons to volunteer for the 2020 Collie Art Prize organising committee. A meeting will be held at the Collie Art Gallery on September 4th at 4:00pm. All interested people are welcome to … Continued
The exhibition of watercolours by Sue Kalab, Gifts from the Bush and Beach, opened on Saturday, 28 July. The opening was attended by a large group of people excited to see stunning works that mainly depict Australian nature and wildlife. … Continued
Neil Elliott was in Collie to give Artist Talks to a few groups of people on Friday, 22 June. Two groups of students from the Collie Senior High School and a group of Gallery Volunteers attended the Artist Talk which … Continued
Thanks for all your great work during Festiv Arty. Thank you also to the many new volunteers who helped make it such a success. Ever hopeful of adding to our volunteer list, Fran Dorozenko will run a volunteer induction on … Continued
Friday the 8th of September saw a wonderful atmosphere created within the Gallery as we hosted the opening of the annual Fesitv Arty, formerly the Griffin Art Festival. Over 100 people came along to listen to the pleasant music, have … Continued
Collie Art Galley once again showed their appreciation to their dedicated volounteers via a lovely morning tea organised by Fran Dorozenko. People were treated to a great social get-together and the event was well attended. Fran outlined the system used … Continued
A group of volunteers who work to staff the Collie Art Gallery were treated to a celebratory lunch at the Gallery on Sunday afternoon. They were thanked for their efforts and support over the year as the Art Gallery would … Continued
The Watercolours WA – City to Country exhibition got off to a great start on the 25th November. A group of Gallery Volunteers attended the Artist Talk in the afternoon and had a preview of the exhibition, meeting Penny Maddison who … Continued