As weather temperature dwindles back down to the 30s, attending events this weekend should be more comfortable.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Organise your to-do list by checking out what’s on.
1. Recent acquisitions: art gallery collection
Recent Acquisitions: Wagga Art Gallery Collection, January 4–6.
An exhibition that brings together a showcase of purchased or donated works to the gallery during the past three years in the mediums of glass, print, photography, painting and sculpture.
2. One Woman Fish Net
Wiradjuri artist Lorraine Tye presents the new installation Guya-gu Marraanba Yinaa: One Woman Fish Net, January 4–February 3.
The installation at Wagga Art Gallery is a 4.5-metre high woven structure in the form of a Wiradjuri fishing net, accompanied by a school of individually woven fish.
This extraordinary work, commissioned for the Gallery’s annual installation program, The Point, acknowledges the learning of Wiradjuri ancestors who looked after the rivers and the guya (fish).
In creating Guya-gu Marraanba Yinaa: One Woman Fish Net, Lorraine Tye was assisted by Jonathan Jones, Sydney-based Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist and curator.
3. Free Fitness Camp
Live Life Get Active and Dexus launch free fitness camp in Wagga.
Offering boxing, cross-training and yoga, Monday to Friday at 9.30am at Bolton Park.
Join their fun and energetic trainers who cater to all fitness levels.
All you have to do is register and book on their website: livelifegetactive.com.
4. Denis O’Connor Then and Now: Representations in glass
An exhibition highlighting the artistry and expertise of artist Denis O’Connor, January 4–March 10.
This unique exhibition Wagga Art Gallery showcases O’Connor’s early hand blown glasswork from the 1970s and 1980s through to recent explorations in his current practice.
O’Connor’s relationship with glass has shifted over time, considering glass holistically within his art practice.
Closed Mondays.
5 Summer Reading Club: Curious Creature
Young people encouraged to read as many books over summer to keep their brains active, January 4–January 31.
From real creatures to the imagined, actual to mythological, microscopic to megafauna, and Australia’s marvellous marsupials to all the classification of Animalia in between, this summer children and young people will be encouraged to explore and connect with a curiosity of creatures.
If you are in primary school, head into the Wagga Wagga City Library for your free Summer Reading Showbag.
Visit the website from December 1 for online activities and competitions for all ages.
Primary school showbags available from December 17, 2018.
