21 November 2020 to 31 January 2021
Images: (Upper row from left) Amy Hill, Women’s Business, 2020, digital drawing; Graham Blondel, Farewell, 2020, acrylic on canvas; Michelle Cawthorn, Double Crescent Blood Moon, 2020, oil and archival pen on polyester; Stephen Oxenbury, 6pm, 2016, digital c-type print. (Middle row from left) John Veage, Fred Matson, 1988, photograph; Jiawei Shen, Simone, 2009, oil on canvas; Joel Moore, John the Cockatoo, 2018, acrylic on paper; Bob Marchant, Kiss On Bonnivale Beach, 2020, oil on canvas. (Lower row from left) Claudia Citton, Read Between the Lines, 2010, ceramic, stoneware, clear glaze, wood; Ildiko Kovacs, No. 50, 2018, acrylic on paper mounted on board; Laura Stark, Totems V, 2018, collograph; Tony Lopes, Awakening, 2018, photograph.
To celebrate 20 years of Hazelhurst more than 350 artists from southern Sydney were invited to take part in a massive exhibition in the Regional Gallery. It brought together the region’s artists and was the first time the gallery hosted an exhibition of this magnitude. Importantly, the exhibition was an opportunity to say thank you for the support artists have given Hazelhurst over the past 20 years.
Artists were invited to submit three works for consideration, of which one was selected for the exhibition. With no particular theme for the exhibition, artists were instead asked to submit works that represented them and their practice. The works ranged in date from recent to earlier in the artist’s practice.
Hazelhurst was originally the self-sustainable farm and home of Ben and Hazel Broadhurst who bequeathed their house and land to Sutherland Shire Council with the stipulation that it must only be used for the community and that a large portion of the greenspace should remain. A dedicated group of artists, including Garry Shead, George Gittoes and Bob Marchant along with art teacher and former Councillor Byron Hurst, lobbied the Council to establish a regional gallery to support the region’s dynamic arts community.
Opened in 2000, Hazelhurst is now one of Australia’s leading regional galleries has had more than 3.5 million visitors in the last 20 years. With its international standard Regional Gallery, Broadhurst Gallery for smaller projects, dedicated teaching studios, expansive gardens, and dynamic program of exhibitions, education and public programs and studio classes, Hazelhurst is a vibrant community hub that inspires creativity and supports southern Sydney’s artists and arts workers.
To celebrate 20 years of Hazelhurst more than 350 artists from southern Sydney were invited to take part in a massive exhibition in the Regional Gallery. It brought together the region’s artists and was the first time the gallery hosted an exhibition of this magnitude. Importantly, the exhibition was an opportunity to say thank you for the support artists have given Hazelhurst over the past 20 years.
Artists were invited to submit three works for consideration, of which one was selected for the exhibition. With no particular theme for the exhibition, artists were instead asked to submit works that represented them and their practice. The works ranged in date from recent to earlier in the artist’s practice.
The local arts groups that have supported Hazelhurst since its inception also contributed. These included the exhibiting members of the Friends of Hazelhurst, Continuum Art Society, Port Hacking Potters Group and Southern Printmakers. These organisations have played a vital role in providing a platform for their members to share knowledge and skills and they have held regular exhibitions in Hazelhurst’s Broadhurst Gallery since it opened in 2000 as well as utilising the dedicated and well-equipped painting, ceramics and printmaking studios.
The response from artists was overwhelming with many speaking of their long association with Hazelhurst and the important role the Centre has played in supporting the development of their practices and careers.
Artists
Matthew Ablitt
Margaret Ackland
Robert Adams
Belinda Allen
Gino Ambriano
Michael Ambriano
Liam Ambrose
Natalie Anderson
Jo Anseline
Tina Antico
Lorraine Avery
Rosemary Backhouse
Kim Baldwin
Bronte Banach
Natalie Banach
Lucia Barber
Janet Barriskill
Beryl Barton
Lilian Beer
Lee Bethel
Melanie Beresford and Isabelle Boreham
Joseph Bezzina
Helen Bird
Betty Bird
Garry Birdsall
Helen Blayney
Graham Blondel
Liz Borghero
Ace Bourke
Jacob Boylan
M Bozzec
Claire Brach
Clare Brady
Sophie Bray
Stephanie Bray
Kurt Brereton
Dianne Brock
Matthew Bromhead
Lorraine Brown
Julie Brunton
Chris Bryan
Anna Bryan-Ellis
Dianne Burling
Greg Button
Joy Bye
Carole Byrnes
Bernardette Camenzuli
Chloe Candarakis
Kerry Candarakis
Jean Capelletto
Frances Caruana
Grant Carverly
Katthy Cavaliere
Claire Cavanna
Michelle Cawthorn
Douglas Chapman
Margaret Chapman
Marion Chapman
Keith Chidzey
Louisa Chircop
Claudia Citton
Heather Clarke
Kim Clarke
Alison Clouston and Boyd
Renee Collocott
Conal Condren
Bridie Connell
Sally Conwell
Vicki Cootes
David Corbet
Caroline Corby
Alice Coxon
Lani Croaker
Susan Crosby
Samuel Cui
Amanda Cutlack
Emily Dabron
Yvonne Daly
Helen Dau
Susan Davis
Susana Depetris
Kirsty Dickenson
Beth Dillon
dMilo
Chris Dolman
Liz Donley
Lynda Draper
Christine Druitt-Preston
Helen Dubrovich
Alison Duff
Rosalie Duligal
Lexia Duncan
Lisa Duncan
Joan Dziedziczak
Jack Eden
Sophia Egarchos
Lionel Etheridge
Marc Etherington
Jan Etteridge
Kerry Evans
Rachel Farag
Wendy Faulkes
Barbara Fitzpatrick
Shola Flight
Jim Flood
K Fordham
Margret Foster
Hayley Froggatt
Rosemary Galceran
Darren Gannon
Catherine Garbutt
David Garton
Kylie George
Shirley Gilmour
Genevieve Gissing
George Gittoes
Melissa Goodall
Kirsty Godwin
Margo Gossling
Jennifer Gowen
Gilbert Grace
Barbara Gray
Pamela Gregory
Pamela Griffith
Vivien Haley
Lizzy Halyard
Carla Hananiah
Aedan Harris
Steve Harrison
Catherine Harry
Jen Hartley
Geoff Harvey
Therese Haussener
David Hawkes
Madeline Heather
Margaret Heathwood
Lynn Hewitt
Amy Hill
Christine Hill
Rautekura Hill
Sally Hill
Lachie Hinton
Julie Holohan
Dorothy Hope
Alexander Housalas
Judy Howe
Daphne Howie
Kathy Hoyt
Gillian Hughes
Merran Hughes
Byron Hurst
Norma Ikin
Angela Iliadis
Amanda Izzard
Bob James
Bob James
Kirk Jenkins
Leahlani Johnson
Lyn Johnson
Marion Jones
Alia Josephine
Jullette K
Sarah Kalidis
Doris Kaminski
Sonja Karl
Sieglinde Karl-Spence
Lehra Karmazina
Valerie Keevers
Jan Kellaway
Nicole Kelly
Peter Keshan
Amal Khouri
Grahame Kime
Cheryl Kirby
Laura Kneebone
Fiona Knox
Jitka Kopriva
Ildiko Kovacs
Alexiya Kramarenko
Roslyn Krouskos
Suzanne Kuipers
Otto Kuster
Michal Landau
Sharon Langhans
Christopher Lawrie
Bob Leahy
Anne Leisner
Henry Lewis
Ruark Lewis
Jacqueline Llanos
Steve Lopes
Tony Lopes
Margaret Lopez
Pedro Lopez
Remy Lorken
Maria Lovecchio
Nicole Low
Pamela Luscombe
Kay Lyon
Jennifer Macclaine-Cross
Morag Macdonald
Rachel Macpherson
Jennifer Maher
Dior Mahnken
Pat Mahoney
Ray Mallett
Bob Marchant
Inger Marchant
Fred Marsh
Barbara Mason
Kathleen Mason
Kathleen Matterson
Virginia Mawer
Janet McCauley
Stephanie McCready
Fiona McFadyen
Simon McGrath
Morna McIlraith
Caroline McIntyre
Jan McIntyre
Kevin McKay
Alexander McKenzie
Dianne McLaughlin
Tom McMahon
Ivan McMeekin
Dale Miles
Kate Milner
Bunty Mitchell
Stephanie Monteith
Maria Victoria Mooney
Aaron Moore
Joel Moore
Rhonda Morris
Korynn Morrison
Les Mortimer
Tony Mortimer
Emma Moser
Daniel Mudie Cunningham
Peter Mulder
Saskia Mulder
Narelle Munro
Catherine Murphy
Idris Murphy
Liza Murphy
Jani Nanavati
Neelum Nand
Regina Nazar
Rebecca Neill
Lynne New
Suzanne Newton
Paula Ngu
Mary-Ann Nidelkos
Natalie O'Connor
Sue Olby
Adam Oste
Stephen Oxenbury
Jamie Parmaxidis
Stuart Paterson
Tamara Pavlovic
Rita Pearce
Stefania Pilc
Pat Pillai
Carl Plate
Ellin Pooley
Fiona Powditch
Troy Quinliven
Stephen Ramsay
David Rankin
Peter Rathborne
Clarissa Regan
Monica Renaud
Chris Ridgway
Marilyn Robertson
Roberta Robinson
Michael Rogers
Marta Romer
Sarah Rose
Hettie Rowley
Christina Ruoff
Anna Ryland
Gail Sadleir
John Sadleir
Max Samways
Marjorie Schoninger
Deanna Schrieber
Jan Schuster-Callus
Carol Schut
Amy Scully
Ljubov Seidl
Janet Selby
Peter Sharp
Carol Shaw
Garry Shead
Jiawei Shen
Natalya Shinn
Shirley Simpson
Christine Skrobek
Julianne Smart
Lawrence Smith
Peter Smithson
Peter Solness
Kurt Sorensen
Natalie Spain
Dean Spinks
Jan Stapleton
Laura Stark
Cameron Staunton
Marion Stehouwer
Lorraine Sugden
Roni Sulich
Jean Swinyard
Karen Tanner
Brenda Thomas
Emma Thomas
Leanne Thompson
Susan Tindall-McDonald
Kerry Toomey
Teo Treloar
Caitlin Trindall
Rose Tripodi
Laidy Tully
Jill Turner
Lisa Turner
Flore Vallery-Radot
Tim Vanderlaan
John Veage
Sam Venn
Bianca Vitale
Tianna Vokac
Robyn Waghorn
Christopher Walker
Lan Wang
Gail Warburton
Michael Warren
Lynda Waters
Annette Webb
Bob Weeks
Dianne Wetten
Kim Whitbread
David Whitworth
Jean Whitworth
Paul Williams
Robyn Williamson
Eva Willmann de Donlea
Bianca Willoughby (John A Douglas)
Robert Wilson
Alison Winchester
Samantha Winn
Robert Wood
Mei Zhao
Zuza Zochowski