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A new regional Aboriginal art gallery was opened by the NSW Governor yesterday at Hartley Historic Site east of Lithgow.
The Kew–Y–Ahn Aboriginal Gallery project is a partnership between regional arts organisation Arts OutWest, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Department of Environment and Heritage.
“The art gallery has been established specifically to promote the commercial sale of Indigenous Artist living in the Central West,” Hartley Historic Site manager Steve Ring said.
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, the Governor of NSW officially opened the new gallery as well as the new Kew-Y-Ahn Bell Rock Heritage Trail at the site.
“The Hartley site is the gateway to the Central West for those coming over the mountains, it will be a wonderful place to introduce visitors to our region’s Aboriginal artists,” Arts OutWest Executive Officer Tracey Callinan said.
Arts OutWest will curate the ongoing exhibitions and National Parks will manage the space at the historic Farmers Inn building. The project forms part of Arts OutWest’s
Aboriginal Arts Development program and the artworks on show have been curated by Aboriginal Arts Development Officer Aleshia Lonsdale.
The gallery spreads over three rooms in the 1860s era Farmers Inn building and has been fitted with professional lighting and gallery hanging systems.
Aboriginal painters, weavers, designers and photographers from across the NSW Central West will be represented in rotating exhibitions in the new gallery space.
The opening coincided with commemorations for the Bicentennial of the first crossing of the Blue Mountains by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth in 1813. A time capsule organised by the Hartley Advisory Committee was also sealed by the Governor.
The gallery will be open to the public
Open from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4.20pm from Tuesday to Sunday.
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