ORGANISERS of the Snapshots In Time exhibition are overwhelmed by the generosity of local artist Dean Mobbs, who has donated an artwork to be raffled to raise money for the staging of next year’s exhibition.
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Hosted by the Bathurst District Historical Society, Snapshots in Time will be on exhibit at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre from May 11-17 next year.
It will be curated to tell, in pictures, the story of the evolution of the city.
The pictures will be a combination of historical society archival photographs and contributions from the local community.
Mr Mobbs said he has painted over a photograph that was taken looking out over Bathurst.
“The idea is seeing who we are as a community, and looking back in time to do that,” he said. “It’s an interpretation of history from a modern perspective.”
The work will be raffled and the money raised will assist the historical society in staging the Snapshots in Time exhibition.
Second prize will be a landscape photograph by Jessica Rudge Photography.
Mr Mobbs said he donated the work because he feels it is important to play a part in significant community events.
The Dean Mobbs Gallery will also be conducting its own exhibition during the Bicentenary called A Place in Time – Buildings of Bathurst In Colour. It will be held at BMEC from April 27 to May 18, 2015.
Tickets in the raffle will go on sale at the historical society and in the shopping centres from November.
Snapshots in Time co-ordinator Jacqui Rudge said photographs are starting to pour in for the exhibition.
The community was invited to bring original images into the historical society, with some to be selected for inclusion in the Snapshots in Time exhibition. All copies of the contributed photographs will remain part of the society’s archive.
Scanning of the photographs is carried out by the society every second Wednesday.
Local videographer Bruce Ryan is also developing a show reel of Bathurst and its celebrations through the ages to present as part of the exhibition, and there will be a memorial wall for 100 local diggers who served in any war.
Ms Rudge said they would love people to bring in their photos for scanning. It doesn’t matter so much if they are small, as long as they are clear.
“We want the public to bring in weddings, buildings being constructed, functions, agricultural practices, military photos, picnics, family photos – anything to show life in Bathurst over the past 200 years,” she said.
“How exciting if yours is selected for the exhibition.”
She said they don’t have a lot of photos since World War II and would love to see more of those. Ms Rudge said the exhibition will be a fascinating way of seeing how Bathurst was in the past and how it has evolved over the past 200 years.
“It’s a great way of celebrating 200 years,” she said. “It is all tied to Bathurst’s history and we need to preserve it.”
