The final weeks of the current crop of exhibitions at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery [BRAG] are expected to cap off a successful summer period for the cultural facility, with thousands of visitors walking through the doors.
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Over 8000 visitors have enjoyed BRAG's summer suite of exhibitions including Anastasia Parmson's I Drew a Line and Called It Home, Peter Wilson's Luminosity, and Brett Whiteley's Drawing is Everything.
The Brett Whiteley exhibition in particular has drawn significant interest, with 60 per cent of visitors coming specifically to see the exhibition, while Anastasia Parmson's exhibition has generated significant interest on social media, with plenty of visitors posting pictures of themselves in the immersive, sketched display.
Other statistics show 44 per cent of respondents were first time visitors to BRAG, and 63 per cent travelled from outside of the 2795 postcode.
Bathurst mayor Robert Taylor said the drawcard of Brett Whiteley's exhibition, featuring 116 works dissecting his drawing practice, highlights the intrinsic value of the region's cultural facilities.
"Bathurst is the only venue for this tour in NSW, and one of only two venues in Australia, an indication of the high regard in which Bathurst's cultural facilities are held," Cr Taylor said.
BRAG will also host a special Summer Sketch Club in the gallery, and an Art of Wine evening with local winemaker Sam Renzaglia taking participants on a journey through the wines of many of the regions Whiteley visited in his travels.
The exhibitions close on February 6. For more information, visit www.bathurstart.com.au.
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