Mudgee Arts Precinct

🎨♻️ Entries close 5pm Monday♻️🎨
Don't forget to finish your Waste 2 Art entries this weekend!!

Turn trash into treasure for the Waste 2 Art Mid-Western Competition 2026!

This year’s theme, “Shrink Your Footprint”, challenges you to think small – with all artworks fitting inside a shoebox (when packed!).

Open to artists, students and community groups who reside in the Mid-Western Local Government Area.

Think BIG and create SMALL 🌏

WASTE 2 ART Mid-Western Competition
⏰ Entries close: 5 pm, Mon 22 June
📍 Deliver: Wed 24 June, Mudgee Arts Precinct
🎉 Exhibition: 26 June – 26 July
👉 Enter now: https://www.mudgeeartsprecinct.com.au/WHATS-ON/Waste-2-Art-2026


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Vale David Hockney (1937–2026)

We join the global arts community in mourning the passing of David Hockney – one of the most influential and beloved artists of our time. Across a remarkable career spanning more than six decades, Hockney reimagined how we see the world, from his iconic sunlit pools to his bold experiments in photography and digital art.

His work was driven by curiosity, colour and a profound joy in looking – qualities that continue to inspire generations of artists and audiences alike.

At Mudgee Arts Precinct, we are honoured to share his legacy through David Hockney: Temporary Spaces, on exhibition now until 20 September. Featuring significant works from the National Gallery of Australia, including pieces from his celebrated Paper Pool series, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience his vision up close.

We invite our community to pause, reflect, and celebrate the life and work of an artist whose creativity changed the way we see.

DAVID HOCKNEY: TEMPORARY SPACES
20 March – 20 September 2026

Mudgee Arts Precinct
90 Market St, Mudgee NSW 2850
Open daily 9am – 5pm (closed Good Friday and ANZAC Day Public Holiday)
FREE entry

Images: David Hockney: Temporary Spaces exhibition install photos at Mudgee Arts Precinct. Photography by Amber Hooper

The works of art on display in David Hockney: Temporary Spaces are on long term loan from the National Gallery of Australia with support from the Australian Government as part of Sharing the National Collection. .

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Immerse yourself in the quiet beauty of Clarice Beckett’s world.

Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection brings together a unique selection of works capturing the subtle effects of light, atmosphere and everyday life in early twentieth-century Australia.

Painted in south-east Naarm/Melbourne, Beckett’s works reveal a landscape on the cusp of modernisation – where the ordinary becomes luminous.

Now on display at Mudgee Arts Precinct discover these rare and intimate works for a limited time only.

CLARICE BECKETT: PAINTINGS FROM THE NATIONAL COLLECTION
8 May – 19 July 2026

Mudgee Arts Precinct
90 Market St, Mudgee NSW 2850
Open daily 9am – 5pm
Free Entry for Everyone

www.mudgeeartsprecinct.com.au

Mudgee Region National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition supported by The Australian Government through Visions of Australia.

Curators:
Elspeth Pitt, Senior Curator, Australian Art
Deirdre Cannon, Assistant Curator, Australian Art

Images: 1. Visitors at Mudgee Arts Precinct viewing Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection featuring Clarice Beckett, Not Titled (A petrol station)
c 1932, oil on cardboard
2. Installation view of Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection at Mudgee Arts Precinct featuring Clarice Beckett, Beaumaris seascape c 1925, oil on cardboard and Clarice Beckett, Silent approach c 1924, oil on board
3. Installation photograph of Clarice Beckett, Yachts in the bay c 1933
Photographs taken by Amber Hooper

No art-speak. No pressure to “get it right.” Just something genuinely interesting to see.
Chris O'Doherty, Up the Golden Highway by Reg Mombassa (Chris O’Doherty) is the kind of exhibition that draws you in straight away – bold, playful, a bit weird (in the best way) and surprisingly relatable.

You’ll spot familiar landscapes, quirky characters, and moments that feel humorous, curious and very Australian. It’s the kind of art you can simply enjoy – or stop and look a little deeper if you want to.

✨ If you’ve ever thought “galleries aren’t really for me”… this might change your mind.

UP THE GOLDEN HIGHWAY: CHRIS O'DOHERTY AKA REG MOMBASSA
8 May – 19 July 2026

Mudgee Arts Precinct
90 Market St, Mudgee NSW 2850
Open daily 9am – 5pm
Free Entry

www.mudgeeartsprecinct.com.au

Start your journey:
👉 https://www.mudgeeartsprecinct.com.au/WHATS-ON/Current-Exhibitions/Up-the-Golden-Highway-Chris-ODoherty

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Images: Installation photos of Up the Golden Highway: Chris O'Doherty AKA Reg Mombassa at Mudgee Arts Precinct.
Last image: Chris O'Doherty AKA Reg Mombassa, Farmhouse with garden, 2016, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 30 x 49 cm. © the artist.
Photography

Please see details about Cowra Regional Gallery's Calleen Art Award, a $30,000 acquisitive prize.

📣 Call for entries for the 'Calleen Art Award 2026' is now open 📣

🎨 The 'Calleen Art Award' is an annual acquisitive painting prize and exhibition. It presents the best of contemporary Australian painting in any style, theme or subject.

🌟 The Award was established in 1977 as an acquisitive art prize by Mrs Patricia Fagan OAM to encourage originality, creativity and excellence in the visual arts, and is made possible by the generous support of the Calleen Trust.

📍 ENTRIES CLOSE Sunday 19 July 2026 at 11.59pm (AEST)

📍 EXHIBITION OPENING 6.00pm, Saturday 5 September 2026

📍 EXHIBITION DATES
6 September to 11 October 2026

📍 ENTER ONLINE cowraartgallery.com.au

🎯 'The Calleen Art Award 2026' is open to artists across Australia and this year’s award prize is $30,000. The winning artwork will join the Calleen Collection at Cowra Regional Art Gallery. Visitors are also encouraged to vote in the People's Choice with the winner announced at the end of the exhibition.

📣📣📣Community Call Out 📣📣📣 – WWII Greece & Crete Campaign Connections

As part of Mudgee Arts Precinct’s upcoming exhibition LUSTRE: Contemporary Artists in Greece & Crete, we are seeking information about servicemen and women from our region who were involved in, or connected to, the Greece and Crete campaigns during the Second World War.

We would love to hear from community members who have stories, memories, photographs, letters, or memorabilia to share. These contributions may be included in the exhibition to help honour and tell the stories of those connected to this important chapter of history.

If you or your family have any information you would like to contribute, please get in touch with us.

Contact: Mudgee Arts Precinct Cultural Team
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 02 6378 2850

LUSTRE: Contemporary Artists in Greece & Crete
2 July – 20 September 2026

Mudgee Arts Precinct
90 Market Street Mudgee NSW
Open daily 9am – 5pm
FREE entry

www.mudgeeartsprecinct.com.au



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Image: Deirdre Bean Vale of Tempe Greek WW2 War Cross for military merit 1940, 2026 Oil on board 30x25cm