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The Art Factory is a supported studio that provides artists with guidance, mentoring, networks and career paths to assist in establishing and maintaining a contemporary arts practice.

The studio opened in 2016 at Riverina Community College with 7 members. It has since grown significantly. This year, the end of year showcase features works from 24 artists who form the Established, Emerging, Temora and After School Art Factory groups.

The 2019 End of Year Exhibition was officially opened by SCCI lecturer and former Art Factory team member, Dr. James Farley.

BLOOM 2019 is the first Creative Industries End of Year Festival for students from the School of Communication and Creative Industries. Bloom celebrates the most ambitious and exciting work produced by Creative Industries students of all disciplines throughout the year.

The BLOOM 2019 program included a suite of performances at the CSU Riverina Playhouse, a screening of film and television productions and an exhibition.

BLOOM 2019 was sponsored by Thirsty Crow, Kayell Australia, and the Wagga Wagga Rules Club.

BLOOM 2019

Video courtesy of Timothy Crutchett

Wagga Wagga residents are encouraged to challenge their views on older people by visiting the Art of Ageing Exhibition currently showing at the H.R. Gallop Gallery at Charles Sturt University.

A learner driver, gymnast and ukulele player are among the extraordinary older people who feature in the 2018-2019 exhibition, which celebrates the lives of older people living in regional NSW.

The NSW Government commissioned this exhibition to highlight the incredible lives of seniors and promote inclusive communities for all generations.

Minister for Seniors John Sidoti said the exhibition aims to express the joy of ageing and challenge negative perceptions of getting older. “The Art of Ageing exhibition recognises and places value on seniors and their stories,” Mr Sidoti said.

“It is important that we not only celebrate the valuable contributions of seniors, but also challenge ageist stereotypes.”

“Seniors have diverse experiences, knowledge and skills and this exhibition showcases this to the wider community.”

The exhibition will travel to 25 locations and comprises the work of five photographers from Wagga Wagga, Taree, Molong, Mudgee, and Goulburn.

The School of Communication & Creative Industries invites you to PLACE, a travelling exhibition of artists’ books.
Curated by artists Liz Jeneid and Avril Makula, PLACE brings together a selection of book artists from NSW, the ACT, Victoria, and Queensland to explore the theme of place in their work, whether a physical location or a place of their imagination.

Exploring the landscape through practices of walking, listening and visually interpreting, Louisa Waters critiques forgotten histories and ideologies of place.

Louisa’s practice is concerned with the space where history and landscape intersect. Where memories and discourses produced by places create ideology and how ideology informs notions of place. Waters is interested in deconstructing fixed notions of place and seeking out more fluid understandings of the landscapes we inhabit.

The Athlete depicts two unique bodies of work addressing athleticism. Interested in the psyche of the athlete, Joshua Thomas enters the subcultures of these sports, observing from within to explore ideas of masculinity, manhood and community.

The series ‘The Athlete’ has two parts, focusing on two gym subcultures through a documentary-style.

Adicto a la Formación outlines the rich culture of Mexico City’s DIY athleticism. The gym is not located within a building but on the streets, featuring steel bars, slabs of concrete and seemingly abstract, dystopian machines.

Muscle Works explores the environment of London’s most celebrated Body Building Gyms of the same name. Muscle Works Gym is home to many of the UK’s top bodybuilders and was founded by Savvas Kyriacou in 1988. When he was competing as a bodybuilder, Savvas set out on a mission to create the ultimate training environment, which rapidly became famous for forging some of the most impressive physiques the country has ever seen. Muscle Works is presented in the form of a zine, which was created during a three-week intensive photo-documentary workshop with the highly prestigious Magnum Photo Agency.

Joshua Thomas has a Bachelor of Creative Practice (Photography) (Honours) from the School of Communication and Creative Industries, Charles Sturt University. In 2017, he was a recipient of the Young Regional Artist Scholarship from Create NSW. Through this program, Joshua travelled widely and studied under some of the worlds most renowned photojournalists with the Foundry workshop; featuring photographers from National Geographic, The New York Times, TIME, Newsweek, Stern, and countless other international publications. Joshua also went on to study under the acclaimed Magnum photographers, Stuart Franklin and Chris Steele-Perkins, while attending a master class in London.

Visist Joshua’s website for more infomration. 

The Australian and New Zealand Photobook of the Year Awards have been proudly presented by Momento Pro since 2011 with the aim of celebrating excellence and innovation in photo book creation, and to showcase the work of Australian and New Zealand based photo artists to local and international audiences.

SACRED celebrates the collective power of women by elevating the ideas they hold sacred. Loosely based on shrines, the work in the exhibition offers many different points of view through a range of mediums. Each work radiates with the mystery and charm of its creator and celebrates varying subjects from screen icons to a mother’s sleeping sounds. This show invites you to behold the voices of female artists and ask yourself, what do you hold sacred?

Curated by Adele Packer and Kate Allman, SACRED brings together artists from regional and metropolitan backgrounds to celebrate the things, ideas and values they honour. The work in SACRED does not respond to one definition of the word, but it connects each artist through shared feelings of adoration, obsession and devotion. The exhibition’s multidisciplinary nature highlights the distinct style of each artist and amplifies her unique voice.

Featuring work by Jordy Bos, Ruth Cummins, Missy Dempsey,  Joyce Hampton, Sophie Joyce, Sarah McEwan, Julie Montgarrett, Vicky Okot, Cassandra Pomroy, Lorraine Tye.