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• Trudy Allsopp on the Verandah

  • Start
    9 Feb 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    15 Mar 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

  Trudy Allsopp has enjoyed great success exhibiting with us over the last few years and she is joining us again with an interesting array of new work.

  Broadly speaking she’s a mixed media artist working in a non-representational abstract style. In non-art speak this means she works in an abstract style and isn’t setting out to represent a particular subject or image. Working very intuitively, she makes marks, lines and shapes and then responds to what is on the canvas to build up a piece.

  Trudy is showing a range of pieces from a new body of work where she is experimenting with minimalist and gestural brushstrokes using raw canvas and acrylic paint.

  She is also presenting a new collection of small works including framed watercolour and acrylic and other mixed media pieces. They all have her signature peaceful, harmonious and very gentle style.

  She hopes you enjoy her latest work.

  
  

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• Christiane Boulay in the Mouatt Room

  • Start
    23 Feb 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    15 Mar 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Fibre Artists Network in the Jamieson and Macalister Rooms

  • Start
    23 Feb 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    15 Mar 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  Just Black and White?

  
  

  Following a fabulous weekend workshop in 2025, where artists explored abstraction through various exercises using just black and white, the Fibre Artists Network (FAN) has created an exhibition of Black and White works.

  Each exhibitor has interpreted the theme through the lens of her individual artistic identity, expressed in her preferred fibre art practice.

  Seaside images

  
  

  Artists were presented with the challenge of creating pieces using one or more of four seaside images as inspiration.

  The Fibre Artists Network (FAN) membership extends from Coffs Harbour to Laurieton. The four images represent the coastal environment in which many FAN members live and work.

  Each exhibitor has interpreted the images in her own unique way, reflecting her personal identity as an artist.

  
  

  
  

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• Renee Trounce in the Gangway

  • Start
    23 Feb 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    15 Mar 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  For Love & Roses
  

  
  

  For Love and Roses exhibition is Renee's first ever solo exhibition and so, Renee has expressed her love for beauty in delicate portraits and roses.

  This collection includes some of Renee's delicate sketch work on paper as well as her more expressive acrylic painting on canvas.

  Renee hopes this exhibition will bring inspire hope for love and warm each viewer's soul with beauty.
  

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• Kath Riley in the Macalister and Jamieson Rooms

  • Start
    16 Mar 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    29 Mar 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  Kath riley - PASTICHE

  
  

  Kath Riley, mixed media artist from the Mid North NSW Coast is holding her latest exhibition.

  “Let’s face it as artists, be it musical, literary, painter or glass artist, all of us have borrowed styles, copied techniques and with a twist here and there, made them our own.

  “In this exhibition, I have taken a journey through mediums, techniques and places.

  “From repurposed glass gum leaves, acrylics on repurposed canvas with silk thread to glass outback sunrise, watercolours and a few twisted bottles.....

  “I love the process of trying new-to-me techniques and processes and allowing my inner-child to roam free.”

  
  

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• Port Macquarie Art Tribe in the Mouatt Room

  • Start
    16 Mar 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    29 Mar 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Autumn Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    30 Mar 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    19 Apr 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
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    45

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  We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.
  

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 per artwork up to 1.5m on any side.
  • $20 per artwork larger than 1.5m on any side.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Trish Bennett in the Macalister Room

  • Start
    20 Apr 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    3 May 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  BRUSHSTROKES AND GESTURES
  

  

  My works are all about painting in nature. It engages all the senses.

  Exciting, Emotional, Vibrant, Inspirational, Resilient, Peaceful and Calm.

  Originally from Oatley NSW and still a member of Oatley 101 Art Society.

  I have had may painting trips away with like-minded artists who now are dear friends.

  I love painting "en plein air" (outdoors).

  I moved to Smithtown on the Mid North Coast in 2024 and love it.

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• Katrina Fletcher on the Verandah

  • Start
    20 Apr 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    3 May 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Cath Turnbull in the Mouatt Room

  • Start
    20 Apr 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    3 May 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Fred Bullen in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    4 May 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    17 May 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  

  Fred Bullen has won awards for his works in local area exhibitions and many are currently displayed in galleries in Forster, Taree and Port Macquarie.  

  His most recent works have been described as having been executed “by an artist who has developed his own style based on an intuitive execution. The suburban landscape is rendered with an almost photographic naturalism; but the use of bright colours, ambiguous and distorted perspectives, and strange juxtapositions suggest an imagined or dreamed reality”. 
  

  His inspiration comes from the local area and the urban landscape which are then reproduced in traditional or one of many styles such as ‘abstract realism’.

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• Birds of a Feather Exhibition

  • Start
    18 May 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    14 Jun 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
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  This will be a ‘Pop Up’ exhibition OPEN to members and non-members and will be open to all mediums.

  Painting, photography, sculpture etc. with the overall theme of BIRDS.
  

  This exhibition will showcase the variety of local birds and the inspiration that they give us to create art (any kind of bird art will be accepted but local birds are encouraged).

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 for each piece up to 1.5m on its longest side.
  • $20 for each piece 1.5 m and larger.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

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• Winter Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    29 Jun 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    19 Jul 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

  Register

  We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.
  

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 per artwork up to 1.5m on any side.
  • $20 per artwork larger than 1.5m on any side.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Norma Flint in the Macalister Room

  • Start
    20 Jul 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    2 Aug 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  local artist

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• Tiny (up to 300) Exhibition

  • Start
    3 Aug 2026
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    10:00
  • End
    16 Aug 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

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  We’ve increased the size to 300mm x  300mm 
  (30cm x 30cm) and the price limit to $300.

  (We’ve found that this is a very popular sized canvas for both artist and customer).

  The Tinies Exhibition is the Gallery’s annual small painting exhibition.

  This year you can also opt for any unsold artworks to remain at the gallery to be exhibited in the gallery or in Lil’s Gift Shop throughout the year.

  Criteria are:

  • Open to paid up Exhibiting Members of the Gallery  (not a member -join here, its only $50 per annum to access at least 3 exhibitions a year).  Join us
  • Price point to be below $300.
  • Maximum 300mm (30cm) on any side (you can add a minimal frame to this measurement if you like).
    
  • Entry fee per piece is only $5
  • Maximum of 8 entries per artist.
  • Option to leave your unsold pieces at the Gallery and we will show your work throughout the year when we have the opportunity. 

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• Colleen Palmer in the Jamieson Room

  • Start
    31 Aug 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    13 Sep 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Fred Bullen in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    14 Sep 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    27 Sep 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  

  Fred Bullen has won awards for his works in local area exhibitions and many are currently displayed in galleries in Forster, Taree and Port Macquarie.  

  His most recent works have been described as having been executed “by an artist who has developed his own style based on an intuitive execution. The suburban landscape is rendered with an almost photographic naturalism; but the use of bright colours, ambiguous and distorted perspectives, and strange juxtapositions suggest an imagined or dreamed reality”. 
  

  His inspiration comes from the local area and the urban landscape which are then reproduced in traditional or one of many styles such as ‘abstract realism’.

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• Spring Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    28 Sep 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    11 Oct 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

  Register

  We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.
  

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 per artwork up to 1.5m on any side.
  • $20 per artwork larger than 1.5m on any side.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Trudy Allsopp in the Macalister Room

  • Start
    26 Oct 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    15 Nov 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Little Black Swan Art in the Mouatt Room

  • Start
    16 Nov 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    29 Nov 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Colleen Palmer in the Jamieson Room

  • Start
    16 Nov 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    29 Nov 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• The Girlz and Friendz in the Macalister Room

  • Start
    16 Nov 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    6 Dec 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Robin Brain on the Verandah

  • Start
    23 Nov 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    13 Dec 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Kath Riley in the Mouatt Room

  • Start
    30 Nov 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    13 Dec 2026
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Nadia Waters in the Gangway

  • Start
    30 Nov 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    13 Dec 2026
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Summer Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    13 Dec 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    3 Jan 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

  Register

  We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.
  

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 per artwork up to 1.5m on any side.
  • $20 per artwork larger than 1.5m on any side.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Sculptures Rock!

  • Start
    13 Dec 2026
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    3 Jan 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

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  The Gallery's annual Sculpture Prize will be held again in December this year, in conjunction with Macleay Valley Coast. It will be exhibited inside the Gallery and in the grounds of the Gallery and Maritime Precinct.

  The heritage listed Maritime Precinct in South West Rocks includes the Gallery, which is housed in the Pilot House; the Maritime Museum; Visitor Information Centre; and the Arts & Crafts Cottage.

  The Sculpture Prize 'Sculptures Rock!' will run for three weeks from Monday 14th December 2026 to Sunday 3th January 2027 in conjunction with the Gallery’s Summer Members’ Exhibition.

  With a prize pool of $13,000, this is a fabulous opportunity to exhibit in one of the most beautiful locations on the Mid North Coast.

  Each sculpture requires payment of a $25 entry fee. Youth (under-18) entries are free.

  Prize categories

  • Large Outdoor prize(larger than 80cm in any direction) - $5000
  • Large Outdoor Highly Commended - $500
  • Small Prize (no larger than 80cm in any direction) - $5000
  • Small Highly Commended - $500
  • Youth Prize - TBA

  All prizes are non-acquisitive

  Sculptures Rock! is a collaboration between the South West Rocks Community Art Gallery and Macleay Valley Coast .

  REGISTER NOW!
  When you first register you will only be asked how many sculptures you intend to exhibit. We will contact you after registration to collect details of your sculptures; name of the work, price, materials used and optional photos of the work.

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• Fred Bullen in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    4 Jan 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    17 Jan 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  

  Fred Bullen has won awards for his works in local area exhibitions and many are currently displayed in galleries in Forster, Taree and Port Macquarie.  

  His most recent works have been described as having been executed “by an artist who has developed his own style based on an intuitive execution. The suburban landscape is rendered with an almost photographic naturalism; but the use of bright colours, ambiguous and distorted perspectives, and strange juxtapositions suggest an imagined or dreamed reality”. 
  

  His inspiration comes from the local area and the urban landscape which are then reproduced in traditional or one of many styles such as ‘abstract realism’.

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• The Art Sanctuary in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    18 Jan 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    14 Feb 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Deb Broughton on the Verandah

  • Start
    18 Jan 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    31 Jan 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Port Macquarie Art Tribe in the Mouatt Rom

  • Start
    15 Feb 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    7 Mar 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Rocks Painters in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    8 Mar 2027
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    10:00
  • End
    21 Mar 2027
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    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Jo de Graaff in the Macalister Room

  • Start
    22 Mar 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    4 Apr 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    The Gallery

  
  

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• Autumn Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    5 Apr 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    25 Apr 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

  Register

  We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.
  

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 per artwork up to 1.5m on any side.
  • $20 per artwork larger than 1.5m on any side.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Adelaide Swift Memorial Art Awards Registration

  • Start
    14 Jun 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • End
    4 Jul 2027
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
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    180

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  Artists are invited to participate in this prestigious competition.
  Artworks will be accepted for the following categories:

  • Oil/Acrylic
  • Water Based Medium
  • Pastel & Drawing
  • Traditional Mixed Media
  • Youth Award (9-13 years old)
  • Youth Award (14-18 years old)

  Main Prize: $3000 - The Adelaide Swift—South West Rocks Rotary Club Award
  All other categories have monetary awards, you can see the list here.
  Judges: TBA

  Deadline for registration is April 1st.

  Deliver your artwork to the gallery between 3pm and 5pm on Sunday, April 13.
  Size limit: Maximum 1 metre on any side. Limit of two artworks per category.

  The artworks will be on display at The Gallery from April 14 to May 4.

  You can read the terms and conditions for this competition HERE.
  

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• Winter Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    5 Jul 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    25 Jul 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

  Register

  We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.
  

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 per artwork up to 1.5m on any side.
  • $20 per artwork larger than 1.5m on any side.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Spring Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    27 Sep 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    17 Oct 2027
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

  Register

  We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.
  

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 per artwork up to 1.5m on any side.
  • $20 per artwork larger than 1.5m on any side.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Summer Members' Exhibition in the Whole Gallery

  • Start
    13 Dec 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    2 Jan 2028
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

  Register

  We look forward to featuring a wonderful array of our Members' works.
  

  • $10 for 2 pieces where each piece is A5 (15cm x 10.5cm) size or smaller.
  • $10 per artwork up to 1.5m on any side.
  • $20 per artwork larger than 1.5m on any side.

  The maximum allowed amount is $40 worth of entries, this means that you may have 2 x $20 pieces for example or 1 x $20 and 2x $10 etc.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Show details
• Sculptures Rock!

  • Start
    13 Dec 2027
  •  
    10:00
  • End
    2 Jan 2028
  •  
    16:00
  • Location
    South West Rocks Community Art Gallery
  • Spaces left
    60

  Register

                   

  The Gallery's annual Sculpture Prize will be held in December this year, in conjunction with Macleay Valley Coast. It will be exhibited inside the Gallery and in the grounds of the Gallery and Maritime Precinct.

  The heritage listed Maritime Precinct in South West Rocks includes the Gallery, which is housed in the Pilot House; the Maritime Museum; Visitor Information Centre; and the Arts & Crafts Cottage.

  The Sculpture Prize 'Sculptures Rock!' will run for three weeks from Monday 15th December 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026 in conjunction with the Gallery’s Summer Members’ Exhibition.

  With a prize pool of $13,000, this is a fabulous opportunity to exhibit in one of the most beautiful locations on the Mid North Coast.

  Each sculpture requires payment of a $25 entry fee. Youth (under-18) entries are free.

  Prize categories

  • Large Outdoor prize(larger than 80cm in any direction) - $5000
  • Large Outdoor Highly Commended - $500
  • Small Prize (no larger than 80cm in any direction) - $5000
  • Small Highly Commended - $500
  • Youth Prize - TBA

  All prizes are non-acquisitive

  Sculptures Rock! is a collaboration between the South West Rocks Community Art Gallery and Macleay Valley Coast .

  REGISTER NOW!
  When you first register you will only be asked how many sculptures you intend to exhibit. We will contact you after registration to collect details of your sculptures; name of the work, price, materials used and optional photos of the work.

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