Gallery
Pandora Gallery
Max Dupain
See the special Community Donated Max Dupain Photograph Exibition
The Gallery
An exhibition space devoted to the promotion and interactive engagement of visual arts for residents and visitors to Coolah.
Faciliated by CHATS (Coolah Historical Arts and Tourism Subcommittee) in partnership with Coolah's ‘Friends of the Gallery'.
Overview
Submissions are invited from artists wishing to exhibit in the Shire Hall Coolah Gallery. This gallery provides regional artists with the opportunity to exhibit in a regional town located along the Black Stump Way in the central west of NSW. Coolah is part of the Warrumbungle Shire, with a population of over 10 000, and welcomes numerous travellers and visitors to the area.
The gallery is a benchmark facility for smaller regional centres, providing exhibition space devoted to promoting regional art and cultural interest in rural communities, along with historical and visitor information. The Shire Hall Coolah is in the art deco style of the 1930s era, to which recent renovations have enhanced the personality and charm of the period. The Gallery interfaces with the town library, also located within the Hall. Sepia print enlargements of the local area circa 1942, photographed by renown photographer Max Dupain, are permanently mounted for public viewing in the library area.
Community volunteers, who are all interested in the promotion of a multi-function facility, manage the gallery and offer visitor and historical information services. The Coolah Gallery Working Group members are specifically involved with managing exhibitions.
Coolah Gallery Space - Application Form
Applications are to be mailed to:
Coolah Gallery
CHATS
PO Box 106
Coolah NSW 2843
Email: gallery@coolah.org
Phone enquires 63785030
Exhibition Agreement
In submitting your application you must agree to the following Exhibition Space Requirements:
Installation/De-installation
- 1. Exhibitors are responsible for the installation and de-installation of their exhibition in collaboration with the Coolah Gallery Working Group volunteers.
- 2. Exhibitions are displayed for a pre-agreed time period.
- 3. The Gallery has 90 squared metres floor area (8m x 12m)
- 4. There is 36 linear metres of hanging space, using the Arcus Wire hanging system.
- 5. Plinths are available for use. Please make requests on the application, and will be negotiated with the Coolah Gallery Working Group and the exhibitor.
- 6. The exhibitor must ensure that artworks are appropriate for public viewing.
- 7. Exhibited works may be labelled.
- 8. The Coolah Gallery will provide exhibition signage, providing exhibition title and name of artist.
- 9. No works included in the exhibition can leave the exhibition space until the completion of the exhibition, unless works are damaged or unfit for public viewing.
- 10. Works are collected after exhibition finishes at the time of de-installation, unless prior arrangements have been made with the Coolah Gallery Working Group.
Exhibition Promotion
- 1. Exhibitions will be promoted through the following means:
- Coolah District Diary
- Friends of the Gallery Newsletter
- Regional Newspapers - Mudgee Guardian, Coonabarabran Times, Daily Liberal Newspaper
- Visitor Information Centres - Coonabarabran, Dunedoo, Mudgee, Gulgong
- Radio Stations - ABC, Mudgee FM, Community Radio Three Rivers FM (Dunedoo)
- Websites Orana Arts Inc
- 2. The Gallery will further promote the exhibition verbally at Openings and other events.
- 3. Exhibitors are required to provide information for promotional purposes, including artist statement, short CV and digital images of works included in the exhibition.
- 4. Exhibitors are encouraged to give artist talks.Associated Exhibition Information
- 1. An exhibition fee will be set by negotiation with the Coolah Gallery, pending costs of installation, promotion, catering, catalogues, printing, postage etc.
- 2. Exhibitors may choose to sell their work. Prices to be supplied to the Coolah Gallery.
- 3. No works sold within the exhibition must leave the exhibition space prior to the completion of the exhibition.
Official Opening
- 1. An official ‘opening night' may be arranged through negotiation with the Coolah Gallery.
- 2. The Gallery can provide catering for the opening. Where possible, catering will be provided by interested community groups from the Coolah area.
Insurance and Gallery Security
- 1. Coolah Gallery has public liability insurance under the Coolah District Development Group Inc. that will apply during the exhibition period.
- 2. Insurance of artworks in transit to and from the Gallery is the responsibility of the exhibitor.
- 3. Artworks need to be insured by the exhibitor whilst located in the Coolah Gallery.
- 4. Coolah Gallery has a security alarm system and is assisted by a volunteer roster system during opening hours.
Agreement of Gallery Hire
An ‘agreement of venue hire' will need to be completed and signed by both the exhibitor and the Coolah Gallery, as per recommendations by the Arts Law Centre of Australia 2006. A copy of a sample agreement will be provided to the exhibitor by the Coolah Gallery.
The Shire Hall Coolah Gallery has developed from the support in partnership of Warrumbungle Shire Council, Coolah District Development Group, Regional Partnerships, NSW Ministry of the Arts, NSW State Libraries and the volunteers of the Coolah community.
Requests
Please include in the space below requirements for:
- Hanging/Plinths
- Catalogue
- Promotion/Advertising
- Function catering
- Artist workshops/talks
- Additional requirements to that above