The Grand Opening and Auction evening of the newly formed Nimbin Art Collective was a great success and filled with the typical Nimbin community spirit. The exhibition opened last Friday at the Regional Gallery (the rainbow painted building at the northern end of town in the Community Centre grounds) which is now a working studio and permanent exhibition running for the next few months.
The new Nimbin Art Collective attracted an overflowing crowd to see the exceptional quality from some of Nimbin’s most popular artists. The Collective held an auction of artworks as a fundraiser to help pay the rent.
One of the artists, Roslyn Parry, said, “we are thrilled with the success of the night and the gallery sold over $4000 worth. We are determined to try and make this idea work and many thanks to the Community Centre for the opportunity to lease the space, the Spangled Drongo restaurant for food and wine on the night, NIM-FM for providing the auctioneers, and the Nimbin CTC for printing”.
The success of the evening has inspired another auction night in a couple of months, and if you wish to be on the mailing list please email; inez.price@bigpond.com/
Artists whose work is for sale at the gallery currently include Burri Jerome, Gilbert Laurie, Elspeth Jones, Trisha Dalmas, Rodney Sharpe, Roslyn Parry, John Tredrea and Max Maxxted. The gallery is open most days and you are welcome to come and spend some time with the artists or just browse their work.
The Nimbin Visitor Centre on 66891388 is now open seven days a week 10 – 4pm and is situated across the road from the gallery and can confirm the artists are in fact in house if you are travelling to Nimbin especially for it.
The large painting below by Rodney Sharpe attracted keen bidding at the auction....
