Online Artists in Conversation: Jeremy Hawkes and Liz Martin

5.30pm Tues 15 Dec 2020
Online

Artists in Conversation: Karla Dickens and Polly Borland

5.30pm Wed 9 Dec 2020

Plant Swap & Knowledge Exchange

Sessions from 11.50am Sat 31 Oct 2020
Event Space

Announcement of Winners for the
2020 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize

Online announcement 5.30pm Friday 6 Nov 2020

Online Artist in conversation :: Abdul Abdullah

Online from 6pm Thurs 5 Nov 2020

Spring Holiday Art Activities

10.30 - 11.30am & 12.30 - 1.30pm
Friday 9 & Saturday 10 Oct 2020

Kylie Caldwell :: Introduction to Traditional & Contemporary Basket Weaving

10 - 11am or 11.30am - 12.30pm
Sat 10 Oct 2020

Online Artists in Conversation: Charlotte Haywood and Edward Horne

Online from 11am
Thurs 17 Sept 2020

Online Artist in Conversation: Penny Evans with Pat Hoffie

Online from 11am
Thurs 24 Sept 2020

Home Is Where The Art Is

On Instagram and Facebook

Special Peggy Popart Book Reading

Listen online now

Artist Talk :: Steve Waller

This event has been cancelled

DIY Photomural Workshop with Renjie Teoh

This event has been cancelled

Online Artist Talk: Blinman Slag with artist Grayson Cooke

4pm Thurs 2 Apr 2020
Online

TEEN AFTER SCHOOL ART CLASSES AT LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY

Tuesdays 4 - 6pm
2 Feb - 23 Mar 2021 SPACES LEFT!

Inky Impressions with Beki Davies

10.30am - 3.30pm Sat 11 Jan 2020
Lismore Regional Gallery Artist Studio

RocoColonial

15 Feb - 19 Apr 2020
Gallery 1

Partnershipping: Artists in Conversation with Curator Pat Hoffie

11am - 12noon Sat 7 Dec 2019
Gallery 1

Pop Up Art Day with Peggy Popart

10.30am - 3.30pm
Sat 16 Nov 2019

The Alchemists :: Artists in conversation

12 noon Sat 30 Nov 2019
Gallery 3

Cyanotype printing with Raimond de Weerdt

10am - 4pm Sun 19 Jan 2020
Event Space

PRIMARY AFTER SCHOOL ART CLASSES AT LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY

Wednesdays 4 - 5pm
3 Feb - 24 Mar 2021 BOOKED OUT!

Artist in Conversation :: Emma Walker

11.00am Thurs 10 Oct 2019

The Story of the Royal Collection, with Michael Hall

5.30 - 7.00pm Wed 28 Aug 2019

Friday Fundays at LRG

10.30am - 12.30pm
Fri 8, 15 & 22 Jan 2021

Friends of the Gallery Bus Trip

9am - 4.30pm
Wed 5 June 2019

Friends of the Gallery Creative Program Launch

5.30 - 6.30pm Fri 3 May 2019
Event Space

Big Talks :: I Wanna be Collected

6 - 7.30pm Thurs 21 March 2019
This event has been cancelled

Book Launch :: Nutter Buzacott, Artist: Observations of Life and Landscape by Lee Dunn

5.30 - 6.30pm Fri 22 Feb 2019
Event Space

Artist Talk and Workshop with Amanda Bromfield

11.00am Thurs 28 Mar 2019

The Terania Creek Protest
Floor talk: Michael Murphy and David Kemp

11.00am Thurs 21 Feb 2019

Curator's Talk with exhibition curator Megan Monte

11am Sat 8 Dec 2019

Best Practice in the Arts
by National Association for the Visual Arts Ltd (NAVA)

10am - 12noon Fri 9 Nov
In the Event Space

Playground Kids Festival

10am - 3pm Sat 6 Oct 2018

The Hannah Cabinet Fundraising Event

4-7pm Sat 8 Sept 2018

Albert (Digby) Moran in conversation with Brett Adlington

11am Thurs 20 Sept 2018

Drawing and Painting the Face with artist James Guppy

10am - 3pm Sun 16 Sept 2018

In Conversation: Nicole Kelly, Winner of the Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize and finalists Todd Fuller and Zom Osborne

6 - 6.45pm Thurs 16 Aug 2018

Natural Dyeing Workshop: Workshop: Contemporary Pojagi with Susan Fell Mclean

10am - 3.45pm Sat 25 Aug 2018

Natural Dyeing Workshop: Shibori using Eucalyptus with Susan Fell Mclean

10am - 3.45pm Sun 19 Aug 2018

Southern Cross University Readings

6pm Thurs 6 Sept 2018

The Missing You Collective Artist Run Workshop with Hilary Herrmann, Rene Bolten, Kellie O'Dempsey & Michelle Dawson

11am - 1pm Sun 8 July 2018

Big Talks | Artists in Conversation

11:00am - 12:15pm Sat 7 July 2018

In partnership with Arts Northern Rivers

In Conversation :: Vanessa Berry and John Page

11am Thurs 19 July 2018

The Materiality of Connection: Walking, Place, Law

Big Talks | Walking Meditation with Nell

10:00 - 10:45am Sat 7 July
In The Quad

Artist in Conversation :: Angus Mordant

11am Thurs 7 June 2018

In Conversation :: Rachel Arndt and Justene Williams

5.15 - 5.45pm Fri 11 May
Events Space

Make Art Play at LRG

11am - 1pm Wed 9 & 16 Jan 2019

School Holiday Fun for Kids and their families

In Conversation :: Fred Genis and Rene Bolten

11am - 12pm Thurs 3 May 2018

Don't miss what will undoubtedly be a fascinating conversation between Master Lithographer Fred Genis and Leading Northern River's painter Rene Bolten.

Artist in Conversation :: Penny Evans

11am - 12pm Thurs 5 April 2018

Hobie Porter Painting Workshop: Light and Shade in Landscape

10am - 5pm Sat 24 Mar

An oil painting workshop with a focus on techniques to develop light and shade.

Little Treasure Box Workshop

10am - 12pm Sat 3 March 2018

Artist in Conversation :: Enid Taylor

11.30am Wednesday 28 Feb 2018

Embroidered Needle Case Workshop

1.00 - 3.30pm Wednesday
21 Feb 2018

This activitiy is run in conjunction with the Exhibition 'Pearl, Perle, Purl: Celebrating 30 Years of Stitch'

Kaleidoscopic for a Day!

10.30am - 1.30pm
Saturday 6 Jan 2018

A day of colour and fun for kids of all ages!

Protest Move-ment :: Revealed

1pm Saturday 23 Dec 2017

FUNDAYS AT LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY

20 Dec 2017 - 26 Jan 2018

Come into the Gallery during summer holidays for these free Art-filled Eye Spy, Tours and Assorted Art Activities.

Djon Mundine: In Conversation

1.20 - 1.45pm
Sunday 29 Oct 2017

Djon Mundine is a foremost figure in the Australian art world and an activist, writer, critic, and commentator.

Performance and conversation by the artist Wart

1.00 - 1.20pm
Sunday 29 Oct 2017

A heart-wrenchingly pure account of the power and fragility of life.

A Special Performance by Drs Romaine Moreton and Lou Bennett

7.30pm
Saturday 28 Oct 2017

This performance will be uncompromising and unforgettable.

Artstate | Celebrate the best of regional arts

30 Nov - 3 Dec 2017

Thursday Night Live! Online
Elders Speak - 'Always Was Always Will Be'

Online from 5.45pm for 6pm start
Thurs 19 Nov 2020

Join us for a drink with friends, and immerse yourself in a world of new ideas, in a program of talks, films, and more!

Art Keepers Art Activation

10.30am - 12.30pm
Sat 14 Oct 2017

Peggy Popart and Goanna Headland painting by Uncle Digby Moran are missing in Art Action! Let's get them back for the opening!

Friends of the Gallery AGM 2017

5pm Thurs 4 May 2017

Come along and get involved!

PEGGY POPART KID'S EVENT AT THE CWA LISMORE

11am - 1pm 20 May 2017
CWA Building, Spinks Park, Lismore. Cost $5

Collection of stories for a collection of artworks - Come on down and make some art with Peggy Popart at the Lismore CWA.

Opening of the new Lismore Regional Gallery

5.30pm Sat 28 Oct 2017
11 Rural St Lismore

Join us to celebrate the opening of the new Lismore Regional Gallery

Protest Move-ment with Cake Industries

10 - 17 April 2017 during Autumn School Holiday

Work with experimental artist duo "Cake Industries" to create large mobile robotic sculptures incorporating Lismore's history of vibrant street protest and your feelings about the present, and dreams for the future.

Widjabul Dreaming Conversations

5.30 - 6.30pm
Thurs 15 Dec 2016

A special evening of conversation to celebrate this 20 year retrospective of paintings by Adrian 'Cheesy' Cameron.

Artists in Conversation
Madeline Kidd & Masato Takasaka

5.00pm Friday 9 Dec 2016

Join us for a Q & A with Melbourne-based artists, Madeline Kidd and Masato Takasaka about their exhibition Playroom.

PEGGY POPART

Next Peggy Popart tour with artists Madeline Kidd and Masato Takasaka
10.30 - 11.30am Sat 10 Dec 2016

Peggy Popart's chARTered tours. Held on the second Saturday of every month

Still Life: An excuse to paint
René Bolten Still Life Painting Workshop

10am - 4pm
Sun 22 January 2017

Esteemed local artist and much loved teacher René Bolten will lead students on an exploration of the still life genre.

In Conversation with Pierre Chevalier

11am Thurs 20 Oct 2016

Join us for words with Pierre Chevalier, Curator of Lucien Hervé: When do we cast off for happiness?

A Father's Day Special! In Conversation :: Geoff Hannah

11am- 12.30pm Sunday 4 Sept

Join us for a chat with master craftsman, Geoff Hannah, Geoff has honed his skills after many hours with his hands on the tools. Why not shout Dad to morning tea or lunch at Palate at the gallery before or after the talk?

Artist in Conversation :: Kate Hallen

5.30pm Thurs 28 July 2016

Exhibition opening & artist talk for Lay Down Your Swords.

Southern Cross University Readings

5pm Thurs 21 July 2016

Southern Cross University presents music and readings from staff and students.

Inside the worlds of the Hermannsburg Potters
A talk by Simha Koether

11am Thursday 12 May 2016

Simha grew up at Hermannsburg, with her mother Naomi Sharp who founded the pottery program in there 1991. From this early stage she formed a deep connection with the people, the landscape and knew the development of the enterprise from its inception.

Last Exhibition Opening!

5.30pm for 6.00pm
Fri 9 Dec 2016

Cr Isaac Smith, Mayor Lismore City Council and Brett Adlington, Director of Lismore Regional Gallery invite you to celebrate the opening of the last exhibitions in the Molesworth St building.

Kid's Art Workshop with Penny Evans

10.30 am - 12.30 pm Sat 9 April 2016

Make pinch pots inspired by the Hermannsburg collection with ceramic artist Penny Evans. Evans' own work investigates her Kamilaroi heritage. She will provide wonderful insights into the work of the Western Aranda Artists of Ntaria.

Martin Munz :: Artist Talk & Drinks

5.30 pm Thurs 10 March 2016

Join the artist for drinks and a talk at the opening of the exhibition Not a Pretty Picture. Not a Pretty Picture is a truncated, somewhat random and incomplete typology (a series of images of similar kind) of portraits of our time, of personalities readily identified with the conservative agendas for Australia.

Artist In Conversation :: Hilary Herrmann

11.00 - 11.30am Thurs 25 Feb 2016

Hilary Herrmann provides insights into recent paintings in her exhibition The Voyage. This will be an honest and refreshing talk about painting and how it brings understanding and poetry to life's inevitable challenges.

Artist In Conversation :: Deborah Kelly

11.00 - 11.45am on Saturday 6 Feb 2016

Join Deborah Kelly for a discussion about No Human Being Is Illegal (in all our glory). Kelly will speak about the collaborative processes by which she made this series and the poignant ideas it raises.

READINGS

Thursday 12 November, 5.00 to 6.00pm, Lismore Regional Gallery Southern Cross University staff, Lynda Hawryluk, Moya Costello and Kim Satchell, and students, Laura Tribble, Josephine Mooney and Lachlan Rutherford, read their auto/biographical portraits.

20th Biennale of Sydney Preview

11am Tues 24 November 2015 (Public Talk)
4 pm Tuesday 24 November 2015 (Educator Presentation)

With presentations from the Biennale's Public Program and Education team, the event will introduce the ideas, artists and programs in the 20th edition of the Biennale, opening on 18 March next year

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: Auditory Visions

Thursday 22 Oct, 5.15 - 6pm

Chaired by Miyuki Jokiranta, presenter of ABC RN Soundproof

Artist in conversation :: Michael Cusack & Mostyn Bramley-Moore

5.00 - 6.00pm, Thurs 18 June

Mostyn Bramley-Moore and Michael Cusack speak about Direction Now

DEAR BODHI :: CURATOR'S TALK

5.00 - 6.00pm Thurs 14 May

LRG curator, Kezia Geddes discusses the exhibition, Dear Bodhi. free event

Artist in conversation :: Michael Philp

5.00 - 6.00pm Thurs 30 April 2015, free event

Dr Andrew Binns and artist, Michael Philp, discuss the reparative and restorative powers of the arts

Artist in Conversation :: KEG DE SOUZA

11.30am - 12.30pm 20 Feb 2015

Keg de Souza discusses 'If There's Something Strange In Your Neighbourhood...'

Played: Resistant Obsolescence

6 - 7pm Thurs 29 Jan 2015

Artists will 'play' artworks on display made through the re-purposing of redundant technologies

The Marvellous Machine

3.00 - 5.30pm Thurs 15 Jan Cost: $5 (materials provided)

A holiday program for kids and families presented by The Houndstooths and Lismore Regional Gallery.

ARTCRUSH :: KARLA DICKENS AND FIONA FOLEY

5.30pm Thurs 9 Oct

A series of talks & an exciting exchange of ideas about the chemistry of creativity

PEGGY POPART AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA

Thurs 2 October

On October the 2nd our very own Peggy Popart will be leading a tour at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra

SIDE BLOCK SCREENINGS :: Behind the mask & EVERYDAY REBELLION

Wed 27 August 6pm
Lismore Art Space

Benny Zable speaks about his art through a film by David Lowe and A film by Arash T and Arman T Riahi, Everyday Rebellion

Artists talk :: Jan Davis

10.30 – 11.30am Tues 8 July

Jan Davis speaks about her exhibition, Big Garden

STENCIL SCREENPRINTING ONTO FABRIC :: WONDER-FULL DAY

1.30pm - 4.30pm Thurs 10 July

Learn the process of screenprinting and create your own patterns and colour. Design a hand-cut stencil screenprint with Joanna Kambourian and Audrey Bush (11 years)

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY :: WONDER-FULL DAY

10am - 1pm Thurs 10 July

Discover basic digital photography techniques from photographer Michael Moynihan and Alby Moran (14 years)

DRAWING ANIMALS :: WONDER-FULL DAY

11am - 2pm Thurs 3 July

Age group: 4 and up. Cut, colour, collage, and create colourful kooky critters with Michelle Dawson and Lucy Murray (7 years)

BADGEMAKING WORKSHOP :: WONDER-FULL DAY

11am - 2pm Thurs 3 July

Join Jesse Mackintosh and Corey Bruggy (12 years) for a badge making workshop. Age group: 4 and up

2014 Arts & Cultural Development Program Briefing Session

10.30am Wed 14 May 2014

Arts NSW invites you to learn more about our grants by attending an information session

Book Launch: Fashion and war in popular culture

5.30pm Thurs 10 April

This publication explores new terrain that connects sartorial traditions, ancient and modern, with popular representations of conquest and war.

Curator's talk :: Wes Hill

12noon Wed 9 April

Wes Hill speaks about the exhibition, Living Things

TINO LA BAMBA :: Book launch and interview

5.30pm Fri 2 May

The performance project Tino La Bamba: a Spaniard's Journey to Lismore took place on the highways of rural NSW in 2009

chleb i sol (bread & salt)
Performance by AnA Wojak

5.30 - 6.00pm Thurs 13 March

With this performance AnA dissects ancient ritual to uncover new layers of personal significance

Story-Time with Delta Kay & Jenni Cargill-Strong

10.30 - 11.30am Thurs 9 Jan

Cost: $10 includes adult + 2 children and $3 for each extra child. Delta Kay (performative educator and Arakwal spokesperson) and Jenni Cargill-Strong (The Story Tree Company)

Morning Tea with Teacosy

11.00am - 12.00pm Sat 18 Jan 2013

Teacosy discusses Lismore's history of fear around homosexuality and aids and how this has progressed to an attitude of inclusion. Join us for a cuppa and a slice of Shane's lush chocolate, beetroot, hazelnut cake

MEET THE ARTISTS
Retracing Bundjalung National Park

10.30am - 11.30am Sat 7 Dec

Join the artists in Retracing Bundjalung National Park in a discussion about the landscape and memory and the processes behind their work

Highly Commended for the 2013 IMAGinE Awards

Lismore Regional Gallery awarded Highly Commended for the 2013 IMAGinE Awards for the project: Not Quite Square: the story of Northern Rivers architecture

Public talk :: The 19th Biennale of Sydney

5.30 - 6.30pm Thurs 7 Nov

Want to know more about the Biennale of Sydney?

Pam Tippett Masterclass, Still-life workshop

10am - 4pm, 19 - 20th Oct 2013

Join Pam Tippett for a two day still-life painting and drawing workshop exploring the techniques and processes involved in creating still-lifes

Eating from the source

6 - 10pm, Sat 19 Oct

Help us celebrate Sydney Morning Herald's Good Food Month this October and enjoy a communal evening of music, art, food and entertaining conversation

In conversation
Djon Mundine & Robert Bleakley

6.00pm Friday 4 Oct

Djon Mundine and Robert Bleakley speak about Buyuhyn-Wana; The transformative persona and ideas explored through the exhibition

Opening Performance
Akio Suzuki

5.00 - 5.30pm Friday 30 Aug

Legendary Japanese sound artist, Akio Suzuki, has been performing, building instruments, and presenting sound installations internationally for nearly 40 years

Artist in Conversation :: Shelagh Morgan

10.30 - 11.15am Wed 7 Aug

Shelagh Morgan talks about her studio based practice and her work in Herbarium Vivvm

SOLARGRAPH PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Raimond De Weerdt

10am - 4pm Sat 24 Aug

Learn the process of pinhole Solargraph photography with Raimond De Weerdt