September Exhibition Opening

Friday, 5 September 5:30-7:30pm

Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition …we weave together opening

Saturday 13 September, 1 – 4pm

Sound Alchemy with Rohani Binti

29 October, 5 - 6pm

After school art classes for teens and tweens Term 3, 2025

23 July - 24 September

Meet the artist tour with Tim Owers

Saturday 5 July, 11am

Double exhibition opening

6 - 8pm, Friday 27 June

ARTIST TALK: Veronica Rojas Nunez

1 - 2pm, Friday 20 June

Mental Health Workshop

11am - 12pm, Saturday 21 June

Listening as Tending: Decomposing Disco

5 - 6pm, Thursday 12 June

NOISY HOUR with Melissa Hunt

5 - 6pm, Thursday 19 June

Sound Lab 01

Saturday 16 August, 6 - 9pm

Archibald Prize 2024 opening night

Friday 4 July, 6.00 - 9.00pm

Book launch: Monica Buscarino

5 - 6pm, Thursday May 22

A TALK AND TWO SONGS: CHAS GLOVER

5pm - 6pm, Thursday 5 June

CLAIRE CONROY: ARTIST TALK

11am - 12pm, Saturday June 14

NOISY HOUR with Black Moon Society

Saturday 26 April, 3.30pm - 3.50pm

OCCURRENT AFFAIR closing celebration

Saturday 26 April, 11.30am - 4.00pm

After school art classes for teens and tweens Term 2, 2025

April 30 - July 2

Aafia Ali Shah: artist talk

5 - 6pm, Thursday 3 April

Caring for an Art Collection

11:30am - 4pm, Thursday 8 May

OCCURRENT AFFAIR soft opening

12 - 1pm, Sunday March 2

Words as activism: workshop with Penny Evans

10am - 12pm, Saturday 5 April

Exhibition opening - ARTEXPRESS and Local Knowledge

6pm, Friday 21 February

NOISY HOUR with Paul Walker

5 - 6pm, Thursday 6 February

Sharp Minds Seniors Social Trivia

5.30pm - 8pm, Wednesday March 12

Tim Fry: artist talk

5 - 6pm, Thursday January 30

Collage Club guest artist - Estefania Minniti

4 - 6pm, Thursday 16 January 2025

After school art classes for teens and tweens Term 1, 2025

4 - 5.30pm, Wednesdays, 12 February - 9 April 2025

William Kentridge exhibition opening and curator talk

6 - 8pm, Thursday 5 December

Make a flip-book animation

10am - 1pm, Saturday January 18, 2025

Festive season Collage Club!

4 - 6pm, Thursday December 12 and 19

Art and Ageing enrichment program 2024-2025

December 6, 2024 - January 31, 2025

Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award Finalist announcement and opening celebrations

Saturday 30 November, 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Conversation: Buruugaa Garaa Buruu Garaa Budgeramgali

11am, Saturday 26 October

The ArtHitects in conversation

11am, Sunday September 29

Paper speaks paper: Information Overload

1pm, Saturday 28 September

Cye Wood Performance - Hannah Halle

Wednesday 9 October, 6pm

The body as work and destiny: movement workshop with Amrita Hepi

11am - 1pm, Saturday November 2, 2024

Cookbook Character Cookup: kids workshop

Thursday 10 October, 10am - 12pm

Jarjums Ochre workshop

10am - 12pm, Sunday 27 October 2024

Winter School holiday art class

3 - 5pm, Wednesday July 17

Launch event: Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2024

5 - 7pm, Thursday July 18

Art and Ageing Enrichment Program

Wednesdays, 2 October - 7 November, 10am - 12pm

Lino printing on t-shirts and tote bags: youth workshop

Thursday July 18, 10am - 1pm

Painting with wool school holiday workshop

10am - 12pm, Thursday July 18

Koala Conversations special edition of Collage Club

Thursday 23 and 30 May, 4 - 6pm

After School Art Class for Tweens & Teens

Wednesdays, 4pm - 5.30pm

School Holiday Art Class for Tweens & Teens

10am - 1pm, Wednesday 24 April

Exhibition opening: Offering

5 - 7 pm, Friday 5 April, 2024

Youth week: Zine making workshop

1 - 5pm, Thursday April 18 and Saturday April 20

Sharp Minds Social Trivia Night - Seniors Festival

5.30 - 7.30pm, Wednesday March 13

Leap year casual Collage Club

4 - 6pm, Thursday 29 February

Expressions of Interest - Art Facilitators

Until February 18

the CORRIDOR project artist residency 2024

26 January – 3 February 2024

Exhibition opening - Earth Matter: Penny Evans, Charlotte Haywood, Lae Oldmeadow, Betty Russ, Kay Lee Williams, Kat Shapiro Wood

5pm, Friday 2 February

JOB OPPORTUNITY | Gallery Curator

Applications close on 18 January at 9am

The Very Merry Markets

Thursday 21 December
3-7.30pm

Friends of the Gallery: Artist Talk with Karla Dickens

Saturday 25 November, 11am
Elevator ARI, 3 Rural Street

ArtVenture Launch

5pm, 9 November 2023

Exhibition opening 'The Secret Life of Collage Club'

4 - 6pm, Thursday 2 November, 2023

ARI BOLD - Hosted by The Friends of Lismore Regional Gallery

Date: Thursday 19 October 2023
Time: 6 - 7.30 PM

Access Advisory Gathering

Friday 10 November, 2023

Weaving with Lomandra Workshop with Kylie Caldwell

10am - 2pm on Saturday 21 October

Exhibition opening - Where they walked: Kylie Caldwell, Nickolla Clark, Luke Close, Jenn Rowe

5pm on Friday 29 September

Our guest artist @ COLLAGE CLUB this month is Hilda Wang

Thursday 5 October, 4 - 6pm

LRG Nights

6pm, Saturday October 7

SITE LAB // Artist talk and sound performance with Michael Donnelly and Betty Russ

11.30am, Saturday 16 September

SITE LAB // Artist Talk and Live Listening with Merinda Davies

11.30am, Saturday 2 September

Immortal Soil at Dark Science: New Moon

Thursday 17 August

Our guest artist @ COLLAGE CLUB this month is Sandra Kaji-O'Grady

3 - 5pm, Thursday August 17

Live music - cloudbeard

6pm, Thursday 17 August

Solar Dye Jar workshop with Norton Fredericks

2.30 - 3.30pm, Thursday 17 August

Star gazing with North Coast Astronomy

5.30 - 9pm, Thursday 17 August

GUEST ARTIST @ COLLAGE CLUB THIS MONTH IS KATE STROUD

Thursday 27 July 3.00pm - 5.00pm

Lismore Encore: Curators' Talk

Thursday 10 August, 12pm

Dark Science: New Moon

Thursday 17 August

Ecoliteracy workshop for kids

Thursday 17 August 3.30pm - 4.30pm

Friends of the Lismore Regional Gallery Bus Trip

Saturday 15 July, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Community Cartography Workshop

Thursday 17 August, 11am - 1pm

Friends of the Lismore Regional Gallery Trivia Night

Thursday 27 July 7.00pm

Hiromi Hotel: Heartbeat at the Quad

Thursday 13 July - Saturday 15 July

Double exhibition opening: Jana Moser and Lucia Canuto

Saturday 24 June 2 - 4pm

3RD BITE: Public Art, Public Space, and Collective Identity

2.30 - 4pm, Friday 30 June

Paper making and Cyanotype workshop

Saturday 15 July, 11am - 1pm.

Xanthe Dobbie: Artist Talk

11am to 12pm, Saturday 20 May

Xanthe Dobbie: Cloud Copy Exhibition Opening

6pm to 8pm, Friday 19 May

Guest artist @ COLLAGE CLUB this month is Subterranean Elder Crow

3 - 5pm, Thursday June 22

GUEST ARTIST @ COLLAGE CLUB: Mathew Daymond

3 - 5pm, Thursday May 4, 2023

Aquarius 50 Nimbin Bus Trip

9am - 4pm, Saturday May 13

After school art classes

15 May Starting

Our Place, Our Species Documentary Film

Friday, 21 April , 5pm - 8.30pm (screening at 7pm, 20 mins)

Mathew Daymond Exhibition Opening

The Complacency of Man and Machine
Friday, 21 April, 5 - 7pm.

CREATIVE FENCING PROGRAM

Submissions due midnight 16 April 2023

Exhibition opening 'Hiromi Hotel: Rainbow'

Saturday March 11, 11am

'First Sentences' book launch

Saturday April 1, 11am - 1pm

The Offering Procession

4 - 5pm, Saturday 4 March, 2023

Tote decorating workshop for kids and teens

11am - 2pm, Saturday 4 March, 2023

2nd Bite: Transdisciplinary practice

Saturday 29 April, 2 - 4pm
Studio D129 Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480

Creative Writing for Wellbeing

Tuesday February 28, 2 - 3.30pm and Saturday March 4, 2 - 3.30pm

GUEST ARTIST @ COLLAGE CLUB THIS MONTH IS ARIS PRABAWA

4 - 6pm, Thursday March 2, 2023

LRG Nights - Summer

5 - 10pm, Saturday February 11

Artist Conversation and Exhibition Opening
Aris Prabawa Flame of Power

Friday 3 February
5.30pm conversation, 6.00pm opening.

GUEST ARTIST @ COLLAGE CLUB THIS MONTH IS ROSLYN MARTENS FROM RESILIENT LISMORE

Thursdays in December, 8, 15 and 22
4 - 6pm

Very Merry Market

Thursdays in December, 8, 15 and 22
3pm - 7.30pm

The CORRIDOR project artist residency

9 – 18 Feburary, 2023 

LRG Nights - Spring

Sunday 27 November, 2022
4pm - 10pm

Immortal Soil presents The Dark Lodge

2 - 3 December Sold Out
22 Walker St, Clunes NSW 2480

Ist Bite - Sustain

Friday 25 November
4.00pm to 6.00pm

Lyndall Phelps: Re-collect

29 Oct - 11 Dec
Grafton Regional Gallery

Clarence Slockee: a talk on cultural landscaping

30 September
11.00am Friday

Our place our species

8 October
10am - 1pm Saturday

GUEST ARTIST @ Collage Club this month...Chris Lego!

15 September
Thursday 3-5pm

Artist Talk Andrew Rewald "Plant Treaty"

24 September
10.30am Saturday

MCA HOLIDAY BREAK PROGRAM for Young People

28 September - 30 September
Elevator ARI

LRG Nights—Winter

23 June
5.30pm Meet at the Quad for Welcome to Country
6.00pm Follow AnA Wojak to the Hotel Metropole

Slow Draw

Friday 3 June
2pm – 5pm

ARMENIAN NEEDLE LACE WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST JOANNA KAMBOURIAN

Cancelled due to February 2022 flood

Artist Talk - Kath Egan and Kate Rohde

5 February 2022 at 11.00am
Gallery 3

CARDBOARD PUPPET WORKSHOP WITH ARIS PRABAWA FROM TARING PADI

Jenny Kitchener Morning Tea & Talk

10.30am Sat 23 Oct 2021

The Gathering Space

Postponed until 2023

In Conversation with Barry Rainman Boland (Gala Bairri Mari)

10.30 - 11.30am Sun 4 July 21

Studio A Superstars :: Artist Talk with Greg Sindel & Gabrielle Mordy

Cancelled

Artist's talk by Amber Wallis in Conversation with exhibition curator, Kezia Geddes

11am - 12noon Sat 12 June 2021

Curator's talk by Lawrence English

4.30-5.30pm Fri 11 June 2021

DONHR: Story workshop (Auslan interpreted)

11am - 1pm Sat 8 May 2021

DONHR: Prototyping workshop

2-4pm Sat 8 May 2021
Gallery 3

DONHR: Story Workshop

11am - 1pm Fri 7 May 21
Gallery 3

DONHR Reading Group: Make or Break

Every Thurs 5-6pm from 8 Apr - 3 Jun 2021

Youth Week: Collage & Paste Up Graffiti Workshop

Thurs 16 & Fri 17 April 2021
Free event Ages 12-18yrs

Puppet Shows with Sydney Puppet Theatre!

10am - 2pm
Wed 7 Apr 2021

Curators Talk with Joan Winter about Omie Tapa PNG

2pm Sun 28 Mar 2021
Event Space

Folklore and trace monotype workshop with Emma Gardner

11am-1pm Sat 20 Feb 21
Event space

Youth Collage & Paste Up Graffiti Workshop with Erica Gully

10.30am - 12.30pm Sat 16 & Sun 17 Jan 2021
Cost $30

Kids' 'Mini Me' workshop with Joanna Kambourian

10.30am -12.30pm Sat 23 Jan 2021
Cost $15

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

Nini-Nahri-Gali Dance Troupe Performance

Sessions start at 10am Sat 31 Oct 2020
The Quad

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

Deaf Led Auslan tour with Sigrid Macdonald

Dates for 2022 Coming Soon

Home Is Where The Art Is

On Instagram and Facebook

Special Peggy Popart Book Reading

Listen online now

RocoColonial :: A Recital by Dorian Gary

This event has been cancelled

The Quick Draw Club with Guest Artist

Keep an eye out for dates in 2022

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
20 July - 7 Sept 2021 (8 weeks)

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

Friends of the Gallery Christmas Event

5-7pm Thurs 5 Dec 2019
Event space

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

Auslan Interpreted Gallery Tour with Claudie Frock and Interpreter Belinda Roberts

11.00am - 12.00pm
Sat 29 Feb 2020

PRIMARY AFTER SCHOOL ART CLASSES AT LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY

Wednesdays 4 - 5pm
21 Jul - 8 Sept 2021 (8 weeks)

Artist in Conversation :: Emma Walker

11.00am Thurs 10 Oct 2019

Artist in Conversation :: Grant Vaughan and Meredith Hinchliffe

11:00 - 11.45am Sat 6 July 2019

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

Fintan Magee Artist talk & Mural

5.30 - 6.30pm Wed 30 Jan 2019
Event Space

The Terania Creek Protest
Floor Talk: Hugh Nicholson

11.00am Sat 2 Mar 2019
Event Space

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

Artists in Conversation :: Fiona Fell and Kellie O'Dempsey

11am Sat 20 Oct
Gallery 1

Playground Kids Festival

10am - 3pm Sat 6 Oct 2018

The Hannah Cabinet Fundraising Event

4-7pm Sat 8 Sept 2018

Artists in Conversation :: Jacklyn Wagner and Peter Derrett

11am Thurs 4 Oct 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

Presentation with Susan Fell Mclean :: 'The art and science of plant dyes - reclaiming know...'

1 - 2pm Sat 18 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

Art in the Pub | Curators Talk: Sharne Wolff and Jane Denison - From Here to There: Australian art and walking

6pm (for 6.30pm start) Mon 16 July 2018
at the Courthouse Hotel Mullumbimby

At the Courthouse Hotel Mullumbimby

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

A Walk in the Park

10.30am - 1.30pm Sat 14 July 2018
The Quad & Event Space

Winter Holiday Fun for the whole family!

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

Art Talk :: Featuring Andrea Bubeniek

11am - 12pm Sat 5 May 2018

From Sacred to Secular: The Etchings of Rembrandt and Goya :: An illustrated public lecture by Dr. Andrea Bubenik

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

Artist in Conversation :: Hobie Porter

11am Thurs 15 March 2018

Little Treasure Box Workshop

10am - 12pm Sat 3 March 2018

Artist in Conversation :: Enid Taylor

11.30am Wednesday 28 Feb 2018

Drawing Identity :: Workshop with Michael Philp

10.30am - 12.30pm
Saturday 27 Jan 2018

A drawing workshop for young people with Bundjalung artist Michael Philp.

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

Artist in Conversation :: Leora Sibony

11am Wednesday 22 Nov 2017

The Wonders of the Hannah Cabinet

11am every Wed & 4th Sun of month
Cost $5, bookings essential

Geoff Hannah & his students present the wonders of his master craftsmanship.

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.

Geoff Hannah: Presentation of the Hannah Cabinet

On hold until further notice

Geoffrey Hannah is a Lismore legend and one of the leading fine furniture craftsmen in Australia.

A Special Performance by Drs Romaine Moreton and Lou Bennett

7.30pm
Saturday 28 Oct 2017

This performance will be uncompromising and unforgettable.

Cake Industries | Protest Move-ment Youth Art Project

21 - 29 Oct 2017
14 - 22 Dec 2017

Friends of the Gallery Morning Tea

11am Sun 23 May 21
Event Space

A chance to meet with like-minded people and get inspired.

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!

Peggy Popart's Kids' Tours

Not currently available

Tours and art making activities are not available at this time.

Free Tours of Lismore Regional Gallery Permanent Collection with Peggy Popart

Tours available on Wednesdays and Fridays during the hours
10am - 3pm.

View artworks from our permanent collection on display at Lismore Base Hospital through our free tour program for schools and community groups in the Northern Rivers Region.

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.

Last drinks at 131 Molesworth St

1 - 3pm Saturday 4 Feb 2017

We invite you to come along to our 'Last Drinks' and say farewell to the old building.

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.

Superhero for a day!

10.30am - 1.30pm
Saturday 14 Jan 2017

Come to Lismore Regional Gallery and join with Peggy Popart for a Super Tour of the exhibition Superheroes and Monsters, by local emerging artist Nathan Gooley.

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.

Kid's workshop, in association with The Arty Party, with Kenzee Patterson

2pm Thurs 6 Oct 2016

The ARTY PARTY 2016

11am - 4pm Thurs 6 Oct 2016

100 Wonder Place in partnership with Lismore Regional Gallery, The Lismore Business Panel and Lismore City Council present The Arty Party, a free family-friendly day of playful artmaking in Spinks Park. Spinks Park will be transformed into a place of wonder & creativity with arty activities galore!

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?

Free Arty Fun for the School Holidays at LRG

Wednesdays: 10.30am - 2pm & Saturdays: 10am - 2pm

We are having fundays at Lismore Regional Gallery these Summer School Holidays.

Southern Cross University Readings

5pm Thurs 21 July 2016

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

ROCK STAR FOR A DAY!

11am - 2pm Fri 8 July 2016
Winter Holiday Fun

Come to Lismore Regional Gallery for a rockin' Tour of What a Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott exhibition with Peggy Popart.

ROCK STAR FOR A DAY!

11am - 2pm Fri 8 July 2016
Winter Holiday Fun

Come to Lismore Regional Gallery for a rockin' Tour of What a Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott exhibition with Peggy Popart.

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

AN AFTERNOON of artful actions

9 Aug 2014 at Lismore City Hall

A free day of art, conversation, music and stories reflecting on the relationship of art, activism, and living according to one’s beliefs.

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)

THE COLOURS SHOW by ROUNDABOUT THEATRE

12.30 - 2.30pm Thurs 3 July

This interactive children's show is a poetic metaphor for exploring differences as well as teaching colour theory

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

Southern Cross University Readings

5.30pm Thurs 24 April

Students and staff from Southern Cross University will perform readings from their writing works

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

Artist Talk
Bennett Miller

5.30pm Thurs 27 Feb

Join the artist Bennett Miller and Craig Walsh (Splendour Arts) for a discussion about the concept and development of Barnraiser & the context of art within the festival environment

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

TROPICAL FRUITS POST PARADE PARTY

From 5.30pm Sun 30 Dec 2013

Following the Tropical Fruits Parade, enjoy the hospitality of Tropical Fruits Inc. surrounded by bedazzled Kings and Queens of Lismore

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?

A friends' event
conversation & morning tea with Pam Tippett

11am Sat 26 Oct

An enriching morning which includes a talk and tour with artist, Pam Tippett

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

Performance
Cye Wood

From 6pm Thurs 12 Sept

Weaving together 5 string octave Viola, Violin, 6 string Ukulele and Piano, Cye creates a sonic architecture of hypnotic beauty

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

Artist in Conversation :: Kellie O'Dempsey

5.00 - 6.00pm Thurs 13 June

Artist talk with Kellie O'Dempsey. Residencies, performance drawing, hurricanes and snow