Lockhart River Arts Centre was invited for the first time to participate in the third annual Sydney Indigenous National Art Fair in Sydney scheduled for 3-4 July 2021. Organizer Sarah Martin extended the invitation to Arts Centres in Far North Queensland including Lockhart River Arts Centre. The organizers had secured funding from NSW state government for the annual event to sponsor arts centres to travel with arts workers and artists to the art fair. The sponsorship was for travel and accomodation.
Welcome
Lockhart River Arts Indigenous Corporation receives current funding from the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts under the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program.
The Corporation also receives current funding from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland's Backing Indigenous Arts initiative (BIA) program and the Regional Arts Development Fund (IRADF).
Business Hours: February to April 2021: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 1pm. By appointment after 1pm to 4pm on Friday only. Weekend on prior appointment only. Opening hours may differ due to Covid 19 Pandemic. Contact the Arts Centre prior to your visit to the community.
Latest News
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Kate Owen Gallery is a multiple award winning International status gallery in Sydney's Inner West, specialising in contemporary Aboriginal art across a broad range of significantly diverse styles and body of works from naturally talented and gifted Aboriginal artists and communities.
Artists
Artists
Other Artists
- Samantha Hobson
- Evelyn Sandy
- Thelma Hobson
- Leroy Platt
- Johanne Omeenyo
- Kevin Matty
- Dorothy D. Hobson
- Moira Macumboy
- Joanne Butcher
- Denise Fruit
Representative Galleries & Permanent Collection
Representative Galleries & Permanent Collection
Approved list of representative galleries both within Australia and Internationally that deal directly with Lockhart River Arts Centre.
Please click on the website of each represebtative gallery listed below to take you straight to their online shop.
In Australia:
- Art Mob Gallery, Hobart Tasmania, Australia
Gallery Director: Euan Hills
Email: euan@artmob.com.au
Phone: +61 3 6236 9200 Fax: +61 3 6236 9300 Mobile: 0419393122
Address: 29 Hunter Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000 Australia
- Kate Owen Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney New South Wales, Australia
Director: Geoff Henderson
Email: geoff@kateowengallery.com
Phone: +61 2 9555 5283
Address: 680 Darling St, Rozelle NSW 2039, Australia
http://www.kateowengallery.com/
- Aboriginal Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta Victoria, Australia - 4 Art Trail Gallery sites
1. De Bortoli Rutherglen Estate - Rutherglen, Cellar Door, 13-35 Drummond Street, Rutherglen, Victoria 3685 Australia
2. Quest Albury Townsend, 450 Townsend St, Albury NSW 2640, Australia
3. Club Savoy, 252-254 Myrtle St, Myrtleford Victoria 3737, Australia
4. The Plough Inn Tarrawingee, 2322 Wangaratta Beechworth Road, Tarrawingee, Victoria 3687 Australia
Gallery Co-owner and director: Hans Sip, Email Hans at hsip3bg@gmail.com
Mobile: 0414909505, www.aboriginalexhibitions.com.au
- Samurai Gallery Australia - New gallery representative commenced 19 February 2021
Gallery owner: John Grasso, Aboriginal art from Lockhart River and quality antique Japanese swords & fittings specialist
Museum Art Gallery and Sales, Level 1, 20-22 Shields Street, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Next to Woolshed
Mobile: 0417 642 921, Email: info@samuraigalleryaustralia.com
www.samuraigalleryaustralia.com
- Suzanne O'Connell Gallery Brisbane, Queensland Australia
Gallery Director: Suzanne O'Connell
Email: suzanne@suzanneoconnell.com
Address: 93 James Street, New Farm, QLD 4005
Gallery Opening Times: Wedesday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm
Phone: +61 7 3358 5811 Mobile: +61 0400 920 022 Fax: +61 7 3358 5813
NorthSite Contemporary Arts ( formerly KickArts Contemporary Arts), Cairns Australia
Director: Ashleigh Campbell
Email: director@kickarts.org.au
96 Abbott Street, Cairns City, QLD
kickarts.org.au (website still under KickArts but brings you straight to NorthSite Contemporary Art)
Mount Sheridan Australia Post Retail Outlet, Mt Sheridan Cairns Queensland
Shop 2/106 Barnard Drive, Mount Sheridan Shopping Plaza, Mount Sheridan, QLD 4868
Phone: 131318
The Picture Framer Cairns
Contact: Mark and Nicole (Owners)
294 Severin Street, Parramatta Park, Queensland 4870
Phone: 07 40412590 Email: info@air2art.com.au
Sandra Bardas Art Gallery Victoria, Australia
Gallery Director: Aunty Lois Peeler AM, Victorian Senior Australian of the Year 2017
Gallery Coordinator: Lisa Hodgson
Address: 60 Barak Lane, Healesville Victoria 3777, Australia
Phone: +61 0359 624 344
Mobile: 0498 967 292 (or 0498 WORAWA)
Email: artgallery@worawa.vic.edu.au
- Iron Range Cabins Accomodation Front Office, Lockhart River, Queensland (Temporarily unavailable due to repair works at the Cabbins)
1 Airport Road, Lockhart River, QLD 4871, email: ircabins@lhrac.com.au
Phone: 07 4060 7147, wwwlhrac.com.au
In United States of America:
Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston Texas, USA
Director: Nana Booker
Email: nana@bookerlowegallery.com
Address: 4623 Feagan Street, Houston, Texas 77007 USA
Phone: 713.880.1541
www.bookerlowegallery.com
In Paris, France
Arts d’Australie – Stéphane Jacob (Paris).
179 Boulevard Pereire, 75017, Paris France
Ph: +33 146 22 23 20, email: sj@artsdaustralie.com, https://www.aboriginalartdirectory.com
Museuem Collection in Switzerland:
Theresa Burkhardt-Felder - Conservatrice
Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture
Musée de l'art aborigène australien "La grange"
Musée de l'automobile "Le manège"
Château d'Ivernois
Grande Rue 7
CH-2112 Môtiers NE
Val-de-Travers
Suisse
Tél (0041) 032 861 2001 (direct)
Email: theresa.burkhardt@bluewin.ch
Cultural Retention
Cultural Retention
Community Development & Cultural Retention
Lockhart River Arts Centre has a cultural retention and community development program strategy that engages community members to participate in locally driven arts projects. The program components are subjective to funding and includes the corporation’s counter funding contributions.
Watch this space for upcoming news and developments.
Contemporary Dance Development
The Lockhart River Arts Centre has a firm and positive background in supporting the Kawadjii-Wimpa dance group through contemporary dance and collaborative programs with external stakeholders. In 2017, we have identified new program opportunities to develop our engagement in this critical community link activity.
Watch this space for upcoming news and developments.
Community Public Art Project
Lockhart River Arts Centre has successfully implemented key community based art projects in the last 5 years. Through Arts Queensland’s IRADF Funding program, The Art Centre has successfully undertaken the Electric Power Pole Art Project, Community Mural Projects and Secondary Student art class programs.
Watch this space for upcoming news and developments.
Gallery
Gallery
Contact
Contact
Our Details
Chief Executive Officer: Enoch Perazim
Address: 1 Piiramo Street, Lockhart River Queensland 4892, Australia
Phone Number: +61 07 4060 7341
Australian Business Number (ABN): 53 479 232 837
Email: CEOPerazim@lockhartriverart.com.au
Our current elected directors as at Annual General Meeting (AGM) election on 24 December 2020
Silas Hobson, Rosella Namok, Johanne Omeenyo, Irene Namok and Dorothy Hobson
Customers can still purchase art online during the closure period 24/7 directly from the Arts Centre at https://shop.lockhartriverart.com.au/
Normal Business Hours
Wet Season - January to April, Monday to Friday 9am-4pm, Weekend closed. The Art Centre can open for pre-arranged visits for individuals and groups on weekends through prior notice. Email CEOPerazim@lockhartriverart.com.au or phone 0498123434 with your travel dates and time.
Dry Season - May to December, Monday to Friday 9am-4pm, Saturday 9am-1pm, Sunday by prior appointment only.
Free entry.
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