OPENING NIGHT // Summer at BRAG!

Join us to celebrate the opening of five new exhibitions at the Gallery

Main Gallery | West of Central 2 + Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

Foyer Gallery | Bella Fenton: The Bogeyman

OUT THERE Forecourt Projector | Children's Voices Centre: Children Draw Health

OUT THERE TAFE Screens | Nicole Welch: Transformation: the prelude

Friday 21 November 2025, 6-8pm

Welcome to Country
Auslan interpreted opening speeches (VRI)
Performance by Genevieve Carroll for West of Central 2
Catering by BRAGS
Beverages by sponsors Grass Parrot Vineyard, Renzaglia Wines, Cosmo Brewing
FREE, all welcome, RSVP essential

About the Exhibitions

West of Central 2

Conceived as an exhibition responding to place, West of Central embraces artists who live and work across Wiradjuri Country in Central West NSW.

This Earth-centric exhibition honours artists’ care, concern, and respect for Country. Home to an increasing cohort of contemporary artists seeking connection, respite and balance, regional Australia is a place where artists have space to create, experiment and challenge. West of Central celebrates those who live and work regionally, positioning the regional as central to their practice.

First realised at BRAG in 2023, this second chapter, West of Central 2, invited artists from LGAs of Lachlan, Parkes, Forbes, Weddin, Cabonne, Cowra, Blayney, Orange, Mid-Western, Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow to respond to the ecologies, histories, and communities of these places.

Artists: Adam Rish (Hill End), Gabrielle Bates (Kandos), Genevieve Carroll (Hill End), Graham Lupp (Bathurst), Gus Armstrong & Peter Swain (Kandos), Jonathan Jones (Bathurst), Laura Baker (Blayney), Nicola Mason (Napoleon Reef), Ros Auld (Borenore), Simone Darcy (Forbes), Steven Cavanagh (Hill End), Susan Baird (Hill End), the artHITects (Gary Carsley & Renjie Teoh) (Bathurst), Vicky Browne (Nullo Mountain).

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Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) presents the 2025 Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

In 2025, BRAG partnered with Wiradyuri Elders, Artists, and Community to develop and deliver the Our Ngurang (Home) Program - an education program for students and teachers across Wiradyuri County in the Bathurst Region.

With a local focus on our shared home of Wiradyuri Country, students from Blayney Public School participated in a year-long learning program of art, culture, and language workshops with Wiradyuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, Wiradyuri Elder Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr, Wiradyuri artist Jessica Leffley, and Yiri Sue Rice.

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Bella Fenton: The Bogeyman

BRAG presents Foyer Gallery Exhibition The Bogeyman by Bella Fenton, Winner of the 2023 Bathurst Grange Distillery x BRAG Summer Gin Art Competition.

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Nicole Welch: Transformation: the prelude

BRAG presents Transformation: the prelude by Nicole Welch on the OUT THERE Digital Platforms | TAFE Screens, down Ribbon Gang Lane.

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Children's Voices Centre: Children Draw Health

BRAG presents Children Draw Health by the Children's Voices Centre on the OUT THERE Digital Platforms | Forecourt Projector.

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Contact the host of OPENING // Summer Exhibitions at BRAG