Talks & Tea // BRAG Spring Exhibitions
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Talks and Tea // BRAG Spring Exhibitions 2026
Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) Volunteer Guides for a spotlight talk and walk through of our current exhibitions, followed by morning tea.
Tour of exhibition
Morning tea by donation, RSVP essential
Dates:
Wednesday 9 September, 10:30am-12:00pm
Note: Our September edition of Talks and Tea will include a birthday celebration for artist Graham Lupp!
Wednesday 14 October, 10:30am-12:00pm
About the Exhibitions
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) celebrates the breadth of creativity in our own backyard this Spring with two new exhibitions by Central West NSW artists. In the Main Gallery, a mid-career survey by Hill-End based Nicole Welch, Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape surveys 27 years of practice exploring relationships between landscape, the body, and memory. In the Foyer Gallery, Five Decades: Studies in Realism by Bathurst-based Graham Lupp presents an exclusive look at studies made by the artist during formative moments of his expansive career.
Plus: our vibrant display of visitor-made artworks in Made by You has been extended across our OUT THERE Digital Platforms | TAFE Screens until summer.
Main Gallery
Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape
Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey
Curated by Richard Perram OAM
Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape surveys 27 years of work by Hill End-based artist Nicole Welch. Throughout her career and across mediums, her work is rich with symbolism, tension, and transformation and explores the relationships between landscape, the body, time, and memory. Welch creates works that are at once visually beautiful and conceptually challenging. Curated by Richard Perram OAM.
Image: Nicole Welch, Yarrahapinni (still), 2019, single channel HD infrared time lapse, 3:21mins, edition of 3. Courtesy the artist.
Foyer Gallery
Five Decades: Studies in Realism
Graham Lupp
Five decades presents a small survey of personal work and invites us into the private collection of local artist Graham Lupp OAM, providing a unique glimpse of studies made during formative moments and experiences of the artist’s life. The exhibition offers a beautiful journey of reflection, retrospection and poignant perspectives, celebrating vulnerability and wisdom across five decades of practice.
Image: Graham Lupp, Self-Portrait Study, 1976, 27 x 22 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Getting Here
BRAG is located in the heart of Bathurst on Wiradjuri Country in the Central West of NSW.
Entry is via the Gallery/Library forecourt located at 70-78 Keppel Street. BRAG is accessible by public transport.
Victoria Pass Closure: A detour is currently in place on the Great Western Highway following the closure of Victoria Pass in both directions - but don't let that halt your road-trip adventure as there are Other Ways to the West. The region is still very much open for business, and there are some genuinely spectacular ways to get here.
Accessibility
Venue Access Information: Click here for more information
If you wish to discuss requirements before visiting the gallery, please feel free to contact us on 02 6333 6555 or email us at brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au
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