Threatened Species Open Photographic Exhibition

Five Canberra artists present MORE and LESS of their work across 3 SLA Display Homes in an exhibition about scale, quantity and awe in the home.

A special collaboration with artist Celia Cramer, who will be creating a series of ceramic works, Capturing the Rare, inspired by the theme of threatened species for National Threatened Species Day.

Afterlight is a curated program of short digital artworks that illuminate the lakeside facade of Belco Arts throughout non-daylight savings months.

A series of quilt and collage works by Helen Heslop, created from photographs taken of landscapes in the South Coast of NSW.

Christine Upton’s latest work involves the depiction of memories and their association with blossoms that fade and disappear over time.

Members of the University of Canberra Faculty of Arts and Design and their collaborators explore the meaning or the experience of ‘phase’, and aim to interrogate, illustrate, elucidate or illuminate something fresh about the term.

This exhibition expresses the beauty and colour Lien To sees in the world in spite of vision impairment, revealing a love of bright colour and detail, with a mix of Copic marker and collage.

Fenja T. Ringl’s hand-printed works on paper and ceramics explore the intricate forms of Australia’s flora and fauna, the landscapes they inhabit, and the environmental ‘archives’ — layers of memory and material — that shape our understanding of past and present.

These anthropomorphic images by Brenda Runnegar are derived from photographs taken of animals, majestically matched with appropriate historical early American Folk Painting.

Sara Phemister’s large-scale paintings and Sally Rasmussen’s interactive textile installations invite an encounter with identity, vulnerability, and the human heart.

Printmakers from throughout Australia are invited to respond to the theme: What does HABITAT mean to you?

A body of work by Jennifer Baird ten years in the making, featuring screenprints, lithographs, and mixed media works that range from the deeply personal to purely decorative explorations.

Environmental activist and sculptor Nick Hopkins uses a Queensland plantation Hoop Pine plywood and salvaged trees to demonstrate the opportunities, versatility, and beauty of timber harvested without compromising the environment.

Nettie Coleman’s ephemeral architecture explores the complex natural and synthetic systems of our world, making visible the intangible language of these often unseen structures.

Learn more about the permanent sculptural public art on-site at Belconnen Arts Centre.