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10 July - 16 August | the main gallery
Oh MG
Chloe Wigg
Oh MG is an exhibition by Chloe Wigg, an artist living with Myasthenia Gravis (MG), a disease that causes rapid muscle fatigue. Featuring multi-layered portraits, upcycled medication bottles turned into snowflake sculptures, and crocheted snowflakes donated by the wider community, the exhibition celebrates both resilience and the spirit of togetherness. The snowflake motif symbolises the uniqueness of each person's experience with MG and the heat sensitivity of the disease in Queensland. The portraits reflect the face's impact, showcasing challenges like double vision, swallowing and breathing. This exhibition raises awareness, honours community strength, and invites understanding of this often invisible illness.
17 July - 13 september | the grove gallery
Dangles
Prudence Mapstone
Prudence Mapstone is a celebrated Australian textile artist internationally renowned for her innovative work in Freeform knitting and crochet. With a lifelong passion for colour, texture, and creative exploration, Mapstone uses traditional craft techniques in bold, unconventional ways to create intricate, tactile textile artworks that defy categorisation.
Over the years, her work has been exhibited worldwide and featured in numerous books, magazines and international textile arts publications. Her distinctive style and fearless creativity have positioned her as a key figure in the evolution of contemporary fibre art.
Her latest installation, Dangles, is a stunning showcase of Freeform expression. The immersive work features hundreds of suspended, mixed-media textile pieces, transforming the Gallery space into a vibrant, dreamlike environment of colour, movement, and texture.
Yellow Lemonade
Angela Van Boxtel and
Fraser the Razor
Yellow Lemonade is a vibrant sculpture entirely knitted from discarded lemon netting. Transforming industrial waste into art, the work playfully challenges our habits around single use plastics and invites us to rethink what we throw away. Both thought provoking and fun, it is a creative take on the old saying: if you've got lemons, make lemonade.
