HAZELHURST Regional Gallery & Arts Centre at Gymea will celebrate its 12th birthday on Sunday, February 19, with free entertainment and activities.
Since opening, Hazelhurst has had more than 1.6 million visitors, making it one of the most successful regional galleries in Australia.
During that time:
- 146 exhibitions have been presented in the Regional Gallery and gardens;
- 285 exhibitions have been presented in the Community Gallery;
- more than 1700 courses have been provided to 23,000 students;
- more than 14,000 children have taken part in the holiday workshop programs;
- the school visits program, with free return bus trips, has resulted in 728 school visits by at least 28,000 school children, since its launch in February 2004.
At the birthday celebrations, there will be music to soothe the soul with the Carrie Lakin Band, roving performers, farm animals, dog tricks performed by Aussie the star labrador retriever, junk jewellery making with Reverse Garbage, a puppet, magic show in the theatrette, face painting, art-making demonstrations and a massive book fair.
And don't forget to pop into the Regional Gallery for ArtExpress, a cutting edge exhibition of outstanding artworks by NSW HSC visual arts students from metropolitan and regional NSW.
The party starts at 10am and goes until 5pm.
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