Historic Queanbeyan landmark Rusten House inspires unique creations

The April exhibition at Rusten House Art Centre will highlight the historic building through the artists' individual and highly original responses.

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Each artist has uniquely engaged with the site and its role in local history to create their works. This exhibition features varied works in sculpture, drawing, textiles, painting and installation.

Thematically the works explore changes seen on the site from the Victorian era to the present day. Rusten House was once a hospital and some of the works explore nursing and medicine alongside the architecture of the site, plants and the gardens.

The artworks in the exhibition convey ideas about the early development of Queanbeyan, its health and social systems, people, approaches to land use and landscape design. There are many stories to be told.

In conjunction with the exhibition, public programmes at Rusten House have been planned and designed to bring the artists and the public together.

These include the exhibition opening at 2pm then artists' talks 2.30-3.30pm on Saturday April 9, an Eco Dye Workshop on April 30 and a Textiles Conservator's talk and Market Day on April 23 where the public can interact with the artists and buy small handmade items produced by the exhibiters.

Networks Australia Artists: Susan Hey, Josie Cosgrove, Valerie Kirk, Wendy Dodd, Sandra Obst, Karyn Fearnside, Liz Perry, Monique Van Nieuwland, Jenny Manning, Cheryl Jobsz, Rosalie Sherwood, Ola Robertson, Deborah Faeyrglenn, Bev Moxon, Gail Nichols

Exhibitions run: April 8 - 30 2022

Rusten House Art Centre,10am-4pm Wed - Sat

Opening 2-4pm Saturday April 9

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