Curator's Tour - Lee Kinsella

Saturday, 6 December, 2-3pm  

Join curator Lee Kinsella for a special curators talk on Place Makers, an exhibition featuring Fiona Foley, Gladys Milroy, Margaret Morgan and Edith Trethowan. Spanning the 1920s to today, the exhibition presents new and loaned works alongside highlights from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art. Each artist reflects on place and community, re-framing the everyday as extraordinary through nuanced and closely observed narratives.

Place Makers will be on display at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery until 6 December.

Gallery open Tuesday - Saturday 11am-4pm.

Free event | All welcome | Bookings essential

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Place Makers draws attention to the work of four exceptional artists whose work is grounded in relationships of place and community. Each artist takes inspiration from the gritty realities of everyday life to re-frame these moments as extraordinary, with nuanced and closely observed narratives offering diverse perspectives for understanding the world. Spanning from the 1920s to the present day, the exhibition features  new and loaned works alongside holdings from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art.

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Image Credit: Installation photo of Fiona Foley, Shells of Seduction, 2025, Produced in collaboration with Urban Art Projects, Brisbane. Collection of the artist. © the artist. Place Makers, 2025, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. Photography Ilkka K Photography