Local artist to deliver talk at Wangaratta Art Gallery Friends AGM

Published on 07 November 2024

All are welcome to attend a talk by artist Kim Westcott at the Wangaratta Art Gallery Friends Inc. Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 19 November at 5.30pm.

Well-known printmaker Kim Westcott graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne in 1989 and since then her work has been acquired by all state institutions as well as several international collections. She has worked in New York with master printmaker Garner Tullis, and alongside acclaimed Central Australian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910-1996).

The Wangaratta Art Gallery Friends Inc. are a not-for-profit group who contribute to the ongoing operations of the Gallery. As supporters and ambassadors of the Gallery, the Friends play a vital role by contributing financially to acquisitions for the collection, supporting events and programs, and catering. Coming together with a common purpose to grow and enrich Wangaratta Art Gallery.

This last year, the Friends have supported the purchase of a significant acquisition to the Gallery collection, Hogs with sow at Clear Creek, a painting by local artist Andy Pye. They also supported the annual student art award, which grants a promising young art student a $1,000 prize to continue their studies.

The AGM is also an opportunity to view the latest exhibition Counterparts: Expanded Textile Practices by Hannah Gartside and Britt Salt which opens on November 16.

For further information, please contact Gallery Director, Rachel Arndt on r.arndt@wangaratta.vic.gov.au