Ipswich in Winter 2025

FANTASTIC FORMS A BUNDANON TOURING EXHIBITION 14 JUNE – 7 SEPTEMBER 2025

‘The first impulse of the maker of hand pottery is to obtain pleasure in making and decorating an article, and making that pleasure intelligible to others…’ – Merric Boyd, 1930 Fantastic Forms captures the energy, movement and colour in the expansive creative practice of Merric Boyd (1888-1959). Featuring over 200 drawings and ceramics from the Bundanon Collection, in dialogue with contemporary works by Rubyrose Bancroft, Stephen Benwell and Nabilah Nordin, this exhibition celebrates the endless creativity of the human imagination. Image: Nabilah Nordin , Pavilion 2023. Timber, white rags, beeswax, pigment, acrylic paint, spray paint, mouldable plastic, epoxy modelling compound, cotton rope & ecrylimer. MIIA Foundation Collection. Photo: Simon Strong.

JUGUN – SENSE OF PLACE CHARMAINE DAVIS AND

CHENAYA BANCROFT-DAVIES 14 JUNE – 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 Charmaine Davis and Chenaya Bancroft- Davies are proud Goori women descended from the Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung Nations. As mother and daughter, they have shared knowledge and sensitivities about art, culture, and place. Charmaine and Chenaya have created an exhibition of paintings of and about rivers that are important in their lives and the country around Tulmur (Ipswich), where they live and work, and Bundjalung, which is their traditional country.

Image: Chenaya Bancroft-Davies , Urarrar (Bremer River) 2025, synthetic polymer paint canvas, courtesy of the artist.

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