It would be hard to miss the Echuca Discoveries Swan Hill exhibition at the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery.
Working tirelessly over the past 12 months, the Swan Hill branch’s participants have put together masterpieces of all shapes and sizes, from paintings, to collages, to hanging sculptures, and even a chess table.
They are now on display in the gallery’s foyer area until November 28.
A participant exhibiting for the first time is Aliesha Langman.
“It’s good to see it on display,” she told The Guardian.
Ms Langman’s earthenware dreamcatcher incorporates stamped designs, including leaf imprints, coloured underglaze and clear gloss.
Another participants’ work featured in the exhibition is Haylee Bosanquet’s collage of Rapunzel.
Ms Bosanquet’s collage incorporates butterflies, glitter circles and flowers, and took her a week to complete.
At the exhibition’s opening at the gallery on Monday, Echuca Discoveries Swan Hill support worker Lynne Rice said the artworks were created in Echuca Discoveries’ art classes.
Support worker Tina Richie assisted with the drawing and painting.
Ms Rice said generally, participants undertake activities that match up with the specialties of the support workers.
“We have a woodworker, registered tennis coach and singers – everyone is a specialist, so there’s nobody that doesn’t have their own talent,” she said.
“Participants pick up the skills through workshops throughout the year.”
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery director Ian Tully said the exhibition included a range of “really interesting experimentation”.
“From mosaics to slip cast and hand built earthenware forms – there are so many different approaches,” Mr Tully said.
“There’s different media, messages and ideas – that’s what makes this world a wonderful place, how we’re trying to express what we’re thinking through art.”
