Wagga Wagga Art Gallery inspires a vibrant, innovative and diverse Riverina arts culture through engaging with local and global communities.
It supports artists regionally and nationally, and promotes a flourishing and experimental creative environment accessible to all.
Situated in Wagga Wagga's cultural precinct on the banks of the Wollundary lagoon, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery has 7 exhibitions spaces with over 1000 square metres of wall space, a dedicated darkened space for new media and artist film projects, the E3 Regional Artist Exhibition and Residency spaces, state of the art technology.
For more information regarding exhibitions events and hours of operation please visit the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery website.
National Art Glass Gallery
The Wagga Wagga Art Gallery is home of the National Art Glass Gallery housing the National Art Glass Collection which reflects developments in contemporary art glass practice from the 1960's to the present. New acquisitions are added to the collection each year, which has grown to include over 700 works.
Throughout the year there are displays drawn from the National Art Glass Collection and exhibitions of work by contemporary art glass practitioners.
Collections
In addition to the National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery also houses the The Margaret Carnegie Print Collection, a general collection and houses and cares for the art collection of the Wagga Wagga Art Society on permanent loan.
Margaret Carnegie Print Collection
The Margaret Carnegie Print Collection at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery began with a donation of 150 works by local patron Margaret Carnegie in 1980. Today, the Collection includes over fourteen hundred original works in a range of print media, by artists such as Bea Maddock, Noel Counihan, Madeleine Winch, Fred Williams and Arthur Boyd. Selections from the print collection are exhibited throughout the year in the Margaret Carnegie Gallery, located at the main gallery entrance.
General Collection
The General Collection includes paintings, sculptures and works in many other artforms by significant Australian artists with links to the city of Wagga Wagga and the Riverina region.
View more details about the collections on the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery website
Address: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Corner of Baylis & Morrow Streets, Wagga Wagga
Telephone: (02) 6926 9660
Email: gallery@wagga.nsw.gov.au
Website: wagga.nsw.gov.au/art-gallery
Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 10am - 2pm
Closed Mondays
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery is a cultural facility of the City of Wagga Wagga and is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Header image: Gregory Carosi, Dead Reckoning, installation view, 2020. Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.