Cuisine and Country

In Orange, local artists also joined in by painting 40 metre square pictures on food themes on weatherproof boards which we hung on the external gallery walls and later auctioned for Gallery Acquisitions funds. The picture shows the Opening of Cuisine and Country and the F.O.O.D Week activites at Orange Regional Gallery, with the wall of local artists behind. Local restaurants and wineries were invited to show or sell their wares at the Opening of Cuisine and Country. The Mayor Of Orange Cr John Davis formally invited over 4000 people attending the event into the Gallery to view the exhibition, and over 2000 took up his invitation that evening - easily breaking the gallery's first day attendance record. A notable collaborative success!

Project Summary

The first Touring exhibition in Australia's history devoted to Food, Art and their mysterious and important relationship. Features over 100 great Australian artworks including Dobell, Drysdale, Preston, Whiteley and younger artists like Quilty and Culliton.

Cuisine and Country borrows works from National and State Galleries and important private collectors, commissioned by Orange Regional Gallery and curated by Gavin Wilson.

A community partnership project between Orange Regional Gallery for the Orange City Council, and the Food of Orange District organisation, who put up seeding funding and made the exhibition a lynch pin of their 2007 FOOD week activities.

The exhibition was Officially Opened in Orange by master chef and art collector Tony Bilson, and is currently touring to 9 regional galleries throughout Australia, 4 of these in regional and metropolitan NSW. Many local government areas have recognised the importance of using this exhibition to promote their own local produce.

Photos

    • In Orange, local artists also joined in by painting 40 metre square pictures on food themes on weatherproof boards which we hung on the external gallery walls and later auctioned for Gallery Acquisitions funds. The picture shows the Opening of Cuisine and Country and the F.O.O.D Week activites at Orange Regional Gallery, with the wall of local artists behind. Local restaurants and wineries were invited to show or sell their wares at the Opening of Cuisine and Country. The Mayor Of Orange Cr John Davis formally invited over 4000 people attending the event into the Gallery to view the exhibition, and over 2000 took up his invitation that evening - easily breaking the gallery's first day attendance record. A notable collaborative success!

      In Orange, local artists also joined in by painting 40 metre square pictures on food themes on weatherproof boards which we hung on the external…

Project Information

Council
Orange City Council
Cultural Officer
Alan Sisley
Programs Projects and Partnerships
Division B
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