Birdtown – A BirdLife Australia Bird Week Exhibition

This exhibition celebrates our urban birdlife. With more than 80% of Australia’s population living in cities, it might not feel like there’s much room for nature. But a stroll through any Australian city proves there’s no need to go bush to get in touch with wildlife. 

© Angela Robertson-Buchanan
© Angela Robertson-Buchanan

However, with rapid urbanisation, they face a great challenge. Many Australian bird species are declining in urban areas and declining overall.

It’s more important than ever to research, protect and provide education on the urban birds that surround us. Now more than ever, on behalf of the living world, we need to feel like we belong here, on the planet. That this is our home, but it is not ours alone.

20% of sales will be donated to BirdLife Australia. The exhibition runs alongside National Bird Week – an initiative to get more Australians interested in birds.

© Angela Robertson-Buchanan
© Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Artists

Photographer: Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Designers: Eggpicnic

Printmaker: Fiona Roderick

Gallery hours

Wed: 5-8pm
Thursday: 11am-5pm
Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-3pm
Sunday: 10am-3pm

 

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November

Sydney: The exhibition delves into the State Library of NSW's vast collection of two million images, showcasing 400 photos – many displayed for the first time.

February

Ballarat: Scotty So is a Melbourne-based artist who works across media, using painting, photography, sculptures, site-responsive installation, videos and drag performance.

Melbourne: Jill Orr’s The Promised Land Refigured is an exhibition that reworks the original project created in 2012 with new insights that have emerged in the past eleven years.

Sydney: Curated by Lynn Smith, Urban Enigmas aims to unlock the subtle mysteries that lurk in out-of-the-way places in big cities: back lanes, river banks, street markets, abandoned factories, old bridges and so on.

March

Ballarat: Nan Goldin is an American artist whose work explores subcultures, moments of intimacy, the impacts of the HIV/AIDS and opioid epidemics on her communities, and photography as a tool for social activism.

Sydney: The Ocean Photographer of the Year Award, run by London based Oceanographic Magazine is in its 4th year and has quickly achieved recognition amongst photographers around the world.

Albury: The National Photography Prize offers a $30,000 acquisitive prize, the $5000 John and Margaret Baker Fellowship for an emerging practitioner, and further supports a number of artists through focused acquisitions.