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Everyday

A bright and colourful room full of variously shaped sculptures and artworks

Everyday, 2024
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Murray Art Museum Albury.
Image by Jeremy Weirauch

Everyday presented the work of 16 artists, sharing their individual and collective experience of life in our region. A large collaborative fabric work depicting the Murray River was presented, alongside paintings and works on paper that highlighted the area’s natural beauty. Animals also featured strongly, with collaborative sculptures of kangaroos, goannas, and large native birds fashioned from recycled materials. Recurring images of ice cream cones and smiley motifs, as well as abstract patterning, celebrated moments of daily joy.

The artists exhibited in Everyday were brought together through an art group held at Mercy Connect, a not-for-profit organisation that supports people with disabilities to live independently and maintain active involvement in community.

The exhibition was designed to showcase each of the artists’ works, while also highlighting that many of the pieces have been conceived and made by groups of artists. The colours and wall drawings were inspired by the vitality of the artists’ studio, where they surround themselves with their work. The exhibition also featured a short video work where the artists share what the experience of staging this project and offering their works to audiences means to each of them, drawing each of us further into their everyday.

Featured artists:
Beverley Jones
Bradley Barrett
Daniel Quin
David Dick
Debbie Fox
Dianne Ruitenburg
Elissa Thiele
Genevieve Grovers
Gerard Fox
Geraldine Trimble
Haley Carroll
Karen Trezise
Mark Inwood
Mark Pearsall
Rose Croxford
Tara Dodd

A person looking at a wire sculpture artwork of a dragonfly hanging on a green painted wall

Everyday, 2024
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MAMA.
Image Jeremy Weihrauch

A handmade sculpture of hot air balloon made from mixed and found materials hanging from the ceiling

Everyday, 2024
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MAMA.
Image Jeremy Weihrauch

A crowd of people wearing black shirts, some standing, and some sitting in wheelchairs in front of a blue wall with mixed media artworks

Everyday, 2024
Artist Group Photo
Image Jeremy Weihrauch

A large sculpture of a kangaroo made from bed springs and cardboard flowers and a big sculpture of white fluff both sit in a room of bright colours and smaller sculptures

Everyday, 2024
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MAMA.
Image Jeremy Weihrauch

Two people looking at a blue and green wall of various artworks made from found and recycled objects

Everyday, 2024
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MAMA.
Image Jeremy Weihrauch

A handmade rusty metal sculpture of a helmet, armour and guns in a colourful room

Everyday, 2024
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MAMA.
Image Jeremy Weihrauch

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