Established in 2007, the Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) is a leading arts and cultural organisation in the Northern Rivers, fostering creativity and engagement through quality exhibitions and programs, and supporting

opportunities where arts and culture can thrive.

NRCG presents four exciting new exhibitions this May, including an otherworldly botanical installation, a series of textile-based meditations, award-winning still life photography, and a series of relief printed portraits of distant friends made during

social distancing.

Distant Friends | Peter McLean

Distant Friends was initiated soon after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when online platforms became the main means of maintaining friendships and social interactions. The exhibition encompasses relief-printed portraits based on social

media photos of the artist’s friends as a basis to create a series of highly pixelated and innovative abstract portraits.

Leaf and Flower | Robyn Barron

Robyn’s practice as a still life photographer is informed by her horticultural and design background with the objects in her work often cultivated in her garden or collected from the Northern NSW coastline. Leaf and Flower showcases a

selection of the artist’s recent photographs alongside some of her award-winning work.

I hope this helps | Liv Enqvist

I hope this helps is a series of textile meditations where you can stop, pause and take a deep breath. The exhibition offers a soft, embroidered space inspired by mindfulness and the art of being present.

Den Inception | Immortal Soil

‘To undergo the transformation, we must surrender everything. ’ The inception den is a resting place, a place of recharge amongst nature’s physical embrace. This exhibition, Den Inception, creates a home within the gallery using botanical

elements and soundscape to bring the outside in and give the viewer a sense of wild nature, recharge, reverence, and retreat.

All exhibitions open on Thursday, 1 May and continue until Sunday, 22 June. The official exhibition launch will be held 5.30 – 7.30pm, Thursday, 1 May.

The Northern Rivers Community Gallery is located at 44 Cherry Street, Ballina and is open Wednesday to Friday from 9am until 3pm and weekends from 9.30am until 1.00pm.

For further information, contact the Gallery on 02 6681 0530 or visit the website www.nrcgballina.com.au.