2025 AGRA Annual Exhibition
6 Aug 2025 – 17 Aug 2025
Official Opening: 1pm, Saturday 9 August
Location: Frater, McCubbin and Hammond Galleries
After being rescued from closure in 2023, AGRA now operates nationwide with a glossy hardcopy magazine - the AGRA Magazine - sent out to all members nationally and internationally. The Guild was saved by directors nationwide in Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania led by Victorian artist Lulu Clifton-Evans. The other directors include: Grace Paleg of New South Wales, Christine Broersen of Shepparton; Fiona Bilbrough of Korumburra; Jan Pittman of Western Australia; Catriona Maclaine of Tasmania; and John Baker and Patricia Walker of Melbourne.
The exhibition features work by artists throughout Victoria and New South Wales. The latest issue of the AGRA Magazine has stories on Australian Tonalism, Clarice Beckett and still life through the centuries. Visit www.agra.org.au to join and receive the magazines.
This exhibition is accompanied by a Cato Gallery show featuring work by Kenneth Jack.
The Girl of Ukraine, Barbara McManus VAS FVAS
AGRA members and directors nationwide
Rear from left: NSW Director Grace Paleg; Former President Lyn Mellady; Melbourne Director John Baker;
Middle from left: Walter Magilton; Shepparton Director Christine Broerson
Front from left: Barbara McManus; Director/President Lulu Clifton-Evans holding an issue of the AGRA Magazine and Former president Colin Johnson.
Photo Credit: Ron Smith OAM
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.