Exhibitions at the Bunker Gallery

The Bunker Cartoon Gallery has two main exhibition areas. The foyer is frequently used to display and promote established and emerging Australian cartoonists and caricaturists. The main gallery is used for high calibre travelling exhibitions as well as those drawn from the Bunker's own impressive holdings and community-based exhibitions.

Annual Rotary Cartoon Awards

The Rotary Cartoon Awards competition is designed to recognise the best of Australian and international cartoons with prizes totalling over $10,000. Read more about the upcoming Rotary Cartoon Awards (now open for entries).

Current and upcoming exhibitions and events at the Bunker Gallery:
Dates	Exhibition
1-30 August Opening Night: Friday 1 August at 6pm All welcome!	'Shards of Colour' - Group Mosaic Exhibition The Mosaic Group is an informal group of artists from Coffs Harbour, Sawtell, Bellingen and Bowraville. They meet once a month to swap ideas and advice but have no teacher. The group includes local artists such as Chris Stewart, Liz Cram, Annie Payne, Val Mola and Hillary Hartney to name a few. The works are 2D and 3D in tile and glass from realistic to abstract including functional pieces such as mirrors and bowls. 'Naturescapes' - Col South A collection of drawings by Col South exploring the delicate balance of light and shade typified by the rainforest. Col South is a retired High School Principal who grew up in Dorrigo with the Dorrigo National Park as a playground. With a Graduate Diploma in Industrial Arts he studied art for one year with Frank Hinder at Sydney Teachers College. He furthered his love for art with several courses at Camp Creative and Grafton's Art Fest. Having retired to Coffs Harbour eight years ago Col has devoted his time to drawing and painting. He is an accomplished model maker, woodturner and furniture maker. He frames the works himself with many mouldings manufactured from recovered and recycled North Coast Red Cedar. His most recent works are in the mediums of pen and ink on watercolour paper and pen and wash. He also works in oils, watercolour and pencil on watercolour paper. Coffs Harbour is an ideal base from which to access The New England, Dorrigo and Grafton regions and most of his work is inspired by the landscape of the rainforest in this area. Living at Heritage Park he has a ready source of bird and animal subjects at his doorstep.
5-27 September	Expressive Lines Coffs Calligraphers Annual Exhibition, now in it's 16^th year, will open at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery at 6pm Friday 5 September. The evening will feature music from the Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium. Jan Strom will be the guest speaker. The exhibition will be officially opened by Richard Holloway, Regional Arts Development Officer of Arts Mid North Coast, Regional Arts NSW. It will then be open Monday - Saturday 10am to 4pm from the 6th - 29^th September 2008 Exhibitors in Expressive Lines are drawn from NSW, Victoria, QLD and overseas. For more information, contact Exhibition Co-ordinators Colleen Little 02 6651 2406 and/or Robyn Lawrence 02 6652 2331.
5-27 September	A History In Stamps Monty Wedd is one of Australia's oldest living cartoonist, illustrator & historian who still runs his own Australian Military Uniforms Museum near Williamstown. For 40 years he illustrated for Stamp News, a series on stamp issues from all over the world. A selection of 40 detailed drawings from this collection will be on view at The Bunker Cartoon Gallery from 5th-27th September.
3-25 October	Marnie Yeates Trophy for Nature Photography Photography exhibition
1 November - 6 December	Rotary Cartoon Awards 20th Annual Rotary Cartoon Awards exhibition. Closing date for entries: 29 September 2008. Award Presentation Night: 21 November 2008. Read more about the Cartoon Awards 2008.
12 December - 13 January 2009	FOCUS Group exhibition Annual exhibition showcasing works by local and regional artists in all mediums. All works will be for sale.
13 March - 11 April 2009	Women of the World exhibition This exhibition will be held for the first time in 2009 in celebration of International Women's Day. Female cartoonists, illustrators and caricaturists are invited to submit an entry for consideration. Entry forms: Women of the World exhibition entry form (57KB) Women of the World exhibition entry form (49KB)