Gippsland Art Gallery
Gippsland Art Gallery is the premier art destination in the region. Situated at the Port of Sale, the Gallery overlooks stunning waterways and parkland. Every year the Gallery hosts around twenty exhibitions of local, national and international significance, in addition to ongoing and evolving displays of the permanent collection. Housed in the Wellington Centre together with the Sale Library and Visitor Information Centre, there is always plenty to see and do.
COLLECTION
Gippsland Art Gallery’s permanent collection of artworks is one of the great cultural assets of the region. Since its establishment in 1965, the focus of the Collection has been Gippsland and the natural environment. The Gippsland Art Gallery currently holds over 2,300 objects, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, works on paper (drawings and prints), photographs, textiles, metalwork, woodwork, and Indigenous art.
HISTORY
The Gippsland Art Gallery was established in 1965 as the Sale Regional Arts Centre, above the City Library in Macalister Street, Sale. The Gallery was the first public art venue to open east of Melbourne. A Victorian State Government Grant of £20,000 enabled construction of the Gallery, which was initially run by a Committee of Management. The Gallery was staffed entirely by volunteers until its first Director, Gwen Webb OAM, was appointed in 1976. It continued to operate as a community gallery until 1994, when it came under the management of the newly formed Wellington Shire Council. The Gallery relocated into the Port of Sale Civic Centre, where it re-opened in 1995.
Address
- Street: 70 Foster Street
- City: Sale
- Postcode: 3850
Contact
- Telephone: (03) 5142 3500
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- Website: http://www.gippslandartgallery.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gippslandartgallery
Volunteer Positions Available