Our Art

22 June to 14 October 2024 

Take a tour, ‘around town’ with artist Matthew Dettmer, featuring paintings and digital drawings of Creswick and surrounds. Capturing the charms of Creswick, Matt has focused on simplified views that speak to his painting style. Created specifically for the rooms at RACV Goldfields Resort, explore the story behind these commissioned artworks.

^{Image credit:  Matthew Dettmer, Tremarne House (After Litherland), 2023. Oil on Masonite, 36 x 36cm. Courtesy the artist} 

22 June to 14 October 2024

Sangeeta Sandrasegar has worked with master dyer Heather Thomas using botanical materials from the Creswick region to create a new tonal palette of yellows and native golds. Sangeeta reflects the goldfields history as a magnet of migration, connection to landscape and land, and contemporary stories of employment. 

^{Image Credit: Sangeeta SANDRASEGAR; Process image for Yellow deep that drew your eyes, 2023. Image courtesy Sarah Hunnisett} 

16 March to 16 June 2024

Jacob Raupach investigates the shifting history of industry across regional Australia, and their legacies. He uses multiple forms of photographic process and presentation methods to explore the relationship between natural and societal environments. Embracing the original motto for Creswick School of Forestry Circumspice as his exhibition title, Jacob asks us to look around, to inspect, to search for, and look again.

_{Image Credit: Jacob Raupach, Installation view CCP, 2018}

9 December 2023 to 11 March 2024

Setting up a temporary print workshop at RACV Goldfields Resort, Negative Press founder, Trent Walter, will conduct a series of workshops that will reflect on the material, natural and representational aspects of Creswick. Trent Walter is a master printer and has designed and delivered community printmaking workshops across Australia. Visit ArtHouse to explore the outcomes of these workshops presented as a mass installation of printed matter.

_{Image Credit: Living Museum of the West workshop, Maribyrnong 2021. Courtesy Negative Press.}

19 Aug to 3 Dec 2023 | RACV Goldfields Resort

Hidden outside, around the RACV Goldfields Resort, Within the Landscape is part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB). This exhibition examines recent Australian photography that focuses on children and adolescents within three distinct regions of Australia. Naomi Hobson shares with us her home in Remote Far North Queensland; Selina Ou, suburban Melbourne; and Lisa Sorgini the Northern Rivers of New South Wales.

Explore the Resort surrounds to discover photography that investigates play, familial bonds, nature, and a sense of anticipation for the future.

_{Image credit: Selina Ou, The Pines, 2022. Courtesy the artist and Sophie Gannon Gallery} 

19 Aug to 3 Dec 2023 | Goldfields Gallery

Aldona Kmieć invites us to explore the boundaries of our own imaginations and to embrace the power of creativity in her new series, Winterbloom as part of BIFB. These fluid and bright photographs were made in the depths of winter during COVID-19 as an act of creative rebellion. She has used a freedom of colour and movement to create this series of visually captivating self-portraits.

_{Image credit: Aldona Kmieć, Winterbloom 11, 2021. Courtesy the artist}

19 Aug to 3 Dec 2023 | ArtHouse

Step behind the curtain, or in this case the image, and into the world of Erik Johansson. This is a special exhibition with Erik Johansson, an international headliner artist of BIFB. Using original drawings and short documentaries, understand how Erik’s physical photography is brought to life with digital effects within his digital-darkroom to create his world-renowned images. Get creative and take part in an art activity inspired by his artworks in ArtHouse.

_{Image credit: Erik Johansson, Impact, 2016. Courtesy the artist}

8 May to 13 August 2023 | Goldfields Gallery

This exhibition highlights the works of three outstanding RACV Collection artists: Narelle Autio, Catherine Nelson and Guan Wei. The RACV Art Collection is featured across the RACV Resorts and Clubs throughout Australia. It holds over 1000 contemporary artworks, highlighting key social themes our artists have considered over the last 20 years.

^{Image credit: Guan Wei, Exotic flowers and rare grasses no. 29, 30 & 31, 2002, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 90 x 150cm, Courtesy the artist and ARC ONE Gallery. Photography Christian Capurro, RACV Art Collection.}