After an enforced break of two years due to Covid, ‘It’s a Case of Art in the Mill’ is returning for the 20th and final exhibition from 29 April to 2 May 2022.
What began in 2001 as a collaboration between a few local artists, will end this year with an exhibition acknowledging all of the 50 local artists and makers who have contributed to this event over the last 20 years.
The four-day event held each year over the May Day long weekend has grown in popularity each year. To date, approximately 16,000 visitors have attended the exhibitions, generating total sales approaching half a million dollars, as well as many commissions for local artists.
The Granite Belt community has been most supportive in this regard, while many visitors to the region have also returned home with artworks, amazed at the diversity and quality of the locally produced art on offer. And over the years, many of them have eagerly returned.
The venue for this event has been the Ballandean Case and Timber Mill, generously made available by Pedro Curr, whose continued support has enabled ‘It’s a Case of Art in the Mill’ to thrive and become an iconic fixture on the Granite Belt annual calendar.
The Art in the Mill exhibition has always been staged by a core group of artists and is run as a not-for-profit event, with sale proceeds, less a fee to cover expenses, going directly to the artists. No funding has ever been applied for, and no grants received, which demonstrates the inherent strengths of, and support for, the arts in our local community.
All things have their own life and time. What began in 2001 with a handful of artists displaying their own works, quickly surpassed all expectations and grew to annual exhibitions featuring up to 16 artists. In this, the final year of ‘Art in the Mill’, all of the artists from all previous exhibitions have been invited to exhibit, to showcase our vibrant local art scene, and celebrate the amazing array of talent and culture that lives and thrives on the Granite Belt.
Join us this year for our very own Arty Bash, as we go out at the top of our game.
