Exhibition callout - last days
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Exhibition callout - last days ⋆
A Royal Subject:
a portrait of the new king
King Charles III is our new King and Memorial Halls around the country are having to replace their old photos of King Charlie’s mum with his new official royal portrait.
As a part of the famous NatiFrinj Festival in November this year, we are calling for artists to submit an artwork that explores what it means to have a new King in the colonial outpost that is the Commonwealth of Australia. Whether you are a staunch republican, a devout royalist, an eternal fan of Queen Elizabeth, an anti-royalist, or completely indifferent to our British head of state, you are invited to submit your own idea of a royal portrait and what the King means to you. Is he the beginning of a new era for the royals, more gossip fodder for trashy magazines or the end of a dynasty?
Special guest judges will award the best work for display at the Natimuk Memorial Hall for 12 months while we wait for the official portrait (or to sit along side).
Guidelines for artworks
EOI and Submission details can be found here.
Artworks can be 2D or 3D
Artworks can be in any medium (however to be hung in the Natimuk Memorial Hall they will need to be suitable for a hanging display)
The work must be no larger than 80 cm (2D or 3D)
The work must arrive at the Goat Gallery by October 20, 2025 to be included in the exhibition
Lets give Charlie the portrait he deserves!
COMING SOON
A Royal subject - portrait of the new king
a special Frinj festival show
King Charles III is our new King and Memorial Halls around the country are having to replace their old photos of King Charlie’s mum with his new official royal portrait.
As a part of the famous NatiFrinj Festival in November this year, local and regional artists have produced a diverse range of artworks that explore what it means to have a new King in the colonial outpost that is the Commonwealth of Australia. Whether you are a staunch republican, a devout royalist, an eternal fan of Queen Elizabeth, an anti-royalist, or completely indifferent to our British head of state, this exhibition gives you a glimpse into the ways our artists think about our new king.
Exhibition Opening
Friday, OCtober 31st 7.30 - 9pm - ALL Welcome
Special guest judges, Suzanne Donisthorpe (author, artist, curator, and former 3CR, 3RRR, and ABC Radio National Broadcaster, and now the host of Retronauts on MAINFm), and Tracey Skinner (Artist, Designer, and Chair of the Natimuk Soldiers Memorial Hall) will present the award for the best work, which includes an invitation to exhibit the work at the Natimuk Memorial Hall.
December
liminal landscapes
kit andrews
6-19 December
Exhibition Launch - Saturday 6th December 6-8pm
More details to come…
january
Natimuk Exile
michael ambriano
10 - 18 January
Exhibition Launch - Saturday 10th January 4-6pm
Previous exhibitions
KNIT YOUR REVOLT
sticking our needles to misogynistic knit-wits and extreme conservatism since 2012
Knit Your Revolt (KYR) is a network of rad crafters banding together to produce mass acts of craftivism. They aim to subvert society’s low expectations of craft and women (who are most commonly associated with the artform) to combat other crazy-arse notions that abound and create a powerful force of change towards a more equitable world.
Consciously using artforms and materials that have gendered expectations, KYR highlights many other ridiculous assumptions afoot in the world today relating to gender identity and sexual orientation and other fields of generally bizarro inequity or injustice.
Now Closed
Images from the opening night, May 31st 2025. (L-R) Casey Jenkins, Shannon Morton, Jacquie Tinkler.