Annual Program
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Exhibition Title: Natures Daydream
Artist: Scarlett Stokoe
Opening Night: Thursday, 29 January 2026 (5pm to 8pm)
Exhibition Dates: 29 January - 15 February 2026
Natures Daydream invites viewers into Stokoe’s dream world of imagined creatures— organisms formed by fragments of nature and found materials. Through photographing, collecting, and assembling, Stokoe creates her own species of creatures, inviting viewers to question, what are they? Are they real? Have I seen them before?
Exhibition Title: In Full Bloom 2.0
Artists: Claire Cassidy and Emma Rowland
Opening Night: Thursday, 19 February 2026
Exhibition Dates: 19 February - 1 March 2026
In Full Bloom 2.0 builds on last year’s vibrant queer group exhibition that brought together LGBTQIA+ artists and an audience of community and allies. Returning with a renewed energy, the 2026 exhibition will celebrate local queer creativity and joy through bold, colourful and expressive works presented during Mardi Gras.
Exhibition Title: Petals of Regrow: Where culture blossoms and resilience takes root
Artists: Hosna Saif, Maryam Hussaini, and Rodaba Qureshi
Opening Night: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Exhibition Dates: 12 - 29 March 2026
Petals of Regrow" brings together three newly arrived female artists from Afghanistan whose paintings and multi-sensory cultural installations explore the intertwined themes of women’s rights and Nowruz. Nowruz, meaning “new day” in Persian, is an ancient celebration of the Persian New Year, observed for over 3,000 years across Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, and beyond. It symbolises rebirth, hope, and the triumph of light over darkness.
Exhibition Title: Through My Eyes
Artists: Digby Webster and Neil Tomkins
Exhibition Dates: 16 April - 3 May 2026
Through My Eyes is a celebration of Digby — his life, his people and the way he sees the world. Featuring new paintings, textiles, ceramics and a few special collaborations with other artists, the show reflects the faces, places and moments that stick. It’s creative, it’s joyous, and all are welcome to take part in the community portrait workshop.
Exhibition Title:The Social Glue of Sydney
Artists: Mia Ardianto, Jacqui Biffin, Kathryn Bird, Nicole Buckland, Alice Crawford, Amanda Holt, Bettina Kaiser, Mandy King, Zoe Sadokierski, and other artists of Social Glue.
Exhibition Dates: 7 - 24 May 2026
The Social Glue of Sydney exhibition and workshops will showcase the distinctive styles and themes explored by a vibrant group of collage artists and introduce collage practice to community members. We aim to celebrate our diverse community, welcome new members, and demonstrate the limitless creativity of collage as a medium.
Exhibition Title: Light Ode
Artist: Olivia Arnold
Exhibition Dates: 26 May - 14 June 2026
Local artist Olivia Arnold presents, Light Ode; an exhibition that documents place through meditative drawing and observation. In this exhibition, the audience will immerse themselves in a suspended drawing maze, study the pages of large scale artist books, and see their urban landscape in new and poignant ways.
Exhibition Title: OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
Artists: Kate McGuinness and Yanti Peng
Exhibition Dates: 18 June - 5 July 2026
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN invites viewers to consider the complexities of identity formation in contemporary society. It challenges the notion of the autonomous self, revealing how personal and collective identities are continually constructed and reconstructed through the interplay of internal desires and external influences.
Exhibition Title: Invisible Forests
Artists: Stephanie Chambers & Amy Ranck from Outer Island and Yang Qiu from Albatross Ceramic
Exhibition Dates: 9 - 26 July 2026
Invisible Forests explores the hidden fungal networks beneath the surface through vibrant paintings by Outer Island and bold ceramics by Yang Qiu. Blending art, science and community, the exhibition offers playful, educational and interactive experiences that invite visitors to see fungi as vital, interconnected systems shaping life above and below ground.
Exhibition Title: Between the Now and Not Yet: landscape and self portrait
Artist: Genevieve McCrea
Exhibition Dates: 30 July - 16 August 2026
My interest in landscape is grounded in the observation that self similarity in nature is visible everywhere. Is that a big head I see, or a plateau? Yearnings of the human spirit to find meaning in this created reality is a search for truth and beauty.
Exhibition Title: Sari
Artist: Anjum Olmo
Exhibition Dates: 20 August - 6 September 2026
Sari is a deeply intimate journey into the traditions, self-expression and expansive nature of the Sari garment, by Australian-Indian artist Anjum Olmo. This exhibition is a reclamation of the artist’s Indian heritage, weaving together nostalgia and cultural identity with her connection to the beautiful Blue Mountains. (Written by Curator Hayley Zena Poynton)
Exhibition Title: The Art of Becoming, Together
Artists: Joel Cunningham, Manuela Serje, Miriam Montgomery and James Lesjak-atton
Exhibition Dates: 10 - 27 September 2026
The Art of Becoming, Together brings together artists working across painting, sculpture, and ceramics to explore identity, transformation, and the shifting space between memory and instinct. Embracing the absurd and the unstable, the exhibition reflects the deeply human process of becoming. A portion of sales supports Newtown Neighbourhood Centre.
Exhibition Title:Between Us
Artists: Sandra Winkworth, Janet Parker-Smith, and Lisa Woolfe
Exhibition Dates: 1 - 18 October 2026
Between Us begins with secrets stitched, wrapped, and hidden in plain view. Artists Lisa Woolfe, Janet Parker Smith, and Sandra Winkworth invite you to join in the making of a shared textile-based installation created with friendship and trust, where personal stories unfold as acts of care, humour, and quiet resilience.
Exhibition Title: Rituals of Reciprocity
Curator: Vandana Ram
Artists: TBC
Exhibition Dates: 22 October - 8 November 2026
Rituals of Reciprocity explores First Nation, refugee and culturally diverse understandings of land and water, to share cultural and creative ideas centred around belonging and community connectedness.
Exhibition Title: Young Creatives: Young Artist 2026 Exhibition
Artists: TBC
Exhibition Dates: 12 - 22 November 2026
The Young Artist category of the annual Inner West Library Young Creatives Awards celebrates the vibrant, fearless voices of emerging artists aged 12–25. This exhibition brings together thirty exceptional artists’ works, ten shortlisted from over 200 entries, for each age group (12–15, 16–19, and 20–25) spanning painting, photography, digital art, and sculpture.
