ACU McGlade Gallery at Strathfield
The McGlade Gallery is a hub for the creative community in Sydney's inner west.
Through a program of curated exhibitions, the gallery focusses on the work of talented locals including current students, staff and ACU alumni, as well as other artists and designers who live and work nearby.
In addition to welcoming the public, the gallery plays a pivotal role in teaching and learning at ACU Strathfield. Through initiatives like the annual exhibition The Local, students are given the opportunity to exhibit side-by-side with industry professionals. And throughout the year, the McGlade gallery serves as an incubator space for students' ideas.
Other highlights from the annual McGlade Gallery calendar include three dynamic exhibitions which turn the spotlight on talented secondary students within the Sydney Catholic Schools network and the end of year Graduate Exhibition which celebrates the achievements of ACU Strathfield's final-year visual arts and design students.
Entry to all exhibitions in the McGlade Gallery is free and the gallery has wheelchair access via the Gate 2 entrance.
2024 Exhibitions
Logo designed by ACU student Elaina Kazouris
Title: The Local 2024
Description: The Local is our annual showcase of homegrown talent. In the 2024 edition, ACU Strathfield’s students shine side-by-side with our printmaking lecturer Jacqui Driver and local artist Nelson Nghe.
Duration: 20 July - 31 August 2024
Clancy Prize 2023 winner Nelson Fasavalu, Experienced, Encountered, Elevate (detail)
Title: The Clancy Prize
Description: The annual Clancy Religious Art Prize Exhibition showcases the creativity and talent of selected secondary students from Sydney Catholic Schools.
Duration: 20-26 Sept 2024
2024 Graduate Exhibition logo designed by Ma Jherlyn Calexterio, Lexie Rought and Thien An Vu.
Title: Kaleidoscopic: 2024 Graduate Exhibition
Description: Visual Arts and Design students from ACU Strathfield celebrate the culmination of their creative educations in this annual exhibition.
Duration: 7-16 November 2024
Recirculate logo by McGlade Gallery intern Julian Villegas.
Title: Recirculate
Description: Recirculate showcases the diverse strategies that Australian artists are using to create art in sustainable ways.
In this group exhibition 19 professional creatives present large scale digital prints, paintings, sculptures, drawings, jewellery and textile pieces made using second-hand, recycled and/or re-used materials.
Recirculate features works by: Linda Brescia, Peter Burgess, Tracey Clement, Rox De Luca, Adrienne Doig, Anna Dunnill, Nicholas Folland, Kath Fries, Agnieszka Golda, Locust Jones, Bridget Kennedy (+ Anna Davern, Sian Edwards, Jill Hermans, Regina Krawets, & Melinda Young), Ben Quilty, Lucienne Rickard, and Lachlan Warner.
To highlight the urgency of re-using and using less, the show is presented in conjunction with international Buy Nothing Day.
Duration:30 Nov – 20 Dec 2024 and 2-31 January 2025
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