Ararat Regional Art Gallery

Located in the heart of Ararat in the historic late-Victorian Town Hall Building, Ararat Regional Art Gallery offers a varied program that encompasses national touring exhibitions, aspects of the permanent collection and exhibitions by visiting and regional artists across all areas of the visual arts.

The Gallery has a unique place amongst Australia’s public galleries through its commitment to supporting and promoting textile and fibre art - a curatorial and collection focus that began in the early 1970s.  Since its first acquisition in 1968, the Gallery’s permanent collection has grown to over 1500 objects, including artworks by Juan Davila, Kate Derum, Richard Goodwin, Virginia Kaiser, Kay Lawrence, Sara Lindsay and Bronwyn Oliver, as well as international artists Olga de Amaral (Colombia) and Marcel Marois (Canada).

Note: The Gallery is dedicated to supporting the contemporary textile fibre art field, however its exhibition program is varied and does not exclusively focus on this area of practise.