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Operation Art

Operation Art is an annual exhibition celebrating its 29th Anniversary this year. These 50 artworks created by students across New South Wales will tour the state before finding their home at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, where they will help make sick children feel better through the power of art.

Operation Art is an in initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in partnership with The NSW Department of Education. For information on how your school can get involved in the exhibition program, student visual arts workshops and teacher professional learning, please visit The Arts Unit website.

Opening Event
6pm Friday 9 August
Join us for the opening of Operation Art, explore the exhibition and enjoy light refreshments.

Sensory Tours
The Gallery are offering sensory tour experiences through the duration of the Operation Art exhibition.
These tours have been developed to engage a range of participants' senses including sound, smell and touch accompanying the visual delights around them.
In these tours, participants will be taken on an adventure through new prospects the eye may not be able to see!
Tours will be available for the duration of the exhibition on weekdays from Monday 12 August to Friday 13 September. More information here.

Exhibition Details

Opening Event: 6pm Friday 9 August
Closes: Sunday 15 September
 
Lily Plum, Dusty Plum & Eli Crossley, Zoo's Looking at You Kid, Booligal Public School.


Operation Art is an in initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in partnership with The NSW Department of Education.


Opening Hours

Saturday & Sunday: 11am - 2pm  
Wednesday - Friday: 10am - 5pm  
Closed: Monday & Tuesday  

Please note: the Gallery is closed between exhibitions for changeover. Please check our exhibition dates or call the Gallery on 6962 8338 for more information.

 

 

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