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All Kingston Arts venues and galleries will be closed on Wednesday 16 September. Our Box Office will not be monitoring calls and emails on this date.

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'Water bodies' exhibition artworks

A photo of tree trunks reflected in water, with blue sky and clouds above, reflecting on the water below. The image is mirrored like a Rorschach.

Nici Cumpston, 'Oh my Murray Darling', 2019, archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper, 75 x 175 cm. Courtesy the artist and Michael Reid Gallery.

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A photo of a painting on canvas, showing a mottled blue blacground, with black graphs drawn at top and bottom

Judy Watson, 'water restrictions (despite a 26% increase in the population the total demand for drinking water remains lower than it did before mandatory restrictions were introduced in late 2003, conditions in the murray-darling basin rainfall and temperature)', 2021, acrylic, indigo, chinagraph pencil, graphite and pastel on canvas, 179 x 180 cm. Photo: Carl Warner. Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery.

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A photo of 15 screenprints displayed in a grid, showing varied patterns in a black, white and orange colour palette.

Lisa Waup, collective image of prints, 2024, water based ink, reflected ink, ochre, binder, cotton thread, Somerset cotton rag paper, 300gsm. Photo by Jessica Clark.

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A sculpture made of treated kangaroo skin, resembling a shroud. In the background are screenprints with geometric imagery

Mandy Quadrio, 'S(kin) Memories', 2026, kangaroo hide and skin, photo by James Henry.

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Two small, handwoven baskets, made with river reeds and emu feathers, against a white background

Auntie Dy Summers, woven baskets, 2026, river reeds, emu feathers. Photo by James Henry

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A water carrier, made of Brown-yellow Bull Kelp, She-oak sticks, river reed. Resembling a small leather bag with open top, against a white background.

Auntie Netty Shaw 'Water carrier', 2020, Brown-yellow Bull Kelp, She-oak sticks, river reed. Photo by James Henry

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black metal lightboxes at dusk with traffic passing in the background, lightboxes contain black and white photographs of trees

Nici Cumpston, install image of lightbox artworks. Photo by James Henry

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An enclosed bridge at nighttime, with video projection on it, featuring three distinct images of plants and handwritten notes.

Judy Watson 'water body', 2017. Photo of video projection by James Henry

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The City of Kingston proudly acknowledges the Bunurong Boon wurrung Peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respect to their Elders, past and present. Read our full Acknowledgement of Country.

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