Ruby Campbell

Daughter of the Callide Valley

16 DEC 2022 – 13 JAN 2023

Ruby Campbell, Daughter of the Callide Valley is a retrospective exhibition that explores the life and artistic career of Ruby Campbell, one of Central Queensland’s most prolific artists. Through her mastery of observational drawing, watercolour, printmaking and furniture design, Campbell’s works are rich with reference to the land and animals that framed her life at Kilburnie Homestead. Drawing from Biloela’s historical storytellers and the collections of the Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery, Greycliffe and Kilburnie Homestead, Ruby Campbell, Daughter of the Callide Valley celebrates both the hardships and beauty of the isolation of rural pioneering life. Exhibiting at the Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery in Biloela from 16 Dec 2022 until 13 Jan 2023**. Open Mon to Fri, 9.30am to 4pm with free entry.

**Please note Christmas closure of the Gallery from Fri 23 Dec 2022 at 12pm, reopening Tues 3 Jan 2023 at 9.30am.

Official Opening Night

Friday 16 Dec 2022 from 6pm

Free entry and light refreshments

To register for this free event, use this link: https://www.trybooking.com/CEGIP

Weekend Opening Hours including Guided Viewing

Saturday 17 Dec 2022 (10am to 12pm)

Drawing and Dry Point Printmaking Workshop

Saturday 7 Jan 2023 (9am to 11.30am)

Learn to create drypoint etchings from sketches in the observational style of Ruby Campbell.

Ages 10+, Tickets $20 with all equipment supplied and morning tea provided. Limited spots available.

RSVP to enquiries@banana.qld.gov.au .

Image acknowledgement – Ruby Campbell, Still Life (Bird with Pottery), n.d, watercolour painting. Photo: Bridie Weaver