Visitors must comply with Umbrella’s COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives | Gallery open Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates.

Local artist Donna Beningfield pushes her exploration into portraiture by working with her sitters to develop emotional responses to their past and present lives.  Beningfield transposes the marks of the sitters onto canvas, layered with her own process of mark making.

Exhibitions Launch 6pm Friday 28 May 2021.
The exhibition will be officially opened by scientist and geologist (and sitter for one of Beningfield’s portraits), Dr Bill Laing, BSc(Hons First Class) Syd PhD Adel FSEG FAIG FAusIMM MGSA MASEG.

Access the eInvitation here. | Access the catalogue here.

Also on display during this exhibition period 28 May – 4 July 2021: Rosemary O’Hearn – A History of Mine: Our Ancestors | Group Exhibition – Young Indigenous Printmakers

Key COVID-safety messages for the launch:
– Umbrella can have 140 people in attendance at any one time.
– All visitors will need to provide contact details and comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives.
– Visitors must not attend if they have symptoms of COVID-19. (Stay at home if you are unwell or have a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath).
– Seek assistance from staff if you become unwell during the event
– Maintaining physical distancing requirements is the individual’s responsibility, including at the entrance to the gallery
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Image: Donna Beningfield, Margaret Trevethan: Eternal Hope, 2020, Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 90 x 90cm.

See also:
Donna Beningfield artist floortalk 10am Sunday 30 May 2021.
Rosemary O’Hearn artist floortalk 10:30am Sunday 6 June 2021.