FORSTER GALLERY
Open Sat & Sun, 10am - 4pm, & weekdays if the flags are flying.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Artists can never have too much paint!
Our members are discounting many of their recent works in order to restock for the coming year.
Visit our gallery to choose a fabulous bargain from amongst the 200 original works our artists have been storing behind their doors and under their beds this past year.
Visit between 10am and 4pm any day until Sunday 12 January.
Entries now open for
The Forster Art Prize
held over the Easter holidays since 1980.
Over $10,000 in prize money, 16 prizes across 8 mediums plus Best in Show, People's Choice & Packing Room Prize.
Open to any artist residing in Australia.
Some winning entries from 2024.....
'A community place for visual art'
Forster Gallery is a community-run, visual art gallery and learning space in Forster, NSW.
Throughout the year the gallery displays works created by the members of Great Lakes Art Society and collaborates with local community groups to hold specific exhibitions.
Each year the Society holds the Forster Art Prize, open to any artist in Australia, with awards in eight categories and significant prize money.
Membership of the Society is open to anyone from beginners to more experienced amateur and professional artists.
Regular classes in a variety of media are held weekly and a number of weekend workshops, conducted by guest tutors, are held each year.
Patron: Ms Leigh Vaughan OAM
The recent transformation of our gallery & classroom. With thanks to the NSW Govt. Infrastructure Grant Fund, local tradespeople & our hard-working volunteers.
