Bright Art Gallery & Cultural Centre

Welcome

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called Victoria, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We celebrate the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture and pay respect to Elders — past, present and future.

Please be aware that this website may contain culturally sensitive material — images, voices and information provided by now deceased persons. Content also may include images and film of places that may cause sorrow.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website may contain culturally sensitive material — images, voices and information provided by now deceased persons. Content also may include images and film of places that may cause sorrow.

Some material may contain terms that reflect authors’ views, or those of the period in which the item was written or recorded but may not be considered appropriate today. These views are not necessarily the views of Victorian Collections.

Users of this site should be aware that in many areas of Australia, reproduction of the names and photographs of deceased people is restricted during a period of mourning. The length of this time varies and is determined by the community.

Reuse of any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander material on this site may require cultural clearances. Users are advised to contact the source organisation to discuss appropriate reuse.

About

A Committee of Management running an Art Gallery, and providing the community with art exhibitions, cultural events, workshops and music. We provide the local area with a centre for cultural fulfillment.

A permanent collection of works of art has been built up over the years by the acquisition of the winners in the Annual Autumn Art Competition. Included in the Collection are also paintings donated or bequeathed to the Gallery, or bought by the Committee to add diversity and variety to the Collection.

Pride of place in the collection are a group of paintings referred to as the “Buckland Screens’, painted by Thomas Lawler. The screens depict the goldmining history of the area, in particular the infamous riots between the Chinese community and the European miners.

Our collection