Art volunteers in the picture
13-Sept-2002

Above: Hazelhurst Gallery volunteer Bev Owen is pictured with the University of Wollongong's Guy Warren and Glenn Barkley.

When Hazelhurst Gallery at Gymea hosted the Common Ground exhibition about the Royal National Park from June to August, part of its success was dur to the enthusiasm of the Gallery's volunteers.

The exhibition, an initiative of the University of Wollongong, featured contemporary artwork exploring the many aspects of Australia's first national park, which both seperates and binds Sutherland Shire and Wollongong.

The volunteers' enthusiasm and involvement in their roles as guides and attendants helped make the exhibition an outstanding success.

Last week the University recognised their contribution when it hosted a lunch and campus visit for 26 of the volunteers. The visitors were particularly impressed by the Campus' bushland setting, and the University's art collection.

Volunteer Bev Owen, pictured with UOW Art Curator Glenn Barkley (right) and celebrated artist Guy Warren under a Bert Flugelman sculpture in the University grounds, said she could really see the connection between the trees and birds of the UOW campus, and the beauty of the Royal National Park.