Aerie at Wentworth Falls School of Arts held 29 August to 14 September 2025

Aerie - a MAPBM exhibition that parallels the social and cultural history of the Wentworth Falls School of Arts with MAPBM’s own history of contemporary art making and exhibiting was held from Friday 29 August to Sunday 14 September 2025.

Wentworth Falls School of Arts, 217-219 Great Western Hwy, Wentworth Falls NSW 2782

Curator: Cassandra Hard Lawrie

‍Artists: New works: Fiona Davies, Tom Isaacs, Sean O’Keeffe, Naomi Oliver, Katya Petetskaya and Alan Schacher (with Sam James)

Selected works from previous MAPBM exhibitions: Beata Geyer, Anne Graham (with Boris Hunt), Eloise Maree, Peachey & Mosig, Rebecca Waterstone

‍Opened by Blue Mountains Deputy Mayor Cr Romola Hollywood Sunday 31 August

Full Public Program

Events held during the Aerie exhibition:

2:00pm Sunday 31 August 2025:
Exhibition Opening (Past Event)

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5:30pm Friday 5 September 2025:
MAPBM Seminar with Douglas Kahn: Solarception: Not seeing blue in a second sense in the eye (past event)

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2:00pm Saturday 6 September 2025:
‍Aerie Exhibition Curator/Artist Talk and Live Performance by Katya Petetskaya (past event)‍

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2:30pm Sunday 7 September 2025:
MAPBM Presents: Light & Mirrors - a live performance by Katya Petetskaya (past event)

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3:00pm Saturday 13 September 2025:
MAPBM Presents: MAP Art & Architecture Nexus (past event)

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11:00am Sunday 14 September 2025:
MAPBM Presents: the Living Stories of Wentworth Falls School of Arts (past event)

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1:00pm Sunday 14 September 2025:
MAPBM Presents: No Place to Call Home? - a Tale of Three ARIs, followed by the Aerie finissage (past event)

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Upcoming Aerie-related event:

7:30pm Saturday 18 October 2025:
MAPBM Presents: Performances by Chris Caines and Gail Priest

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

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The Aerie Exhibition room sheet and Aerie Exhibition Catalogue are now available, and if you have attended the exhibition or an Aerie event we'd be grateful for your feedback via our online survey form.

For more information about Aerie please go to https://www.modernartprojects.org/project/aerie-exhibition-celebrates-school-of-arts-and-mapbm

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