Meredith Hinchliffe is one of Canberra Museum and Gallery’s longest standing donors. Through her annual financial gift, CMAG has been able to acquire significant works by designers, artists and craftspeople of the Canberra region.

This selection, purchased with the Meredith Hinchliffe Fund, features some highlights of the CMAG Collection as well as some of the most recent acquisitions. These include an extraordinary blown glass didjeridu by Paul House with Tom Rowney, made at Canberra Glassworks. Also, a large soda fired vessel and a hooked rug by Gail Nichols who lives outside Braidwood looking towards the Budawang National Park. For both artists, their works reflect deeply understood responses to place.

Image:
Gail Nichols, Stormwatch 2014
Wheel thrown and altered shouldered jar with soda vapour glaze
Canberra Museum and Gallery Collection Purchased 2018 with funds from the Meredith Hinchliffe Fund
Photo: Rob Little