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"The Waikato’s most distinguishing geographic feature - the waterway that weaves through the region - is the binding theme of a major new exhibition opening in Hamilton on Friday. Our River, at the Welcome Swallow gallery on Grey St, will feature 25 works, many of which have been created by Waikato artists". - Waikato Times 28th August 2026
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Our River
The Welcome Swallow Gallery, exhibition Our River was launched on a pleasantly warm early Spring evening, Friday 28th August.
A healthy-sized audience (see photos below), spent the evening consulting the exhibition Catalogue and various galley plates, supplemented with copies of the excellent exhibition coverage in the Waikato Times.
Gallery Curator, Clive Gilson introduced the evening by way of reference to the current disaster in Nepal with the severe flooding of several rivers, claiming many hundreds of lives. Gilson sought link these events to the central importance of rivers to communities that are apt to congretate beside them for their life enhancing benefits. He emphasised the incredible committment, skill and artistic talent that the exhibition artists possesed.
By close of business on the first official day of the exhibition, several paintings were recorded as sold. A great start!
Gallery artists presenting in this exhibition
Rosanne Croucher
Hong Cumming
Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo
Chris Greenslade
Kirsten McIntosh
Martin Necas
Bernadette Parsons
Juliet Roper
Sandra Turner-Barlow
Hard Copy of the article
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W E L C O M E A R T I S T S - P O D C A S T S
Sandra Turner Barlow: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2463533/episodes/16844802-out-of-italy-with-sandra-turner-barlow.mp3
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This podcast interview explores Sandra Turner-Barlow's art and in particular the Out of Italy exhibition where she presents her studies and compositions while undertaking study in Italy as part of a European art tour.
Elena Brambilla: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2463533/episodes/16966212-out-of-italy-continued-with-elena-brambilla.mp3?client_source=small_player&download=true
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This podcast follows Elena Brambilla's journey from Italy to New Zealand and her artistic development and choices that are manifest in the Welcome Swallow exhibition, Out of Italy.
For artists wishing to know more about showing work with Welcome Swallow Galleries, download the pdf below
Catalogues for all
previous exhibitions
Gallery coverage in the media
Waikato Times Friday 17th October 2025
Waikato Times, Saturday 9th August 2025
Media coverage of the Out of Italy exhibition: The Waikato Local 2nd April 2025
Botanical masterpieces - Sue Wickison
Waikato Business News Profiles Sandra Turner-Barlow
Welcome Swallow Gallery featured in extensive
Waikato Times article
A Journey With Chinese Art
The Audi Five Cities Showcase
Drawn From Life
Chinese Art: Inheritance & Innovation exhibition
The Art of Performance: Sport & Hollywood exhibition
The Waikato Watercolourists II exhibition
Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo; A Portrait of June Lady Hillary - Waikato Times 1st October 2020
The Waikato Watercolourists exhibition
Threads of Life exhibition
Celebration exhibition
