»  5 APRIL 6PM-8PM. 05 APR - 30 APR PARRAMATTA SHOP 2, CONNECTIONS ARCADE, 162-172 CHURCH STREET, PARRAMATTA

Throughout April, and coincident with the renowned annual portrait painting prize at AGNSW, Quirk-ability (an artist run initative in Parramatta) are celebrating portraiture, in Quirk-ability style!  MORE

»  10AM-5PM 29 MAR - 06 MAY CASULA POWERHOUSE ARTS CENTRE 1 CASULA RD

I Want to Know What Love Is is a multimedia exhibition that sings the private into the public, and the public into the private, with local communities and residents of South-West Sydney as the creators and performers.  MORE

»  VARIOUS - CHECK PROGRAM 24 MAR - 31 DEC RIVERSIDE THEATRES CNR CHURCH & MARKET STS PARRAMATTA

Adding an ecclectic dimension to the buzz that is screen culture in Western Sydney this year, Riverside Theatre continues its Parramatta Screen 2012 program
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»  31 MAR-1 APR 10AM-4PM, 2-5 APR 9-5PM, 6 APR 11AM-3PM, 7-8 APR 10AM-4PM 27 MAR - 08 APR WALLAROBBA STUDIO 25 EDGEWORTH DAVID AVE, HORNSBY

A fledgling artist in the inner city meets another living on the eastern edge of the Great Divide then, a few years later, another kindred spirit is found at art school... This exhibition celebrates the journeys these three are taking and the connections they're making as they explore real and imagined worlds in oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolours, charcoal and sculpture. An orchid in full majesty, an atmospheric city park on a wet night, a deep dark pool in a mountain creek are some of many subjects captured in time and space for the enjoyment of fellow art travellers.  MORE

»  9AM-5PM 11 FEB - 22 APR PENRITH REGIONAL GALLERY 86 RIVER RD, EMU PLAINS

This exhibition is a thorough exploration of the doll showcasing artwork across diverse mediums including a life-size woolen knitted sculpture, intricate pen drawings, photography, painting, assemblages and projection. This exhibition presents a range of artwork by accomplished artists who, within their practice, have identified with this potent symbolic resonance. Artists include Destiny Deacon, Will Coles, Rosalie Gascoigne, Joy Hester, Tracey Moffatt and Peter Spilsbury.  MORE