Get along and see the Philip Quirk's The Eisteddfods Exhibition from Saturday, 31 August until Sunday, 20 October 2024

Admission is FREE 

The Eisteddfods in Australia began in the goldfields of Victoria around 1855. The Abermain Eisteddfod started in 1917 and is the oldest continuous Eisteddfod in NSW (107 years). 

Abermain is the only Eisteddfod left in the Hunter and this documentation of the 1979 Eisteddfod event will be exhibited for the first time at PACC in August 2024. In Quirk’s formative years working with Melbourne fashion photographer, Bruno Benini, he assisted with assignments and darkroom printing. After moving to Sydney in the mid 70s, his work with Benini became the catalyst in a search to find a cultural subject aligned with his interest in documentary photography.

This body of work was his first essay on Australian society and was shot when black & white film was used extensively in magazines and on art gallery walls. 

Venue:
Cessnock Performing Arts Centre, (CPAC) cnr. Vincent St and Aberdare Rd, Cessnock.

From: Saturday, 31 August until Sunday, 20 October 2024
Tuesday to Friday: 9am – 4.30pm | Saturday and Sunday: 10am – 2.30pm

Admission: FREE Entry