Young & Emerging Artists Exhibition
22 July - 21 August 2025
More than 50 artists from the NSW Mid North Coast submitted entries for the young and emerging artists exhibition. Thirteen young artists (aged 15 - 25) were shortlisted, alongside eleven emerging artists (aged 25+). Here’s some of the young artists’ work …

Zen Steep, Offshore, still life photography, 36 x 43cm.

Kaitlyn Pelt, It's Just A Lot, mixed media on canvas, 15.6 x 15.6cm including extruding pieces.

Lana Cooper, Black-Chinned Honeyeater, watercolour on art paper, 42 x 59cm.

Stephanie Creigh, Fanta Crush, acrylic and gel impasto on canvas, 40 x 50cm.

Chloe Hibbard, Unseen Yet Seen, acrylic on canvas, 31 cm x 31 cm.

Patrick Sexton, Captain Addo, mixed media on canvas, 72 x 50cm.
Luminance
Art Gallery
On Birpai Country
Port Macquarie
Mid North Coast
Shop 2, 26 Clarence Street, Port Macquarie.
In the Garrison Building, across the forecourt from Glasshouse.
Contact: 0491 764 745
art@luminancegallery.com.au
Open Thursday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm.
Also open by appointment
Coming up:
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28 August - 25 September 2025
Suzannah Jones & Myffie Coady: impressions and abstractions.
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1 October - 30 October 2025
New work by Skye Petho and Rosalyn Fuhrer
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13 November - 28 November 2025
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6 December - 27 December 20205
It’s all about joy. Artists from across the Mid North Coast, established, emerging, young & younger share their version of joy.
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2 January - 30 January 2026
New work by Wendy Stokes, Stephen Killick, Jo Davidson, Malcolm Harding.
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Open call for a group exhibition in February 2026. Click on ‘exhibit with us’.
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March 2026
We’re sharing the love, filling our cup until it overflows: which is to say we’re showing work by artists along the coastal fringe.