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04/09/2026

Tomorrow is the last day to view Edible States. See the exhibition and join Andrew Rewald in his workshop at 2-4pm!

Explore the multi-disciplinary practices of seed collecting, drawing and ecological knowledge sharing across Andrew Rewald's works. Learn about the overlooked Eurasian w**d species with native Australian plants as depicted in the drawings of Ethnobotanicals (2021), and browse through the artist's collection of introduced and native edible and medicinal specimens in Case of Emergency (2026).

The subject of Andrew Rewald’s ecological transdisciplinary art practice is plants. His ancestral
Germanic and colonial settler farmer backgrounds, chef experience and ongoing investigation of land restoration in the Northern Rivers region of NSW inform a de-colonising approach to sharing knowledge/s of food-culture, biodiversity and the interconnectedness of all things. This is underpinned by social engagement and collaboration with rural and urban community groups and First Nations knowledge holders for workshops, garden installation, food-based performance and botanical drawings.

Since 2012 Rewald has undertaken local and international residency, exhibition and research
projects on the migration of food and medicine plants with people, linking our diverse agriculture histories with biodiversity and constant climate adaptation. Rewald is currently supported by Creative Australia while mentored by Cudgenburra/ Bundjalung Aboriginal man Clarence Slockee – presenter on ABC’s Gardening Australia and founder of Indigenous company
Jiwah Cultural Landscape and Design – with research at Royal Botanical Gardens Daniel
Solander Library and the National Herbarium at Mount Annan, Sydney.

28/08/2026

Come learn ancient water-saving technologies and plant draught-resistant wild edible w**ds that thrive in urban environs. Participants will learn how to make self-irrigating pots from plastic buckets that can be nurtured in home gardens.

There are still spots available for our upcoming workshop with artist Andrew Rewald.

Saturday 5 September
2-4pm
$10 per planter. Come with a friend and share a planter!

Book here https://ow.ly/Aks050ZFttE

26/08/2026

In Elizabeth Willing's works, she reminisces on the romance of crushing grapes and peeling grape skins. Seppeltsfield (2021-5) is a series of stretched wine membrane, an offcut from the modern wine industry that has soaked in the machine's labour of crushing grapes. In contrast, the hand peeled skins of individual grapes stick on the wall in Skin Contact (2026).

Elizabeth Willing is a Brisbane based visual artist whose works are performative and often participatory explorations of food and hosting. Primarily working in sculpture, installation and performance, Elizabeth's work additionally takes the form of hosted meals. Exhibitions of Elizabeth's work have been held in Australia and overseas at Trapholt Museum of Art and Design Denmark, Tinguely Museum Basel, The Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane, Musee Beaux Arts Angers France and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art. For two months in 2024, Elizabeth opened Kitchen Studio, a restaurant designed for conceptual dining.

Witness the affect of grapes and wine up close at Edible States until Saturday 5 September.

Images by Dean Qiulin Li

24/08/2026

Edible States Public Prorgam:
Surviving the Agricultural Apocalypse
Saturday 5 September 2-4pm
$10 + booking fee (All materials included)

Learn to create your own self-irrigating planter out of plastic buckets and other repurposed tools for the home garden.

In this workshop, Edible States exhibiting artist Andrew Rewald will demonstrate through step-by-step instructions how to create a self-irrigating planter out of food-grade plastic buckets and other materials easily sourced from around the home or general hardware store. Anchored from his artwork Case of Emergency (2026), the workshop draws inspiration from ancient water-saving technologies, offering a playful contingency plan to rethink our environmental footprint.

All planter materials will be provided. However, participants are also welcomed to bring their own seeds/seedlings to plant at the end of the workshop, as well as a large bag to carry the 5L planter with them as they leave. Participants will also receive an instruction sheet, allowing them to recreate the workshop at home.

Come by yourself or as a pair! This workshop has a capacity for 10 planters, with a maximum of 2 participants per planter. Bookhere:
https://ow.ly/S2CI50ZC8qQ

Image credits to Dean Qiulin Li

19/08/2026

As you enter Edible States, you may hear a buoyant, scratchy sound, both rhythmic and unpredictable of sorts. It is the live biofeedback of a Blue Flax-Lily, endemic to Dharug land as brought alive in Drought Dialogues (2026) by Keg De Souza. Her new work translates the invisible biological survival instincts into sound, sitting in contrast to the dried, pressed flora in Not a Drop to Drink Cartographies (2022).

Keg de Souza is an artist of Goan ancestry who lives on the lands of the Gadigal people. Architecturally trained, she creates social and spatial environments, making reference to her lived experiences of squatting and organising with projects that use plant and food politics, temporary architecture, publishing and radical pedagogy. Keg has made projects nationally and internationally for: South London Gallery; Artspace, Sydney; Setouchi Triennale; Biennale of Sydney; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; Delfina Foundation, London; Jakarta Biennale (with ruangrupa) and Auckland Triennial.

Witness these dialogues on the impacts of droughts, water and climate scarcity in Keg de Souza's works.

Edible States is on until Saturday 5 September.

Images by Dean Qiulin Li

18/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to Open Day 2026!! We were overjoyed to open our doors and welcome everyone into a full day of enjoying art. Thank you to all who stayed to soak in the sun, learn new skills of clay-making, zine-making, block-printing and even drumming! We hope you enjoyed meeting and connecting with community, and we look forward to hosting again next year.

Major thank you to everyone who contributed and shared their craft with our community!
Workshops:
Macihko Motoi & Yani Guatlo
Sophie Willison
Ula&HerBrothers
Performances:
Putrika
Lucky African Dance
Indi & Narrah

Our resident organisations:

And of course all of our artist market stallholders 🔥🩶

14/08/2026

Congratulations to Garth Knight for the opening of his new sculpture in the courtyard - Truth Unfolds in the Making.

"We are defined by what we do. What we make, what we say, the connections that we make with people. I am trying to make something that will connect people. That will stimulate conversations that reveal people to each other. That will open hearts. That will foster true connections and understanding." - Garth Knight

Thank you to everyone who came by and spent time inside the bamboo laced seats. We hope you indulged in the sounds of the birds and had heart-opening talks in these benches. Come by Bankstown Arts Centre to the courtyard to witness this in person.

This sculpture will be up until Saturday 21 November.

10/08/2026

Ngurang | Gathering is now open in the entrance windows and foyer until Saturday 5 September. Collaborative and individual pieces made by the Bankstown Koori Elders are on display. Come witness the detail of their works and stories they would like to share.

Images 1-4 by Dean Qiulin Li
1. Bankstown Koori Elders in front of their works
2. Hunting Tools, Bankstown Koori Elders in collaboration with Walter Auer, 2018. Ceramics on wood. 98x98cm
3. Sharing Stories of Land and Sea, Bankstown Koori Elders in collaboration with Diamondo Koustellis, 2025. Ceramics on wood 120x84cm
4. Window view of Ngurang exhibition

07/08/2026

Edible States is now open until Saturday 5 September. Thank you to everyone who came to the opening and the panel discussion.

Edible States offers an urgent investigation into our modern food systems..... Edible States reframes nutrition as an intensively politicised, ecological and biological web. By linking the microscale of the human gut microbiome to the macroscale of global corporate supply chains, the exhibition reveals how the everyday act of eating binds us to invisible networks of power, extraction and inevitable decay.
- Rachael Kiang, curator

Engross in the delicate grape skins, remnants of conversations captured on text and seedlings as connections between food and people.

Images - All credits to Dean Qiulin Li
1. Exhibition view
2. Viewers looking at Not a Drop to Drink Cartographies, Keg De Souza (2022)
3. [left] Ethnobotanicals: Pandanas Palm, Andrew Rewald (2020). Smooth cotton rag, mixed media, 120 x 90cm [right] Ethnobotanicals: America Elder, Andrew Rewald (2020). smooth cotton rag mixed media, 120 x 90cm
5. Skin Contact, Elizabeth Willing (2026). Grape skins, Sizing variable
6. Not a Drop to Drink Cartographies, Keg De Souza (2022). Printed glass, pressed plants (Kangaroo Grass, sage, saltbush, bunya, dandelion), 60 x 90 cm
7. Panel discussion with Keg De Souza, Andrew Rewald, Elizabeth Willing, moderated by Rachael Kiang
8. Artists and curator of Edible States together

23/07/2026

OPEN DAY 2026 Full Program

Come by Bankstown Arts Centre this Saturday for an exciting day of free activities!

☆ WORKSHOPS - all free and drop in, stay for as long as you like
Under the Sea Clay-Making with Machiko Motoi & Yani Guatlo
Fantasy Menus and Zine-Making with Sophie Willison
Pacific Tapa-Inspired Blockprinting with Ula&HerBrothers

☆ PERFORMANCES - Soak up the sun and enjoy live music in the courtyard
Putrika
Lucky African Dance - with an interactive dance workshop
Indi & Narrah

☆ Exhibitions Opening with artist talks
Edible States and Ngurang | Gathering, RSVP via link in bio

☆ Artist Markets featuring 26 local makers of crochet, ceramics, live portraits, accessories, zines and more!

☆ Meet the resident organisations that call Bankstown Arts Centre home:
Bankstown Theatre Company, UTP, Bankstown Art Society, Bankstown & Districts Lapidary Club

Please note Open Day coincides with Bankstown Bites and Olympic parade will be closed between Marion Street and Dale parade. You can access Bankstown Arts Centre via Dale Parade entrance. See you this Saturday!

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Bankstown, NSW
2200

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Wednesday	10am - 4am
Thursday	10am - 4am
Friday	10am - 4am
Saturday	10am - 4am

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