"In conversation" with  2020 NWOP Winner, Annika Romeyn

M﻿ornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is a leading regional gallery. MPRG has a changing exhibition program featuring contemporary artists and many of Australia's most well known artists. The gallery is renowned for its special holdings of works on paper and also holds important historical works that capture the Mornington Peninsula region.M﻿PRG hosts a range of speical events and workshops for young creatives right through to adults. The Young at Art program introduces toddlers to the world of art. The gallery also hosts school holiday workshops and education programs. MPRG is proud to have artist workshops where attendees can learn new specialist skills such as painting, printmaking, drawing and pottery, exhibition tours, studio visits and artist talks.Sign up to their newsletter via their website to find out about new workshops and events at the gallery:mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Annika Romeyn is opening up the doors to her studio during her residency at Police Point in October, join her for a conversation!

Gatekeepers Cottage

Join Police Point artist in residence Annika Romeyn, winner of MPRG's 2020 National Works on Paper Prize alongside Danny Lacy MPRG Director, for an illuminating conversation discussing Annika's unique process and broader creative practice. An Open studio will follow the conversation, from 11.30am-1pm Presented in partnership with MPRG and the Mornington Peninsula Shire's, Arts &amp; Culture team.This is a free event however please register so we can keep track of numbers. Based in Canberra, and Inspired by the natural environment, Annika combines watercolour, drawing and printmaking processes to create intricate and immersive works on paper. Through large-scale watercolour monotype prints, she seeks to convey the humbling and restorative experience of walking in nature, with a focus on the threshold of rock and water. Annika was the winner of the Burnie Print Prize (Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania) in 2021 and winner of both the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award (Campbelltown Art Centre) and National Works on Paper prize (Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery) in 2020.Light morning tea provided. There is a gravel car park available (on the left) as you turn right into Franklands Drive, on entry to Point Nepean National Park. Please note there is a short 3 minute walk from the car park to the cottage, on a flat gravel path.Image (above and below): Annika with her work

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