A gala evening will be held to launch the Tom Roberts Art Exhibition.  The night will also include:

• 9 x 5” Exhibition Launch & Auction
  The Exhibition Opening will include the launch of the 9”x 5” Exhibition. Celebrities and artists have been invited to submit art works on a small canvas, inspired by the theme of “Tom Roberts Retraced”. This exhibition is a re-creation of the 9”x 5” exhibition by Tom Roberts & the Heidelberg School of artists in 1889 with ‘Portraiture’ and ‘Plein Air’. The celebrity works will be auctioned during the evening.
  
  
• National Quilt Challenge Winners Announced
  The Exhibition Opening will include the announcement of the winners of the National Quilt Challenge, "Family Portraits", judged by Lisa Roberts and Jane Gibson. The entries will be on display in the Austral Band Hall, Campbell Street.

	PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY Sir Henry Parkes Percy F.S. Spence Mrs Lucy Scott Skirving A study of Jephthah's daughter Portrait of Mr. T.P. Purves Grey lady (Mrs. Ince Illustration of ballet girl Self portrait Portrait of Mrs MacNaugton Duncan Anderson playing the cornet The Paris Hat The Pink Dress Rose of Persia PRINTS Bailed up In a Corner on the Macintyre Mosman Cove Golden Fleece Sgt Fraser of the Mounted Rifles