Postcards from Paradise: Wish you were here!
Fri 2 October – Sun 29 November 2026 at Connect@Gunning Station
ARTIST CALL OUT
Southern Tablelands Arts and curator Emma Dunnage are delighted to announce a very special exhibition opportunity for STA Members – Postcards from Paradise: Wish you were here!
This exhibition at Connect@Gunning Station is open to artists and creatives across the STA region. We invite you to think outside the square and within a postcard size rectangle – play, experiment, wander & surprise yourself.
We encourage visual artists as well as poets, musician, performers & creatives from all disciplines to be part of the show. Postcards from Paradise will embrace postcard size works of all mediums. From drawing, prints, photographs and paintings to the unexpected; written music, poetry postcards or even small sculptures and 3D work. Images of performance or video stills – let your imagination be your guide.
The only parameter is size – postcard size. Every work included in the Postcards from Paradise exhibition must be 11cm x 15cm unframed for 2D works or fit within 11cm x 11cm x 15cm for 3D work. Beyond that, the field is gloriously open. Think of the postcard not simply as a format but a small vessel for an idea, intimate, bold, playful.
This exhibition is about the richness of our collective creative community and the beautiful collision of disciplines. Whether polished or experimental, quiet or exuberant, all STA members are warmly encouraged to be part of this special event. Not an STA Member yet? – let’s fix that now.
Please read the Conditions of Participation below before you register.
Please register to be part of Postcards from Paradise: Wish you were here!…
Key Dates
- 21 July – Expression of interest OPEN
- 5 Sept – Close of EOI submissions
- 11 Sept – deadline for receiving artworks
- 2 Oct – Opening celebration event
- Exhibition is open every Friday 10am-3pm
- Extended opening hours on the final weekend Sat 28 & Sunday 29 Nov 10am-3pm
- 29 Nov – Get set for a special closing event
- 29 November – 30 November pick up of unsold work at set advised times
‘I would love to see a contribution from every corner of our infinitely creative STA community.’ Emma Dunnage, curator
Emma Dunnage is a prominent artist, curator, and the Creative Director of the Penrose Art Exhibition located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Based in the village of Penrose, she plays a vital role in organizing community art shows and creative workshops in the region.
Emma is the curator and producer of the annual Penrose Art Exhibition, which showcases works from over 40 regional artists She operates the Penrose Art Hub and is a leading figure in the Penrose Community Association.
STA are thrilled to be working with Emma as the curator for the Postcards from Paradise: Wish you were here! exhibition
Image: Emma pictured with James Bunter in Penrose
Connect@Gunning Station is supported by the Transport Asset Manager of NSW (TAM) through their Community Heritage Program & the NSW Government through the Stronger Country Communities Fund.
STA acknowledges the ongoing support of the NSW Government through Create NSW and our seven contributing councils that make up the STA Region.
Postcards from Paradise: Wish you were here – Conditions of participation
- All 2D works must be 11cmx15cm in size and unframed
- All 3D work must fit within 11cmx11cmx15cm
- Up to two (2) entries allowed per person.
- All STA members living in the STA Region are eligible to participant; Hilltops, Goulburn Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan, Queanbeyan Palerang, Wollondilly, Wingecarribee, and Yass Valley.
- STA membership is free – Click here to join
- All works must be original, and work of the artist created within the last 12 months.
- Sales of work during the postcards from Paradise exhibition will incur a 30% commission. Sales money minus commission will be paid on presentation of a invoice from the Artist at the completion of the exhibition.
- If artwork is not for sale mark the price section with – NFS)
- Artist will be advised of their sales at the completion of the show.
- All sales minus commission will be payable to the creating artists on presentation of a invoice.
- Entry is free
- STA assert the right to reproduce images of the entered work for promotional purposes both digitally (online) and in print.
- Under 18yr old entries need to include acknowledgement and email contact for a parent or guardian.
- Artworks must be received by 11 September in person or by post.
- delivering in person is available to Connect@Gunning Station any Friday until the cutoff date of Friday 11 September between 10am and 2.30pm
- or send via postal service or courier to STA PO Box 1323 Goulburn 2580
- All unsold works must be pick up at the completion of the exhibition. Options and times to be advised by STA
- Artists are responsible for all insurances and costs of delivery and pick up of works while in transit to and from Connect@Gunning Station
- Works are covered by STA insurance during the exhibition period.
- STA cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage of works posted or couriered for the show.
- All works must be wrapped or boxed suitably on arrival and be clearly label with the Artist name and work title.
- Artists can include a stamped self-addressed envelope or packaging for return of postcards via Australia post as appropriate.
- STA reserve the right to reject any wet, dangerous or delicate works that cannot be safely exhibited or any work received in a condition unsuitable for presentation.
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the lands where we create, live & work.
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