A Central Vision  (opening event)

Opens Friday 20 February 2026 at 6pm

Delivered in partnership with the Department of Education, A Central Vision brings together an impressive array of artworks created by students at local public secondary schools. A Central Vision is presented in our Community Gallery, and features art by Central Coast students in Years 7 – 12.

The exhibition runs from 21 February until 29 March 2026

Bettina McMahon Retrospective | A Modern Day Classicist (opening event)

Opens Saturday 14 March 2026 at 3pm

McMahon’s exhibition presents a comprehensive overview of her career, highlighting the significant impact of mythic imagery on her work. She regarded allegories as complex and symbolic constructs, rich in meaning and depth, using poetic narratives to represent fundamental aspects of human experience.

The exhibition runs from 7 March until 3 May 2026

Gary Shinfield | Porous (opening event)

Opens Saturday 14 March 2026 at 3pm

The exhibition describes how water passes through earth and stone, symbolizing flux and absorption. Gary Shinfield’s concept underpins five years of work on paper inspired by the Central Coast of NSW, where waterways and rocky landscapes shape both the environment and creative memory. 

The exhibition runs from 7 March until 3 May 2026

Aksara Harriram  | Temporal Echoes from Surreal Landscapes (opening event)

Opens Saturday 14 March 2026 at 3pm

Harriram interprets imaginative spaces, focusing on the dynamic and evolving nature of geological landscapes shaped by natural forces and human memory. Her work features vibrant colours reminiscent of childhood wonder in these floating suburbs.

The exhibition runs from 7 March until 19 April 2026

Yantra de Vilder | In Search of the Artistic Moment  (opening event)

Opens Friday 24 April 2026 at 6pm

Moving Image Gallery

The journey to the artistic moment is one that has woven itself throughout Dr Yantra de Vilder’s life, from the early days of exploring sound and vision to the intricate tapestry of collaborative art projects. This installation is both a reflection and a meditation on those moments. It's also an invitation – to artists, dreamers, thinkers, and creators – to notice, nurture, and recognise that space when it arrives.

The exhibition runs from 25 April until 14 June 2026

Brett McMahon | Under Story (opening event)

Opens Friday 15 May 2026 at 6pm

Under Story is a body of work that has grown out of the artist's discovery and exploration of the diverse and evocative bushland of the Bouddi National Park, Darkinjung Country, the Central Coast of New South Wales. The twisted, intersecting tree forms and the puzzle patchwork of the windswept heath vegetation provide the subject matter for paintings, drawings and sculptural forms that amplify and abstract the experience of walking and working in this richly rewarding landscape.

The exhibition runs from 16 May until 12 July 2026

James Drinkwater and Braddon Snape | Stab a Painting with a Sculpture (opening event)

Opens Friday 15 May 2026 at 6pm

"Played every Thursday, artists James Drinkwater and Braddon Snape initiated an expanded field of aesthetic chess around 2 years ago. This exhibition is its end game... Ultimately this IS how Australian art histories are made – they are an accretion and a release of influence and energy refracted through a given time and place. And here, now, told from Newcastle, this is a new art history, both brash and tender.’’ (extract from Slade, 2025, Brash and tender)

The exhibition runs from 16 May until 12 July 2026

dhiyang gayung-ba | I am Here   (opening event)

Moving Image Gallery  - Opens Friday 26 June 2026 at 6pm

dhiyang gayung-ba is a unique collaboration between NAISDA and Box of Birds, commissioned by Gosford Regional Gallery. It pushes the boundaries of contemporary First Nations dance and immersive technologies, inspired by local stories of Darkinjung spirits and this Country.

The exhibition runs from 27 June until 20 September 2026