The Dungog and Clarence Town Country Women's Association are hosting a different sort of exhibition, one that will allow new artists the opportunity to grow.
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Showing in Dungog CWA Hall until June 24 is A Celebration of Life After Study - a selection of works by graduates from the Newcastle Art School's class of 2020.
Dungog and Clarence Town CWA president Julie Fitzgerald is excited to have someone hire the hall for artistic use.
"These artists are the first lot of people who have hired our walls. That was the original vision, that people would hire the walls for their exhibitions," Ms Fitzgerald said.
There are 10 artists showing their works in the exhibition: Deanah Allen, Graeme Choat, Helen Fenner, Clare Felton, Kerrie Hanton, Bernadette Heald, Evie Homewood, Debbie Rogers, Paula Thisleton and Sue Strickland.
The Dungog and Clarence Town CWA are continuing their tradition of innovation and creativity by giving this exhibition a twist.
Professional artists from across Dungog will be able to give feedback to the Newcastle Art School alumni.
"We thought we would try an experiment, that is providing feedback to the artists from artists in Dungog and the curator. We thought because Dungog is such an artsy place we could trial it in Dungog," Ms Fitzgerald said.
Feedback can be given by writing in a book for the artists anonymously, artists from across Dungog are encouraged to join in by giving feedback.
Sue Strickland is one of the artists that will be featured in this experimental exhibition and is excited to be a part of it.
"I think it's a great idea. Anyone who's interested in improving needs to hear that stuff. If they're not face-to-face they will probably be more honest," Mrs Strickland said.
On top of this opportunity for feedback, Mrs Strickland is excited to be able to reconnect with colleagues that she studied with.
"This group came together because we're ex-students of TAFE Arts School in Newcastle. There's a lot of diversity in the group, my stuff tends to be loud and colourful but there are other people from print makers to photographers," Mrs Strickland said.
Dungog's CWA has never shied away from trying experimental ways to bring people in to town.
More recently they have raised $7000 since November by selling artwork that has been donated to them from the community.
These funds will go towards renovating the CWA Hall so that it is usable for generations to come.
People can view works in the A Celebration of Life After Study exhibition between 1pm-3pm daily in the Dungog CWA Hall at 199 Dowling Street.
