Operation Art

Operation Art is a program which encourages young people to create artworks for children at The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

It is an initiative of The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The New South Wales Department of Education and Training and The Art Gallery of New South Wales while The Regional Touring Exhibition is supported through the generous partnership with The Nelson Meers Foundation.

Operation Art is a way of involving young people in the special work of The Children's Hospital at Westmead - a total healing environment where design, decoration, facilities, gardens and art combine with the best possible medical care to help heal all the patients.

Now in its fifteenth year, Operation Art consists of 665 artworks this year. Fifty artworks which have been chosen will be shown at The Art Gallery of New South Wales before they become The Nelson Meers Foundation Touring Exhibition and tour NSW regional galleries throughout next year.

The exhibition is touring the state thanks to the Nelson Meers Foundation It could be in a gallery near you! Why don't you go check it out? Tour dates for the 2009 Nelson Meers Touring Exhibition are:

Operation Artworks have flooded in this year and the exhibition looks to be even bigger than last year. Operation Art 2010 is starting a new adventure this year, holding the official opening at Sydney Olympic Park Armory Gallery on the 9th October 2010.

Bandaged Bear is looking forward to seeing so many talented artists attend this year and all the artworks in this amazing new exhibition space!

For more information on Operation Art contact Michelle Lockley, Education Liaison Officer on 02 9845 3364.