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Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 5 <strong>2019</strong> 5<br />
sanctuary<br />
“It was just part-time<br />
[painting]. I’m not good<br />
enough to have a whole<br />
exhibition for myself,” Mr<br />
Conolly said.<br />
“Usually, I try to do<br />
paintings of things that<br />
have happened in my life<br />
– nature, the bush, mountains.”<br />
Once a year, the gallery’s<br />
150 members put on a<br />
members only show. And<br />
being a community gallery,<br />
schools are also invited to<br />
display art every year.<br />
“Last year we had Broadfield<br />
School and Ladbrooks<br />
School,” he said.<br />
Some artworks displayed<br />
at the gallery are sold at<br />
the owner’s request, with a<br />
commission going to help<br />
run the place.<br />
“Although we don’t pay<br />
rent, we have phone bills,<br />
Eftpos, power and Mike<br />
Glover, [the gallery administrator],”<br />
Mr Conolly said.<br />
He said the district’s art<br />
scene is surprisingly good.<br />
There are a number of art<br />
groups and galleries which<br />
operate and contribute<br />
positively to the district’s<br />
art scene, Mr Conolly said.<br />
Until two years ago,<br />
Down by the Liffey Gallery<br />
was run by volunteers but<br />
the workload for day to day<br />
operations required a paid<br />
person, he said.<br />
Mr Glover, an artist from<br />
Springston, who previously<br />
volunteered, stepped into<br />
the role of the administrator.<br />
“It’s a place for local people<br />
to exhibit their work.<br />
We’ve got quite a bit of first<br />
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time exhibitors – that gives<br />
people a real boost to show<br />
their work,” Mr Glover<br />
said.<br />
“Because it’s primarily<br />
run by volunteers it’s<br />
a great little community<br />
enterprise.”<br />
Mrs Conolly said the gallery’s<br />
biggest asset was its<br />
volunteers such as Adriana<br />
de Groot.<br />
“Without them it<br />
couldn’t function,” she<br />
said.<br />
The couple never imagined<br />
they would still be<br />
helping run the gallery<br />
eight years after it opened.<br />
They only have one wish<br />
for the gallery going into<br />
the future.<br />
“I just hope that it stays<br />
as a little exhibition centre,”<br />
Mr Conolly said.<br />
HELPING HAND:<br />
Volunteer<br />
Adriana de Groot<br />
at Down by the<br />
Liffey Gallery. The<br />
founders of the<br />
gallery Francie<br />
and Jim Conolly<br />
believe without<br />
volunteers<br />
it would not<br />
be possible.<br />
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