Admired Objects: Acquired Subjects

About this event

Admired Objects: Acquired Subjects has 8 dates listed at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery (64 Wittenoom Street, Bunbury, Western Australia, 6230), starting Fri 13 Nov 2026 and running to Fri 20 Nov 2026.

Tickets and details are on the organiser’s website, linked on this page. Prices listed by the organiser: Price Free. They’re indicative, so check the final price when you book.

The organiser hasn’t published accessibility details for this event that we hold, so check with them if you need specifics.

From the organiser

The muse intrigues in wondrous ways—any place, any thing, anyone can urge a direction for work. Admired Objects: Acquired Subjects began with a phone call from Donnybrook to Michigan: painter Susan Ecker calling her dear friend, the American potter JT Abernathy, on his 100th birthday.

Across continents, the two artists have stayed connected through friendship and a shared belief in exchanging knowledge: Abernathy's mentorship of two generations of potters, and Ecker's conviction that passing on knowledge is both a gift and a debt repaid. It is not a passive experience. It is the continuing expansion of the history of art.

Ecker has collected Abernathy's work since meeting him in the 1960s. Images of his work have been appearing in her paintings over the years that followed. Abernathy's pots—real, three-dimensional forms in clay—become, in her work, line and colour within the illusion of painting: an honouring, inspired dynamic.

The venue’s recorded access

Inclusable’s venue database has an entry for Bunbury Regional Art Gallery at this location. It records wheelchair access, step-free entry, accessible toilet and accessible parking. The venue hasn’t confirmed these details. They describe the venue in general, not this particular event.

Not yet recorded for the venue: communication and sensory features such as a hearing loop or quiet hours. We don’t know either way, so it’s worth checking before you go.