Northern Beaches born, New York based artist Simone Douglas and independent curator William Stover have collaborated to curate Manly Art Gallery & Museum’s (MAG&M) latest exhibition, Welcome To Wherever You Are which opens 6 June 2025.

The exhibition showcases 21 established and emerging artists and designers whose work reflects upon the complex environments we created, both real and imagined.

Artworks and designs cross a variety of mediums from photography, performance and video to painting, sculpture and installation, along with the art world’s latest medium, AI.

Central also to the exhibition is community and the exchange of ideas. In this exhibition the artists and designers from across the globe are interrelated through the educational environment of the Parsons School of Design, The New School University, New York City. The installation of the exhibition highlights the artists interconnectedness that commenced within the educational environment and continues beyond.

The artists participating in Welcome To Wherever You Are are Rhea Alexander, Chris Bucklow, Fernando do Campo, Megan Cope, Simone Douglas, Guy Grabowsky, Yvette Hamilton, Lisa McCleary, Edmund Mooney and Glynis Rigsby, MarieVic, Sara Morawetz, Arthur Ou, Don Porcaro, Jim Ramer, Rosanna Raymond, Ryota Sato, Tariku Shiferaw, Justin Sterling, Shan Turner-Carroll and Leslie Wayne.

Simone Douglas is a Northern Beaches born artist and Professor at Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, and William Stover is an independent curator and co-founder of Re-Sited, NY.

This exhibition is part of MAG&M’s CEAD – Collective for Environmental Art & Design initiative.

PROGRAM
Welcome To Wherever You Are
6 June – 27 July 2025
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
West Esplanade Reserve, Manly
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am – 5pm
Free entry

Exhibition opening 
Saturday 7 June, 4–6pm
To be opened by guest curators Simone Douglas and William Stover
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MAG&M members and volunteers’ preview
Thursday 6 June, 10–11am
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Manly Cove sound walk
Sunday 8 June, 12.30–1.30pm
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Curators in conversation
Sunday 8 June, 2–3pm
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This exhibition is supported by Q Station Manly and International Art Services.

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