SAM Open 2024: Remnants, memories, and objects

17 August - 17 November 2024

SAM Open is an open-call group exhibition for creatives aged 26 years and over who live and work in the Goulburn Valley and Hume regions. 

In this year’s edition of SAM Open, local artists were invited to share their creative responses to the theme of Remnants, memories, and objects.

Across the diverse artistic responses common subjects emerge with fabricated souvenirs of past travels, objects imbued with the memories of loved ones, and representations of past selves reoccurring across a variety of media.

Presented annually in the Hugh D.T. Williamson Community Gallery, SAM Open celebrates and showcases the creativity of our artistic community. The opportunity brings increased awareness of local practitioners to audiences and presents their work in dialogue with exhibitions by nationally recognised Australian artists.

SAM Open 2024 artists:

Meredith Arnold, Maureen Ball, Fasiha Batool, Greg Beckenham, Andrew Bond, William Boyer, Bec Bromley Humphries, David Doc Brown, Val Callister, Margaret Carey, Alan Cartlidge, Rhonda Chrisanthou, Valerie Clements, Ann Cremean, Ross Dainton, Kim D’Arma, Letizia D’Augello, Beverley Dowd, Michael Flatt, Jeanette Fry, Anna Generalova, Barbara Gray, Kerry Handwerk, Dianne Hanna, Carolena Helderman, Samantha J Heriz, Raymond Hill, Amanda Hocking, Wendy Hogben, honeypot pottery, Belinda Hook, Kirsten Ives, Wendy Jagger, Donna Kaye, Fiona Kennan, David Kerr, Lois Krake, Janice Laidlaw, Marion Langford, Jodi Lewis, John Martin Lewis, Miki Mackenzie, Peta Manning, marikartoons (Linda Marikar), Elizabeth Masters, Ron Miliado, Joan Mullarvey, Dianne Nally, Steven Nash, Merinda Page, lyn patone, Kaye Poulton, Maria Radanov, Jill Riordan, FAN ROARHEART, Judith Roberts, Lucia Rossi, Angie Russi, Kate Ryan, Judy Simm, Lucy Smyth, Narelle Snelling, Rebecca S. Trevaskis, Laurie Tyndall, Megan Walker, Anna White, Janine Wilson, Jen Wilson, Beverley Williams, Vicki Woodhouse.

Featured artwork: Jen Wilson, Remnants of past lives: Do plates have memories? (detail), 2024. © the artist.