Volunteer Expo 2011
Serpentine Community Gallery
was invited to attend
Volunteer Expo 2011,
which took place at Lismore Town Hall
on Thursday 12th May.
This event was organised by
Volunteering Northern Rivers
with the National Volunteer Week
theme for 2011 being:
"Inspiring the Volunteer in You".
Our longest serving volunteer,
gallery co-founder
was nominated for the Expo's
Outstanding Volunteer Competition
and a photo of our volunteers
in action was selected for the
Photography Competition.
Founder of this community gallery
and our nominated
'Outstanding Volunteer',
Corinne Batt-Rawden
turns on the Serpentine's lights
during our grand opening
and first exihibition
on the 10th November 2006
Corinne adds the labels to a range
of colourful artworks in readiness for
3rd exhibition @ The Serp
held in July/August 2009.
Corinne Batt-Rawden's screenprinting demonstrations and workshops
were some of the activities
staged by the gallery at our
Creative Exchange @ Lismore Show
in October 2010. (Volunteer in action pic)
29th April 2011:
A couple of Lismore's
'Movers and Shakers',
Corinne and Mayor Jenny Dowell
open our first
No competition wins for us this year,
but the team of volunteers manning our stall were kept busy throughout the day as they
introduced the gallery, and outlined its activities, to a whole new range of
interested members of the Northern Rivers community.
