Back to Back Galleries presents Colour My World a group exhibition, where artists are invited to exhibit alongside members of the Newcastle Studio Potters. The artists have transformed ceramics, paint, fibre, glass, wood, mixed media and printmaking into a wild explosion of happiness that will bring joy to everyone who sees this exhibition. Ends November 8.

Alison Ellis studies the migratory journey of Australian shorebirds over the Australian summer. Her exhibition Birds of the Wetlands at the Hunter Wetlands Centre concentrates on those birds who visit the Hunter Region, using the age-old printmaking technique of lithography Ellis has been able to render her drawings of birds with precision. Her works are then printed to mimic information posters, that combine images and text to tell the stories of the birds.

Screen+Print opens Thursday, October 29 from 6pm at Newcastle Printmakers Workshop in Adamstown (book online). Curated this year by Catherine Tempest and Sally Picker, this bi-annual exhibition aims to dispel the preconceived ideas of what screen printing art can be. Visit the workshop Friday, October 30 to Sunday, 1 November between 9am and 4pm to see this exhibition.

Rod Bathgate's photo-real soft pastel beach and ocean landscapes drawings are currently on exhibition with James Willebrant's flat-coloured graphic-like paintings of ocean baths and suburban houses inspired by growing up in the Sydney's northern suburbs at Cooks Hill Galleries.

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