Local artists shine with new works unveiled on Lightbox Lane

NEW designs have been unveiled on Lightbox Lane, with local artists Claudie Frock and Jacqueline Scotcher contributing to the latest outdoor gallery installation.

Lightbox Lane reimagines urban space as a canvas for storytelling, resilience, and shared creativity.

Lismore Regional Gallery’s acting director, Courtney Gibson hosted an official opening on the works with both artists.

The initiative provides opportunities for established, emerging and student artists to exhibit in a professional public setting, contributing to the city’s reputation as a regional creative hub.

Aligned with the Lismore, Nimbin and Villages Destination Management Plan 2024–2028, the program continues to emphasise local culture, environmental sustainability and nature-based visitor experiences.

It also forms part of the councils Safer Cities: Her Way initiative which aims to improve the perception of safety for women in the CBD.

The exhibition features two works each from Frock and Scotcher, with this year’s theme, Regenerative Landscapes & Nature’s Rhythms.

It reflects on the seasonal beauty of the Northern Rivers while exploring broader ideas of environmental renewal, conservation and humanity’s connection to place.

“My art practice grows from a sustained relationship with land and an attentiveness to the quiet rhythms that shape all living systems,” Frock said.

“Working on Bundjalung Country in the Northern Rivers region, I engage with landscape as a living collaborator, one that holds memory, change, and the ongoing cycles of seasons.”

Scotcher’s works similarly draw on a personal connection to nature, examining how engagement with the environment can foster deeper self-awareness.

Her practice reflects on the importance of reconnecting with place in an increasingly digital world, suggesting that a stronger bond with nature can cultivate empathy and understanding.

“When we deepen bodily connections with nature, greater respect and empathy emanated for self and then out into the world,” she said.

“At a time when lives are increasingly online and disconnected from the local, I see this connection as vital.

“Having grown up in Lismore, the rolling hinterland landscape has featured heavily in my art practice over the years.”

The Lightbox Lane space is also home to a permanent rainforest mural by Lismore artist Kate Stroud, whose abstract depiction of native flora provides a backdrop to the rotating exhibitions.