What does the word “connections” mean to you? Does the word reference a connection to place, a person, an object, issue, real or imagined, or to the media used in the creative process?

In this 2025 exhibition at Clifton School of Arts, IAVA artists (Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts) share their interpretations of the word “connections”. We present to you a wealth of art, including painting, drawing, print, mixed media and sculptural forms. What do you connect with?

As artists, we are forever looking both within and outside of ourselves in the development and resolution of the creative process. What we see can differ greatly from what you see… this is your connection to our creativity. So, come along, see, feel and engage with these thirteen artists and celebrate their artworks and the joy of creativity.