The Right to Remain Silent

The Right to Remain Silent: Art of the Sabbatical

The Right to Remain Silent: Art of The Sabbatical is a collaborative exhibition by a mother-daughter duo, Lee Trewartha and Erynn Trewartha-Lewicki, navigating the profound depths of stillness over the course of a transformative year. United not only by their familial bond, but also by shared battles against physical illness and the exhaustion from burnout. Both artists found solace and renewal in a carefully cultivated period of solitude. 

The poem The Right to Remain Silent by Kai Siedenburg deeply resonated with them as they journeyed towards respite from what was described in the poem as the “ceaseless swirl of the modern world”. During this time, they embraced their artistic identities – once constrained by external pressures – reimagining their work through the lens of being present. 

Lee has traded her once energetic, large, black and white works that are now out of her reach physically, for calm pockets of meditative space, inspired by her garden, the natural landscape and the sky above. Erynn’s illustrations, still life images and self portraiture use a mixture of inanimate objects, botanicals and birds to represent – as described in the poem – the journey “to another way of being”. 

The exhibition will showcase their unique yet complimentary artistic expressions, reflecting their shared journey.

Exhibition Opening: Saturday 26 April 3pm with an afternoon tea (members of the public are welcome).
Doors open Saturday 26 April 12pm.

Exhibition viewing times: 

Saturday 26 April 12pm-4pm 
Sunday 27 April 10am-4pm
Monday 28 April 10am-4pm 
Tuesday 29 April 10am-4pm 
Wednesday 30 April 10am-4pm 
Thursday 1 May 10am-4pm 
Friday 2 May 10am-4pm 
Saturday 3 May 10am-4pm 
Sunday 4 May 10am-4pm 
Monday 5 May 10am-4pm 
Tuesday 6 May 10am-4pm 

This Exhibition is supported by the City of Greater Bendigo, as part of the 2025 Artists on View program.