Over the past year Helene has been creating a body of art work inspired by a beautifully ornate National Cash Register located in the Dungog Museum.

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Helene’s exhibition is titled ‘Bing Bang Ring. Cash is King!’.

The exhibition, made possible with funding from the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, is part of an Arts Upper Hunter initiative to enliven local museums with the work of three resident artists; Helene at Dungog, Sophie Cox at Scone Museum, and Todd Fuller at Tocal Homestead.

At the Dungog Museum, Helene’s exhibition has added a unique perspective to the museum’s collection.

Once a centrepiece in Skillen’s grocery shop, this historic National Cash Register served the community until 1966, when Australia transitioned to decimal currency.

Working with this object as artistic inspiration, Helene has looked into the consumer products of the day, promising the exhibition which features pop art style works to be “bold and colourful”.

Dungog Museum President Maureen Kingston said the project is a “novel and new one” for the regional museum.

“It will showcase our pre decimal cash register, which was state of the art for its day,” Maureen said.

“It will also have large photographs of the shops of the era as well.

“The museum is delighted to be able to collaborate with a local artist for this most interesting display.”

Suzannah Jones is the coordinator of the ‘This Here Then Now’ program at Arts Upper Hunter.

“We’re very excited to see the final outcome of Helene’s work over the past year,” Suzannah said.

“Helene has worked hard to delve into and explore the history of this beautiful object, and its place in the Dungog community.

“We are very intrigued to see museum activation in action at the Dungog Museum.”

The exhibition, which will be on display indefinitely, opens at 6pm on Friday 29 November at the Dungog Museum.