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Tuesday
talks
Robert Dowling and Tasmanian colonial art
Anna Gray, Head of Australian Art, discusses Dowling in the context of his contemporaries.
- Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
Thursday
children
Tales for the very young for ages 3–5, to be accompanied
Margie Kevin, Gallery educator, leads an activity-based tour with stories about the people and places featured in the exhibition.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- Bookings essential
- $7, $5 child members (free for accompanying adults)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
talks
Taiwan ancestral art
Lucie Folan, Assistant Curator, Asian Art, speaks about the indigenous art of Taiwan.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Saturday
workshops
Hand-colouring photographs. Nothing is ever black-and-white for ages 16+
Learn how to hand colour black-and-white images with Ruth Maddison, experienced hand-colouring artist, using a variety of media on different photographic surfaces. The workshop includes a discussion on digital hand-colouring. Please bring your own lunch.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- Bookings essential
- $90, $80 members/concession (includes materials)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Sep 12
Sunday
through to
Sep 26
Sunday
workshops
Draw together for all ages, children to be accompanied
Discover the value of drawing together with Gallery educator Adriane Boag. Come as a family, a group or an individual.
- Venue: throughout the Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $12, $10 members (includes materials)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
performances
Regional dances from Indonesia
Dancers from the Sanggar Isti dance group perform dances from regional Indonesian communities represented in the exhibition. In partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia.
- Venue: James of Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
talks
members
Spring into Sunday art club I
Join Anne O' Hehir, Assistant Curator, Photography, for a talk on the current Indian photography display, followed by a glass of sparkling wine.
- Venue: Photography galleries
- Bookings essential
- Free for members, $10 non-members
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Tuesday
talks
Art and the cycle of life in ancestral Southeast Asia
Robyn Maxwell, Senior Curator, Asian Art, and curator of the exhibition.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Wednesday
families
A little look at art
Parents, babies and toddlers are invited to join a voluntary guide for a tour of the national collection, followed by morning tea.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- Bookings essential
- $12, $10 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Thursday
assisted tours
Private viewing for carers
Tour and viewing of the exhibition for carers, led by voluntary guides in collaboration with Carers ACT.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- Free
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings essential (02) 6296 9900
talks
A fine field for botanising: the colonial flower market
Emma Colton, Assistant Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, discusses 19th-century flower studies from New South Wales and Tasmania. In association with Floriade 2010.
- Venue: Collection Study Room
- FREE
Sunday
assisted tours
Descriptive tour
Descriptive tour led by voluntary guides for people who are blind or have low vision.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- Free
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings essential (02) 6240 6519
Tuesday
talks
Preserving ritual textiles
Gallery textiles conservators, provide a general overview of the conservation of the Southeast Asian textiles in the exhibition.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- FREE
Thursday
assisted tours
Assisted tour
Special-access viewing led by voluntary guides for people with disabilities and their carers.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- Free
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings essential (02) 6240 6519
Saturday
talks
Floriade talk and performance Fiona Hall and the garden
To celebrate Floriade 2010, Miriam Kelly, Assistant Curator, Australian Art, discusses works in the permanent collection by Fiona Hall, including Paradisus Terrestris 1989–90, Leaf litter 2000–02 and Fern garden 1998.
- Venue: Australian galleries
- FREE
performances
Floriade talk and performance Floriade performance
Canberra Choral Society performs lively and light-hearted music from American, English and European composers, with the vibrant energy of spring.
- Venue: level 1 entry foyer
- FREE
Tuesday
children
Animal magic for ages 10–13
Teffany Thiedeman, artist, explores the sculpture in the exhibition. Create an ancestral figure and decorate it with symbolic impressions.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- Bookings essential
- $35, $30 child members
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
children
Life, death and magic storytelling for ages 5–12
Kate Collins, storyteller, shares ancestral tales from Southeast Asia.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
children
Animal magic for ages 10–13
Teffany Thiedeman, artist, explores the sculpture in the exhibition. Create an ancestral figure and decorate it with symbolic impressions.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- Bookings essential
- $35, $30 child members
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Wednesday
children
members
Child members collection tour for ages 5–12, to be accompanied
A tour of the collection with voluntary guides. Exclusive for children who are members of the Gallery and their friends and family.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- Bookings essential
- Free for child members and their guests
- Email enquiry or Phone places limited, 02 6240 6528
Thursday
children
Mask magic for all ages
Join Gallery educators for a drop-in family workshop making masks.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions foyer
Saturday
performances
Urab Dancers
The Urab Dancers, from Poruma (Coconut) Island in the central Torres Strait Islands, perform traditional songs and dances that depict their Ailan Kastom, cultural heritage and kinship to their land and sea country. The performance incorporates a workshop with audience participation.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- FREE
Tuesday
children
Draw and explore: boats, birds and buildings for ages 5–8, parents/carers welcome
Discover and draw the exciting tales of power and protection in Life, death and magic with Gallery educator Jo Krabman.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $15, $12 child members (includes materials)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
talks
Curator's perspective
Discover Connections with Frances Wild, Gallery educator and curator of the exhibition.
- Venue: Childrens Gallery
- FREE
children
Draw and explore: boats, birds and buildings for ages 5–8, parents/carers welcome
Discover and draw the exciting tales of power and protection in Life, death and magic with Gallery educator Jo Krabman.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $15, $12 child members (includes materials)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Wednesday
lectures
2010 Temenos lecture Rumi's Diwan of Shams of Tabriz: the divine vision
Andrew Harvey, distinguished scholar, Rumi translator, poet and writer, discusses how Rumi became a great mystical poet.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
Thursday
children
Patterns and calligraphy workshops for all ages 7+
Learn the amazing art of Islamic patterns and calligraphy with artist Nasser Palangi, who introduces various techniques of Islamic geometrical motifs.
- Venue: Childrens Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $30, $20 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
talks
Artist talk: connecting cultures
Australian–Iranian artist Hossein Valamanesh shares the stories of his art, which poetically combines Australian and Persian experiences.
- Venue: Childrens Gallery
- FREE
children
Patterns and calligraphy workshops for all ages 7+
Learn the amazing art of Islamic patterns and calligraphy with artist Nasser Palangi, who introduces various techniques of Islamic geometrical motifs.
- Venue: Childrens Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $30, $20 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Saturday
talks
Curator's perspective
Franchesca Cubillo, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, discusses works by urban artists on display in the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries.
- Venue: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries
- FREE
talks
members
Young members
Join us for a tour of Life, death and magic with Niki van den Heuvel, Exhibition Assistant, followed by wine and a show by Majura the Magician.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $35 members, $45 guests
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
lectures
The Big Draw lecture: 'I look, therefore I am'
Polish-born, award-winning artist Gosia Wlodarczak speaks about aspects of her drawing practice, followed by a drawing performance referencing a work of art in the national art collection.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
Sunday
community
members
Members special event for The Big Draw
Take part in The Big Draw and join us in the Members Lounge for special activities for members.
- Venue: Members Lounge
- FREE
community
The Big Draw
Come and draw the distinctive architecture and inspirational works of art in the Gallery. People of all abilities and ages can participate in the fun. People with disabilities and carers are welcome.
- Venue: throughout the Gallery
- FREE
Tuesday
lectures
Textiles of the Toraja people: conservation talk
Chandra Obie, Textiles Conservator, speaks about the context and conservation of a Toraja textile in the exhibition.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- FREE
Thursday
talks
Artist talk
Artist Philip Wolfhagen discusses his work Autumn equinox; the loss of the sun 2009.
- Venue: Australian galleries
- FREE
Friday
workshops
Drawn from the collection workshop 1
A series of drawing classes, held over 3 Fridays in October, to develop drawing skills, experiment with a range of new materials and experience the wonders of the national art collection. Guided by Penny Low, artist and Gallery educator.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- Bookings essential
- Series ticket $80, $75 members/concession (includes materials)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
forums
Materiality The Seventh Australian Print Symposium
Friday 15 to Saturday 16 October 9.30 am – 4.30 pm Sunday 17 October 9.30 am – 12 noon Materiality explores prints and printmaking through notions of physicality, concreteness, corporality, palpability, reality and experience. The symposium provides a forum to discuss printmaking in the Australasian region, including papers presented by artists, print curators and art historians.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- Bookings essential
- $250, $190 members/concessions, $80 students (includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea)
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings moshtix.com.au
Saturday
celebrations
Materiality Symposium dinner
- Venue: Gandel Hall
- Bookings essential
- $85
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Sunday
assisted tours
Sign-interpreted tour
Special Auslan sign-interpreted tour introducing the exhibition.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- Free
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings essential (02) 6240 6519
Tuesday
celebrations
Carers' Week celebration
Lucina Ward, Curator, International Painting and Sculpture, presents James Turrell's skyspace Within without 2010 in the new Australian Garden, followed by morning tea in the Gandel Hall.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- Bookings essential
- Free
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings essential (02) 6296 9900
talks
Ritual textiles of Sumatra
Dr Hwei-Fen Cheah, Lecturer, Art History, Australian National University.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Wednesday
families
A little look at art
Parents, babies and toddlers are invited to join a voluntary guide for a tour of the national collection, followed by morning tea.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- Bookings essential
- $12, $10 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Thursday
lectures
Life from death: sacrifice for creation
Prof James Fox, Professor, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, and an expert in the history and anthropology of Indonesia and East Timor.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- FREE
Friday
workshops
Drawn from the collection workshop 2
A series of drawing classes, held over 3 Fridays in October, to develop drawing skills, experiment with a range of new materials and experience the wonders of the national art collection. Guided by Penny Low, artist and Gallery educator.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- Bookings essential
- Series ticket $80, $75 members/concession (includes materials)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
performances
Origins, voyage, cosmos
View the exhibition and enjoy a haunting performance of new and ancient sounds by Synergy Percussion, Australia's premier percussion group. Pay bar and hawker-style food available.
- Venue: Gandel Hall
- Bookings essential
- $45, $35 members/concession (includes exhibition ticket)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Saturday
talks
Ancestral treasure
Niki van den Heuvel, Exhibition Assistant, discusses the sumptuous gold objects made for the veneration of ancestors.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
Monday
talks
Rendezvous with art
Learn about works of art on display. Enjoy refreshments in the Members Lounge before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
- Venue: Members Lounge
- Bookings essential
- $12, $10 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Tuesday
talks
Curator's perspective
Curators Gael Newton and Anne O'Hehir, assisted by Belinda Hungerford, provide an overview of the exhibition.
- Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
- FREE
Wednesday
lectures
Public culture 2010: the art museum and the digital future
Kathryn Weir, Curatorial Manager, International Art, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Fiona Kemp, Gallery conservator, and Dr Martyn Jolly, Head of the Photography and Media Arts Workshop, ANU School of Art. In association with ANU and the Research School of Humanities.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- FREE
Thursday
assisted tours
Private viewing for carers
Tour and viewing of the exhibition for carers, led by voluntary guides in collaboration with Carers ACT.
- Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
- Bookings essential
- Free
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings essential (02) 6296 9900
lectures
Tracing the deeper ancestries of Southeast Asian peoples
Prof Peter Bellwood, Professor of Archaeology, Australian National University.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- FREE
Friday
workshops
Drawn from the collection workshop 3
A series of drawing classes, held over 3 Fridays in October, to develop drawing skills, experiment with a range of new materials and experience the wonders of the national art collection. Guided by Penny Low, artist and Gallery educator.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- Bookings essential
- Series ticket $80, $75 members/concession (includes materials)
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Saturday
community
This is a stick up a Saturday of street art at the National Gallery of Australia
To launch the exhibition Space invaders, the Gallery is preparing itself to be overrun by street artists who will demonstrate their techniques and distinctive styles in a range of free activities.
- Venue: throughout the Gallery
- FREE
community
This is a stick up Everfresh installation
The infamous Everfresh crew create a graffiti, stencil and paste-up installation on the bridge.
- Venue: bridge
- FREE
community
This is a stick up Capital Letters: the National Gallery of Australia Zine Fair
Presented by Melbourne's Sticky Institute in the Gandel Hall.
- Venue: Gandel Hall
- FREE
community
This is a stick up Book launch and signing
With Ghostpatrol, Miso, Nails, Twoone and the Everfresh crew in the Gallery Shop.
- Venue: Gallery Shop
- FREE
talks
This is a stick up Curator and artists talk
Jaklyn Babington, curator of the exhibition, is joined in the Project Gallery by artists Vexta, who discusses her work, and Nails, who discusses his work in the exhibition.
- Venue: Project Gallery
- FREE
celebrations
members
Members opening
Jaklyn Babington, Assistant Curator, International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books, and curator of the exhibition, presents a talk and tour of Space invaders, followed by drinks in the members 'pop-up' bar.
- Venue: Project Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $40 members, $50 non-members
- Email enquiry or Phone places limited, 02 6240 6528
Sunday
celebrations
members
Halloween dinner
Farewell the exhibition with a Halloween-themed dinner. Enjoy a talk and tour followed by a three-course meal. Dress code: devilish and debonair.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $110 members, $130 guests
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Wednesday
talks
members
Conservation preview tour for ages 16+
Join Micheline Ford, Senior Textiles Conservator, for a talk about the conservation work on Ballets Russes: the art of costume and a sneak peak at some of the costumes being conserved, followed by a glass of sparkling wine in the Members Lounge.
- Venue: Conservation
- Bookings essential
- $15 members, $20 guests
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Thursday
talks
Curator's perspective
Jaklyn Babington, curator of the exhibition, provides an overview.
- Venue: Project Gallery
- FREE
Saturday
lectures
The history of The Aboriginal Memorial
Djon Mundine, Aboriginal Curator—Contemporary Art, discuss the development and history of The Aboriginal Memorial 1987–88.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
Sunday
screenings
Guerilla art DVD, 2009, M, 57 mins
A documentary on the global rise of street art and its impact on galleries, collectors and the artists.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
Tuesday
talks
Music lesson
Christine Dixon, Senior Curator, International Painting and Sculpture, speaks about Music lesson c 1925, attributed to Alexandra Exter.
- Venue: International galleries
- FREE
Wednesday
talks
members
Coffee with the curator
A talk and tour of the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries with Franchesca Cubillo, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, followed by coffee and cake.
- Venue: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries and Members Lounge
- Bookings essential
- $10 members, $15 guests
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
assisted tours
Assisted tour
Special-access viewing of the exhibition led by voluntary guides for people with disabilities and their carers.
- Venue: Project Gallery
- Bookings essential
- Free
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings essential (02) 6240 6519
Thursday
talks
Curator's perspective: masks and transformation
Michael Gunn, Senior Curator, Pacific Art, speaks about art of the Sepik River from Papua New Guinea and the newly acquired mask in the Melanesian gallery.
- Venue: Melanesian gallery
- FREE
Sunday
screenings
Desire 35 mm, 1936, M, 89 mins
A romantic comedy in which a sultry jewellery thief uses a vacationing engineer to smuggle pearls out of France only to find love along the way. Starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich. Directed by Frank Borzage.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
talks
members
An afternoon with Anton
Join exhibition curator Gael Newton, Senior Curator, Photography, for a tour of In the spotlight, followed by refreshments and a performance by Nicole Canham on clarinet in the Sculpture Garden.
- Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $40 members, $50 guests
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Tuesday
talks
Artist talk
Artist James Dodd discusses his work in the exhibition.
- Venue: Project Gallery
- FREE
Wednesday
families
A little look at art
Parents, babies and toddlers are invited to join a voluntary guide for a tour of the national collection, followed by morning tea.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- Bookings essential
- $12, $10 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Thursday
talks
Who is Anton Bruehl?
Gael Newton, curator of the exhibition, provides insights into the life of Anton Bruehl.
- Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
- FREE
Saturday
performances
Digital Jam
Digital Jam is an underground experimental project by digital artists projecting live video and motion graphics and mixing sound on multiple stages. Held in partnership with the Australian Graphic Design Association ACT and Studio Spice & Co. Details at bookings digitaljam.com.au
- Venue: underground carpark
- Bookings essential
- $38, $32 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings moshtix.com.au
Sunday
screenings
RASH DVD, 2005, PG, 73 mins
A contemporary story of a thriving alternative art practice in Melbourne. This documentary offers a rare insight into the street artists? world and explores the social value of unmediated public art. Produced by Mutiny Media.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
assisted tours
Sign-interpreted tour
Special Auslan sign-interpreted tour of the exhibition.
- Venue: Orde Poynton Gallery
- Bookings essential
- Free
- Email enquiry or Phone bookings essential (02) 6240 6519
Tuesday
talks
Artist talk
Artist Ash Keating introduces his work Pascua Lama 2006 and discusses the broader context of his art with a screening of his short film Activate 2750.
- Venue: Project Gallery
- FREE
Thursday
lectures
Backstage
Alan Dodge AM, former director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, talks about the background to American musical shows of the 1930s–40s photographed by Anton Bruehl.
- Venue: Small Theatre
- FREE
celebrations
members
Members Christmas shopping night
Exclusive Christmas shopping for members in the new Gallery Shop. Receive a 20% discount on all purchases (excluding already reduced items).
- Venue: Gallery Shop
- FREE
Saturday
workshops
Poster printing for ages 16+
Join former Redback Graphix member and Director of Megalo Print Studio Alison Alder and create screenprinted posters. Using photographic stencil techniques, make a strong, graphic poster using your own artwork. Please bring your own lunch.
- Venue: please note that this program is at Megalo Print Studio + Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $95, $90 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
talks
Floortalk
Bruce McLean, Associate Curator, Indigenous Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, discuss Aboriginal art works from far north Queensland featured in the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries.
- Venue: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries
- FREE
performances
The light within
An evening of light, sound and colour to complement the skyspace Within without 2010 by artist James Turrell. With a special viewing inside the sculpture, followed by a concert of music by John Luther Adams, Gavin Bryars, George Crumb and Arvo P„rt. Pay bar and hawker-style food available.
- Venue: Great Southern Hal
- Bookings essential
- $45, $35 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Sunday
screenings
Top hat 35 mm, 1935, G, 101 mins
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers pair up in this classic screwball comedy in which a case of mistaken identity leads to love. Directed by Mark Sandrich.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
talks
members
Spring into Sunday art club II
Join Christopher Hastings, Membership Officer, for a talk and tour of the Sculpture Garden, followed by a glass of sparkling wine.
- Venue: Sculpture Garden
- Bookings essential
- Free for members, $10 non-members
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Monday
talks
Rendezvous with art
Learn about works of art on display. Enjoy refreshments in the Members Lounge before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art.
- Venue: Members Lounge
- Bookings essential
- $12, $10 members/concession
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
Thursday
talks
Borderlands
Phillip George, artist and surfer, discusses the inspiration behind his surfboard designs and their connections to Australia culture.
- Venue: Childrens Gallery
- FREE
Saturday
performances
members
Childrens performance: Christmas bells and fairytales
Join us for some Christmas fun and laughter, followed by a fairytale ballet by the Gale Edwards School of Ballet. Held in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition Ballets Russes: the art of costume.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- Bookings essential
- $15 members, $20 guests
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528
talks
Urban Art Projects
Franchesca Cubillo, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, and Ben Tait, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Art Projects, share insights into the construction and process of the enormous new fish trap work.
- Venue: meet at information desk
- FREE
Sunday
screenings
Funny face 35 mm, 1957, G, 103 mins
A musical spoof on the fashion industry. Starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Directed by Stanley Donen.
- Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre
- FREE
Friday
celebrations
members
Members opening party
Don your cocktail wear with a touch of the Russian artiste and celebrate the opening of Ballets Russes: the art of costume with an introduction by Dr Robert Bell, Senior Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, followed by cocktail reception and viewing.
- Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
- Bookings essential
- $50 members and their guests
- Email enquiry or Phone 02 6240 6528