Event
Activism: Curator Floor Talk
25 July 2019

Explore the many ways Canberrans show they care

NAIDOC Week Event: Paul House and Tom Rowney
Event
12 July 2019
NAIDOC Week Event: Paul House and Tom Rowney

Join Ngambri-Ngunnawal custodian Paul House and glass artist Tom Rowney as they talk about the process of collaborating to create the glass didjeridu currently on display in the Ramp Showcase

Floor Talk and Demonstration: Gail Nichols
Event
6 July 2019
Floor Talk and Demonstration: Gail Nichols

Come and hear Gail Nichols talk about her recently acquired hooked rug, Autumn Leaves, on display as part of The Art of Giving: Works from the Meredith Hinchliffe Fund

NFSA events and screenings
Event
21 June 2019—16 August 2019
NFSA events and screenings

Friends of the National Film and Sound Archive presents stories that celebrate film

Bakelite Workshop: Shined-up and looking right
Event
15 June 2019—16 June 2019
Bakelite Workshop: Shined-up and looking right

Spend two days in the 1960s and discover why grandad is always going on about his old camera!

Floor Talk: Derek Wrigley and Roger Benjamin in conversation
Event
13 June 2019
Floor Talk: Derek Wrigley and Roger Benjamin in conversation

Architect and designer Derek Wrigley in conversation with Roger Benjamin, Professor of Art History, University of Sydney

World Environment Day Conversation: Plastic – who knew?
Event
5 June 2019
World Environment Day Conversation: Plastic – who knew?

Drawing on the provocation of the three exhibitions in CMAG’s design series, panellists reflect on the changing perception of plastic – from wonder material to an environmental scourge. Can new formulations contribute to a sustainable future?

Guest Speaker: Lucy Trench, Sidney Nolan Trust UK
Event
3 June 2019
Guest Speaker: Lucy Trench, Sidney Nolan Trust UK

Lucy Trench, Board Member of the Sidney Nolan Trust UK, will present an illustrated talk on Nolan’s life in the UK

Curator Floor Talk: Marion Hall Best: Interiors
Event
23 May 2019
Curator Floor Talk: Marion Hall Best: Interiors

Interior Designer, Marion Hall Best was an enthusiastic supporter of emerging Australian artists, including a then up and coming Sidney Nolan.

Event
Friends of the NFSA Event: TV Nostalgia - first of a series
17 May 2019

When television arrived in 1956 it caused profound social change and introduced Australians to a new world of entertainment with series imported from the USA and elsewhere

Walk: Mid-century ANU Acton Campus
Event
Booked Out
16 May 2019
Walk: Mid-century ANU Acton Campus
Booked out

Join ANU Heritage Advisor Amy Jarvis on a stroll around the ANU Acton Campus

Photography workshop: Plastic Fantastic
Event
11 May 2019—1 June 2019
Photography workshop: Plastic Fantastic

Join CMAG and PhotoAccess for a hands-on workshop exploring how plastic revolutionised photography.

Friends of the NFSA Event: The Overlanders
Event
26 April 2019
Friends of the NFSA Event: The Overlanders

Film historian Andrew Pike will present one of Australia's great film classics, screened in its entirety

Book Signing: Derek Wrigley
Event
13 April 2019
Book Signing: Derek Wrigley

Explore the Total Design exhibition then join architect and designer Derek Wrigley for refreshments in the CMAG foyer

Event
Australian odyssey: Marion Hall Best and interior design in the ‘space age’
13 April 2019
Booked out

Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey has become synonymous with the high impact aesthetics of Scandinavian and American modernism, yet long before the film’s launch, Australian designer Marion Hall Best created avant-garde ‘space-age’ interiors

Collector Talk: Nigel Lendon
Event
5 April 2019
Collector Talk: Nigel Lendon

Join Nigel Lendon, artist, art historian and curator, for an insight into his collection of plastic cameras

Floor Talk: Flag designer, Ivo Ostyn
Event
12 March 2019
Floor Talk: Flag designer, Ivo Ostyn

Join Ivo Ostyn, designer of the ACT flag, and hear about the process of developing the existing design 25 years ago