Event
CMAG ON SUNDAY: Fashioning history – inspired by Canberra stories
1 May 2016

Join us for an afternoon of structured workshops, led by local artist Jacqueline Bradley.

See how artists are inspired by…

T IS FOR TODDLER: Gone Bush
Event
5 April 2016—7 April 2016
T IS FOR TODDLER: Gone Bush

Children aged 2–3 years and their carers will explore the exhibition Bush Capital and participate in hands-on, guided activities in…

FLOOR TALK - Ian Fraser, Sharon Field, Murray Evans and Tobias Hayashi – artists and experts
Event
21 April 2016
FLOOR TALK - Ian Fraser, Sharon Field, Murray Evans and Tobias Hayashi – artists and experts

Rangers from the ACT Parks and Conservation Service run a series of floor talks focussed on a range of topics in the exhibition, Bush Capital.

Segue 2016: stCloud Frost Drawing - Gosia Wlodarczak
Event
8 May 2016
Segue 2016: stCloud Frost Drawing - Gosia Wlodarczak

Gosia Wlodarczak will undertake an eight-day drawing performance installation on glass titled stCloud: Frost Drawing For Segue connecting iconic Canberra cultural spaces

You Are Here - “It’s in the computer”
Event
17 April 2016
You Are Here - “It’s in the computer”

How has the Internet changed the process of art-making and what is at the bleeding edge of current internet based arts practice? 

You Are Here - Bite the Hand that Feeds You: Taxpayer-funded Political Art
Event
16 April 2016
You Are Here - Bite the Hand that Feeds You: Taxpayer-funded Political Art

Should taxpayer money be spent on 'controversial' art? Is political art compromised by taking money from the government?

HERITAGE FESTIVAL EVENT: Discovery / recovery
Event
16 April 2016
HERITAGE FESTIVAL EVENT: Discovery / recovery

Always wanted to know how to care for your heritage objects, heirlooms, antiques, photographs and works of art? Or how to look after your collection of vintage dresses?

You Are Here - Relationship Anatomy
Event
14 April 2016
You Are Here - Relationship Anatomy

How do you know this is the one?

You Are Here - Née (Born As)
Event
14 April 2016—15 April 2016
You Are Here - Née (Born As)

Nee (born as) is a conversation project that invites you to tell the stories of your names; the names of your family, the names you have left behind, the names you have embraced.

Event
You Are Here -Tracer
13 April 2016

Tracer is a live performance of material poetics, hinging on memory and poetic experience. 

You Are Here - Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions
Event
13 April 2016
You Are Here - Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions

Kissing IS fun. What’s not fun is the sneaking suspicion that maybe, just maybe, the other person thinks we're terrible at it.

You Are Here - Elevator Vignettes
Event
13 April 2016—17 April 2016
You Are Here - Elevator Vignettes

Elevator Vignettes is an experimental video work that employs the opening and closing of elevator doors as a metaphor for the very small fragments we ever experience of another individual’s life.

 CTC PERFORMANCE: Blood Links by William Yang
Event
12 April 2016—23 April 2016
CTC PERFORMANCE: Blood Links by William Yang

Blood Links tells us stories about the Chinese Diaspora, how Chinese migrants put down roots in Australian soil, and how…

SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Sew what?
Event
Booked Out
20 April 2016—21 April 2016
SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Sew what?
Booked out

Inspired by Sidney Nolan’s paintings and the whimsical work of his friend, artist Mirka Mora, children will design, create and…

Event
CMAG ON SUNDAY: Put a bird on it – inspired by Bush Capital
3 April 2016

Join us for an afternoon of structured workshops, led by local artist Jacqueline Bradley.

Seek out birds in the Bush

WALKS SERIES: ACT Parks and Conservation Service
Event
24 March 2016
WALKS SERIES: ACT Parks and Conservation Service

Join Rangers from the ACT Parks and Conservation Service for walking tours across the habitats featured in the exhibition, Bush Capital.

CURATOR FLOOR TALK: Ian Fraser and Rowan Henderson
Event
23 March 2016
CURATOR FLOOR TALK: Ian Fraser and Rowan Henderson

Join naturalist Ian Fraser and CMAG’s Social History Curator Rowan Henderson as they stride into the Bush Capital exhibition to explore the habitats, specimens and works of art that combine to illustrate the natural history of the ACT.