Event
Curator Talk: Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator, introduced by CMAG Director, Sarah Schmidt
25 May 2022

Join Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator Visual Arts, to discover more about the works and techniques of the artists featured in the exhibition, Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW. 

CMAG on Saturday: Plastic painting
Event
7 May 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Plastic painting

Enjoy the sensory experience of painting with plasticine to create abstract colour compositions.

Collector Talk: Kinloch Kilby
Event
27 April 2022
Collector Talk: Kinloch Kilby

Join Kinloch Kilby in conversation with Dr Hannah Paddon, CMAG’s Senior Curator, Social History, to discover why boomboxes remain popular…

School Holiday Workshop: Boombox Block Party
Event
Booked Out
21 April 2022
School Holiday Workshop: Boombox Block Party
Booked out

Let's rewind to 1989! Have fun with boomboxes under the guidance of 2022 Australian of the Year ACT Local Hero and contemporary sound artist Luke Ferguson.

CMAG on Saturday: Shimmer and shine
Event
2 April 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Shimmer and shine

Wrap everyday objects in foil then paint to create a sculptural form that shimmers and shines.

Canberra Day Fibre Workshops @ Enlighten Festival
Event
12 March 2022—14 March 2022
Canberra Day Fibre Workshops @ Enlighten Festival

Join artist, Sharon Peoples, for a workshop making ‘gardening gloves’ inspired by her work in the exhibition, Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW.

Canberra Day Print Workshops @ Enlighten Festival
Event
11 March 2022—14 March 2022
Canberra Day Print Workshops @ Enlighten Festival

Join artist Sally Mumford for a linocut print making workshop and explore the layers of Canberra.

Floor Talk: Victor the Viking
Event
9 March 2022
Floor Talk: Victor the Viking

39 years ago, an 18-year-old ‘Victor the Viking’ stepped out onto the field as the Canberra Raiders mascot

CMAG on Saturday: Imaginationscape
Event
5 March 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Imaginationscape

Hands on art making Workshops for children 6 to 10 years of age

Event
Conversation: The Thai Cave Rescue and the Australian Federal Police
8 February 2022

Join Chris Cranston, AFP Museum curator, in conversation with Kel Boers and Chris Markcrow, Australian Federal Police divers, as they share the story of their role in the Thai cave rescue

Curator Talk: Chris Cranston
Event
8 February 2022
Curator Talk: Chris Cranston

Discover the work of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in the ACT, Australia-wide and globally with AFP Museum curator, Chris Cranston

Conversation: Aunty Matilda House and Dr Brenda L. Croft
Event
Cancelled
18 January 2022
Conversation: Aunty Matilda House and Dr Brenda L. Croft
Cancelled

Join Dr Matilda House (Ngambri/Ngunnawal elder) and Dr Brenda L. Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish heritage) in conversation

Conversation: Dr Brenda L. Croft and Jodie Cunningham, CEO Craft ACT
Event
17 December 2021
Conversation: Dr Brenda L. Croft and Jodie Cunningham, CEO Craft ACT

Jodie Cunningham, Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre CEO and Artistic Director, and Dr Brenda L. Croft, artist and Associate Professor, Indigenous Art History and Curatorship at the Australian National University, will discuss the exhibition, ‘hand/made/held/ground’ and the Made in Australia II series

Curator Talk: Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax
Event
Booked Out
8 December 2021
Curator Talk: Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax
Booked out

Join National Gallery of Australia's Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax, Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, for a tour of Spowers & Syme.

Event
Curator Talk: Virginia Rigney
1 December 2021

Join Virginia Rigney, CMAG’s Senior Curator Visual Arts, as she charts six pivotal years in Mandy Martin’s early career

CMAG on Saturday: Pattern Play
Event
7 August 2021
CMAG on Saturday: Pattern Play

Discover decorative details in the exhibition Ruth Lane-Poole: A Woman of Influence and play around with pattern

Curator talk: with Margaret Betteridge
Event
Cancelled
14 July 2021
Curator talk: with Margaret Betteridge
Cancelled

Join Margaret Betteridge, curator of Ruth Lane-Poole: A Woman of Influence, as she delves into Ruth’s early life, including her Irish connections to the Celtic Revival and the celebrated Yeats family