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Join Graeme Tie, CMAG’s Collections Manager, for an exclusive behind the scenes tour of CMAG’s collection store.
Discover how we care for works of art and social history objects. Have a closer look at further treasures in the CMAG Collection, focussing on artist books with Dianne Fogwell, one of Australia’s most respected printmakers and artist book practitioners.
Discover the challenges for exhibiting artist books and the motivation that drives artists to make them.
IMAGE:
Jan BROWN (b.1922)
Icarus, 2003
artist book
Etchings by Jan Brown; poem by Ian Templeman.
Designed by Dianne Fogwell, letterpress by Caren Florance, bound by All States bookbinding ACT.
Printed by Edition + Artist Book Studio, ANU.
Gift of the artist 2008
An exhibition which showcases the rich collections of visual art at the Canberra Museum and Gallery
Inspired by the exhibition Celebration: 20 years of collecting visual art at CMAG children aged 2–3 years and their carers will explore creative approaches to collecting
Join CMAG’s Director Shane Breynard for an insight into what the institution is planning to collect in the years ahead
Join David Broker, and artists Wendy Teakel and Ham Darroch, as they discuss from all angles the sculptures on display from the CMAG collection.