Event
In Conversation with Dawn Waterhouse: Reflections on 1928 – 1951
12 March 2020

Celebrate Canberra Day at CMAG with one of our city's longest residents, Dawn Waterhouse

In Conversation with Martin Gascoigne and Virginia Rigney
Event
19 August 2020
In Conversation with Martin Gascoigne and Virginia Rigney

Rosalie Gascoigne developed a completely new way of seeing the landscape of the Canberra region.This vision gradually evolved from her…

In Conversation: Threads and Connections with Dr Antonino Nielfi
Event
27 February 2020
In Conversation: Threads and Connections with Dr Antonino Nielfi

Discover the visual and poetic influences of French painter Paul Cézanne and poet Arthur Rimbaud on the artist Sidney Nolan

National Multicultural Festival Family Spaces at Canberra Museum and Gallery, Civic Library and Glebe Park
Event
22 February 2020—22 February 2020
National Multicultural Festival Family Spaces at Canberra Museum and Gallery, Civic Library and Glebe Park

Visit the National Multicultural Festival’s Family Spaces to play, create and take part in a range of cultural activities. 

Artist’s Talk and Yarning Circle
Event
21 February 2020
Artist’s Talk and Yarning Circle

Join us as we discuss the artistic and collaborative process behind Djinjama: Defying the grid

NFSA Events: Charlie Chaplin Triple: The Adventurer, The Cure and Easy Street
Event
14 February 2020
NFSA Events: Charlie Chaplin Triple: The Adventurer, The Cure and Easy Street

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

In Conversation with Anneka Losik: Pop Culture Obsession
Event
23 January 2020
In Conversation with Anneka Losik: Pop Culture Obsession

Join collector Anneka Losik as she discusses her love of pop culture and passion for collecting

Board Game Marathon Drop-In Day
Event
16 January 2020
Board Game Marathon Drop-In Day

Spend a fun family day, or just a lazy half-hour at CMAG these school holidays playing board games!

 In Conversation: Collaboration in Art and Music in Hi-Vis Futures
Event
4 December 2019
In Conversation: Collaboration in Art and Music in Hi-Vis Futures

Join artists Mandy Martin, Alexander Boynes and musician and composer Tristen Parr as they discuss the process of collaboration involved in creating the exhibition Hi-Vis Futures

Event
Kimberley Echoes
3 December 2019

Kimberley Echoes is a powerful musical celebration of the Kimberley and its people

Panel: Art + Emotion = Action
Event
28 November 2019
Panel: Art + Emotion = Action

Can a deeply emotional experience of art drive a personal response to climate change?

Collection Conversation: Civic Square and the Utopian City Ideal
Event
22 November 2019
Collection Conversation: Civic Square and the Utopian City Ideal

Civic Square, designed by Roy Simpson of Yuncken Freeman in 1959, was a confident assertion of utopian Modernist architectural style

NFSA Friends - Lost Australia: Orphan of the Wilderness (1936)
Event
15 November 2019
NFSA Friends - Lost Australia: Orphan of the Wilderness (1936)

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

Sustainable arts practice: creativity and business
Event
1 November 2019
Sustainable arts practice: creativity and business

Join Professor David Throsby and a panel of four local artists as they consider what a sustainable arts practice looks like

Event
Walk: Activism at ANU
24 October 2019

Discover sites and stories of activism on a walk around the ANU Acton Campus with ANU Heritage Advisor Amy Jarvis

NFSA Friends - The Pentagon Papers: Conversations with Daniel Ellsberg (1972) + The Franklin River Blockade (1983)
Event
11 October 2019
NFSA Friends - The Pentagon Papers: Conversations with Daniel Ellsberg (1972) + The Franklin River Blockade (1983)

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

Daniel Ellsberg discusses his experiences in Vietnam and their influence on his decision to release the stolen Pentagon papers to the American public. Plus, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society's blockade of construction on a dam to flood the Franklin River attracted activists from all over Australia, 1440 of whom were arrested for non-violent protest.  Their efforts influenced the 1983 federal election campaign.

Floor Talk: Women Against Rape in War
Event
9 October 2019
Floor Talk: Women Against Rape in War

Discover the story behind the Women Against Rape in Warprotests of the early 1980s with Dr Gail Radford and Di Lucas