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

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.

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

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

Event
Book Signing: Derek Wrigley
13 April 2019

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

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

Bilingual Tours: National Multicultural Festival
Event
16 February 2019—17 February 2019
Bilingual Tours: National Multicultural Festival

In partnership with local European language schools CMAG presents a selection of bilingual exhibition tours

Event
National Multicultural Festival Children’s Sanctuary
16 February 2019—17 February 2019

Visit the Children’s Sanctuary and enjoy a place for children and their families to play, create and take part in a range of cultural activities

Great O-Week Debate: Painting vs Sculpture
Event
14 February 2019
Great O-Week Debate: Painting vs Sculpture

Pick a side and cheer them on as ANU School of Art & Design staff battle it out to prove which medium wins!

Yoga and Flow Drawing in the Goldberg Collection
Event
1 February 2019
Yoga and Flow Drawing in the Goldberg Collection

Weaving mindfulness and art, join us for a yoga and flow drawing class in EuroVisions