Event
KIDS WORKSHOP: Mask Making with Tom Buckland
18 July 2025

Inspired by Sidney Nolan’s magnificent lyrebird, this hands-on workshop invites kids to design and make their very own wearable animal mask using cardboard and a mix of fun, recycled materials.

KIDS WORKSHOP: Wearable Whimsy - Design Colourful Accessories
Event
9 July 2025—9 July 2025
KIDS WORKSHOP: Wearable Whimsy - Design Colourful Accessories

Experiment with unconventional materials and playful approaches to making by designing your own set of badges, earrings and keyrings.

KIDS WORKSHOP: Make a Layered Lyrebird Drawing
Event
7 July 2025
KIDS WORKSHOP: Make a Layered Lyrebird Drawing

Do you love animals, costumes and drawing?

Junior Explorers - Taglietti: Life in Design
Event
7 July 2025—3 May
Junior Explorers - Taglietti: Life in Design

Free family fun! Enhance your family's visit to Taglietti: A Life in Design with our free, self-guided interactive kit for…

PANEL TALK: Taglietti Home Owners
Event
Booked Out
5 July 2025
PANEL TALK: Taglietti Home Owners
Booked out

Have you ever wondered about what it would be like to live in a house designed by renowned Canberra architect, Enrico Taglietti?

TOUR: Italian Language Tour of Taglietti: Life in Design
Event
Booked Out
28 June 2025
TOUR: Italian Language Tour of Taglietti: Life in Design
Booked out

Parli Italiano? Join this exhibition tour in Italian of Taglietti: A life in Design

CONCERT: Taglietti’s Songbook with National Opera
Event
21 June 2025
CONCERT: Taglietti’s Songbook with National Opera

Join us for this special concert performed by the National Opera to hear the music and songs inspired by the renowned mid-century architect Enrico Taglietti's Italian cultural heritage and also the music and songs enjoyed by his family.

TALK: Space Junk - Australian Highlights Live Podcast
Event
7 June 2025—7 June 2025
TALK: Space Junk - Australian Highlights Live Podcast

What goes up must come down…or does it?

FLOOR TALK: Taglietti: Life in Design
Event
Booked Out
7 June 2025
FLOOR TALK: Taglietti: Life in Design
Booked out

Share insights into the life, work and legacy of architect Enrico Taglietti with Virginia Rigney (CMAG Senior Curator), Dr Silvia…

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PANEL TALK: World Environment Day - Exploring Biodiversity and Creativity
5 June 2025

This special event brings together artist Karen Holloway, ecologist Rainer Rehwinkel, and NatureArt Lab Director Julia Landford, to explore the…

2025 CMAG Secondary School Photography Prize
Event
4 June 2025—30 August 2025
2025 CMAG Secondary School Photography Prize

Calling all young photographers in Canberra!

Are you a Year 7–12 student with a passion for photography? Enter the 2025…

MakerSpace
Event
2 June 2025—31 August 2025
MakerSpace

Celebrate the Nolan anniversary spirit by creating a Paper Cup Lyrebird in our winter Makerspace.

Sidney Nolan drew inspiration from…

PANEL TALK: Reconciliation Week - Djara and First Nations Sky Stories
Event
Booked Out
29 May 2025
PANEL TALK: Reconciliation Week - Djara and First Nations Sky Stories
Booked out

This Reconciliation Week join a Nobel Prize winner, artist, educator, and astrophysicist as they share their knowledge and first hand experience of First Nations peoples’ millennia long connection with the sky

TALK: Captain Faunce - Policing Canberra's Colonial Frontier - Heritage Festival 2025
Event
14 May 2025—14 May 2025
TALK: Captain Faunce - Policing Canberra's Colonial Frontier - Heritage Festival 2025

Discover the life of Captain Alured Tasker Faunce, Canberra’s first police magistrate

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DROP IN: Taglietti Sketchout - with Urban Sketchers Canberra at Dickson Library
11 May 2025—11 May 2025

Join Urban Sketchers Canberra for a special sketchout event at the iconic Dickson Library, designed by renowned Italian-Australian architect Enrico Taglietti.

CMAG Open Day
Event
10 May 2025—10 May 2025
CMAG Open Day

Join us for CMAG's Open Day and Celebrate 50 Years of the Sidney Nolan Collection!

TALK: War, Art and the Love Story Behind Roland Wakelin’s Canberra - Heritage Festival 2025
Event
7 May 2025—7 May 2025
TALK: War, Art and the Love Story Behind Roland Wakelin’s Canberra - Heritage Festival 2025

Join Senior Curator Virginia Rigney to uncover the wartime love story behind Roland Wakelin’s serene depiction of the Canberra Methodist Church in Reid.