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.
Do you love animals, costumes and drawing?
The title Prologue signals a beginning—this new moving image work by Canberra-born, Worimi artist Dean Cross marks the start of…
Join us for CMAG's Open Day and Celebrate 50 Years of the Sidney Nolan Collection!
For aspiring young performers and stage designers! Get inspired by the stage and costume designs by Sidney Nolan and create your own unique set design.
A solo piano concert series featuring ARIA Award–winning artists David Bridie and Sophie Hutchings
Australia’s most famous silent film, lost for decades and painstakingly reconstructed from incomplete versions and NFSA stills.
A discussion about the changing perceptions and understandings of Australia's convict past and how museums deal with this confronting history.
In August 1978, Sidney Nolan created a series of 31 crayon pastel drawings based on the events of Marcus Clarke’s 1874 convict novel, For the Term of His Natural Life.
Step into the world of Sidney Nolan's iconic artwork Riverbend and embark on a creative journey inspired by the legendary tale of Ned Kelly
View Sidney Nolan's monumental nine panel work Riverbend
Designed for people aged 16+ who are members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies.
Stitch, sew and stuff your own soft sculpture in the CMAG Studio
View the exhibition Fly Fly! – Sidney Nolan’s Birds then participate in an art workshop with artist Mariana del Castillo in the CMAG studio.
Is it a bird? A flock of words? Or a poem?!
In this fun-filled workshop, be inspired by the exhibition ‘Fly Fly!: Sidney Nolan’s Birds’ to play with rhyme and words, and create a bird.
An exhibition for children and families in the Nolan Gallery
Join curators Virginia Rigney and Dr Jennifer Gall in their talk about Alice Babidge’s costumes for Justin Kurzel’s film The True History of the Kelly Gang and parallels with Sidney Nolan’s imagery in his Ned Kelly series.