Event
Artist Talk: Kirstie Rea
18 May 2017

Join award-winning and highly respected Canberra artist, Kirstie Rea, as she provides an insight into her practice and reflects on her work and teaching career over the past 30 years

FLOOR TALK: Preservation and Access
Event
16 March 2017
FLOOR TALK: Preservation and Access

Access to collections is crucial for communities and researchers to ensure historical evidence is preserved and available to deepen our understanding of our past.

FLOOR TALK: Significance
Event
9 March 2017
FLOOR TALK: Significance

The significance of items included on the UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register list gives us insight into our history and heritage.

COLLECTOR TALK: Peter Taylor and Stephen Hodge
Event
4 February 2017
COLLECTOR TALK: Peter Taylor and Stephen Hodge

Join vintage racing bike collector, Pete Taylor and Stephen Hodge, former professional cyclist from 1987 to 1996 in conversation

 FLOOR TALK: Dale Middleby and Ros Russell
Event
16 November 2016
FLOOR TALK: Dale Middleby and Ros Russell

Join Dale Middleby, CMAG’s Senior Curator, Social History and Ros Russell, Chair, UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee for a conversation about the exhibition, Memory of the World in Canberra

COLLECTOR TALK: Timothy Kirsopp
Event
28 September 2016
COLLECTOR TALK: Timothy Kirsopp

Join collector Timothy Kirsopp for a peek at one of the largest private collections of everyone’s favourite Time Lord, The Doctor

CURATOR FLOOR TALK: Peace, Love and World War
Event
10 August 2016
CURATOR FLOOR TALK: Peace, Love and World War

Curator Dr David Headon will highlight a compelling cast of characters – citizens, politicians and kings – who played key roles in this significant period of Australian history

Michael Taylor: FLOOR TALK
Event
3 August 2016
Michael Taylor: FLOOR TALK

Join Sheridan Burnett, CMAG’s Assistant Curator, Visual Artsfor a tour of her highlights in Michael Taylor: A Survey 1963–2016

ARTIST TALK: Jay Kochel
Event
20 July 2016
ARTIST TALK: Jay Kochel

Join artist Jay Kochel as he breathes air into the processes and ideas behind his installation, avarice : auspice

Event
FLOOR TALK: Kristy Gould and Steve Taylor – woodlands, wood and weeds
8 June 2016—8 June 2016

Join Ranger Kristy Gould and discover the wonders of the ACT’s iconic woodlands and how they are being given a helping hand by adding wood.

FLOOR TALK - Ian Fraser, Sharon Field, Murray Evans and Tobias Hayashi – artists and experts
Event
21 April 2016
FLOOR TALK - Ian Fraser, Sharon Field, Murray Evans and Tobias Hayashi – artists and experts

Rangers from the ACT Parks and Conservation Service run a series of floor talks focussed on a range of topics in the exhibition, Bush Capital.

CURATOR FLOOR TALK: Ian Fraser and Rowan Henderson
Event
23 March 2016
CURATOR FLOOR TALK: Ian Fraser and Rowan Henderson

Join naturalist Ian Fraser and CMAG’s Social History Curator Rowan Henderson as they stride into the Bush Capital exhibition to explore the habitats, specimens and works of art that combine to illustrate the natural history of the ACT.

 FLOOR TALK: Deborah Clark and Dale Middleby
Event
10 February 2016—10 February 2016
FLOOR TALK: Deborah Clark and Dale Middleby

Consider two aspects of the Historic Memorials Committee 1912-1913 competition for Australian artists to depict the site of the Federal Capital.

COLLECTOR FLOOR TALK: Peter Maloney
Event
3 February 2016
COLLECTOR FLOOR TALK: Peter Maloney

Hear a collector’s perspective on underground icon, Wendy Saddington. 

Event
CURATOR FLOOR TALK - Capital and Country
2 December 2015

Lara Nicholls, Assistant Curator, Australian Paintings and Sculpture, at the National Gallery of Australia speaks about the Capital and Country exhibition

FLOOR TALK - CAPO
Event
5 November 2015
FLOOR TALK - CAPO

Visual artist Alexander Boynes, and Juliet Moody from Sparrow-Folk, speak about the benefits of winning a CAPO Award; and Deborah Clark, CMAG’s Senior Curator Visual Arts, reviews the CAPO 2015 Exhibition

ARTIST TALK: Nicola Dickson
Event
14 October 2015
ARTIST TALK: Nicola Dickson

Join artist Nicola Dickson as she discusses her installation, Close Encounters: the Voyage of Bruni D'Entrecasteaux