Event
CMAG on Saturday: Big Art
6 August 2022

Have fun creating a collaborative abstract artwork on a larger than life-size scale. Children will explore the Life is Art: Works by John Nixon from the collection of Susan Taylor and Peter Jones exhibition and then participate in an artmaking session in the CMAG studio.

Reel Classics: CLOCKWISE (1986)
Event
30 July 2022
Reel Classics: CLOCKWISE (1986)

Reel McCoy Film Society presents bi-monthly film screenings of classic cinema.   

Heide and Nolan's Search for Paradise: Exhibition Tour with Lesley Harding
Event
15 July 2022
Heide and Nolan's Search for Paradise: Exhibition Tour with Lesley Harding

Join Lesley Harding, Artistic Director of Heide Museum of Modern Art, for a discussion on Sidney Nolan's time at Heide and a tour of the new exhibition Search for Paradise

Reel Classics: GIRLHOOD (2014)
Event
9 July 2022
Reel Classics: GIRLHOOD (2014)

Reel McCoy Film Society presents bi-monthly film screenings of classic cinema.  

Back to the Boombox Party
Event
Booked Out
8 July 2022
Back to the Boombox Party
Booked out

Experience Civic Square after dark with live music and performances, art, street food and drinks.

School Holiday Workshop: My Journey, Your journey
Event
6 July 2022
School Holiday Workshop: My Journey, Your journey

To celebrate NAIDOC Week, CMAG invites teenagers to learn from contemporary Aboriginal artist Sarah Richards in a studio workshop

Creative Dementia Workshop: Watercolour
Event
15 June 2022
Creative Dementia Workshop: Watercolour

CMAG is offering a creative workshop for people living with early onset dementia and their carer

Gathering Threads
Event
8 June 2022
Gathering Threads

Join us during lunchtime from 1pm on Wednesday 8 June, when CMAG will showcase the latest work by Canberra Dance Theatre’s GOLD Company

CMAG on Saturday: Stitch Stories
Event
4 June 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Stitch Stories

Explore the exhibition Connection Point to inspire a stitch story artwork of your own

Event
Curator Talk: Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator, introduced by CMAG Director, Sarah Schmidt
25 May 2022

Join Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator Visual Arts, to discover more about the works and techniques of the artists featured in the exhibition, Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW. 

CMAG on Saturday: Plastic painting
Event
7 May 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Plastic painting

Enjoy the sensory experience of painting with plasticine to create abstract colour compositions.

Collector Talk: Kinloch Kilby
Event
27 April 2022
Collector Talk: Kinloch Kilby

Join Kinloch Kilby in conversation with Dr Hannah Paddon, CMAG’s Senior Curator, Social History, to discover why boomboxes remain popular…

School Holiday Workshop: Boombox Block Party
Event
Booked Out
21 April 2022
School Holiday Workshop: Boombox Block Party
Booked out

Let's rewind to 1989! Have fun with boomboxes under the guidance of 2022 Australian of the Year ACT Local Hero and contemporary sound artist Luke Ferguson.

CMAG on Saturday: Shimmer and shine
Event
2 April 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Shimmer and shine

Wrap everyday objects in foil then paint to create a sculptural form that shimmers and shines.

Event
Canberra Day Fibre Workshops @ Enlighten Festival
12 March 2022—14 March 2022

Join artist, Sharon Peoples, for a workshop making ‘gardening gloves’ inspired by her work in the exhibition, Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW.

Canberra Day Print Workshops @ Enlighten Festival
Event
11 March 2022—14 March 2022
Canberra Day Print Workshops @ Enlighten Festival

Join artist Sally Mumford for a linocut print making workshop and explore the layers of Canberra.

Floor Talk: Victor the Viking
Event
9 March 2022
Floor Talk: Victor the Viking

39 years ago, an 18-year-old ‘Victor the Viking’ stepped out onto the field as the Canberra Raiders mascot