Event
CMAG on Saturday: Fantastic Creatures
5 November 2022

Children will create a three-dimensional fantastical creature sculpture using interlocking and joining techniques

JamFactory ICON Tom Moore: Abundant Wonder - featuring animation by Jonathan Nix
Exhibition
5 November 2022—12 February 2023
JamFactory ICON Tom Moore: Abundant Wonder - featuring animation by Jonathan Nix

Tom Moore’s Abundant Wonder is part of the JamFactory’s Icon exhibition series and celebrates the achievements of South Australia’s most influential artists working in craft-based media.

Blanche Tilden – ripple effect: a 25 year survey
Exhibition
5 November 2022—12 February 2023
Blanche Tilden – ripple effect: a 25 year survey

Blanche Tilden is an innovative artist forging an international reputation in the dual fields of contemporary jewellery and studio glass

Symposium: Design thinking, learning and making in Canberra – Legacies and new initiatives
Event
4 November 2022
Symposium: Design thinking, learning and making in Canberra – Legacies and new initiatives

Canberra is now recognised as a place of excellence in making but how did we get here and what is going to be important for growing this reputation?

DESIGN Canberra: Golden Years
Exhibition
2 November 2022—22 November 2022
DESIGN Canberra: Golden Years

Celebrating 50 years of Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre makers, showcasing a curated selection of work from five decades…

Nolan's Paradise
Event
19 October 2022
Nolan's Paradise

Experience Sidney Nolan's ‘Search for Paradise’ with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble

In conversation: Dean Cross and Daniel Riley
Event
30 September 2022
In conversation: Dean Cross and Daniel Riley

Join Dean Cross and Daniel Riley as they discuss their creative works in art, design and dance

Artist talk: Lindy Lee
Event
Booked Out
29 September 2022
Artist talk: Lindy Lee
Booked out

Join us for an exclusive talk by artist Lindy Lee, as she presents her major exhibition Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop

2022 Kids’ Design Competition: Fantastic Creatures
Event
26 September 2022—16 October 2022
2022 Kids’ Design Competition: Fantastic Creatures

Canberra Glassworks is presenting the Kids’ Design Competition in partnership with Canberra Museum and Gallery as part of the DESIGN Canberra Festival 2 – 20 November 2022 and the International Year of Glass

Exhibition
Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop
17 September 2022—3 December 2022

Influential Australian Chinese artist Lindy Lee explores identity, history, spirituality and our relationship to the cosmos. She creates meditative works using light, shadow and scale across many artforms. Moon in a Dew Drop takes an in-depth look at four decades of extraordinary

From Guangzhou to Braidwood: Nomchong family history
Exhibition
9 September 2022—26 February 2023
From Guangzhou to Braidwood: Nomchong family history

After migrating to Australia for the Gold Rush in the 1860s, Braidwood became home for the Chinese Nomchong family in the 1880s

CMAG on Saturday: Bloom and Buzz
Event
3 September 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Bloom and Buzz

Buzz into CMAG and discover nature inspired creative activities with a sunny Springtime vibe

Curator talk: Kendrah Morgan on Nolan's Search for Paradise
Event
31 August 2022
Curator talk: Kendrah Morgan on Nolan's Search for Paradise

Join Kendrah Morgan from the Heide Museum of Modern Art, and her talk about Sidney Nolan and his lifelong fascination with the elusive notion of paradise and the consequences of its loss

Nolan’s Africa: The Paradise Paradox
Event
20 August 2022
Nolan’s Africa: The Paradise Paradox

Join Andrew Turley for this talk about Sidney Nolan’s four African works and his 1962 travels across Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Zanzibar

Event
Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise Highlights Tour
10 August 2022—12 October 2022

Drop into CMAG during your lunch hour for a highlights tour of the exhibition Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise with our Senior Curator of Visual Arts, Virginia Rigney

CMAG on Saturday: Big Art
Event
6 August 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Big Art

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.

Continuous culture
Exhibition
2 August 2022—26 November 2022
Continuous culture

This display showcases works by Dr Danie Mellor, Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello OAM and Paul House -  established Indigenous Australian artists working in the Canberra region