Clarice Beckett

Clarice Beckett

Clarice Beckett is celebrated for her misty evocations of Melbourne and remembered for her tragically short life. Long overlooked by the art establishment due to her association with the controversial art theorist Max Meldrum, she nonetheless held twelve solo exhibitions between 1923 and 1933. After her death, much of her work was stored in a…

Creative Confidence: Smart Arts Creative Forum & Networking Event

Creative Confidence: Smart Arts Creative Forum & Networking Event

Creative Confidence, presented by Murray Arts as part of the Smart Arts series, is a welcoming forum and networking event designed for regional creatives at every stage of their journey. This gathering invites artists, musicians, actors, makers, and creative practitioners to explore one of the most common yet unspoken challenges in the arts: confidently claiming…

GreenHouse Residency Workshop: Words in Motion – Writing for Performance with Ben Ashby

GreenHouse Residency Workshop: Words in Motion – Writing for Performance with Ben Ashby

Join award-winning writer and theatre-maker Ben Ashby for a dynamic two-hour workshop exploring writing for performance at The Butter Factory Theatre. Open to writers of all backgrounds – poets, fiction and non-fiction writers, essayists, and even those who simply take a lot of time to curate your Instagram posts – this workshop invites participants to…

Big Screen Sundowner Sessions

Big Screen Sundowner Sessions

Kick back under the stars as we transform The Cube Wodonga courtyard into a cozy movie night destination. Bring a chair, bean bag or picnic rug and relax while enjoying your favourite movie. Across special single and double feature screenings, the sundowner sessions will showcase a mix of family friendly and retro movies, offering a…

The History of Embroidery

The History of Embroidery

The History of Embroidery Presented by SUSAN KAY – WILLIAMS This talk takes us from some of the earliest embroidery in this country from the 10th century through the height of English work, Opus Anglicanum to the embroidered outfits of our Tudor monarchs through to the seventeenth century when new design ideas arrived from India…

Women and War

Women and War

Just three women worked as Official War Artists during World War Two – Nora Heysen, Stella Bowen and Sybil Craig. They each made a significant body of work, bringing a fresh vision to the official expression of Australia at War. Nora Heysen, first woman to win the Archibald Prize, captured the dignity of service personnel…

Journey Across The Himalayas

Journey Across The Himalayas

This lecture will focus on the Buddhist areas of the highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayas — the once spiritual domain of Tibetan culture and religion, spanning 2,000 miles from Ladakh in the west to Bhutan in the east. Zara will explore the kingdoms and principalities of Ladakh, Zanskar, Spiti, Lahoul, Nepal, Mustang,…

Sydney in Lockdown

Sydney in Lockdown

Art history is replete with portraits of the good and the great, vistas of great landscapes and stories of great heroism, sometimes true, sometimes imagined. In our own time the story of Australia’s most populous City without people over a two-year period is told by photographer John Swainston in a series of images that start…

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