Chris Ellis was born in Albury 1961, spending most of his childhood on his parent’s farm. He started drawing before he could walk and was given his fist set of oil paints at the age of nine. Chris studied Fine Art at Caulfield Institute of Technology between 198081. In 1982 he purchased his own farm…
Join The Australian Ballet for a special class as part of The Nutcracker Act II and Other Works tour. Led onstage by the Artistic Staff of The Australian Ballet, students will have the chance to refine their skills and learn techniques used by the company’s own dancers to improve alignment and movement. These non-syllabus classes…
Make and decorate your own cardboard mask with artist Inga Hanover at MAMA! This hands-on activity celebrates Dainas, an exhibition by the Beechworth-based artist that explores her Latvian heritage. About the program: Holiday Drop-in sessions run on Saturday mornings during the school holidays and are inspired by current MAMA exhibitions. Designed for kids and families, the…
Get inspired, improve your skills and meet new people. Join a sketching session facilitated by a MAMA staff member, where teens will sketch at their own pace in response to an artwork in the museum. This program is open to all high school-age participants, and no previous art-making experience is necessary. Dry materials are provided,…
Ruth Davys Mabinya, Wibiyanha, Wudhagarbinya. Ruth Davys has produced a new moving image work, featuring the artist’s puppet alter-ego, Little Ruthie. Mabinya, Wibiyanha, Wudhagarbinya. is a companion to Davy’s current Kid’s Gallery installation, Yamandhu wudhagarbinya? and extends that work’s focus on Language sharing, bringing in Wiradjuri philosophies of yindyamarra (to show honour and respect, to…
In the new exhibition Dainas, multi-disciplinary artist Inga Hanover invites audiences to revel in the celebrations of Ķekatas, the Latvian winter solstice festival. Incorporating installation, textile sculpture, and video the exhibition shares a rich visual language shaped by ritual, folklore, and the occult. The exhibition title refers to a traditional Latvian form of poetry or…
Presented by Murray Arts & Wodonga Council and supported by Amplify Calling all young creatives from the region! Get ready to plug into the creative energy of the Border region at Talent Jam, an exciting event connecting emerging creatives with established practitioners. Whether you’re a budding artist, a gigging musician or curious collaborator, Talent Jam is…
Ready to put the social back into social media? Come along to the next Murray Arts Creators Collab meetup! We are a casual, friendly collective of local artists, makers, and performers who get together to share stories, network, and organically lift each other’s work up online. It’s all about peer-to-peer connection and community support. This…
Reincarnations of an altar cloth presents a selection of works from the ongoing series Deities in Temples by Cambodian-Australian artist Linda Sok.  Delving into the matrilineal practice of Pidan, Deities in Temples presents re-imaginings of lost, stolen, collected, and destroyed silk weavings. Pidan, a poly-chromatic weft silk weaving tradition, faced near erasure due to the…
Celebrate the opening of Reincarnations of an altar cloth, an exhibition by Cambodian-Australian artist Linda Sok. Reincarnations of an altar cloth presents a selection of works from the ongoing series Deities in Temples, re-imagining lost, stolen, collected, and destroyed silk weavings. Collaborating with family members and drawing upon descriptions found on museum registration cards in…
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