Event
NFSA Friends - Hugh Watson: Songs of Peace and Protest
13 September 2019

Friends of the National Film and Sound Archive presents stories that celebrate film and music

Guest Speaker: Unmasking Nolan's hidden paintings with Dr Paula Dredge
Event
12 September 2019
Guest Speaker: Unmasking Nolan's hidden paintings with Dr Paula Dredge

Dr Paula Dredge shares her ground-breaking research on Sidney Nolan’s innovative use of household paint in the mid-1940s

The Garden City
Exhibition
7 September 2019—2 November 2019
The Garden City

For 90 years the Horticultural Society of Canberra has been there to inspire, educate—and sometimes console—Canberra gardeners and their backyard efforts.

Floor Talk: Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Event
5 September 2019
Floor Talk: Aboriginal Tent Embassy

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy has been the focus for Aboriginal political rights in Canberra for the past 47 years

Collector Talk: John and Liz Baker
Event
21 August 2019
Collector Talk: John and Liz Baker

Learn what inspires John and Liz Baker to collect an object to put in their home.

In Conversation: Mark Fraser and Virginia Rigney
Event
19 August 2019
In Conversation: Mark Fraser and Virginia Rigney

Explore the new Nolan Collection exhibition with Senior Curator Virginia Rigney in conversation with Mark Fraser, Curator for the estate of Lady Nolan, widow of Sir Sidney Nolan

Children's Workshop: Puppet Making with Hilary Talbot
Event
Cancelled
17 August 2019
Children's Workshop: Puppet Making with Hilary Talbot
Cancelled

Join renowned artist Hilary Talbot for a puppet making workshop especially for children

Tom Buckland: Apollo Lunar Module (1:2 Scale) 2019
Exhibition
17 August 2019—19 October 2019
Tom Buckland: Apollo Lunar Module (1:2 Scale) 2019

Fifty years ago, landing on the moon required a vehicle not designed for this world, so the Apollo Lunar Module was born

Floor talk: AIDEX protests
Event
15 August 2019
Floor talk: AIDEX protests

Join Guy Hansen and Jacob Grech as they discuss the AIDEX anti arms sales protests

Exhibition
Old Graham: Collecting in the bush
10 August 2019—30 November 2019

After buying and restoring ‘Old Graham’ House at Hovells Creek, John and Liz Baker began to collect all sorts of colonial and Australiana items to fill it.

Film Screening: Looby
Event
8 August 2019
Film Screening: Looby

Looby is the story of what happens when an artist chooses to speak out

Panel: 50th anniversary of LGBTIQ activism and reform in Canberra
Event
Booked Out
27 July 2019
Panel: 50th anniversary of LGBTIQ activism and reform in Canberra
Booked out

Australia’s first organisation for homosexual rights, the Homosexual Law Reform Society of the ACT, was founded on 27 July 1969 at a public meeting in Canberra.

Activism: Curator Floor Talk
Event
25 July 2019
Activism: Curator Floor Talk

Explore the many ways Canberrans show they care

Redefining Leadership
Exhibition
13 July 2019—2 November 2019
Redefining Leadership

Redfining Leadership is an Exhibition from Women with Disabilities ACT with photography by Akka Ballenger Constantin

Exhibition
Activism: forces for change in Canberra
13 July 2019—2 November 2019

Canberra has a special relationship with activism as it is not only the location of protest on local issues but…

NAIDOC Week Event: Paul House and Tom Rowney
Event
12 July 2019
NAIDOC Week Event: Paul House and Tom Rowney

Join Ngambri-Ngunnawal custodian Paul House and glass artist Tom Rowney as they talk about the process of collaborating to create the glass didjeridu currently on display in the Ramp Showcase

Floor Talk and Demonstration: Gail Nichols
Event
6 July 2019
Floor Talk and Demonstration: Gail Nichols

Come and hear Gail Nichols talk about her recently acquired hooked rug, Autumn Leaves, on display as part of The Art of Giving: Works from the Meredith Hinchliffe Fund