Event
You Are Here - Née (Born As)
14 April 2016—15 April 2016

Nee (born as) is a conversation project that invites you to tell the stories of your names; the names of your family, the names you have left behind, the names you have embraced.

You Are Here -Tracer
Event
13 April 2016
You Are Here -Tracer

Tracer is a live performance of material poetics, hinging on memory and poetic experience. 

You Are Here - Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions
Event
13 April 2016
You Are Here - Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions

Kissing IS fun. What’s not fun is the sneaking suspicion that maybe, just maybe, the other person thinks we're terrible at it.

You Are Here - Elevator Vignettes
Event
13 April 2016—17 April 2016
You Are Here - Elevator Vignettes

Elevator Vignettes is an experimental video work that employs the opening and closing of elevator doors as a metaphor for the very small fragments we ever experience of another individual’s life.

 CTC PERFORMANCE: Blood Links by William Yang
Event
12 April 2016—23 April 2016
CTC PERFORMANCE: Blood Links by William Yang

Blood Links tells us stories about the Chinese Diaspora, how Chinese migrants put down roots in Australian soil, and how…

William Yang: Breathing the rarefied air of Canberra
Exhibition
9 April 2016—17 July 2016
William Yang: Breathing the rarefied air of Canberra

In 2007, William Yang was awarded the H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship at the Australian National University.  The entire series…

SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Sew what?
Event
Booked Out
20 April 2016—21 April 2016
SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Sew what?
Booked out

Inspired by Sidney Nolan’s paintings and the whimsical work of his friend, artist Mirka Mora, children will design, create and…

CMAG ON SUNDAY: Put a bird on it – inspired by Bush Capital
Event
3 April 2016
CMAG ON SUNDAY: Put a bird on it – inspired by Bush Capital

Join us for an afternoon of structured workshops, led by local artist Jacqueline Bradley.

Seek out birds in the Bush

Bernie Slater: Power
Exhibition
26 March 2016—5 June 2016
Bernie Slater: Power

Power is a unique exhibition in which viewers take home a retail style product containing printed artworks that lampoon power…

Event
WALKS SERIES: ACT Parks and Conservation Service
24 March 2016

Join Rangers from the ACT Parks and Conservation Service for walking tours across the habitats featured in the exhibition, Bush Capital.

CURATOR FLOOR TALK: Ian Fraser and Rowan Henderson
Event
23 March 2016
CURATOR FLOOR TALK: Ian Fraser and Rowan Henderson

Join naturalist Ian Fraser and CMAG’s Social History Curator Rowan Henderson as they stride into the Bush Capital exhibition to explore the habitats, specimens and works of art that combine to illustrate the natural history of the ACT.

Bush Capital
Exhibition
12 March 2016—26 June 2016
Bush Capital
The natural history of the ACT

An exhibition exploring the diverse natural history of our region, thematically structured around six…

Canberra Nature Map
Exhibition
12 March 2016—26 June 2016
Canberra Nature Map

Gain an insight into the Canberra Nature Map project, through viewing the live Twitter feed from this citizen-led portal for…

CMAG ON SUNDAY: Little boxes – inspired by Home in time
Event
6 March 2016
CMAG ON SUNDAY: Little boxes – inspired by Home in time

Join us for an afternoon of structured workshops, led by local artist Jacqueline Bradley.

$5 per child (ACT M&G Members…

Exhibition
Neil Roberts Sculptural Works
27 February 2016—14 March 2016

Neil Roberts (1954 – 2002) is an important artist in the Canberra region whose art incorporates the ordinary detritus of…

PANEL: 2013-2113 – the next great 100 Canberra Houses
Event
4 March 2016
PANEL: 2013-2113 – the next great 100 Canberra Houses

What do we imagine we will see in the next century of Canberra’s domestic architecture?

 FLOOR TALK: Deborah Clark and Dale Middleby
Event
10 February 2016—10 February 2016
FLOOR TALK: Deborah Clark and Dale Middleby

Consider two aspects of the Historic Memorials Committee 1912-1913 competition for Australian artists to depict the site of the Federal Capital.