Event
School Holiday Workshop: My Journey, Your journey
6 July 2022

To celebrate NAIDOC Week, CMAG invites teenagers to learn from contemporary Aboriginal artist Sarah Richards in a studio workshop

Creative Dementia Workshop: Watercolour
Event
15 June 2022
Creative Dementia Workshop: Watercolour

CMAG is offering a creative workshop for people living with early onset dementia and their carer

Gathering Threads
Event
8 June 2022
Gathering Threads

Join us during lunchtime from 1pm on Wednesday 8 June, when CMAG will showcase the latest work by Canberra Dance Theatre’s GOLD Company

CURATOR TALK: Riverbend
Event
14 June
CURATOR TALK: Riverbend

Join Virginia Rigney (Senior Curator, CMAG), Tim Bonyhady (Art Historian and Emeritus Professor, ANU College of Law), Tony Oates (Interim Director, Drill Hall Gallery) and Oscar Capezio (Curator, ANU Art Collection), for a conversation.

CMAG on Saturday: Stitch Stories
Event
4 June 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Stitch Stories

Explore the exhibition Connection Point to inspire a stitch story artwork of your own

Curator Talk: Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator, introduced by CMAG Director, Sarah Schmidt
Event
25 May 2022
Curator Talk: Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator, introduced by CMAG Director, Sarah Schmidt

Join Virginia Rigney, Senior Curator Visual Arts, to discover more about the works and techniques of the artists featured in the exhibition, Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW. 

CMAG on Saturday: Plastic painting
Event
7 May 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Plastic painting

Enjoy the sensory experience of painting with plasticine to create abstract colour compositions.

Collector Talk: Kinloch Kilby
Event
27 April 2022
Collector Talk: Kinloch Kilby

Join Kinloch Kilby in conversation with Dr Hannah Paddon, CMAG’s Senior Curator, Social History, to discover why boomboxes remain popular…

School Holiday Workshop: Boombox Block Party
Event
Booked Out
21 April 2022
School Holiday Workshop: Boombox Block Party
Booked out

Let's rewind to 1989! Have fun with boomboxes under the guidance of 2022 Australian of the Year ACT Local Hero and contemporary sound artist Luke Ferguson.

Event
CMAG on Saturday: Shimmer and shine
2 April 2022

Wrap everyday objects in foil then paint to create a sculptural form that shimmers and shines.

Canberra Day Fibre Workshops @ Enlighten Festival
Event
12 March 2022—14 March 2022
Canberra Day Fibre Workshops @ Enlighten Festival

Join artist, Sharon Peoples, for a workshop making ‘gardening gloves’ inspired by her work in the exhibition, Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW.

Canberra Day Print Workshops @ Enlighten Festival
Event
11 March 2022—14 March 2022
Canberra Day Print Workshops @ Enlighten Festival

Join artist Sally Mumford for a linocut print making workshop and explore the layers of Canberra.

Floor Talk: Victor the Viking
Event
9 March 2022
Floor Talk: Victor the Viking

39 years ago, an 18-year-old ‘Victor the Viking’ stepped out onto the field as the Canberra Raiders mascot

CMAG on Saturday: Imaginationscape
Event
5 March 2022
CMAG on Saturday: Imaginationscape

Hands on art making Workshops for children 6 to 10 years of age

Event
Conversation: The Thai Cave Rescue and the Australian Federal Police
8 February 2022

Join Chris Cranston, AFP Museum curator, in conversation with Kel Boers and Chris Markcrow, Australian Federal Police divers, as they share the story of their role in the Thai cave rescue

Curator Talk: Chris Cranston
Event
8 February 2022
Curator Talk: Chris Cranston

Discover the work of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in the ACT, Australia-wide and globally with AFP Museum curator, Chris Cranston

Conversation: Aunty Matilda House and Dr Brenda L. Croft
Event
Cancelled
18 January 2022
Conversation: Aunty Matilda House and Dr Brenda L. Croft
Cancelled

Join Dr Matilda House (Ngambri/Ngunnawal elder) and Dr Brenda L. Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish heritage) in conversation