Bendigo Art Gallery and La Trobe Art Institute present this exciting program of workshops and free talks. The program will provide participants with a gateway to explore Photo 2020 in Bendigo.

Get creative at home with these fun activities designed for kids and families.

Driveway Drawing Activities

Get outside and stretch your imagination.   

CANCELLED - In line with Australian and Victorian Government public health recommendations around COVID-19 and mass gatherings, Bendigo Art Gallery will be suspending all public and educational programs and events until further notice. 

An Art & Tea event.

10am Morning tea, 10.30am – 11.30am Guest speaker event

Anita Jack,  ex general manager of the Golden Dragon Museum speaks about the Chinese traditions associated with the Bendigo Easter Fair over the past 150 years.

Presented by the Friends of Bendigo Art Gallery.
Hearing loop available.

Be part of international Slow Art Day 2020.

Slow Art is a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover the joy of looking at and loving art.

Bessie Davidson and Sally Smart: Two artists and the Parisian avant-garde opened for one day only on the 20th of March at Bendigo Art Gallery. Exclusively for Slow Art Day, you can view three of Bessie Davidson’s works at your leisure. 

Our Gallery Giggles page will be updated with creative art activities designed for children under 5 years.  

CANCELLED - In line with Australian and Victorian Government public health recommendations around COVID-19 and mass gatherings, Bendigo Art Gallery will be suspending all public and educational programs and events until further notice.  

 

Bring your little ones to Park Studio at Bendigo Art Gallery before or after The Gruffalo’s Child performance at Ulumbarra Theatre at 12pm. 

Talking First Nations Fashion

As part of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, First Nations Curator Shonae Hobson will be joined by Fashion Designer Lyn-Al Young and Grace Lillian Lee, Indigenous Art Curator of the National Gallery of Victoria, Myles Russell-Cook as well as others for this sneak preview of the exhibition.

Free hands-on activities as part of NGV Kids on Tour.  This program is a National Gallery of Victoria initiative that offers children and families throughout regional and metropolitan Victoria the opportunity to engage with art and creativity through a range of activities and workshops.

The theme of the NGV Kids on Tour program 2020 is PLAYTIME. 

This program will enable Visual Communication Design students in Units 1 & 3 to address outcomes related to Design Industry Practice (Unit 3) and Visual Communications in Context (Unit 1). Students will hear a presentation by Isobel Knowles, Animator, who has worked collaboratively with visual artist Josh Muir to create the content for the exhibition What’s on your mind?  Students are invited to visit the exhibition What’s on your mind?

Following a highly successful launch and program of orchestral events in 2019, Bendigo Symphony Orchestra will once again launch its 2020 program at the Bendigo Art Gallery. A short-varied program of chamber music will reflect the program of four exciting concerts our new Music Director Luke Severn has planned for the year.

Enjoy some chamber music, a description of our exciting program for 2020, and meet some of our Bendigo Symphony orchestra members followed by afternoon tea.  

Bookings essential.