Choose from the following art making workshops inspired by our exhibitions and the Bendigo Art Gallery's own artworks. Children will be encouraged to tap into their own creativity and express their individuality through their art projects!
Designed for children aged 4 –14 years, children 7 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Bookings required!
Children 7 years and under must be accompanied by an adult
V&A Dundee recorded artist and describer Juliana Capes describing the exhibition to her friend Anne Dignan. Listen as they tour the exhibition together and describe the sights, sounds and memories it evokes. The transcript is below.
Presented by Lucy Adam, Fashion and Textile Sustainability educator. This online presentation will provide participants with current and relevant information about some of the most pressing environmental and social impacts in fashion and textiles. By looking at teaching strategies that enable sustainability education to thrive and have impact opportunities are provided for all learners to develop the knowledge and skills required to live sustainably.
Facilitated by Post Office Gallery guest curator Euan McGillivray, this panel event features some of the Bendigonians from Modern Revolution: Bendigo and the 1960s sharing insights and discussing the major changes of the 1960s.
Feel free to visit the exhibition at Post Office Gallery before making your way up through Rosalind Park to this free panel event beginning at 3pm in the auditorium of La Trobe Art Institute opposite Bendigo Art Gallery.
About the Facilitator;
Experience Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary first at this member exclusive event. Bendigo Art Gallery Curator Emma Busowsky Cox will provide a fascinating insight into the Swinging Sixties scene in London and how Quant captured that zeitgeist to create one of fashion’s most loved brands. See the exhibition and enjoy a complimentary Four Pillars Gin cocktail and giveaways.
Dress up in 60’s style and join us for this exciting evening event with the Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary exhibition. Enjoy classic sets from devout Mary Quant and 60s fans DJ Randy Lipz and DJ Lady Soul. Ticket includes exhibition entry, one complimentary drink accompanied by canapes. Additional drinks available at bar prices.
“Risk it, go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.”
- Mary Quant
“Risk it, go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.”
- Mary Quant
Fashion Revolution is a panel event facilitated by Clementine Ford with guest speaker Carly Findlay and the Curator of the exhibition. They will be discussing how Mary Quant was a role model for working women, an entrepreneur and how she aspired to democratise fashion. The panel will be speaking about the challenges and opportunities that fashion faces today. What exactly has changed?
This event will have an Auslan Interpreter present.
Clementine Ford
Treat your Mum to a very special Mother’s Day this year at Bendigo Art Gallery with a special guest talk on the Mary Quant blouse. Join authors Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs as they discuss their new publication Frances Burke: Designer of Modern Textiles. Learn about celebrated Australian textile designer Frances Burke (1904-1994) and the story of the Mary Quant blouse.
Please note this does not include entry into Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary
The City of Greater Bendigo acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands across Bendigo.
We acknowledge and pay respect to their Elders past present and emerging.
