Join the Bendigo Art Gallery Guides for a 15-minute introduction to Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary and hear insights into the career of one of Britain’s most important fashion designers.

All Monday introductions are held 11.45am to 12pm in the auditorium of La Trobe Art Institute except May 24th and May 31st which will be in the Revolution Room at Bendigo Art Gallery.  

“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

The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that was all about being modern and embracing fun-loving lifestyle, and at its heart was the city of London.  Art, music and fashion flourished in London. It was the time of the Beatles; Mary Quant's bold fashions like the miniskirt; popular fashion models such as Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton; the mod subculture and the iconic status of popular shopping areas like Kings Road and Carnaby Street. It was a time of social and political change; the activism of the anti-nuclear movement and sexual liberation.

The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that was all about being modern and embracing fun-loving lifestyle, and at its heart was the city of London.  Art, music and fashion flourished in London. It was the time of the Beatles; Mary Quant's bold fashions like the miniskirt; popular fashion models such as Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton; the mod subculture and the iconic status of popular shopping areas like Kings Road and Carnaby Street. It was a time of social and political change; the activism of the anti-nuclear movement and sexual liberation.

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.

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?

Facilitated by our First Nation’s Curator Shonae Hobson, join Josh Muir and Isobel Knowles as they discuss the intricacies of developing Going Solo.

Bookings essential 

10am Morning tea
10.30am – 11.30am Guest speaker

Places of cultural significance enrich people’s lives, often providing a deep and inspirational sense of connection to community and landscape, to the past and to lived experiences.

They are important expressions of Australian identity and experience, and may be significant for their aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual values, for past, present or future generations.