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.

In conjunction with the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2019, join Charles Green, Professor of Contemporary Art in the School of Culture and Communication at The University of Melbourne and Dr Rebecca Coates, Director Shepparton Art Museum for a lively discussion on painting in Australia today. 

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

eX de Medici lives and works in Canberra by choice. The artist explores the various transmutations and vectors of the human instinct to accrue power and control, geo-economic systems are the artists favourite hobby. Artist eX de Medici will speak about her practice, including the influences and inspiration for her artworks.

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

Art & Tea event

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

Speaker: Dr Kylie Banyard, artist and Lecturer, Visual Arts and Visual Arts Coordinator, La Trobe University 

Kylie Banyard’s expansive painting practice incorporates installation, photography, video and sculpture and also intersects with fields such as architecture and education. In her work she explores the utopian imagination and the history of experimental models for living and learning.

10am Morning tea, 10.30am – 11.30am Guest speaker event
Artist Karen Ward will speak about her practice, including the influences and inspiration for her artworks

Presented by the Friends of Bendigo Art Gallery.

Hearing loop available.

This workshop is intended for organisations that wish to develop a Collection Policy or review their existing one. At the end of the workshop, participants will have the knowledge to develop a Collection Policy to National Standards which manages and protects their collection. Participants will have an opportunity to begin/review a Collection Policy for their organisation.

There will be a limited number of one-on-one sessions (bookable on the day) for additional assistance.

Catering: tea & coffee on arrival and lunch will be provided