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December 2020
MRAG Social Script and Visual Schedule for visitors to the Gallery
Would you like to know a bit about the Gallery before you arrive for a visit?
Or perhaps members of your family or some of your your friends might be more comfortable having a look through the Gallery Social Script before they come here?
This way you know what to expect and what you might be able to see and do here...
June 2021
Conversations: Art and Dementia Community Day
Conversations: Art and Dementia the second Thursday at 10.30 am and last Tuesday at 1pm of each month, bookings are essential to keep groups small and personal.
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Art and Heritage Tour
We love sharing information about the Gallery, it's history and the exhibitions on display. Please get in touch if you would like to book a guided tour. (Guided tours subject to staff availability)
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Code Breakers
Are you good at solving puzzles? Do you think that you can locate some hidden features in the art gallery? If so, grab yourself a clipboard with Code Breaker from the art gallery Front Desk and use the clues to break the code!
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Free Art Sundays for All Ages
BOOKINGS REQUIRED. Every Sunday families are welcome to book in to attend free art activities inspired by the exhibitions on display. Our activities are designed for kids of all ages, and as a family you can all join in and get creative. Each activity takes around half an hour to complete.
Art Sunday is staffed by qualified art teachers. The workshop is designed to encourage parents and children to add to their experience of the gallery by accessing hands-on activities in a family friendly environment.
Please note: children cannot be left unattended during Art Sundays
Art Materials proudly supported by CleverPatch
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Les Darcy (detail), c.1915-1917, Silver gelatin print, Purchased by Maitland Regional Art Gallery, 2004
The Les Darcy Collection, Curator Talk with Cheryl Farrell
Join Collection Curator Cheryl Farrell for an insightful look at MRAG’s Les Darcy collection and hear the stories behind the objects.
Bookings required via Eventbrite
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Winter School Holiday | Drop-in Art Making
Drop into the Gallery for free family fun these school holidays and enjoy art making activities inspired by works on display in exhibition Shadow Boxer.
Week 1: Tuesday 29 June to Friday 2 June
Week 2: Tuesday 6 - Friday 9 July
10.30am – 1.30pm
Free, all ages
Drop-in, no bookings required
Conversations: Art and Dementia Community Day
Conversations: Art and Dementia the second Thursday at 10.30 am and last Tuesday at 1pm of each month, bookings are essential to keep groups small and personal.
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Paula Jenkins, The Descent I (into the gorge), 2020, Apsley Gorge, 153x153cm, oil on canvas, (detail)
Painting Landscapes by Memory
Create your own landscape painting to take home inspired by artworks in the gallery!
Saturday 3 July, 10.00am – 12.00pm
Ages 8 – 13 years
$15 non-members + booking fee
$10 members + booking fee (contact the gallery on 49349859 or artgallery@maitland.com.au to receive the members discount code)
Bookings required via Eventbrite
Portrait painting with Abdul Abdullah
Learn the fundamentals of portrait painting with artist Abdul Abdullah!
Saturday 3 July, 1.00 – 4.00pm
Teen Workshop: Ages 14-18 years
$15 non-members + booking fee
$10 members + booking fee
Bookings required via Eventbrite
Human Remains | Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub
Join us at Maitland Regional Art Gallery for Human Remains a performance by Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub
Friday 9th July
Saturday 10th July
7:00 pm (doors open 6:30 pm)
$20 members (+ booking fee)
$25 non-members (+ booking fee)
Bookings via Eventbrite (click here to book now)
Audience 14+
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Animating Collages
Learn how to create your own stop-motion animations inspired by artworks in the MRAG exhibitions!
Saturday 10 July, 10.00am – 12.00pm
Ages 8 – 13 years
$15 non-members + booking fee
$10 members + booking fee (contact the gallery on 49349859 or artgallery@maitland.com.au to receive the members discount code)
Bookings required via Eventbrite
Making Murals with Jakeob Watson
Join Indigenous artist Jakeob Watson and learn what it takes to create art for the outdoors, at larger than life scales!
Saturday 10 July, 12.00 – 3.00pm
Teen Workshop: Ages 14-18 years
$15 non-members + booking fee
$10 members + booking fee (contact the gallery on 49349859 or artgallery@maitland.com.au to receive the members discount code)
Bookings required via Eventbrite
Bianca Elmir
The BAM (Believe, Achieve, Motivate) Workout for Women
MRAG and the PCYC are pleased to be able to present the opportunity for you to join champion boxer Bianca Elmir for a boxing workout.
Friday, July 23 or Friday, July 30
5.30pm – 6.30 pm
Women only, 14 years +
Bookings essential via Eventbrite
Just Not Australian Film Screening | TERROR NULLIUS by Soda Jerk
Second screening - back by popular demand!
Part political satire, part eco-horror and part road movie, Terror Nullius is a political revenge fable which offers an unwriting of Australian national mythologies.
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