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February 2021
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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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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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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Members Event: Holly McNamee in-conversation
Just for members, on the exhibitions final day join artist Holly McNamee and Senior Curator Kim Blunt in-conversation, as they discuss works on display in 'About Maitland'.
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Conversations: Art and Dementia Community Day
Maitland Regional Art Gallery offers engaging social tours of current exhibitions aimed specifically for people living with dementia and their carers. The tours are guided by a trained facilitator who uses artwork as the stimulus to encourage discussion and self-expression through conversation and art making, enabling visitors to express their thoughts and emotions. Visitors gain intellectual stimulation and opportunities for further discussion between participants, carers and facilitators, all in a friendly and supportive environment. Community days are generally the second…
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Adaptation by the Goldberg Aberline Studio
Adaptation | Goldberg Aberline Studio
Adaptation (with the Community of the Maitland Regional Art Gallery, the Grafton Regional Gallery, the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and AlburyCity Cultural Activation) is a large scale inflatable sculpture that invites the viewer to journey around and through the complex organic structure, revealing vibrantly coloured and patterned art textiles, bursting away from the main structure almost as if they grew there. During the process of this project - approximately 100 creatives across NSW joined together in a series of live…
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Free Art January 2021
26 DAYS OF FUN ART ACTIVITIES, 6 EXHIBITIONS + INFLATABLE INSTALLATION!! 2021 Free Art January is full of fun creative experiences for all ages at Maitland Regional Art Gallery. You are invited to be part of the fun – visiting the gallery is free, just register on arrival and follow all our Covid-safe procedures while enjoying our self-directed activities, workshops and 6 exhibitions. It is essential that you book through Eventbrite for all workshops. Click here to view the full…
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Maitland Art Playgroup
Maitland Art Playgroup meets at MRAG weekly during school term on Thursday mornings from 10 am - 12 noon, to connect and learn through play and most importantly, have fun! If you would like to join contact Jennifer Muir by phone, 0439 937 130 or email jmuir@playgroupnsw.org.au 0 - 6 year olds | Thursday 10.00am – 12noon For more information head to Playgroup NSW
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Hilda Rix Nicholas Through the gum trees (detail), Toongabbie c1920, oil on canvas. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Acquired with the support of the Art Gallery Society of NSW through the Dagmar Halas Bequest 2016 © Estate of Hilda Rix Nicholas
MRAG Members Exclusive
Fieldwork | An Art Gallery of NSW touring exhibition Curator’s talk with Nick Yelverton.
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Understanding dementia
Join the Dementia Australia team at MRAG for an introduction to dementia.
This session is suitable for people living with dementia, their family carers, family members and people who want to learn more about dementia.
November 2020
Hilda Rix Nicholas Through the gum trees (detail), Toongabbie c1920, oil on canvas. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Acquired with the support of the Art Gallery Society of NSW through the Dagmar Halas Bequest 2016 © Estate of Hilda Rix Nicholas
Fieldwork: Landscapes West of Sydney
Fieldwork is an exhibition that will survey plein air painting (painting outdoors) west of Sydney between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The region, which encompasses the Western Suburbs, Blue Mountains, and the Hawkesbury, has been a popular artists destination since European settlement and its portrayal in landscape art of this period has made an important contribution to Australian art. Surprisingly, this history and significance is often overlooked in displays or accounts of Australian art which are inclined toward…
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Dementia Care Navigator Information Session
Join the Dementia Australia team at MRAG to find out new ways to access dementia services.
This session is suitable for people living with dementia and family members / primary carers and support persons of people living with dementia.
Conversations: Art and Dementia Community Day
Conversations, artmaking and morning tea, for people living with memory loss and support people.
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Ken Done, Violet coral head (detail), 2011-16, oil and acrylic on linen, 152 x 122cm. Courtesy of the artist and Ken Done Gallery, Sydney
Ken Done | Paintings You Probably Haven’t Seen, Selected Works 2000 – 2017
Ken Done is well known for his vibrant paintings that depict the iconic Australian experience. The magnificent selection of artworks in Paintings You Probably Haven’t Seen: Selected Works 2000 – 2017 celebrates the splendour of Australia’s natural beauty. The artist finds wonder in the everyday through glorious colour, spontaneous mark making and brilliant visual expression. This exhibition, as the title suggests, is a joyful collection of Ken’s most important pieces from his private collection, side by side with his latest…
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