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August 2021
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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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)
Find out more »July 2021
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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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
Find out more »June 2021
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
Postponed – Drawing Workout with Richard Lewer
Artist and boxing coach Richard Lewer will get your heart pumping in a very different kind of drawing workout.
Bookings essential via Eventbrite
14 years+
$20 non-members + booking fee
$15 members + booking fee (contact the gallery on 49349859 or artgallery@maitland.com.au to receive the members discount code)
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Karla Dickens, Pound-for-Pound #3 (detail), 2019, mixed media, 161 x 41 x 41cm, Purchased by Maitland Regional Art Gallery, 2020.
Shadow Boxer Panel Discussion
The boxing ring has long been a compelling site for artists, but what is it about the fight that speaks to artists through the ages and why?
Join our Shadow Boxer Discussion Panel facilitated by artist Abdul Abdullah and featuring artists Karla Dickens and Richard Lewer, and former Australian Flyweight Champion boxer Bianca ‘Bam Bam’ Elmir.
All ages welcome
Bookings required via Eventbrite
This event is Auslan sign interpreted
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Winter Season Opening Weekend: Launch
Join the excitement as we launch our Winter Season including new exhibitions: Shadow Boxer, Just Not Australian, Barka: The Forgotten River, and Impressions of a Journey: Landscapes Between Walcha and Patterson.
All audiences welcome.
Bookings required via Eventbrite
This event is Auslan sign interpreted
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Teachers drawing session with artist Luke Thurgate
$20.00 + booking fee for teachers Looking to get more out of your gallery visits for your students? Join artist Luke Thurgate for a sketching tour of Maitland Regional Art Gallery’s current exhibitions. Tailored to art educators, this workshop will introduce a range of drawing exercises designed to deepen engagement with works of art for your students. Bookings Essential via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/teachers-drawing-session-with-artist-luke-thurgate-tickets-150869959109 Luke Thurgate is an artist and educator based in Sydney. He studied at the University of Newcastle, graduating…
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Ann Cape, The last portrait of my mother (detail), 2014, oil on canvas
Portraiture Workshop with artist Ann Cape
Join artist Ann Cape from exhibition An Unending Shadow: Works Exploring Dementia, in an intimate skills based portraiture workshop. Hone your skills in life drawing with a focus on the face and hands, working in charcoals and oils. All materials provided, bookings essential. Ann Cape is a painter, sculptor, art teacher, and celebrated finalist in the Archibald Prize numerous times. Members receive a $20 discount when booking; look out for your Members' only eNews, or call us to book in. Click here…
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Upstage Youth Theatre’s BRAINSTORM
$25 per person or $90 for a group of 4 MRAG is proud to be partnering with Upstage Youth Theater in presenting the production Brainstorm Inside every adolescent brain, 86 billion neurons connect and collide to produce the most frustrating, chaotic and exhilarating changes that will ever happen to us. So why do adults find teenagers so hard to understand? Especially when every adult has had experience living as a teenager? Brainstorm is a unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers’…
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Go Rogue
A typographer, a photographer, a designer, a videographer and a writer walk into a new world where they have no instructions and they do what they please. First they built an exhibition, and now they're throwing a party at Maitland Regional Art Gallery! Don't miss an evening of roving rogue, when the artists of the Saturday Exhibition shout TGIF!
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Understanding Dementia
This session provides an introduction to dementia including an overview of different types of dementia, diagnosis, planning ahead and how to support someone living with dementia. You will gain knowledge in: types of dementia, signs and symptoms the experience of living with dementia available services and where to access support Suitable for: People living with dementia, their family carers, family members and people who want to learn more about dementia. This program is not suitable for professionals employed in…
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