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December 2020
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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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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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
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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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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Journeys | Creative Connections
A great way to connect in a safe environment, the workshop welcomes people with a lived mental health experience to connect with art and community. The third Friday of the month. Lunch included Materials supplied For all enquiries and bookings contact Debra Bollinger, Aftercare, phone: 0408 563 361
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MRAGM Annual General Meeting
Members are invited to join us for the MRAG Members Annual General Meeting. Refreshments from 5.30pm
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SPRING HOLIDAY FUN AT MRAG
Drop into MRAG these school holidays to see inspiring exhibitions and have fun with our self-directed activities located in the gallery, or you can pick up a take-home kit to have MRAG art fun at home!
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Sun and Moon walk 1, 2015, 92cm x 132cm, performance/photography, NYC
Shan Turner-Carroll | Bodies on a rock
Bodies On A Rock is an exhibition of existing and new works by local artist Shan Turner-Carroll. Turner-Carroll’s practice documents the multiplicity of connections between body and landscape. Site-specificity is key to this, not only as a premise for the work but also in how an embodied methodology unfolds around each site and location it is presented. Sun, Moon Walk I, 2015 was a performative gesture where the artist followed the sun and moon with a mirror through the streets…
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Anna Louise Richardson, We should be more afraid of the sun than the moon (installation view at Galerie pompom), 2020. Photo: Docqment Anna Louise Richardson, Wallpaper, 2020, HP Latex Print onto HP PVC Free wallpaper, available in 60 x 120cm, 120 x 240cm or custom order.
Anna Louise Richardson | When night falls
Anna Louise Richardson’s work is about intergenerational exchange, parenthood and signifiers of identity based on her experience of life in rural Western Australia living and working on a 7th generation family farm. The exhibition When night falls is a collection of her work over the last 5 years working through the complex relationships between rural Australians, the environment, and ecological responsibility. Documenting the emotions and personal narrative of her relationship to the land her work also tells a shared story…
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FREE Art Sundays
For children of all ages and their families.
11:00am - 1:00pm every Sunday
*excludes public holidays and long weekends
September 2020
Michael Eyes & Gordon Elliot in their home - Photograph by Christopher Pearce
A Passion Shared – exhibition tour
Join collectors Gordon Elliott & Michael Eyes for a personal exhibition tour of 'A Passion Shared'.
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