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Workshop: Drawing for Tattoos
Mon 17 Jul, 6 - 7.30pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Ages 18+
Join celebrated tattoo artist Joe Kintz from Whistler St Tattoo to learn all about the art of tattoos, then have a go at your own design.
What's On
Exhibition: Ink in the Lines
9 Jun - 30 Jul, 10am - 5pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
The personal stories of our servicewomen and servicemen told through their tattoos. On tour from the Australian War Memorial.
Creative Open 2023 coming soon
Thu 27 - Sun 30 Jul
A long weekend of art, design, and music events across the Northern Beaches. The program goes live on 1 July.
Tacos, Tunes & Tattoos
Fri 28 Jul, 5 - 8pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Free
Live tattooing, DJ beats, taco food truck, and wine sponsored by Little Ripples. Part of the Ink in the Lines exhibition.
Meet the artist: Blak Douglas
Sat 8 Jul, 2 - 3pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Free
Meet Dhungatti artist Blak Douglas, talking about the ideas behind the works in Inverted Commoners - Gayamay / Manly Cove.
Exhibition: For Our Elders - Honouring our Knowledge Keepers
3 - 9 Jul, 10am - 4pm
Curl Curl Creative Space
Noongar curator Jodie Dowd honours elders, ancestors, and Country. Jodie is the inaugural Emerging Curators Program mentee.
Talk: Behind Every Tattoo is a Story
Sat 17 Jun, 2 – 3pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Hear directly from veterans about the experiences that led to their tattoos. With Stephanie Boyle, Senior Curator, Australian War Memorial.
Kids & Families
Drawing workshop:
Memory and Making
Mon 3 Jul, 10am - 12pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Ages 8 – 14
Create a different kind of 'self-portrait' with contemporary artist Lisa Woolfe.
School Holiday Clay Workshop
Mon 10 Jul, 10am - 12pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
All ages welcome
Create colourful mini clay sculptures with artist Jayanto Tan, taking inspiration from our ceramics collection.
Creative Community
Spectrum: Northern Beaches Art Society 77th Annual Awards Art Exhibition
Thu 14 - Sun 25 Jun, 10am - 4pm
Curl Curl Creative Space
From seascapes to still life, with a few surprises, local artists paint it all. Exhibited works are available to purchase.
Weaving Bridges
Manly Creative Library & Mona Vale Creative Space - multiple sessions
Our first Weaving Bridges workshop for 2023 was a full house. Aunty Karleen would love you to join her at the next one. All are free.
Exhibition: Vernissage
17 - 25 Jun
Eramboo Artist Environment
In this debut solo show, Bronte Cormican-Jones offers her works as a vernissage (opening) to her practice.
Opportunities
MAG&M Design Shop
Apply now
designshop@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
We're always on the look out for new suppliers from the Northern Beaches, like Sarah Howes - aka 'Rough Ceramics' - our newest supplier.
Creative Library Exhibition Space
Manly Library
1 Market Place Manly
Are you a local emerging artist looking to host your own exhibition? The Creative Library offers a flexible option.
Help build the Northern Beaches creative community
Support local businesses, or promote your own, with our free online directory. Tegan Murdock of Ngumpie Weaving talks about her experience with Culture Map Live.
Image credits:
- Image by Charles Walsh. Courtesy Joe Kintz
- Adam. Courtesy AWM. Photo: Bob McKendry
- Creative Open 2022. Courtesy Northern Beaches Council.
- Courtesy AWM. Photo: Bob McKendry
- Blak Douglas in the studio, 2023. Courtesy MAG&M
- Jodie Dowd at MAG&M. Courtesy MAG&M
- Newton. Courtesy AWM. Photo: Bob McKendry
- Courtesy MAG&M
- Courtesy Jayanto Tan
- Courtesy Northern Beaches Art Society
- Courtesy Northern Beaches Council
- Courtesy Bronte Cormican-Jones
- Courtesy MAG&M
- Courtesy Manly Library
- Courtesy Lachlan Peknice
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