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Northern Composure Grand Final featuring The Grogans
Sat 20 Apr, 7 - 11pm
Dee Why PCYC
$20
Support up-and-coming local bands as they battle it out for huge prizes. Featuring Aussie headliner: The Grogans!
What's on at our Creative Spaces
Art and Craft Night
Sat 20 Apr, 6 - 8.30pm
Curl Curl Creative Space
$40
Connect with your community and unleash your creativity in a supportive and inspiring environment.
Creative Play
Sun 21 Apr, 10am - 12pm
Curl Curl Creative Space
$45
A free-flowing and unstructured environment where no prior experience is needed. Family-friendly.
Watercolour 101
Fri 3 & Fri 10 May
Avalon Creative Space
$72 - $80
Discover the joy of watercolour painting with 2 immersive half-day workshops. Led by local artist Judy Salleh.
Acrylic 101
Fri 17 & Fri 31 May
Avalon Creative Space
$72 - $80
Join artist Judy Salleh and discover the joy of acrylic painting in these immersive half-day workshops for beginners.
Exhibition: A Thousand Prayers / (on the Camino Frances)
Thu 16 - Sun 26 May
Curl Curl Creative Space
Works by Elizabeth Eastland, inspired by her journey of the 1,000km walk along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.
Create & Connect
Thursdays throughout the year
Avalon Creative Space
Supportive art therapy workshops to experiment and grow your creative confidence.
What's on at Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Upcoming Exhibitions
From Fri 19 Apr
Four new exhibitions opening soon: Tabled, Held, Placed, and Collection100: New.
Proudly supported by Little Ripples.
Drawing Masterclass Series: Kathrin Longhurst - Portraiture
Thu 16 May, 6 - 9pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
$90 - 100
Delve into Kathrin’s process of creating an empowering yet intimate portrait.
What's on for kids and families
Create with Clay
April School Holidays
Libraries & Glen St Theatre
$5 + booking fee
Let your imagination run wild as you create and decorate your own creature or crazy clay masterpiece.
Open Air Cinema Fairlight
Fri 19 Apr, 5.30 - 8.30pm
LM Graham Reserve, Fairlight
Free
Bring your picnic rug and enjoy a night under the stars for the whole family! BYO snacks or enjoy the food trucks on site.
Local Creatives
Mentorship with Kate Butcher
We interviewed our current artist in residence about experimenting in art and what mentorship means to her. You can apply now for a mentorship with Kate.
Spotlight on Maxwell Marsters
Featured in the Outfront exhibition, emerging artist Maxwell Marsters talks about exploring culture through film and the value of family.
Creative community
Sydney Writers' Festival: Deep Water with James Bradley
Tue 21 May, 6.30 - 7.30pm
Manly Library
$5 + booking fee
Writer and critic James Bradley discusses his environmental non-fiction book, Deep Water.
Artist Book Workshop with Julie Williams
Thu 2 May, 1 - 3pm
Manly Library
$5 + booking fee
Calligrapher, lettering artist, and painter Julie Williams demonstrates how to make a cut and fold artist book.
Young creatives
Young Writers' Competition
Entries close Wed 15 May
We’re looking for the next sparkling young creative writers on the Northern Beaches. 2024's theme word is 'crystal'.
Opportunities
Enter now: Environmental Art & Design Prize
Entries close 19 May
Join the conversation and inspire and enact real-world change. The prize pool is $46,000 across 4 categories.
Sound NSW: Touring and Travel Fund
Applications close Mon 20 May
Funding for touring and attendance at key music industry events for NSW artists and industry professionals.
Support Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Collection 100 Appeal
Help MAG&M commission artist Jude Rae to create a new painting to mark our 100 years of public collecting.
Image credits: 1. Courtesy of The Grogans. 2. Courtesy Rosario Huergo. 3. Courtesy Rosario Huergo. 4. Courtesy Judy Salleh. 5. Courtesy Judy Salleh. 6. Courtesy Elizabeth Eastland. 7. Courtesy Philippa Montier. 8. Paul Davis, Ceramic plate (kashibachi), black clay. Minako Asai (Minnie Sweets), Japanese tea sweets (wagashi), Nerikiri. Photo: Minako Asai. 9. Courtesy Kathrin Longhurst. 10. Courtesy Northern Beaches Libraries. 11. Courtesy Warner Bros. 12. Courtesy Kate Butcher. 13. Still from Pākoko by Maxwell Marsters. 14. Courtesy James Bradley, via Sydney Writers' Festival. 15. Courtesy Julie Williams. 16. Courtesy Northern Beaches Libraries. 17. Adelash Parsons, 2023 finalist. Photo by Karen Watson. 18. Courtesy Sound NSW. 19. Jude Rae, Work in progress, SL490 (with loud hailer), 2024.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of these lands and show respect
to Elders, past, present and emerging.
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