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Environmental Art & Design Prize
On now, closing 27 Aug
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Curl Curl Creative Space
Mona Vale Creative Space Gallery
This thought-provoking exhibition highlights how artists and designers from across Australia are influenced by, and respond to, our environment.
What's on
Sustainable design: Panel discussion
Fri 25 Aug, 5.30 - 7pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Free event
Leading designers, Dr Trent Jansen, Emma Peters and Dr Matthew Harkness, discuss the role of creatives to highlight challenges and generate solutions.
Exhibition openings
Heather + Kate Dorrough: Lineage
Jumaadi: In the end (My Love) Nature Wins
Fri 1 Sep, 6 - 8pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Celebrate two new exhibitions. One a conversation across generations, the other a collaboration across cultures. Wine by Little Ripples, MAG&M Events Partner.
Meet the artist:
Jumaadi
Sun 3 Sep, 2 - 3pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Free event
Hear Jumaadi talk about the ideas and works in At the End (My Love) Nature Wins at this opportunity to engage with the artist.
Meet the artist:
Kate Dorrough + book launch
Sun 17 Sep, 2 - 3.30pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Free event
Kate Dorrough discusses her own practice and launches a book on her mother Heather's 60-year career.
Life drawing at the Gallery
Fortnightly
Tue, 7 - 9pm at Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Wed, 10am - 12pm at Mona Vale
Unleash your creativity at our daytime or evening life drawing sessions. New discounted ten-class pass available!
Kids and families
School holiday workshop: Hanging mobile with Kate Dorrough
Tue 26 Sep, 1 - 3pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
$50 general, $45 Friends of MAG&M
Make your own mobile to take home using found materials, wire, fabric, string, paint and more. Ages 9-14.
School holiday workshop:
Family ties - wall hanging with Kate Dorrough
Tue 26 Sep, 10am - 12pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
$50 general, $45 Friends of MAG&M
We invite parents and carers to create with their children of all ages. Make a unique fabric hanging for your wall at home.
24/7 Youth Film Festival filmmaking workshop
Sun 3 Sep, 10am - 2pm
The Tramshed, Narrabeen
Free
Emerging filmmakers! Find out how to make an entertaining and impactful five-minute short film. Ages 12-24.
Creative community
Spotlight on Enzo Munro
We interviewed local creative Enzo Munro, a finalist in the Environmental Art & Design Prize with his work, Scrapyard Hound.
Art classes with
Jaimee Paul
Tuesdays, 22 Aug - 19 Sep
Jaimee Paul's Studio
Refine your skills and level up with support from a professional artist. Ages 14+, ideal for HSC students.
In conversation: Oliver Twist on his book, Jali
Thu 24 Aug, 6.30 - 7.30pm
Warringah Mall Library
Join comedian and writer Oliver Twist in conversation with Caitlin McCartney as they discuss his memoir, Jali.
Radio skills workshop
Sat 19 Aug, 9am - 4pm
Sat 21 Oct, 9am - 4pm
Northern Beaches & Mosman College
Intro to radio broadcasting skills, presented by your local community radio station, Radio Northern Beaches.
Tea by the Brook
Kate Wadey & Ben Daley Trio
Sat 9 Sep, 8 - 10pm
Evergreen Music, Brookvale
An intimate evening of live music in the heart of Brookvale with honey-toned singer Kate Wadey, supported by The Ben Daley Trio.
Meet the art wall artists: Warringah Printmakers’ Studio
Sat 16 Sept, 2 - 3pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Free event
Meet the artists featured on MAG&M's external art wall. They'll discuss ideas, processes and stories from the Warringah Printmakers' Studio.
Opportunities
Have your say: Shaping policy for the arts and cultural sector
Submissions close Thu 31 Aug
Local creatives, share your insights and ideas to shape NSW's new integrated arts, culture and creative industries policy.
Have you tried Culture Map Live?
It’s a free resource that supports local cultural businesses like Bush to Bowl (pictured). Find 1200+ creative local businesses like them, all in one convenient place.
Watch the video of Bush to Bowl describing their experience of being on the map.
Northern Beaches heat:
2023 Australian Poetry Slam
Fri 8 Sep, 6 - 8pm
Manly Library
Free event
Calling local poets! Bring your original poem, story, monologue or rap to the stage. You have two minutes to connect with the crowd.
Image credits:
- AJ Gough, SLOW - A Sign From the Planet Earth, 2023
- Courtesy the speakers
- Kate Dorrough, The Enduring Echo (detail), 2023, and Jumaadi, Kum Kum Sunan Kalijaga and Dewi Anjani (detail), 2020
- Courtesy Jumaadi
- Courtesy Kate Dorrough
- Drawing courtesy Evert Ploeg
- Courtesy of Kate Dorrough
- Courtesy of Kate Dorrough
- Courtesy 24/7 Youth Film Festival 2023
- Courtesy Enzo Munro
- Courtesy Jaimee Paul
- Courtesy Oliver Twist
- Courtesy Neil Godding
- Courtesy Kate Wadey
- Libby Bassett, The Swimmer, 2022
- Raghav Handa, Courtesy Create NSW
- Courtesy Bush to Bowl
- Courtesy Australian Poetry Slam 2023
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