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đź’« Join acclaimed artist Jude Rae for an intensive still life drawing masterclass as part of our 2026 Masterclass Serie...
29/05/2026

đź’« Join acclaimed artist Jude Rae for an intensive still life drawing masterclass as part of our 2026 Masterclass Series đź’«

Drawing on her distinctive approach to observation, composition and materiality, Jude will share insights into the still life genre through discussion, demonstration and hands-on studio exercises.

The session will explore formal composition, observational strategies, approaches to drawing media, and techniques for developing works beyond initial studies.

Working in small groups, participants will compose and draw their own still life arrangements while enjoying light refreshments.

Thurs 18 June
6 – 9pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Book via the link in our bio.

Image 1: Still Life Drawing, 2024, charcoal on paper. Courtesy the artist
Image 2: Jude Rae. Photo by Maria Stoljar courtesy Jude Rae.

🙌 Congratulations to all finalists in the 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize! 170 finalists were sel...
28/05/2026

🙌 Congratulations to all finalists in the 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize!

170 finalists were selected from over 700 entries across Australia, submitted in the 3 categories.

The finalists have been selected across three categories: Art, Design, and Young Artists & Designers. Discover how artists and designers are responding to our environment and contributing to positive change.

Swipe to see the 2026 Art Finalists
Prize winners will be announced on Friday 7 August at 7pm
Exhibition runs from 7 August – 20 September 2026
Art & Design finalists’ works will be on display at MAG&M
Young Artists & Designers finalists’ works will be on display at Curl Curl Creative Space

Thanks to our 2026 Foundation Sponsor , Event Sponsor , and Event Supplier

🙌 Congratulations to all finalists in the 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize! 170 finalists were sel...
28/05/2026

🙌 Congratulations to all finalists in the 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize!

170 finalists were selected from over 700 entries across Australia, submitted in the 3 categories.

The finalists have been selected across three categories: Art, Design, and Young Artists & Designers. Discover how artists and designers are responding to our environment and contributing to positive change.

Swipe to see the 2026 Design Finalists
Prize winners will be announced on Friday 7 August at 7pm
Exhibition runs from 7 August – 20 September 2026
Art & Design finalists’ works will be on display at MAG&M
Young Artists & Designers finalists’ works will be on display at Curl Curl Creative Space

Thanks to our 2026 Foundation Sponsor , Event Sponsor , and Event Supplier

🙌Congratulations to all finalists in the 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize! 170 finalists were sele...
28/05/2026

🙌Congratulations to all finalists in the 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize!

170 finalists were selected from over 700 entries across Australia, submitted in the 3 categories.

The finalists have been selected across three categories: Art, Design, and Young Artists & Designers. Discover how artists and designers are responding to our environment and contributing to positive change.

Swipe to see the Finalists in the 2026 Young Artists & Designers
Prize winners will be announced on Friday 7 August at 7pm
Exhibition runs from 7 August – 20 September 2026
Art & Design finalists’ works will be on display at MAG&M
Young Artists & Designers finalists’ works will be on display at Curl Curl Creative Space

Thanks to our 2026 Foundation Sponsor , Event Sponsor , and Event Supplier

This Winter Solstice, master harpist Alex Cronin and ensemble bring their expert command of Renaissance and medieval mus...
26/05/2026

This Winter Solstice, master harpist Alex Cronin and ensemble bring their expert command of Renaissance and medieval music to MAG&M.

Grab a glass of wine and be transported by harp, lute, recorders, shawm, percussion, and soaring vocal harmonies at this intimate one-off performance.

đź“… Sunday 21 June
⏰ 4–6 pm
đź“Ť Manly Art Gallery & Museum
🍷 Wine and nibbles included

Bookings via the link in bio.

New 🌟 Winter Drawing Series with artist and tutor Yvonne East 🌟During these relaxed workshops, you'll learn specific d...
22/05/2026

New 🌟 Winter Drawing Series with artist and tutor Yvonne East 🌟

During these relaxed workshops, you'll learn specific drawing techniques for Still Life and deepen your understanding of tone, gestural line, perceptual projection, and materials.

Join one or all three - your choice.

4 June, 18 June, 2 July
Thurs, 10am – 12.30pm
Mona Vale Creative Space Gallery

Book via the link in our bio.

Image 1: Yvonne East, Hare and Fruit, 2023, charcoal on paper. Courtesy the artist.
Image 2: Yvonne East, 2026. Photo by Ella Dreyfus. Courtesy the artist.

18/05/2026

Artist Lucas Ihlein collaborates with scientist-inventor Allan Yeomans to demonstrate the Yeomans Carbon Still, a machine designed to measure soil carbon. The device offers a potential pathway for farmers to be paid for sequestering COâ‚‚ through regenerative agriculture.

Developed as part of Baking Earth: Soil and the Carbon Economy (2019), this project brings together art, science and agriculture to explore how a future carbon economy might function.

Originally presented in Shapes of Knowledge at the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) , 2019.

Excerpt from Baking Earth: Soil and the Carbon Economy, 2019, 4 min.

See this work and more in The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere, mapping a decade of practice by the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation.

📅 10 April – 7 June 2026
🕙 Tue–Sun, 10am–5pm
🎟 Free entry
đź“Ť Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Please note that Manly Art Gallery & Museum will be closed until 1.30pm on Tuesday 12 May due to a planned power outage....
08/05/2026

Please note that Manly Art Gallery & Museum will be closed until 1.30pm on Tuesday 12 May due to a planned power outage.

We look forward to welcoming you back in the afternoon.

Image: The Night in Lisbon, Part 1, 1969, by Theo Batten

Theo Batten (1918-2003) was a celebrated local artist and journalist, winning a Walkley Award in 1972. He trained at the National Art School and was actively involved in the MAG&M Society. His bequest to the gallery funds the Theo Batten Youth Art Award each year, part of the Out Front exhibition.

04/05/2026

How can new rituals be invented to connect people to Country and develop landscape literacy?

Artists Kim Williams and Lucas Ihlein worked with farmer Simon Mattsson and community members in Mackay, Queensland, planting a multispecies crop of sugarcane and sunflowers as a demonstration of soil health and regenerative agriculture.

Seed and Song (2018) documents the planting event, featuring the Sakwolo Islander Dancers and the Diranga Gangali Aboriginal Dancers. The work brings together performance, agriculture and community knowledge, foregrounding relationships between people, plants and place.

See this work and more in The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere, mapping a decade of practice by the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation .land.

This exhibition is supported by Q Station Manly

📅 10 April – 7 June 2026
🕙 Tue–Sun, 10am–5pm
🎟 Free entry
đź“Ť Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Excerpt from Seed and Song (2018), 3 min.

15/04/2026

“An Artist, a Farmer and a Scientist walk into a bar…” sounds like the start of a joke, but it’s also the title of a project by the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation (KSCA) .land that explores how we understand and relate to land through a series of collaborations with farmers, scientists, Aboriginal knowledge holders, chefs and rural innovators.

In one of these collaborations, artist Alex Wisser spent several months hand-digging a three-metre hole. The project culminated in a performance where he entered the hole and fasted for several days, positioning himself as a conduit to the earth.

Community members submitted written questions, which Wisser considered overnight before returning responses the following day as “The Earth Oracle”.

Learn about this work and more in The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere.

📅 10 April – 7 June 2026
🕙 Tue–Sun, 10am–5pm
🎟 Free entry
đź“Ť Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Video except from Alex Wisser, “The Earth Oracle”, 2019, audio/video and vinyl photographic print. Courtesy the artist.

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