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2023
2022
- Free guided tour every Saturday at 11.00am
- In conversation: Angela Connor with Peter Milne
- Late night festive shopping and curator talks
- Exhibition launch | Leave only footprints | Tamara Dean
- Exhibition launch | Lovers and misfits | Peter Milne
- Atrium exhibition launch | Forevermore
- In conversation: Anouska Phizacklea with Paula Mahoney
- In conversation: Anouska Phizacklea with Amos Gebhardt, Janet Laurence and Kiron Robinson
- MGA at Bright Festival of Photography
- 2022 Bowness Photography Prize - announcement event
- Exhibition launch | This landscape holds grief
- Birds in flight | Photowalk with Norm Hanson
- Storytime at MGA
- Yoga in the gallery | with Angela Cornish
- Return to nature | Curator floor talk with Stella Loftus-Hills
- In conversation | Vivian Cooper Smith with MGA Senior Curator Angela Connor
- Lumen printing | Return to nature workshop
- Make a cyanotype print tote bag | Return to nature workshop
- Yoga in the gallery | with Angela Cornish
- Black and white film photography | Return to nature workshop
- Yoga in the gallery | with Angela Cornish
- Memories of trees | Photowalk with Norm Hanson
- Artist talks | Being a voice
- Exhibition launch | Return to nature
- Storytime at MGA
- MGA School holidays workshop | Nature collage
- Storytime at MGA
- Winter light | Photowalk with Norm Hanson
- MGA X Artist photography auction
- TOPshots 2021–22 | Award announcement
- Grasping at the invisible | Panel talk with Hoda Afshar, Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe & Dr Christina Giarmatzi
- PHOTO2022 Talk| Curating photographs
- Exhibition launch | Being a voice
- Exhibition celebration | Massimo Vitali
- PHOTO2022 talk | Nature and photography: Animism and ecology
- PHOTO2022 precinct tour | River
- PHOTO2022 Talk | Gail Harradine and Belinda Eckermann
- In conversation | Hoda Afshar and Nikos Papastergiadis
- Exhibition launch | Speak the Wind | Hoda Afshar
- Exhibition launch | Old ways, new ways
- Film Screening | Archipelago + Conversation with filmmaker Giulio Squillacciotti
- Storytime at MGA
- Exhibition launch | Develop
- Performance by Natyalayaa Dance School
- MGA workshop: Traditional albumen printing
- Performance by Natyalayaa Dance School
- MGA kids workshop: Hand-colouring black-and-white photographs
- MGA workshop: hand-colouring black-and-white photographs
- In conversation | MGA Senior Curator Pippa Milne with artist Alana Hunt
- John Gollings – 2000 years across India
- MGA kids workshop: Golden portraits (imitation orotone prints)
- In Conversation - Yask Desai
- MGA School holiday program | Storytime at MGA
- Monash Summer Series with Acequia at MGA
- Monash Summer Series with Prince Ravi Raja at MGA
- MGA School holiday program | Storytime at MGA
2021
- Exhibition launch | Visions of India + Yask Desai: Telia
- In conversation | Close to home
- MGA Shop festive shopping night
- In conversation | Alternative photographic processes
- In conversation | The practice of working with found imagery
- TOPshots 2020–21 award announcement
- Bowness Photography Prize - announcement event
- Develop artist talk
- MGA School holiday program | Storytime at MGA
- MGA School holiday program | Storytime at MGA
- STAGES | Build and photograph a miniature room with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine
- In conversation | Helen Frajman with artist Jane Burton
- MGA Kids STAGES | Build and photograph a miniature room with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine
- FRIENDS OF MGA SUPPER TALKA glimpse of Kamchatka and the bears of Kuril Lake with Jerzy Alexander Lau
- In conversation | Anouska Phizacklea with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine
- MGA Kids STAGES | Build and photograph a miniature room with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine
- TEMPORARY CLOSURE
- In conversation | Shane Hulbert with artist Phuong Ngo and IRL Infoshop
- Curator floor talk | STAGES: photography through the pandemic
- MGA Weekend for kids | Miniature room diorama: Create your own!
- MGA School holiday program | Kids Imagination Network
- In conversation | Anouska Phizacklea with James Tylor
- MGA School holiday program | Storytime at MGA
- MGA School holiday program | Miniature room diorama: Create your own!
- MGA School holiday program | Miniature room diorama: Create your own!
- MGA School holiday program | Storytime at MGA
- MGA School holiday program | Kids Imagination Network
- MGA School holiday program | Miniature room diorama: Create your own!
- Exhibition launch | STAGES: photography through the pandemic
- MGA X Artist photography auction
- FRIENDS OF MGA MORNING COFFEE TALKAncient navigation equipment: Polynesian & European with David Fraser
- Perimeter Books pop-up + curatorial reflections | Not standing still
- Q&A | Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography
- PHOTO LIVESpecial season with MGA and PSCIn conversation | Pippa Milne with Dana Lixenberg
- PHOTO LIVESpecial season with MGA and PSCIn conversation | Daniel Boetker-Smith with Laura El-Tantawy
- PHOTO LIVESpecial season with MGA and PSCIn conversation | Pippa Milne with Alec Soth
- PHOTO LIVESpecial season with MGA and PSCIn conversation: Daniel Boetker-Smith with Oliver Chanarin
- FRIENDS OF MGA SUPPER TALKHidden Melbourne: A photographic story of Melbourne through the ages with Barney Meyer
- Photobooks | Not standing still
- School holiday activities | Storytime at MGA
- School holiday activities | Handmade photobooks
- Artist talk | Jane Brown
- PHOTO LIVESpecial Season with MGA and PSCIn conversation | Pippa Milne with Gauri Gill
- Friends of MGA exclusive behind the scenes tour with MGA Senior CuratorPippa Milne
- Teachers: professional learning | Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography
- FRIENDS OF MGA SPECIAL PRESENTATIONThe conception process to experimental photography with Ian Bock
- Talk: Alec Soth in conversation with Pippa Milne
- Tour | Not standing still
- PHOTO IDEAS
- Bowness Photography Prize - announcement event
2020
2019
- Selfie studio
- Elizabeth Gertsakis in conversation with Gareth Syvret
- The Tucker portraitsVIP night
- Art + Shop at twilight
- Exhibition launch:MGA summer season
- FRIENDS OF MGA MORNING COFFEE TALKCuratorship at Monash Gallery of Art with Gareth Syvret
- Katrin Koenning in conversation with Gareth Syvret
- 2019 Bowness Photography Prize artist in-conversation at Sotheby's Australia
- FRIENDS OF MGA MORNING COFFEE TALKWhy is it so?: The history of Waverley with MarJo Angelico
- Meet the artist: Leah King-Smith
- Bowness Photography Prize 2019 | Award announcement
- Dreaming Mum again | Leah King-Smith | Exhibition launch
- Finding purpose - FREE workshops to help people aged 55+ uncover or rediscover their purpose
- FRIENDS OF MGA SUPPER TALKThe Rodder's photographic project with Darron Davies
- FRIENDS OF MGA PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION AND EXHIBITIONCALL FOR ENTRIES!
- Curatorial snapshot | A place in time: photographs by Viva Gibb
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- FRIENDS OF MGA MORNING COFFEE TALKNative Orchids: Their beauty and conservation with Noushka Reita
- Bill Henson in conversation with John McDonald
- Bill Henson Q&A for students and teachers
- Exhibition launch: Bill Henson and Viva Gibb exhibitions
- FRIENDS OF MGA SUPPER TALKThe iconic Melbourne Map with Melinda Clarke
- Storytime in the gallery | Architecture
- Drawing in the gallery workshop
- The life of a Boyd house
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA Morning coffee & talk | David Fraser: Antique Maps and Charts. Exploring the art and science of cartography
- Artists' talks: Lauren Bamford & Lydia Wegner
- Winter Season | Kids Imagination Network | A monthly program for 5-12 year olds
- Exhibition launch
- Draw your House of Tomorrow
- Joyce Evans Celebration
- Gallery closed
- MGA x Monash MPavilion: Photowalk
- Wildness: an evening dedicated to landscape photography | MGA open late
- Kids Imagination Network | New monthly program for 5-12 year olds
- Photographic thinking masterclass with Katrin Koenning
- FRIENDS OF MGA SUPPER TALKStory Art Photography with Karen Alsop
- On Landscape workshop with Les Walkling (Workshop 2)
- ANZAC Day
- Kids Imagination Network | New monthly program for 5-12 year olds
- Katrin Koenning & Pippa Milne in conversation at MGA
- MGA x Monash MPavilion: Katrin Koenning and Pippa Milne
- Friends of MGA Supper talk with Andrew Campbell
- Exhibition launch: Dombrovskis: journeys into the wild + Swell by Katrin Koenning
- Anne Zahalka: artist talk
- Kids Imagination Network | New monthly program for 5-12 year olds
- Robyn Stacey: artist talk
- Special event: Camera Obscura experience
- Friends of MGA Morning coffee & talk | Mae Anna Pang: A glimpse into the forbidden city, exhibitions from the Palace Museum, Beijing to the National Gallery of Victoria.
- Twilight Art in the Park - Community Festival | Outdoor film screening at sundown
2018
- MGA is CLOSED for Christmas Day + Boxing Day public holidays
- MGA Christmas Shopping night | MGA open late
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- HSBC is pleased to offer MGA subscribers an attractive offer
- MGA Gallery at The Glen - Now open!
- Friends of MGA Morning coffee & AGM | Pippa Milne: curatorship at MGA
- Exhibition launch | Robyn Stacey: as still as life
- AS STILL AS STACEY | Summer at MGA
- A rabble of butterflies at MGA this Summer Holidays | Kids at MGA
- Meet the artist: Robyn Stacey at The Glen
- Step inside the fantastical world of Valerie Sparks
- Special offer for MGA subscribers from MGA Public program sponsor Novotel Glen Waverley
- Bowness Photography Prize - Artist talks with Devika Bilimoria, Aaron Bradbrook, and Amos Gebhardt
- VTS Saturday session @ Monash Gallery of Art | Art Education Victoria
- Bowness Photography Prize - Artist talks with Kirsten Lyttle, Darren Sylvester, and Cyrus Tang
- Mercedes-Benz Waverley 2-day sale event
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Bowness Photography Prize 2018 | Award announcement
- Arty Storytime at MGA
- Discover more about the fantastical world of Valerie Sparks
- Gallery Closed 1-3pm for Bowness Photography Prize judging
- Gallery closed for Public Holiday
- Cafe closed
- Special offer for MGA subscribers from HSBC Bank Australia, Glen Waverley Branch
- Friends of MGA supper talk at the Australian Synchrotron with Dr Kaye Susannah Morgan
- Let's Talk. We're all ears. At Mercedes-Benz Waverley.
- Chain of Ponds Wines Exclusive Offer for MGA subscribers
- Gallery closed for exhibition changeover
- Masterclass: Expanding cyanotypes with Vicky Cooper and Doug Spowart
- Community exhibition launch | IN ANNA'S GARDEN: Australian practitioners celebrating World Cyanotype Day 2018
- IN ANNA'S GARDEN: Australian practitioners celebrating World Cyanotype Day 2018
- Friends of MGA Inc. exclusive event | Members-only cocktail party LEGACY. Your collection. Our story.
- Perimeter Books – Afternoon Residency and Temporary Bookshop at MGA
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Living poetry with Nasrin Rasoulzadeh
- Entries invited: Friends of MGA inc Photography Competition
- Director's walk-through: LEGACY. Your collection. Our story.
- MGA Education | Teacher PD | Q&A with MGA Director Anouska Phizacklea
- Friends of MGA supper talk with Peta Clancy
- Emerging to established: getting your work seen, and ultimately, collected | Panel discussion
- Storytime in the gallery | Picasso's Trousers
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Social history of Victoria through photography with Susan Long
- Exhibition launch: LEGACY and TOPshots 2017-18
- Gallery closed for renovation
- Cyanotype Sculptures with Carolyn Lewens | Cameraless workshops
- Volunteer guided tour | Antipodean Emanations
- Friends of MGA supper talk with Jeff Moorfoot
- Free guided tours every Tuesday at 11am | Antipodean Emanations
- Cameraless Workshops: Lumen prints in MGA's Sculpture Park | Session 2
- When sculpture meets photography | artist talk with Penelope Davis
- Bright Autumn Instameet 2018 | Capture Bright's spectacular autumn colour with local instagrammers
- Gomersal Wines Exclusive Offer for MGA subscribers
- Discover Len Lye with Paul Brobbel, Len Lye Curator, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (NZ)
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | with local watercolourist David Williams
- Slow Art Day at MGA | with artist Lloyd Godman
- Photograms in the darkroom | Cameraless workshops | MGA x The Fox Darkroom
- Cameraless Workshops: Lumen prints in MGA's Sculpture Park | Session 1
- MGA is CLOSED for EASTER WEEKEND public holidays
- Photograms in the darkroom | Cameraless workshops | MGA x The Fox Darkroom
- MGA Education Teacher Professional Development event | Q&A with MGA Curator Stella Loftus-Hills
- Volunteer guided tour | Antipodean Emanations
- Embrace experimentation: get hands-on in the gallery
- Discovery through photography: Ken Spence | Friends of MGA supper talk
- No cameras allowed | Cameraless photography symposium
- Exhibition launch | Antipodean emanations: cameraless photographs from Australia and New Zealand
- Download all the upcoming programs for Antipodean Emanations [March-May 2018]
- Golden era: John Gollings and Cameron Bruhn discuss John's fascination with the evolving architecture of the Gold Coast
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Dr David Fraser on 'The evolution of aerial photography and remotely sensed imagery'
- Exclusive event for Friends of MGA members | Cocktail party at John Gollings' Studio
- Gomersal Wines Exclusive Offer for MGA subscribers
- Twilight Art in the Park - Community Festival | Outdoor film screening at sundown
- Architectural photography workshop with John Gollings
- #MGAkids School Holiday Photography Workshops with Sandra Davis
- #MGAkids Pre-school Storytime
2017
- MGA is CLOSED
- MGA is CLOSED for Boxing Day public holiday
- MGA is CLOSED
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Exhibition launch | John Gollings: The history of the built world
- #MGAkids Block City - Summer holiday activity space
- Jells Park PhotoWalk : Seeing in Tones | Invitation to Friends of MGA members
- Bowness Photography Prize | Artist talks
- Bowness Photography Prize | Artist talks
- MGA is CLOSED for Melbourne Cup Day public holiday
- An analogue afternoon | FotoFilmic'16
- Bowness Photography Prize | Friends of MGA supper talk
- Bowness Photography Prize - Award Announcement evening
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup - celebrating World Photobook Day
- Free guided talks every Tuesday at 11am | Bowness Photography Prize & FOTOFILMIC'16
- 5% off photobooks in MGA SHOP | World Photobook Day
- Artist talk with Stephen Dupont | Australians in PNG
- MGA is CLOSED for Football Friday public holiday
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Yvonne Benyon - A day at the zoo
- Jells Park PhotoWalk : A Sense of the Place | Invitation to Friends of MGA members
- Friends of MGA exclusive event | Guided tour of Photo Ark at the Melbourne Zoo
- Eric Bridgeman in conversation with Stephen Zagala | Australians in PNG
- Is ethnographic photography still a thing? panel discussion | Australians in PNG
- Sonia Payes in conversation with Ashley Crawford | Australians in PNG
- Trevor Foon - Wet plate photography | Friends of MGA supper talk
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Exhibition launch | Australians in PNG
- Free Guided Tour - Every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA photography competition and exhibition
- Sandra's School Holiday Photography Workshop (7-12 yr olds)
- Sandra's School Holiday Photography Workshop (13-16 yr olds)
- What's new in photo publishing?
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup (#25)
- Bruce Postle | Friends of MGA supper talk
- Free Guided Tour - Every Tuesday at 11am
- Beyond The Garden Gate - Friends of MGA morning coffee (please note irregular date)
- Under the sun - Artists' talk
- MGA exhibition launch | Under the sun: Reimagining Max Dupain's Sunbaker
- MGA Education Preview event for 'Under the sun'
- 2017 MGA Gala Fundraising Dinner & Auction: Eden
- MGA is CLOSED for ANZAC Day public holiday
- Lisa Saad | Friends of MGA supper talk
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- MGA is CLOSED for Public Holidays, CHUMANCHU open Easter Weekend only
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- School Holiday photography workshop (8-12yr olds) with Sandra Davis
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- School Holiday photography workshop (13-16yr olds) with Sandra Davis
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- TOPshots: award announcement
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Adrian Dickens: the possessions of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- City of Monash Womens Business Network Event
- Exhibition launch: 'Wesley Stacey: The wild thing'
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Lumen print workshop with Ruth Maddison
- Storytime for pre-schoolers in our Underwater Garden
- Storytime for pre-schoolers in our Underwater Garden
- MGA school holiday photography workshop for 8-16yr olds
2016
- MGA is CLOSED for public holidays
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Exhibition launch: Life aquatic
- Underwater Garden
- Coral Reef
- Art in the Park Community Festival | Presented by the Friends of MGA
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Jason Smith, Geelong Gallery
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Public Holiday - MGA is closed for Melbourne Cup Day
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Adrian Dickens - Fine jewellery expert
- Bowness Photography Prize Artist Talks | People's Choice Award announcement
- Bowness Photography Prize Artist Talks | MGA OPEN LATE
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Valerie Sparks Bowness Photography Prize Winner
- EVENT POSTPONED - [email protected] - Kelly Auty 'Backwards in high heels'
- Award Announcement evening | 2016 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize
- 'Photography and Intimacy: Curating, Collaboration and Connections' with international guest Susan Bright | at PSC
- Coming of age: contemporary Chinese photography & the body | Guest lecture with Sophia Cai
- 免費中文 普通話導覽 | Guided tour of the gallery in Chinese (Mandarin)
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | David Fraser – Children’s book illustrator and cartographer
- City of Monash Winter Concert - Limited access to the gallery
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- China on the move: photography in a changing nation | panel discussion
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Feng Shui - The Wind and The Water
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Global photowalk - Jells Park - Macro, Texture and Pattern in the landscape
- School Holidays Photography Workshop for 12-18 year olds (session two) - Monash Public Library Wheelers Hill
- School Holidays Photography Workshop for 12-18 year olds (session one)- Monash Public Library Wheelers Hill
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Paul Sumner 'The international art market'
- MGA Gala dinner & VIP preview of 'China: Grain to Pixel'
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- TOPshots: award announcement
- MGA open late until 8.30pm
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Thom Lyons 'Reflections on collecting photography'
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- FREE self-guided audio tour - now available for Australian Exotica
- MGA open late until 8.30pm
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Geoffrey Smith 'Reflections on collecting photography'
- Exhibition launch: Australian exotica
- Curator's talk: Australian exotica
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- No guided tour today - but there is a free self-guided audio tour available from the front desk
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Bruce Esplin AM 'Art and Resilience'
- MGA open late until 9pm | Photobook Club Melbourne Meetup 7-8.30pm
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 11am
- Artist talk with Mathew Jones and MGA Senior Curator Stephen Zagala
- Exhibition launch: Mathew Jones & Rennie Ellis
- #MGAkids activities
- MGA open late! | Artist talk & torchlight tours | Chumanchu now open for dinner Thu-Sat
- #MGAkids activities
- Free guided tour - every Tuesday at 11am
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Kallie & Stephen 'Behind the scene in 2016'
- #MGAkids activities
- #MGAkids activities
- Free guided tour - every Tuesday at 11am
- #MGAkids activities
- #MGAkids activities
- Free guided tour - every Tuesday at 11am
- #MGAkids activities
- Public Holiday - MGA is closed for Australia Day
- Sounds of Summer | Free concert | MGA open late
- NGV Kids on Tour 2016 | FREE kids art activities
- CHUMANCHU | Open late
- #MGAkids activities
- #MGAkids activities
- Free guided tour - every Tuesday at 11am
- #MGAkids activities
- #MGAkids activities
- Free guided tour - every Tuesday at 11am
- #MGAkids activities
- #MGAkids activities
- #MGAkids activities
2015
- Exhibition launch | Trent Parke | Cutting Edge | MGA open late
- Art in the Park community festival | Presented by the Friends of MGA
- Friends of MGA morning coffee | Maria Zagala: Trent Parke's The Black Rose
- #SnapMonash - Win a $1000 gift card for The Glen
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup (#18)
- Friends of MGA morning coffee with Stephen Zagala "The Losers"
- Musical pictures at an exhibition | Australian & Asian Orchestra
- Free guided tour every Tuesday at 12.30pm | Bowness Photography Prize
- 2015 Bowness Photography Prize | Award announcement
- Friends of MGA morning coffee with Professor David Karoly "Art as urgent action on climate change"
- Figure drawing in the gallery
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Friends of MGA morning coffee with Kallie Blauhorn
- Figure drawing in the gallery
- Free guided tours every Tuesday!
- [email protected] - Tony Gould Duo
- Impressions of Paris: Lautrec, Degas, Daumier, Atget
- Clique event with Fairfax photographers Eddie Jim & Simon Schluter
- 'Bring your own archive' to MGA
- Photography collections - storage and care & Curator's talk
- 25th Anniversary Party
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Noël J Denton AM | The genesis of the MGA Collection | Friends of MGA morning coffee
- Karen Quinlan 'Bendigo Art Gallery and the art of reinvention' | Friends of MGA morning coffee program
- SilverLux | 25th Anniversary fundraising dinner
- New views of the landscape | artist-led workshop with David Tatnall
- Curator’s floor talk | Earth Matters
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Sir John Monash - A man for his time | Friends of MGA morning coffee program
- Exhibition launch | Defending Gallipoli: a Turkish standpoint
- Artist talk with Dr Les Walkling | Earth Matters
- EARTH MATTERS - ND5 seminar
- Exhibition launch | Earth Matters: contemporary photographers in the landscape
- It's a small world | School holiday photography workshop (13-18 y/o)
- Earth Hour | Art & film
- It's a small world | School holiday photography workshop (7-12 y/o)
- Artist talks with Silvi Glattauer & Harry Nankin | Earth Matters
- TOPshots | Award announcement
- The Alliance Française French Film Festival 2015
- Food Bites | Oakleigh Music Festival
- [email protected] GALLERY | Bob Sedergreen & friends
- Summer nights | MGA open late | Torchlight tour
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Curator's talk
- Glenn Sloggett Fibro Dreams | Book launch & Exhibition at Strange Neighbour, Fitzroy
- Summer nights | MGA open late | Torchlight tour
2014
- Free kids' activity in the gallery all summer
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Chicken legs eleven!
- Exhibition opening | PHOTOGRAPHY TALKS TO PAINTING: a conversation between Wilbow and MGA collections
- Exhibition opening | DREAMS AND IMAGINATION: light in the modern city
- Art in the park
- Summer nights | MGA open late
- Hand-colouring the 80s | hands-on workshop
- Hand-colouring and photography in the 70s & 80s | artist's discussion
- Sue Thompson: Dame Nellie Melba | Friends of MGA morning coffee program
- Archibald Prize | depARTure bus trip
- EXHIBITION OPENING: PHOTOGRAPHY meets FEMINISMwith special guest HANNAH GADSBY
- Alison Fraser: Connecting with the ANZAC centenary | Friends of MGA morning coffee program
- World Photobook Day | Book Sale! | Photobook Club Melbourne meet up
- Crumpler People's Choice Award
- School holiday workshop | Experience the world of studio photography | 8-12 year olds
- Farewell Shaune Lakin | Friends of MGA morning coffee
- Bowness snapshot | artist talks
- The not-so-supermoon photowalk
- Prize announcement | Bowness Photography Prize
- Big screen popcorn 2014 | Film screening
- Fresh trip | Road trippin'
- Memento mori | Guided tour
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Books and faces
- Contemporary Craft: Jane Scott | Friends of MGA morning coffee
- [email protected] | Tony Gould Duo
- Studio visit | with Rod McNicol
- The road | Guided tour
- Terry Lane | Friends of MGA morning coffee
- Artist talk | with Rod McNicol
- School holiday activity | Draw your journey
- Exhibition launch: Rod McNicol & The Road
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Installing The Road
- MGA July-September events program
- Celebrities & Cars | Morning coffee program | A Friends of MGA event
- Advanced photography | weekend workshop
- THUNDERSTRUCK | The ultimate AC/DC tribute
- Award Announcement | TOPshots
- One girl | Morning coffee program | A Friends of MGA event
- Out & about | Visit our off-site exhibitions
- MGA Fundraising Dinner & Auction 2014
- Photography in education | Morning coffee program | A Friends of MGA event
- Montalto Sculpture Prize | MGA bus trip
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Sequencing & style
- New photography from the footpath | Artist talks
- The Rennie Ellis Show | Exhibition opening and book launch
- New photography from the footpath | Artist talks
- Summer Nights: MGA open late
- Morning Coffee Program | A Friends of MGA event
- Advanced photography workshop intensive | with Jason Lau
- Guest curator's discussion | Bill Henson's wildcards
- Summer Nights: MGA open late
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Out of Print
- Edward Steichen & Art Deco Fashion | Morning coffee program | A Friends of MGA event
- Beginner's photography workshop intensive | with Jason Lau
- [email protected] | Jazz on the deck | A Friends of MGA event
- Wildcards: Bill Henson shuffles the deck | exhibition launch
- Summer Nights: MGA open late
2013
- MGA is CLOSED for public holidays
- MGA is CLOSED for public holidays
- JANUARY-MARCH events at MGA
- Nocturnal spaces & sacred places | Floor talk | Claudia Terstappen
- Festive drinks! | Celebrate the year
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Box of Books
- Art in the Park | MGA Community Festival
- Morning coffee program with Neville Turner | Friends of MGA event
- Photowalk field-trip to the Dandenong Ranges | Claudia Terstappen
- Exhibition & book launch | Claudia Terstappen: In the shadow of change
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Special event | Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive
- What the judges didn't see coming! | Bowness Photography Prize guided tour
- Bowness snapshots | artist talks | Bowness Photography Prize
- Morning coffee program | with Bowness finalist Leonie Brannighan
- Bowness snapshots | artist talks | Bowness Photography Prize
- Artist introduction with Joyce Evans
- Bowness snapshots | artist talks | Bowness Photography Prize
- Award announcement | Bowness Photography Prize
- Artist-book workshop | Make your own concertina photobook
- Explore the exhibition | Carol Jerrems: photographic artist
- Artist talk | with Ponch Hawkes
- Art pioneers: from Charles Conder to Albert Tucker | Morning coffee program
- Carol's Melbourne | Guided bus tour
- Road Trip! | Ballarat International Foto Biennale
- Photographer's guide to Instagram | workshop with Misho Baranovic
- Photobook Club Melbourne | Handmade books
- History of Anaesthetics | Morning coffee program
- Explore the exhibition | Carol Jerrems: photographic artist
- Award announcement | TOPshots!
- Sir John Monash Lecture 2013 | The image of women
- Ballarat Foto Fest! | Morning Coffee Program
- NAIDOC week | Badjurr-Bulok Munga Exhibition bus tour
- Exhibition launch | Carol Jerrems: photographic artist
- Curator talk | Carol Jerrems: photographic artist
- Upcoming program | July-September 2013
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- Morning Coffee Program: Dr Charlotte Smith, Museum Victoria
- KISSTROYER: Australia's hottest KISS tribute [email protected]
- Camouflage: workshop with Owen Leong
- WORDFEST 2013 Launch
- Press Photography: then & now. With Bruce Postle & Melanie Faith Dove
- 'A new phenomenon: six sculpture parks on the Mornington Peninsula' Morning Coffee with Ken Scarlett OAM
- Bruce Postle: artist talk & morning tea
- Mother's Day at MGA: [email protected] Special Lunch
- MAKE UP: exhibition opening & artist talks with Bindi Cole & Eric Bridgeman
- BRUCE POSTLE: IMAGE MAKER exhibition opening
- Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day - Build your own camera at MGA
- Photobook Club Melbourne meetup
- KISSTROYER at MGA! Sunday 16 June Advance notice
- Monet's Garden: An illustrated talk with NGV Curator Sophie Matthiesson
- Upcoming events at MGA April-June 2013
- MGA is Closed for the upcoming Easter Public Holidays incl. Easter Sunday (from 29 March-1 April) Reopening 2 April
- SPECIAL EVENT: Grow your photography collection and show your support for the Home of Australian photography
- [email protected]: The Arts in a changing climate with Guy Abrahams
- [email protected]: Storytelling through photography with Stephen Dupont
- [email protected]: MGA local walking group
- [email protected]: Jazz in the Sculpture Park
- [email protected]: Find an oasis of calm an introduction to meditation
- PHOTOBOOK CLUB MELBOURNE: first meetup!
- [email protected]: Iconic Faces & Torn Edges
- SPECIAL EVENT: PEACE exhibition opening with Jack Thompson, AM. 3.00pm
- [email protected]: INGEBORG TYSSEN: A personal perspective with John F Williams 3.00pm
- [email protected]: PAT BRASSINGTON: artist talk 2.00pm
- Upcoming Events at MGA
- [email protected]: Sculpture Park Trail
2012
- Please Note: MGA is CLOSED for the public holidays on Christmas day & Boxing Day (25+26 December 2012)MGA is also CLOSED for the New Year's Day public holiday 1 January 2013
- Our Faves! INGEBORG TYSSEN, PAT BRASSINGTON & CAROL JERREMS
- Christmas Celebration: an exclusive Friends of MGA event
- Summer Exhibitions Launch
- ART IN THE PARK: MGA Community Festival
- Christmas Melodies: Friends of MGA morning coffee
- MGA Folio Reviews - PLACES STILL REMAINING
- Finalist's talks: Bowness Photography Prize
- CRUMPLER People's Choice Award & Artist's Party: Bowness Photography Prize
- Finalist's Talks: Bowness Photography Prize
- JOHN GOLLINGS: AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER
- [email protected]
- TOTEM: an exhibition celebrating the art of recovery [A Mental Health Week event]
- Bowness Photography Prize Announcement Night
- Coming up in October, November & December!
- Travels in Japan and Berlin: Friends of MGA morning coffee
- Photographic Abstractions talk: with artists Andrew Browne, Jacky Redgate & Melinda Harper alongside co-curators Stella Loftus-Hills & Stephen Zagala
- Experimental Mobile Photography: workshop with Misho Baranovic
- Responding to Wallace: exhibition launch
- [email protected] with Dave O'Neil
- Author talk and book signing with historian David Day
- Bruno Leti: Friends of MGA morning coffee program
- FINALISTS ANNOUNCED: 2012 Bowness Photography Prize
- RIP IT UP! photography and collage workshop (13-20 year olds)
- Photographic Abstractions: exhibition launch
- The Baldessin Press & the art of the photogravure: MGA depARTure event
- TOPshots!: Exhibition launch and Awards Presentation
- Inside Hoppe's Studio at MGA
- The Johnston Collection: Friends of MGA morning coffee program
- WORDfest panel discussion: Comics, Graphic Novels and Sequential Art
- Welcome back [email protected]!
- 'Society' brunch in the gallery
- Coming up in JULY, AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
- Morning Coffee Program with MELWITZ FOLINO [A Friends of MGA event]
- Exhibition launch for Hoppe Portraits: Society, Studio & Street
- TOOMELAH - A Film by Ivan Sen
- WORDfest 2012 Launch
- ENTRIES OPEN 28 MAY [2012 Bowness Photography Prize]
- Morning Coffee with the Victorian Jazz Archive [A Friends of MGA Inc event]
- International Museum's Day floortalk: MGA's collection of photographs by Indigenous artists
- THE BEATLES COME TO MGA!
- Discover Duffy: floortalk with ROB IMHOFF
- Visit to MONTALTO SCULPTURE PRIZE at the Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove
- WHITEHORSE ART SPACE & MGA present: PAUL COX
- Morning Coffee: with BRUCE POSTLE [A Friends of MGA Inc Event]
- Artist discussion and opening event: Cold eels & distant thoughts
- MGA is CLOSED for the Easter Public Holidays (6-9 April)
- Coming up in April, May and June 2012
- 2012 FUNDRAISING DINNER & AUCTION
- Morning Coffee Program: TERRY LANE - A Friends of MGA organised event
- Montalto Sculpture Prize - Special offer!
- EXCLUSIVE: free film screening at ACMI
- STREET PHOTOGRAPHY DOUBLE FIELD TRIP! WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS JESSE MARLOW & MISHO BARANOVIC
- EXHIBITION OPENING AT SOFITEL MELBOURNE ON COLLINS "SWINGING: THE FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY OF BRIAN DUFFY" Presented by MGA in partnership with Sofitel Melbourne On Collins
- Jazz on the deck with KELLY AUTY and her band
- Morning Coffee Program: 2012 MGA Program - A Friends of MGA organised event
- PICTURING CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA: OCULI FLOORTALK
- Exhibition opening: OCULI: Terra Australis Incognita
- Last Drinks: BRUMMELS must close 22 January!
- Free kids activities stocked in the cafe throughout January
2011
- MGA will be CLOSED from 31 DECEMBER-2 JANUARY 2012 for the New Year Public Holidays
- MGA will be CLOSED from 24-27 December 2011
- Coming up in January, February and March 2012 at MGA
- Director's introduction with Shaune Lakin: The Godden Gift: works from the MGA collection
- Sparkling Christmas Shopping Evening
- Artist talks with GODWIN BRADBEER & WARREN BRENINGER
- ART IN THE PARK! A Friends of MGA Event for the whole family
- End of year musical treat: Friends of MGA Morning coffee program
- 'Brummels: a great place to be' floor talk
- Artist talk and afternoon tea with John Street
- Artist talk with TIM HANDFIELD
- MGA is CLOSED for PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Cup Day
- Exhibition opening 'JOHN STREET: SLOW PHOTOGRAPHY'
- Exhibition openings: TIM HANDFIELD & BRUMMELS
- Exhibition openings: 'BRUMMELS: Australia's first gallery of photography' and 'Tim Handfield: deep skin'
- Friends of MGA morning coffee program: Chelsea Flower Show with MARTIN SEMKEN
- Artist party & people's choice award announcement: Bowness Photography Prize
- In conversation: BILL HENSON & NATALIE KING. An MGA Foundation event.
- Artlink trail - competition closes 16 October!
- Coming up in October, November & December 2011
- Artist talks with CLIFF BURTT and CLAUDIA TERSTAPPEN
- Exhibition opening & artist talk with IZABELA PLUTA
- Artist talk with David Stephenson
- Award Announcement! $25,000 Bowness Photography Prize
- In the spotlight: Lights, camera, action! with Jeff Busby
- Exhibition opening 'A second glance: responding to portraits in the MGA Collection' A Melbourne Girls Grammar School project
- Film screening: Shanghai Express (1932)
- Friends of MGA morning coffee program with MELWITZ FOLINO
- Whose art is it? cultivating a creative community with Bryan Dawe, Julie Shiels and Prof. Ruth Rentschler
- In the spotlight: Say it with music, a Cook & Co concert
- In the spotlight: Fashion & the swimsuit with Dr Christine Schmidt
- Exhibition opening & Artist talk 'Hedy Ritterman: Preservation'
- Friends of MGA: morning coffee program with Shaune Lakin
- Author's talk: with KATE HOLDEN, a Monash WORDFEST event
- Coming up in July, August & September 2011
- Entries close 22 June
- Friends of MGA morning coffee program: with COLIN PEASLEY
- Film Screening: 'FACES' 1976-96 by SUE FORD & BEN FORD
- NEW EVENT! Author's talk with MARY DELAHUNTY, a Monash WORDFEST event
- Artist talk & exhibition opening:: 'Prudence Murphy: boys with guns'
- Curator's brunch: Age of Aquarius
- PRINTED AND BOUND: an afternoon exploring small publishing & bookmaking for photographers
- Self-portrait workshop with GEORGIA METAXAS (Session two)
- Monash WordFest 2011 Launch
- Bowness Photography Prize: 4 WEEKS TO GO!
- depARTure event: LYON HOUSEMUSEUM
- Stand and deLIVER: a fundraiser for the Liver Transpant Unit Victoria
- Self-portrait workshop with GEORGIA METAXAS
- TIME MACHINE: SUE FORD floor talk 'Museum and memory: international museums day'
- Friends of MGA morning coffee: with climatologist Dr Michael Coughlan
- MUSIC OF THE NIGHT: Friends of MGA concert
- Special guest PAUL COX in conversation with STEPHEN ZAGALA
- Exhibition opening and award announcement
- Curator's brunch with Shaune Lakin
- MGA is CLOSED for the EASTER & ANZAC DAY Public Holiday weekend, re-opening on Wednesday 27 April
- Friends of MGA morning coffee: with SUE GREGORY
- Exhibition openings: SUE FORD & PAUL COX
- Exhibition openings: PAUL COX and SUE FORD
- Save the date: MGA is turning 21!
- Coming up in April, May and June
- SUZUKI MUSIC KIDS: performance in the gallery
- Contemporary Collectors: digital prints explained
- Friends of MGA morning coffee program: with SUSAN VAN WYK
- An afternoon with STELARC - CIRCULATING FLESH: THE CADAVER, THE COMATOSE & THE CHIMERA
- Friends of MGA: Jazz on the deck
- PHOTOGRAPHY KILLED PERFORMANCE ART panel discussion with MIKE PARR, ANNE MARSH & STEPHEN ZAGALA
- Friends of MGA Morning Coffee Program: with MOYA McFADZEAN
- Artist talk with REBECCA DAGNALL
- Recycling the past, recycling the now: Afterglow floor talk
- Exhibition openings: AFTERGLOW & Rebecca Dagnall
- Exhibition openings: Rebecca Dagnall & AFTERGLOW
- Relax this summer at MGA with our program of events
2010
- MGA is CLOSED for the Christmas Period
- Exhibition opening & artist talk 'Francis Reiss: pictures of the 1940s'
- Sparkling Christmas Shopping Evening: exclusive event for Friends of MGA
- Christmas Curator's Brunch with Stella Loftus-Hills
- Pinhole Camera Workshop with David Tatnall
- ART IN THE PARK
- Friends of MGA: morning coffee program
- Come and see! Chinese dance, painting and photography
- Artists' talk with Julie Goodwin and Konrad WinklerJulie: art and postnatal depression
- Exhibition opening 'Julie: art and postnatal depression'
- MGA is CLOSED for Melbourne Cup Day
- Field Trip with special guest ANNE LASS (Germany)
- Exhibition opening 'Hijacked 2: Australia/Germany'
- Hijacked book launch and film screening at Fed Sqr
- Hijacked 2: artists talk with Anne Lass (GER) and Bronek Kozka (AUS)
- Bowness Photography Prize artists' talk: with Valerie Sparks, Melanie Faith Dove and Robert Imhoff
- 2010 Bowness Photography Prize: Crumpler People's Choice Award announcement and Artist Party
- Friends of MGA: morning coffee program and AGM
- Bowness Photography Prize artist talks: with Angela Bailey and Darren Sylvester
- Curator's Brunch with Tony Trembath [Exhibition curator for Li Gang: in the grey scale]
- Listen up: artist talk with Li Gang (in Mandarin)
- Exhibition opening LI GANG: in the grey scale
- Award Announcement $25 000 William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2010
- Friends of MGA: morning coffee program
- Listen up: artist talk with Ponch Hawkes
- Winter Children's Art Program 7-12 year olds (Week 5)
- Exhibition opening PONCH HAWKES: more seeing is not understanding
- Digital photography essentials with Tim Handfield (4 weeks of workshops for beginner to intermediate photographers)
- An armchair guide to contemporary Aboriginal art with Susan McCulloch & Emily McCulloch Childs SESSION FOUR: Fresh from the festivals
- Contemporary international photography at MGA: events for October to December
- Winter Children's Art Program 7-12 year olds (Week 3/5)
- Winter Children's Art Program 7-12 year olds (Week 2)
- Curator's talk with Stephen Zagala
- Friends of MGA: morning coffee program with the Melbourne Zoo
- Photography and the return of the dead: panel discussion FREE EVENT
- Winter Children's Art Program 7-12 year olds (Week 1)
- BILL HENSON in conversation with STEPHEN ZAGALA
- Girl in a Mirror: a portrait of Carol Jerrems FILM SCREENING FREE EVENT
- An armchair guide to contemporary Aboriginal art with Susan McCulloch & Emily McCulloch Childs SESSION THREE: New media & city-based artists
- Living Deadly Brunch - A Friends of MGA exclusive event
- Bringing people together: artists talk with Concettina Inserra & Lyndal Walker
- An armchair guide to contemporary Aboriginal art with Susan McCulloch & Emily McCulloch Childs SESSION TWO: The big myth
- EXHIBITION OPENINGS Living deadly: haunted surfaces in contemporary art / Taking pictures some time later: Concettina Inserra & Lyndal Walker
- An armchair guide to contemporary Aboriginal art with Susan McCulloch & Emily McCulloch Childs SESSION ONE: Symbols, mark-making & colour
- Friends of MGA: morning coffee with Kester Brown
- Film Screening: Standard Operating Procedure FREE EVENT
- Propaganda & WW2: Icon & archive floor talk with Shaune Lakin FREE EVENT
- Preserving memories workshop: scrapbooking
- Caring for old & damaged family photographs FREE EVENT
- FRIENDS OF MGA: morning coffee program with ANN DIXON, The Genealogical Society of Victoria
- Sharing your memories workshop: journalling
- Researching your family history
- CONTROVERSIAL COMPOSITIONS: Icon & Archive short talk
- Paper Aeroplane Competition FREE EVENT
- Preserving memories workshop: Digital Images
- depARTure - THE SHRINE
- LISTEN UP Lyndell Brown & Charles Green in conversation with Shaune Lakin
- AN ARMCHAIR GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY ABORIGINAL ART with Susan McCulloch & Emily McCulloch Childs
- BRING IN YOUR MEMORABILIA DAY
- THE WIRE: photographs by Lyndell Brown & Charles GreenExhibition Opening
- AUTHOR'S TALK with Patrick LindsayA 2010 Monash WORDFEST event
- THE THREE TENORS TRIBUTE SHOW
- depARTure: A CAMERA ON THE SOMME McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park
- FRIENDS OF MGA: morning coffee program SPECIAL EVENT at TARRAWARRA MUSEUM OF ART, Healesville
- WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS with Paul Daley & Mike BowersA 2010 Monash WORDFEST event
- Gallipoli Revisited, 1919: words and images from the battlefield with Janda GoodingA 2010 Monash WORDFEST event
- HIDDEN TREASURES: floortalk with Shaune Lakin
- 2010 Monash WORDFEST launch WITH DENISE SCOTT
- ANZAC DAY SPECIAL TALK
- LA JETÉE film screening
- ICONIC PICTURES
- Friends of MGA Exclusive Event
- SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY: collage using recycled materials
- SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY: decorate your own re-useable bag
- SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITYPrintmaking on recycled paper
- Sustainability and the arts
- PASIFIKA FAMILY FUN
- PASIFIKA guided tour
- Curator's talk with Joan Winter