Creative conversations

This monthly series invites you to discover captivating stories within the visual arts realm and connect with our local creative community.

Art Club guides attendees on a deep dive into the world of Australian and international artists, architects, or designers, offering insightful analyses of their unique styles, iconic works, and the societal and political themes that inspired them. Adrian invites participants to express their thoughts and ideas in response to the presentation or share recent exhibitions they have seen.

Theme for August:

The Cult of Suburbia

Guest speaker Carly Richardson will be discussing how the suburb is reflected in post-war art and culture, looking at works by renowned artists such a Howard Arkley, Jeffrey Smart and David Hockney as well as some lesser-known local artists. Linking back to the works and practices of David Wadelton, John Gollings, Jon Campbell, Cathy Drummond, Paola Balla, and Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney who feature in our current exhibition; Views and Vistas of the Valley, the evolution of suburbia will be considered against changing social and economic priorities.

Carly Richardson is a Museum registrar, collections specialist, arts educator, curator, and currently works at Melbourne University as a Collections Coordinator and a casual Duty Manager and Gallery Assistant at Incinerator Gallery. Carly is interested in providing access to our cultural collections, and is focused on how our social and cultural values are reflected through arts movements and approaches.

Art Club runs on the last Thursday of the month, from 10.00am to 11.30am on the following dates:

• Thursday 27 August
• Thursday 24 September
• Thursday 22 October
• Thursday 26 November

Tickets

Please note: We will do our best to keep to this schedule but dates and themes may change with limited notice - only people with a ticket will be notified of any changes to this program