Public Programs archive

PICTURE PERFECT :: How to document like a pro Thursday June 15, 5-7pm Verge Gallery FREE for ACCESS and ARC members, $8 for students and $12 for general public Book via Eventbrite HERE You make amazing art – but how do you capture it for websites, applications and promotion? Join us for a practical introduction […]

Double Vision Jessica Ekomane (DE), Silje Nes (NOR), Jasmine Guffond Saturday June 10, from 1PM Free / all ages Jessica Ekomane (DE) Creates situations where sound acts as a transformative element for the space and the audience. This informs her musical compositions which seek a cathartic effect alternating between noise and melody, and playing with […]

APPLY YOURSELF :: How to apply for grants/ prizes/ exhibitions Thursday May 25, 5pm-7pm Verge Gallery FREE for ACCESS and ARC members, and $10 for general public Book via Eventbrite HERE Key presenters: Brianna Munting (NAVA) Georgia Hobbs (First Draft, Darren Knight Gallery) Kelly Doley (Barbara Cleveland, prev Arts NSW) Siân McIntyre (Verge Gallery) What […]

Monograph x Verge Saturday April 22, 10:30am – 4pm Verge Gallery READING LIST HERE ::  Join Monograph, a Melbourne-based reading circle, for a day of art-loving bookish goodness. **Places for the Monograph session (12:30-2:30) are strictly limited! RSVP to vergeassistant@usu.edu.au to secure your spot!** In a range of sessions we encourage artists, students, writers, curators […]

Panel Discussion :: A Third Space : Transience and Identity in The Transnational Verge Gallery April 20, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Speakers :: Mikala Tai, Adam Porter, Nicole Barakat Join local artists, researchers and the exhibiting artists for a discussion about cross-cultural perspectives, experiences and identities, within and beyond Australia. Re-interpretations of identity within transnational communities […]

Slide Night: The Archive as Constellation Thursday March 16, 6pm-8pm Verge Gallery Slide Night: The Archive as Constellation presents a series of short talks by specialists working across the fields of art, archaeology, history and natural sciences. Each presenter will discuss a sequence of images that focus in on some of the rare, unusual or […]

PUBLIC PROGRAM for D_O_T exhibition: Friday November 25th 6-8pm Verge Gallery, Jane Foss Russell Plaza, USYD Indigenising the White Cube :: re-thinking curatorial practices Chair: Stephen Gilchrist (Associate Lecturer of Indigenous Art at the University of Sydney) Speakers: Emily McDaniel (Lead Artist Educator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs MCA), Emma Pike (Curator Kaldor Public […]

DOUBLE VISION :: EXPERIMENTAL LIVE MUSIC Double Vision is a series of free-form gigs held at Verge Gallery showcasing the practice of DIY, experimental, sound artists and musicians. The program seeks to a create platform that encourages collaboration between artists and musicians – and their communities, providing the opportunity to re-frame and recalibrate creative vision […]

Exhibition and kil.n.it studio tour // Stuck in the Mud Saturday September 17 11-1pm Meet at Verge Gallery 11am Bookings essential Stuck in the Mud is for a revolution that has already happened. A revolution where art won, or did it? Step into the museum to see unearthed works that commemorate the art versus craft […]

WOMEN IN THE ARTS IRL :: Three events scheduled throughout 2016. ‘Women in the Arts’ is an ongoing dialogue addressing endemic issues of gender inequality and exclusionary practices in the arts landscape. The online jobs board (instigated through Facebook) was the inaugural response to a need for accessible communication surrounding women in professional practice. The […]