Public Programs archive

Discussion :: Curator + Artist talk for Documents, Alternatives #2 Saturday January 20, 1pm-3pm Verge Gallery Free // All welcome Artist and curator, Angela Bartram, and artist, Annie Morrad, give a talk on the exhibition Documents, Alternatives #2 from their own perspectives and through conversation. As the curator, Bartram will discuss how the exhibition came together, the […]

Discussion :: Geometric Asylum December 2, 1-3pm Verge Gallery A round table conversation between artist, writer, producer and director Rebecca Conroy and exhibiting artist Lachlan Anthony discussing key themes in each other’s research and art practice. Lachlan Anthony’s current exhibition at Verge Gallery entitled Geometric Asylum explores relationships between space, power and control. His works investigate exclusionary […]

Open Mic Night Alongside to the inclusion of all others exhibition Wednesday November 15, 5:30-7:30pm Verge Gallery On the evening the results from the postal survey on marriage equality are announced, we invite queer community members who would like to share thoughts, feelings, perspectives, poems, stories and more in the exhibition space. An open mic […]

Discussion :: Queering the Spiritual Saturday October 21, 11:30am-12:30pm Drawn from an embodied tension between queerness and religion, Queering the Spiritual will speak to the marginalisation of queer bodies within religious structures, and the creation of new rituals for queer spiritual becoming. Given the current debate on marriage equality, curator Rachel Ciesla hopes to create an exchange of […]

Intersections between Learning & Practice Through the University: Indigenous Arts + Curatorial Panel Discussion Thursday October 12, 1-2pm Verge Festival, at Verge Gallery The University has been an important site for Indigenous artistic and curatorial learning and practices, and this panel discussion takes inspiration from the late Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Michael Riley’s association with the Tin […]

CLOTHES SWAP :: It must have been love Thursday September 28, check-in 5-6pm, swap begins at 6pm International Student Lounge, Wentworth Building, University of Sydney Places limited, register online HERE Exchange up to 6 high quality garments, for which the love is ‘over now’ at the clothing swap extravaganza hosted by The Clothing Exchange, in partnership […]

Double Vision Scumwitch (Melb), Wet Kiss (Melb), Jefferson Mayday Mayday Saturday September 16, from 1pm Free / all ages Scumwitch Wet Kiss Jefferson Mayday Mayday 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 […]

WORKSHOP :: Knitty by Nature September 9, 3-5pm Verge Gallery Join us for an afternoon of naughty knitting, consensual crochet and cracking conversation with local knitaholic Kirsten Fredericks. Knitting as a social practice over the past fifteen years has become increasingly synonymous with a whimsical yet critical subversion of the technique’s gendered and domestic associations. […]

DISCUSSION :: Can’t Touch This Saturday September 2, 1pm-3pm Verge Gallery Join us for a wide ranging and lively discussion about materiality and meaning with exhibition artists Carla Adams, Troy-Anthony Baylis, Christine Dean, Chantal Fraser, Kate Just, Claudia Nicholson, alongside MCA Curator of Indigenous Art, Clothilde Bullen. Feminist academic Rosika Parker in her seminal text […]

Closing Celebration For August at Verge exhibitions August 26, 2-4pm This is a chance for anyone who couldn’t join us on the opening night to enjoy the last day of the August at Verge exhibitions – Down the Barrel: Indigenous Resistance and all matter has a past. Join us for a casual chat and celebratory […]