Public Programs archive

Spartak Improvised Set Sat 16 June 1-3pm Spartak performed an improvised set responding to the works and themes in Elena Papanikolakis’ Parting Words exhibition. https://spartakmusic.bandcamp.com/

Aftersound Presented by Rainbow Chan and Verge Gallery Dates: + Saturday 2 June, 1:00-3:30pm + UPCOMING (TBC) Aftersound is a new performance program with a focus on sonic experiences, space and collaboration. Curated by Sydney-based artist Rainbow Chan, Aftersound asks its performers to create new works which consider the poetics of Verge Gallery’s space. While […]

Art Crit :: grappling on the precipice of the squirt and the stream & Don’t think of me as gone Saturday May 19, 1-3pm, Art crit with artists Kieran Bryant and Jodie Whalen, 3pm-3.30pm fluid feelings live performance. Verge Gallery Free // All welcome Join artists and curators in a conversation about our April exhibitions, grappling on the precipice […]

fluid feelings :: performance series April 14, 3-3:30, Eugene Choi April 21, 3-3:30pm, Neil Beedie April 28, 3-3:30pm, Marcus Whale May 12, 3-3:30pm, Megan Alice Clune May 19, 3-3:30pm, All performers Free/ All Welcome How do I feel / How do they feel? A selection of artists will perform re-interpretations of songs previously interpreted in grappling on the […]

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES Semester 1,  2018 After School Ed. Presented by Kudos Gallery and Verge Gallery Dates: + April 17 – AV Install Skills // Workshop – KUDOS Gallery + May 3 – How to Apply for Exhibitions // Lecture – Verge Gallery + May 5 – How to Apply for Exhibitions // Workshop – […]

Art Crit :: Heavenly Creatures, Coca-Colanised, & We are infinite. Saturday April 7, 12-1pm, Collaborative Textile Gathering  1-3pm, Art crit with artists Marikit Santiago and Nicole Barakat. Verge Gallery Free // All welcome Join artists and curators in a conversation about our March exhibitions, Heavenly Creatures, Coca-Colanised, & We are infinite. The discussion will cover key themes in each individual exhibition as well as […]

A day of activities at Verge Gallery for March at Verge exhibitions Coca-Colanized, & We are infinite. Saturday March 24, 11am-4pm 11am-1pm, Kwento at Kain (Talk and Eat), presented by Marikit Santiago for Coca-Colanized with special guest Eunice Andrada. The presence of Spam in the Philippines is the result of US military occupation in World War II and has […]

Who’s afraid of Australian artists? March 21, 6 – 8pm Verge Gallery FREE // Seating limited, bookings via Eventbrite Who’s afraid of Australian artists? is a discussion with key artists and thinkers as part of Art Month Sydney 2018. The intersection of arts and politics is a fraught space: contested and volatile, generative and constructive. […]

Double Vision March 17, 1-3pm FREE/ All welcome KARLI WHITE (MELB) Karli White is a solo musician who takes influence from a spectrum of gothic styles, including dark experimental, industrial and new wave. She is interested in multidisciplinary collaboration and has recently combined visual elements to her live performance, experimenting with light, video, poetry and […]

Collaborative Textile Gathering March 14, 1-3pm March 24, 1-3pm March 29, 1-3pm April 7, 12 midday Verge Gallery Free // All welcome Join artist Nicole Barakat in the creation of a large-scale collaborative textile work. The collaboration intends to connect folks through the intimate act of stitching and to consider the potential of our collective […]