Artist talk - SAMAG

A Shared Table

Administrator — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Book Ticket via Eventbrite here We invite you to share a table with artists Julia Gutman, Jillian Kayrooz and Justine Youssef, who will each present a dish that holds personal significance for them. Through the medium of food, artists will narrate aspects of their personal, artistic and cultural journeys and swap stories of culture, family and community. This experience will be followed by informal drinks and the opening of Uneven Terrain: Surveying the Landscape (curated […]

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Innovating Art Through Disability

Administrator — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Innovation and creativity go hand in hand, especially in the realm of arts and culture.
Creativity needs to be constantly shape-shifting to ensure the work produced by artists remains compelling and relevant. Join four of NSW’s leading voices in arts and disability, as they explore how people with disability are changing the culture of creativity. Discover their exciting new approaches and projects as well as those of other local and international practitioners. Find out about the latest research around creative accessibility for artists and audiences with disability.

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Guided Tour of SCA with Dr. Jane Gavan

Administrator — Sat, 29 May 2021 04:00:00 +0000

As an extension of SAMAG’s panel Conserving the Arts and the Environment, Dr. Jane Gavan, Senior Lecturer, Visual Art at SCA, would like to extend an invitation to participants of the event and SAMAG on a personally guided tour of SCA. If you are interested in material science and material culture Jane would love to show you what we’ve built here at the new SCA. Join Jane for an all studio and workshop doors open, Saturday afternoon visit, including the gallery on 29th May […]

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Valuing the arts: Our skills in other sectors

Administrator — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:30:00 +0000

The arts in all of its forms is able to offer up a unique set of skills and insights that allow artists to develop works that speak to people on a different level of experience. But how are those skills viewed in different sectors? If an artist decides to pivot into a different career, how can they use their skills to grow in a different field? This is a particularly pertinent question during COVID-19 when […]

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Bringing it home: innovation & ideas from the Churchill Fellowship

Administrator — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:30:00 +0000

Are you interested in applying for a Churchill Fellowship? Hear from three Sydney arts workers, all recent Churchill Fellows, about their experiences and research projects; their highlights and successes, as well as unexpected insights. Patricia Adjei investigated the protection of Indigenous cultural rights in Panama and the United States; Morwenna Collett explored inclusive music programs, venues and festivals that actively engage people with disability across Ireland, the UK and USA; and Jo Higgins researched different […]

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Giving Voice to The Word

Administrator — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 07:15:00 +0000

This SAMAG event in Parramatta is a bit different. Firstly, we are presenting it in partnership with Westwords which champions and celebrates the stories of the people, places and cultures of Western Sydney. Secondly, we’ll be starting with live performances from our exceptionally talented line-up of Western Sydney slam poets and writers. Writing in Western Sydney is BIG right now, and if you haven’t sat in a room and felt the energy radiating from a […]

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