SAM Program - August to December 2017

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Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec 2017

resolution:

New Indigenous Photomedia 26 August to 29 October 2017 Michael Aird, Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Ali G. Baker, Daniel Boyd, Megan Cope, Brenda L. Croft, Nici Cumpston, Robert Fielding, Nicole Foreshew, Ricky Maynard, Danie Mellor, Steaphan Paton, Damien Shen, Darren Siwes, Christian Thompson, Warwick Thornton, James Tylor, and Jason Wing.

This exhibition creates an experience of photomedia and Indigeneity that is physical, embodied and thought-provoking. It features work made since 2011 from across the country and brings together some of Australia's most critically acclaimed artists, whose careers stretch back decades, with some of our most exciting emerging talent.

The foundations of contemporary Indigenous photography were laid in the late 1980s with a generation of politicised and provocative artists who documented their experiences around the events of the Bicentennial marking 200 years of European settlement. The last 30 years has seen its maturation and the emergence of artists who engage critically, thoughtfully, sometimes forcefully, with the present and the past. They decide how they negotiate their way in the world, making work which reflects the challenging, hybrid nature of contemporary society.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that this exhibition may contain images and voices of people who have since passed away.

A National Gallery of Australia exhibition.

Visions of Australia

National Collecting Institutions Touring & Outreach Program

This exhibition is supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

#Resolution @SAM_Shepparton @NationalGalleryAUS Image: Brook Andrew, Possessed I (detail) 2015, gelatin silver photograph, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2016 Š Brook Andrew

public programs.

SAM Art Club After-School Program Tues 1 Aug, 5 Sep & 5 Dec, 4 to 5.30pm at SAM. Primary School Years. $10 (Friends $8). Individual booking required for each class, via the SAM website. Limited numbers!

Join us for an after school art club led by artists and educators. Each workshop is an opportunity to explore and create art.

Tues 26 Sept, 10.30am to 12.30pm at SAM. Primary School Years. $15 (Friends $12).

Book via the SAM website.

Tutor: Noir Darkroom.

Step into SAM’s ‘darkroom’ for an old-school photography experience. Using found objects, light exposure and shadows you will create photograms, and then dip your hands into trays of ink to ‘print’ out your photos.

What's Old is New Again Camera-less Photography

1 Aug – Abstract Art - Explore both traditional and experimental markmaking to create an expressive and abstract work. Tutor: Meg Doller.

Tues 26 Sept, 1.30 to 3.30pm at SAM. For 9 to 13 years. $15 (Friends $12). Book via the SAM website. Tutor: Noir Darkroom.

5 Sep – Screen Printing - Design your own bag! Learn how to print multiple colours and repetitive patterns onto a calico tote bag you can take home with you. Tutor: Tarli Bird.

Learn how to make a Camera Obscura, and like Leonardo da Vinci, create life-like impressions of the world around you using mirrors, magnifying glasses and tracing paper.

5 Dec – Cardboard Hacking Using cardboard, construction materials and your imagination, you will work in teams to build architectural structures. BYO cardboard boxes. FREE. Program Sponsor

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Pre-school Art Workshops Wed 16 Aug, 13 Sept, 11 Oct, 15 Nov, 10.30 to 11.45am at SAM. For preschoolers. FREE. Individual booking required for each class, via the SAM website.

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e parkartists to experience art through play, paint and clay. Each session will be a hands-on (and sometimes feet) experience of sensory play and messiness for little ones. Art smocks provided.

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True Blue Cyanotype Photograms Workshop

SAM Out Late! September Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia Floor Talk Thu 28 Sept, 5.30 to 6.30pm at SAM. For Adults. FREE. Book via the SAM website.

Join Kelli Cole, Warumungu/ Luritja peoples, Assistant Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia and Belinda Briggs, Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba, Community Engagement Officer – Indigenous, SAM, for a curatorial walk-through of Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia. Engage with the thought-provoking work of contemporary Indigenous artists, and the complex issues and themes represented in these photographs and moving images.

Flower Frogs, Blips'n Blobs Clay Workshop

Tues 3 Oct, 10.30am to 12.30pm at SAM. Primary School Years. $15 (Friends $12). Book via the SAM website. Tutor: Dell Stewart.

Looking to rocks, frogs and flowers, explore pinching and coiling techniques to build small vessels, known as flower frogs and bud vases. These vessels are great to display small flowers, nice-smelling herbs and even weeds. Participants will get to take home their vessel at a later date after it is fired.

Impressions Stamp-making Tues 3 Oct, 1.30 to 3.30pm at SAM. Primary School Years. $15 (Friends $12). Book via the SAM website. Tutor: The Paper Tiger Creatives.

Try your hand at making stamps with foam and rubber to create your own artwork. Explore different textures and techniques in stamp making using plastic and wooden materials, leaves and gum nuts.

Tour de Shepp Photography & Cycling Workshops Sat 7 Oct, 9am to 12pm OR 1 to 4pm at SAM. For Families. FREE. Book via the SAM website.

Tutor: James Tylor.

Join James Tylor, exhibiting artist in Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia, in a family-fun cycling-photography workshop along the Goulburn River. Taking inspiration from the beautiful landscape, this beginner-level workshop will cover composition, light and outdoor photography techniques. BYO cameras or devices. Bike rental can be offered, please contact SAM. Morning/ afternoon tea included.

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cover versions.

Mimicry and Resistance 11 November 2017 to 14 January 2018 Arthur Merric Boyd / Neil Douglas, Michael Candy, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Percy Grainger and Burnett Cross, Yuki Kihara, The Kingpins, LOUD + SOFT (Julian Day and Luke Jaaniste), FrĂŠdĂŠric Nauczyciel, Soda Jerk vs The Avalanches, Super Critical Mass, Christian Thompson, and Jemima Wyman.

This exhibition explores ideas around mimicry and impersonation, re-performance or reiteration, as artists and collectives expand on the notion of the cover version and its subversive potential within the digital age.

Cover Versions: Mimicry and Resistance quotes from the histories of music, popular culture and the internet, ethnography and the natural world. This is expressed through a range of mediums that include sound art and instrumentation, video, photography, installation and robotics. In music, the cover version is realised as the reperformance, sampling or development of an existing piece, creating an expanded version or new original.

In the natural world, animals use mimicry as a mode of camouflage for the purposes of survival, while humans employ it for social commentary or political subversion.

In contemporary net culture and social media this is signalled by the repost, retweet or meme: in homage or critique, or towards the construction of identity. Mimicry has been equated with camouflage but also like holding up a mirror. Through the artifice of their construction, these works reveal something about the nature of our times.

Curator: Anna Briers Special Performance: Artists Super Critical Mass will present a participatory sound art performance on Friday 10 November as part of the official exhibition opening. See full details on adjacent page.

#SAMCoverVersions

public programs.

SAM Rewind Restorative Yoga Weekly Monday class, 4 Sept to 9 Oct, 5.30 to 6.30pm at SAM. For Adults. FREE. Individual bookings for each class required via SAM's website. Tutor: Kate Hall.

Supported by props, restorative yoga is an all-abilities seated practice which promotes relaxation. Spend an hour resting deeply in this gentle style of yoga and feel the calm wash over you. All props and mats will be provided. Please wear comfortable clothing.

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Bendy Bubbas Baby Yoga

Weekly Wednesday class, 6, 13, 20, 27 Sept, 10 to 11am at SAM. Suitable for six-week-olds to crawlers.

FREE. Individual bookings for tivitieseach class required via SAM's the parkwebsite. Tutor: Zehra Szantyr.

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This gentle yoga promotes bonding between babies and their carers, and is a great way to meet other families.

You are welcome to feed, comfort or step out of class at any time. All props and mats will be provided. Please wear comfortable clothing.

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The Bling Factor Adult Workshop Mon 9, 16, 23 Oct & 13 Nov, 6.30 to 8pm at SAM. For Adults. $65 (Friends $60).

Book via the SAM website.

Tutor: Kaye Poulton.

Over four weeks you will create little planters, hanging ornaments and wearable jewellery with clay. Using engraving, imprinting and bling glazes make gifts for yourself, friends or family. Get ready for the festive season!

Mixer & Mingler Goulburn Valley Young Professionals

Sound of Drawing Sound Art Experience for Children Tues 5 Dec, 2 to 6pm at SAM. All ages. $5 per person.

Book via the SAM website.

Presented by Polyglot Theatre.

Come to SAM for musical play.

Wearing headphones, children will hear their own movements through mic’d up pastels.

Part-drawing, part sound-art, this piece will be composed by little people and their scratches, scribbles and giggles.

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A Concerto of Cacophony (or Music to My Ears) Curatorial Floor Talk & Concert

Fri 13 Oct, 6 to 8pm at SAM. For Adults. $25. Book via gvyoungprofessionals.com

The Goulburn Valley Young Professionals and SAM team Thu 7 Dec, 5.30 to 6.30pm at up for a night of networking SAM. For Adults. FREE. Book and art. Start the evening off via the SAM. Artist: Juliana with wine and cheese, meeting Espana-Keller. people and making friends, activities in the parkEnd the year with a big bang. then join SAM Senior Curator, Join Senior Curator, Anna Briers Anna Briers for a guided tour as she discusses the ideas of the exhibition Resolution: explored in Cover Versions: new Indigenous photomedia.

Mimicry and Resistance. Then experience a performance of Super Critical Mass: Moving sonic recipes by community Collected Ambience groups in collaboration with Participatory Sound Art artist Juliana Espana-Keller. This orchestra of pots and pans is Performance sure to be a concert unlike any Fri 10 Nov, 6 to 6.30pm at other!

SAM (during official exhibition The evening will also include opening). All ages. FREE. a demonstration of two Artists: Super Critical Mass. experimental instruments: The Witness this participatory sound Kangaroo Pouch Tone Tool, a art event performed by artists Free Music Machine by Percy Super Critical Mass and local Grainger and Burnett Cross and choir and theatre groups. As Turning the Tables by LOUD + part of the Cover Versions: SOFT. Mimicry and Resistance exhibition, a mass of voices will produce sonic responses to Image: Yuki Kihara, Culture for Sale, 2014 Still from performance at City Gallery SAM’s permanent collection, Wellington, NZ, courtesy and © the the gallery architecture and artist and Milford Galleries Dunedin photo: Sarah Hunter each other.

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2017 sidney myer fund australian ceramic award.

80/80.

Eighty Years of SAM The Collection

Showing until 13 August 2017

Showing until February 2018

The Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award celebrates and promotes contemporary Australian artists working in the ceramic medium. This year’s shortlisted artists include Glenn Barkley, Karen Black, Laith McGregor, Jenny Orchard and Yasmin Smith.

This exhibition has been developed around a number of themes, including place, identity and ceramics. Works featured include colonial images from Shepparton’s own past, to contemporary artists’ responses to country and place. Explorations of identity similarly range from academy portraiture traditions of John Longstaff and others, to more contemporary examinations of a culturally diverse country that is part of a globalized world.

The $50,000 recipient for 2017 is Jenny Orchard for her work The Imagined Possibility of Unity, 2017.

Award co-ordinator: Anna Briers Major Partner

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As part of 80/80, you can purchase a publication featuring over 80 colour pictures of artworks in the SAM Collection and newly commissioned essays.

Publication cost: $29.95 (Friends of SAM $25)

#SMFACA @glennbarkley @black.karen @laithmcgregor @jennyorchard1 @yasminhelenasmith

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nice jugs & vessels.

From the SAM Collection Showing until 29 October 2017 SAM’s display cabinet showcases 132 ceramic vessels produced by British and Australian makers (1930s to 1960s). These brightly coloured jugs, flasks, vases and teapots, have been crafted largely by commercial manufacturers for utilitarian purposes and reflect the diversity of early 20th century commerical ware.

showcase.

Showcase is a unique opportunity for collectors and craft lovers to acquire work from established and emerging contemporary artists, as all pieces are available for purchase at the SAM shop.

Showcase #15: Kirsten Perry Saturday 5 August to Sunday 22 October

drawing wall.

The Drawing Wall is an ongoing series of commissioned, temporary, site-specific wall‑based drawings or installations enlivening the foyer space of the Eastbank Centre, directly outside SAM. Each year, artists are commissioned to produce new work across the 4 x 12m space.

Drawing Wall #27: Bundit Puangthong Showing to Wednesday 2 August 2017 Drawing Wall #28: Steaphan Paton Saturday 12 August to Wednesday 18 October 2017 Drawing Wall #29: Jon Campbell Saturday 28 October 2017 to Wednesday 31 January 2018 #SAMDrawingWall

Showcase #16: Susan Frost Saturday 28 October to Sunday 28 January

Showcase is a curatorial collaboration with Mr Kitly. #SAMShowcase

Image: SAM's collection display of Nice Jugs and Vessels is showing until 29 October 2017.

sam education.

Each semester, education tours and trails focus on key artworks from the Collection and new exhibitions at SAM. Activities are designed to explore different approaches to artmaking and to develop an understanding of Australian ceramics, art history and contemporary art. Suitable for Early Years learning, Victorian Curriculum F-10 and VCE Studies. Resources are available on our website or by contacting SAM education staff.

SAM Scholars Student Program Designed specifically for senior students who are studying VCE Studio Arts, or Art and are keenly interested in pursuing Arts as a pathway option.

This program currently hosts 13 students who work closely with SAM staff, visiting artists and associate guests. This program operates as an after school program with students participating in fortnightly classes for the duration of the school year.

Let’s Talk: Art and Industry Contexts A tour designed specifically to complement VCE Studio Arts studies. Using the permanent Collection and our temporary exhibitions, students will learn about the role of the museum, discuss conservation methods and analyse curated exhibition spaces.

Let’s Talk: Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Developed in the US by cognitive psychologist

Abigail Housen and renowned museum educator Philip Yenawine, Visual Thinking Strategies empowers students to discuss art based on what they can see in an artwork through careful, close looking and questioning. VTS sessions can be held inside the museum and/or within the classroom.

Let’s Create: Tailored Activities SAM Education can tailor a tour and workshop to suit your curriculum needs.

Teacher Professional Development Supporting our permanent Collection display and temporary exhibition program, our professional development programs are delivered in accordance with Australian Standards and National Consistency as advised by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Professional development opportunities are regularly promoted via our Education E-news and the SAM website.

For further information on any of the above or school bookings please contact SAM on (03) 5832 9520 or email: catherine.read@shepparton.vic.gov.au. Visit our website for upcoming education events at www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/education.

get involved.

Volunteer at SAM Why not join SAM’s amazing team of volunteers?

It’s a great way to get involved with art in the community, while gaining valuable experience within a cultural organisation. SAM is at an exciting time in its history, and arts and culture play an important role in community life. Volunteering offers a unique and rewarding opportunity where you can experience our programs, exhibitions, events, collections, and meet artists and other arts and cultural workers first-hand.

We have a diverse volunteer base who range in ages, art experience and career backgrounds. All are welcome!

By volunteering at SAM, you can meet new people, learn new skills, increase your knowledge, help others, gain valuable job experience and be needed and valued for what you do. SAM offers a number of volunteer opportunities in Visitor Experience, Education and Public Programs, and Collection and Research. For more info, email volunteeratsam@shepparton.vic.gov.au or call SAM on (03) 5832 9861.

Top left image: SAM Scholars at work with artist Bundit Puangthong to create the Drawing Wall #27 in May.

SAM Local Exhibitions For many years the SAM Local: Best of Friends, VCE Art & Studio Arts and Spotlight exhibitions have been held in December. Moving forward, these important local shows will shift to April, to better support local VCE students by coinciding with the timing of other VCE exhibitions around Victoria. Application details will be published on SAM’s website in October 2017, so keep an eye out!

New SAM Project We are very excited that one of Australia's leading architects, Denton Corker Marshall, will be designing the new Shepparton Art Museum building. It will be an outstanding example of exciting, best-practice contemporary museum architecture on a remarkable site in regional Victoria.

To keep up-to-date on the project, you can join our mailing list via SAM’s website.

Top right image: Concept design by Denton Corker Marshall for the new Shepparton Art Museum.

friends of sam events.

The Friends of Shepparton Art Museum Inc. develop and foster an active cultural community in Greater Shepparton. Together with SAM's programs and events, the Friends of SAM also offer members (and nonmembers) an opportunity to get involved, meet new people and try new things. A membership form can be found at the SAM shop or downloaded from the SAM website.

Kaiela at the Connection New Exhibition & Morning Tea Wed 2 Aug, 10am, The Connection, Midland Hwy between Shepparton and Mooroopna for morning tea. $10 to be paid on the day.

The Bald Archy Prize Lunch in Swanpool

Wed 6 Sept, 11.15am, Swanpool and District Memorial Hall, 2386 Midland Highway,

Swanpool. Entry: $5, to be paid on the day. Alternatively, a bus will leave outside the Eastbank Centre on Nixon Street, Shepparton at 10am. Bus and exhibition entry $30 to be paid on booking through SAM (03) 5832 9860 by 1 Sept. Lunch is available.

Exploring Islamic Architecture Multicultural Learning and Sharing Through Art Thu 14 Sept, 6.30 to 8.30pm, Africa House, Poplar Avenue, Shepparton. $10, to be paid on the night. Hear from guest speaker Issam Nabulsi, Director of Desypher, a Melbourne-based design office that aims to utilise the medium of architecture as a means of building cohesion within communities. He is the architect responsible for the Islamic Museum of Australia in Thornbury.

Bonshaw Morning Tea at Bernie's Wed 4 Oct, 10am, Bernie Ryan's period home, circa 1910, Midland Highway, Stanhope. $10, includes morning tea.

Christine Broersen's Solo Exhibition Morning Tea and Pastel Works Wed 1 Nov, 10am, David Stradling's Photography & Picture Framing, 90 Fryers Street, Shepparton. $5 to be paid on the day.

Image: SAM's Curatorial Assistant Indigenous, Belinda Briggs, shared a moving Acknowledgement to Country at the FRESHWATER exhibition opening in March 2017.

sam. foundation.

sam shop.

The SAM Foundation's purpose is to undertake a significant drive for a new expanded Art Museum and to grow funds to benefit the SAM Collection and program.

To find out more about the SAM Foundation and how you can give, please visit SAM’s website or ask us at the SAM Shop.

The SAM shop is a fantastic place to purchase artist-made ceramics and gifts.

The shop stocks work by a number of local and interstate artists and collectives including Sarah Schembri, Asaka Ceramics Bridget Bodenham and Katherine Wheeler (pictured above, clockwise from top left).

It features a curated selection of Australian craft and design while supporting some of the region’s best artistic talent. The shop also stocks a range of publications, including SAM exhibition catalogues, books on art and Australian ceramics, plus a range of art magazines.

The Tree of Giving An initiative of the SAM Foundation, the Tree of Giving invites all to contribute by buying a leaf towards the development of a new Shepparton Art Museum. You can pledge your support for a new SAM by buying a gold ($300), silver ($200) or bronze leaf ($100), with your name inscribed to be added to the Tree of Giving, at the SAM shop.

Alternatively you can buy a New SAM lapel pin and talk to your friends and family about why an expanded Art Museum would be good for Shepparton.

Friends of SAM are eligible for a 10% discount on all purchases at the SAM shop.

70 Welsford Street, Shepparton VIC p + 61 3 5832 9861 e art.museum@shepparton.vic.gov.au w sheppartonartmuseum.com.au @SAM_Shepparton #SAM_shepparton

Open 7 days, 10am to 4pm Public Holidays 1 to 4pm Closed New Year’s Day, Good Friday and Christmas Day

Cover image courtesy Jemima Wyman and Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney and Milani Gallery, Brisbane © the artist See SAM’s website for the full image credit of this work.

Government Partners

SAM is proudly provided by Greater Shepparton City Council and receives operational funding from Creative Victoria, the State Government funding body for the arts.

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