http://nga.gov.au/CALENDAR/rss.cfm RSS feed for keeping up to date with nga public program events en-us Copyright May National Gallery of Australia ngawebmanager@nga.gov.au (NGA Webmanager) Mon, 28 May 2012 16:55:33 Mon, 28 May 2012 16:55:33 Fine Arts In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ Learn about works of art on display. Enjoy refreshments in the Members Lounge before joining voluntary guides to discuss selected works of art. Booking:book now

$12, $10 members/concession Venue:Members Lounge and galleries (meet at information desk)
]]> May 28 talks 05/2012 [MAY] AM Professor Tim Bonyhady, Director, Centre for Climate Law and Policy, ANU, on von Guérard's <i>North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko</i> 1863.
Free Venue:Project Gallery
]]> May 29 talks 05/2012 [MAY] PM A Special Book Club Event. Join Candice Bruce for a discussion of her novel <i>The Longing</i>, a perfect companion to <i>Eugene von Guérard: nature revealed </i> (exhibition opens 27 April in the Project Gallery and Orde Poynton Gallery). Refreshments will be served and a book signing will be held at the conclusion of the event. A special discount of 20% on <i>The Longing</i> is offered in the National Gallery of Australia shop. Booking:bookings essential, book now

$12 members, $15 non members Venue:Gandel Hall
]]> May 30 community 05/2012 [MAY] AM Special viewing of the exhibition for people with disabilities and their carers. Booking:bookings essential, (02) 6240 6519

Free Venue:meet at information desk
]]> May 30 assisted 05/2012 [MAY] AM Join Gallery educators and voluntary guides on an interactive art tour for toddlers. Booking:book now

$12, $10 child members (includes materials) Venue:meet at information desk
]]> June 01 families 06/2012 [JUNE] AM Join Gallery staff for an interactive tour connecting people in shared intellectual activity through personal insights, interpretation, art history and memories. Booking:bookings essential, (02) 6240 6632 or access@nga.gov.au

Free Venue:meet at information desk
]]> June 01 assisted 06/2012 [JUNE] AM Dr Candice Bruce, art historian, writer and curator, discusses von Guérard's <i> From the verandah of Purrumbete </i> 1858, a source of inspiration for her recent book <i>The longing</i>. She also touches on themes of romanticism and the gothic and on the landscapes of the Western District of Victoria.
Free Venue:Project Gallery
]]> June 01 talks 06/2012 [JUNE] PM Dr Ruth Pullin, guest curator of the exhibition, discusses von Guérard's detailed and accurate studies of nature in the context of 19th-century German (Humboldtian) science and considers their relevance for the 21st century.
Free Venue:Small Theatre
]]> June 07 talks 06/2012 [JUNE] PM Join voluntary guides for a tour of the exhibition, in collaboration with Carers ACT. Booking:bookings essential, (02) 6296 9900

Free Venue:meet at information desk
]]> June 07 assisted 06/2012 [JUNE] AM Daniel Thomas, Emeritus Director, Art Gallery of South Australia, and the National Gallery of Australia's inaugural head of Australian Art, discusses <i>Ferntree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges</i> 1857, a masterpiece he persuaded Joseph Brown to give to the National Gallery of Australia in 1975.
Free Venue:Project Gallery
]]> June 21 talks 06/2012 [JUNE] PM John Jones, curator and art historian, gives an overview of the frames and frame makers employed by von Guérard, and the sophistication of colonial Australian picture frame making.
Free Venue:Small Theatre
]]> July 03 talks 07/2012 [JULY] PM Margie Kevin, Gallery Educator, leads this activity based tour with stories about the people and places featured in works in the exhibition
Free Venue:Project Gallery
]]> July 10 families 07/2012 [JULY] AM