Event IMA Open Day

IMA Open Day

5 December 2020
10am–3pm

  • Event Cost:
    Free

Join us to send off the year that was!

Our end-of-year open day is a chance to come together to celebrate our 2020 program with a full day of talks, tours, performance, book launches, workshops, and a pop-up artist market.

—Don’t miss your last and only chance to join a guided tour of our current exhibitions long water: fibre stories, ‘the churchie’, and INFRACTIONS.

—At IMA Belltower explore Making Art Work, the IMA’s response to the pandemic, and join artists and curators in conversation as well as a free artist-led kids workshop.

—Be the first to get your hands on the long water: fibre stories publication. Join curator Freja Carmichael and artist Jenna Lee in conversation as well as a reading from poet Ellen van Neerven.

—Take part in new Making Art Work commissions by writing a protest letter with Richard Bell and see Ethan Enoch-Barlow perform spoken-word poetry as part of Digi Youth Arts’ commission with Dylan Mooney and Joella Warkill

—Join us in celebrating the launch of the fourth edition of Art Enquirer, a collection of writing about art by young people.

—Support local artists and add to your art collection with our pop-up artist market throughout the day. Stallholders include: Bianca Mavrick , Kaomoji Ceramics , Laura Armstrong, Jordan Azcune, Charlie Hillhouse, Anthem Ari, and Orion’s Belt.

Save the date and stay tuned for more announcements!

Schedule:
10am: artist market opens
10am–12pm: join Richard Bell and write a letter protesting the recent cuts to Arts and Humanities degrees at IMA Belltower
11am: long water book launch with Freja Carmichael, Jenna Lee, and Ellen van Neerven
11am: Ethan Enoch-Barlow performs spoken-word poetry with Dylan Mooney and Joella Warkill
11.30am: free kids workshop with artist David Spooner at IMA Belltower
12pm: tour of INFRACTIONS with Rachel O’Reilly
12pm: volunteer tour/ art student tour
12.30pm: tour of ‘the churchie’ with curator Talia Smith
1.00pm: Making Art Work panel discussion at IMA Belltower with Peta Rake, Mia Boe, Ana Paula Estrada, Tulleah Pearce, and Sarah Thomson.
2pm: Art Enquirer Launch
2pm: Amelia McLeish performance at IMA Belltower

 

 

'long water: fibre stories'. In view: works by Paula Savage. Photo: Marc Pricop.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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