What’s on in Winter

EXHIBITIONS

AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
Treloar Crescent, Campbell; daily 10am-5pm;
6243 4211; www.awm.gov.au
-Over the front: the Great War in the air
Permanent
See extraordinary and original aircraft and an exciting visual depiction of military flight.
-Framing Conflict: Iraq and Afghanistan – Lyndell Brown and Charles Green
until 18 August
The Australian War Memorial’s official war artists document their time in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf in 2007.

BEAVER GALLERIES
81 Denison Street, Deakin; Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 9am-5pm; 6282 5294

Marc Rambeau
17 June-6 July
These recent paintings and works on paper are inspired by the vast Australian landscape.
Caitlin Perriman
17 June-6 July
Perriman’s drawings explore the nature of emotional experience using rabbit figures.

CANBERRA GLASSWORKS
Kingston Powerhouse,
11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston;
Wed-Sun 10am-4pm; 6260 7005
Permanent
Learn about glassmaking, tour the boiler room and see molten glass.
immersion: new work in glass by
Kate Baker & Lisa Cahill
until 17 June
Two leading early career glass artists.
Cobi Cockburn: glass work
23 June-5 August
Works inspired by the natural environment.
2010 Ranamok glass prize
From 11 August
Prestigious glass prize and exhibition.

CANBERRA MUSEUM & GALLERY
Cnr London Circuit and Civic Square,
Canberra City; Tues-Fri 10am-5pm,
Sat&Sun 12-4pm; 6207 3968

CMAG Collection Series: Ongoing
Works of art and social history objects form the permanent collection and highlight Canberra’s artistic practice and history.

Beam: From 11 June
BEAM is a collective of artists who project images on the exterior of buildings.

Something in the Air: Collage and Assemblage Canberra Region Art: From 20 June
Artworks that utilise found objects. Artists include Rosalie Gascoigne and Neil Roberts.

Tomorrow and Today: Innovation and Change in 1960s Canberra : until 11 July
Canberra’s metamorphosis from country town to thriving national capital during the 1960s is captured in these photographs.

CRAFT ACT
Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit,
Civic Square; Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, weekends
12-4pm; 6262 9333

Gudgenby traces: Paull Mckee and Kristie Rea: until 12 june
Featuring installations inspired by the artists time in the Namadgi National Park.
Leonie Andrews
24 june-31 july
Richly imaginative textile works.
Simon Maberley
12 august-25 september
An installation of glass and mixed media.

CSIRO DISCOVERY CENTRE
CSIRO, Clunies Ross Street, Acton; Mon-Fri
9am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm, closed Sat; 6246 4646
Permanent
Climate, new forms of energy, biodiversity, salinity, medical advances and more.

MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY
18 King George Terrace, Parkes;
Daily 9am-5pm; 6270 8222

Australian Democracy - more than 2000 years in the making
Permanent
Discover our vibrant and controversial road to democracy. A central interactive exhibit offers visitors a visual and insightful timeline.

Prime Ministers of Australia
Permanent
Learn about Australia’s PMs. You’ll discover which former prime minister was present at the hanging of Ned Kelly and much more.

Living Democracy: The Power of the People
Permanent
Discover how Australians exercise their democracy and what issues inspire them.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA
Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes;
daily 9am-5pm; 6212 3600

Femme fatale: the female criminal
12 june-5 september
This intriguing exhibition examines the portrayal of the female criminal in popular culture, myth, literature and history.

Federation Gallery
Permanent
View seven key documents from Australia’s history, including some listed on UNESCO’s Australian Memory of the World register.

Memory of a Nation
Permanent
This exhibition showcases stories of ordinary and extraordinary Australians.

NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE
McCoy Circuit, Acton; Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, weekends and public holidays 10am-5pm; 6248 2000

Sights and Sounds of a Nation
Permanent
Australian stories in sound recordings, radio, films and television.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
Parkes Place, Parkes; daily 10am-5pm;
6540 6502; www.nga.gov.au

Emerging Elders : until 14 June
Dynamic and stunning contemporary works by senior Indigenious artists.

Hans Heysen: until 11 July
Eighty works by one of Australia’s best-known landscape artists.

Robert Dowling: Tasmanian son of Empire: From 24 July
The first retrospective of Robert Dowling, the first artist to be trained in Australia.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
Parkes Place, Parkes; daily 10am-5pm;
6262 1111

The ‘Dunera Boys’: 70 years on: until 27 June
The story of the German and Austrian internees who escaped Nazi Germany and came to Australia.

Wolfgang Sievers: photographer: until 12 September
Sievers’ striking photographs document Australia’s past and its emerging modernity.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA
Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula; daily
10am-5pm; 6208 5000; www.nma.gov.au

Australian Journeys: Ongoing
Learn about the voyages that connect Australia to the world.

Tayenebe: Tasmanian Aboriginal Women’s Fibre Work: until 25 July
Celebrating the revitalisation of Tasmanian Aboriginal weaving.

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
King Edward Terrace, Parkes;
open daily 10am-5pm, closed Christmas Day,
free entry and disabled access; 6102 7000;
www.portrait.gov.au

Husbands & Wives: until 11 July
Rare portraits from the 19th century that offer a glimpse into the private lives of Australians.

National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010: 22 July-12 September
See the entries in this prize that encourages young people to embrace self-portraiture.

Present Tense: An imagined grammar of portraiture in the digital age: until 22 August
Discover how the digital revolution reflects the individual today.

QUESTACON
The National Science & Technology Centre,
King Edward Terrace, Parkes;
daily 9am-5pm; 6270 2800

-Perception Deception: Ongoing
Explore how your perception of the things and people around you are formed.
-The Sideshow: Ongoing
Discover the science behind rides at fun parks like Luna Park.
-Wonderworks: Science to move your mind: Ongoing
Explore scientific phenomena, from the way holograms work to the motion of a pendulum.
-Terrorsaurus: Ongoing
Interact with large robotic dinosaurs and explore the wonderful world of dinosaurs.