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Find the best art events and make the most of your time in Canberra. From education to pets and more, we have the biggest event range and best discovery experience, there's something for everyone.
Canberra's most talked-about, size-inclusive fashion experience returns for another year of boundary-breaking style. Revel in the diversity of Australian style and beauty through bold fashion and fearless individuality. Shop The Runway feature is back, for a chance to meet the makers, feel the fabrics, and snap up your favourite looks right after the show!
Australia’s beloved author Rosalie Ham comes to Canberra with her signature wit and sharp observations in her latest book, Look After Your Feet.
Please join us for the opening of the exhibitions Reclamation, Loop, Hook, Loom, Edge of Presence and Veins of Air. Edge of Presence is a sculptural body of work that employs glass to examine mortality, reflection, and the human condition.
Join us for our Youth Week event, The Art of Community, a free afternoon for young people aged 12 to 25. Hosted by The Junction Youth Health Service, the event offers a range of relaxed art activities that support mental, physical and emotional wellbeing. Young people are invited to express themselves, explore new ideas and engage in activities at their own pace, with no pressure and no artistic experience required. Free food and drinks will be available, and the atmosphere is friendly, inclusive and supportive. This event is an opportunity to connect with others, build confidence and take a moment to focus on your own wellbeing.
Join us at Paperchain Bookstore to hear Xavier Hennekinne, author of Unequal Loves, in conversation with Paul Hetherington
The Embassy of Spain in Australia and ANU Film Group are pleased to present: Sirât Luis (López) and his son travel through Morocco's desert, joining a group of ravers in search of Mar, who disappeared at a party months prior. Reception: Won the Jury Prize and Soundtrack Award at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Described by critics as a 'major film' and a 'raw,' 'deeply moving' experience. Some reviewers, however, found the narrative, often, 'exasperating' or 'pointless'.
DHG Friends are invited to attend a tour of 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain and the NGA.
Join renowned American artist Kate Thompson for an inspiring workshop and discover the art of mixed media bookmaking in Canberra. We will create a fabric and paper book that evokes a vintage, timeworn aesthetic. This unique creation will feature an artful blend of antique linens and laces, vintage ledger papers and ephemera, botanical eco prints, watercolour papers, acrylics, earth pigments, pastels, charcoal, wire and tin, and other thoughtfully curated materials. Using multilayered mixed media techniques to create a personal and expressive book such as collage, mark making, embroidery, image transfers, distressing lace and fabrics with plaster, make a faux antique tin type photo, dyed papers, botanical printing, bookbinding and more. You will leave with a tattered and torn, timeworn book, filled with vintage treasures.
Join the Hands On Studio artists for an afternoon of Ink Drawing at Canberra Contemporary. Water Following an interactive walkthrough of the exhibition, attendees are invited to sketch their personal experiences and associations with water, drawing inspiration from the surrounding works and practices of the Hands On Studio artists. The workshop encourages conversation and creative exchange throughout the afternoon, reflecting the collaborative approach of the mural and the artists themselves.
Join us at Canberra Museum and Gallery for an exclusive, expert-led architectural tour celebrating Enrico Taglietti’s iconic Canberra designs. Guided by architect, author, educator and Australian Architecture Association President, Tone Wheeler, this unique Heritage Festival experience will visit some iconic Taglietti buildings across the city. Tour participants will enjoy rare access to buildings normally closed to the public, and be immersed in Taglietti's distinctive use of space, material and light. The tour includes an Italian lunch at Agostinis and concludes with a curator-led tour of the Taglietti: Life in Design exhibition at CMAG.
Join us for our free Canberra and Region Heritage Festival glassblowing demonstration with artist Katie-Ann Houghton! This year's Heritage Festival celebrates mid-century innovation through studio glass, a field defined by experimentation and creativity. Visitors can watch live glassblowing demonstrations of mid-century inspired light fixtures, make their own slumped glass tealight holders in hands-on kilnforming workshops, or take a guided heritage tour and see parts of the old Kingston Powerhouse – usually off-limits to visitors. The Powerhouse opened in 1915 to provide coal fired electricity to the new city of Canberra. It was permanently decommissioned in 1957 and in 2007 the building was converted into the Canberra Glassworks, turning industrial heritage into a vibrant hub for contemporary craft. This demonstration provides an opportunity to observe contemporary glass practice in action within an active studio environment, revealing the timing, skill, and collaboration behind the finished work.
Enjoy an afternoon filled with colour and creative flow guided by painting artist Sophie Ryan. Surrounded by the beautiful art at Q Gallery in Ainslie Canberra. You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in your very own acrylic on canvas landscape painting, with all materials provided, you can sit back, relax and get creative!