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For everything there is a season

19 October 2023—5 May 2024

John Peter Russell, Tail-End of a Great South Westerley Storm (detail), 1902, watercolour, 38.2 x 55.3 cm. Castlemaine Art Museum.

Phil Elson, Remembering Venet at 44.5 degrees, 2010, high fired translucent porcelain, feldspar glazes utilizing iron oxide and spodumene. Castlemaine Art Museum. Higgins Bequest Fund and support from Enid Chapman, Dennis O'Hoy, and Rosemary & David James. Image: James McArdle.

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For everything there is a season
Works from the Collection

Spring is a time of transition and new growth. For everything there is a season draws together a selection of leafy works from the CAM art and historical collections, bearing witness to the changing of the seasons. From Spring and through the upcoming seasons, revisit much-loved still life and landscape works from the collection, including oils, watercolours and prints. Paintings by A M E Bale, Rupert Bunny, Ethel Carrick Fox, E Phillips Fox, Polly Hurry, Margaret Preston and Elma Roach will feature alongside contemporary works by Vivienne Shark LeWitt and Gabrielle Martin.

Ceramics from the collection are also an important element of the exhibition. A significant work by renowned ceramic artist Phil Elson, Remembering Venet at 44.5 degrees, is a highlight of the display. From the museum’s historical collection, decorative arts including textiles and metalwork will introduce new material qualities and creative exchanges.

Another highlight from the exhibition is Dora Meeson’s In a Chelsea Garden, 1912, exhibited for the first time following a complex conservation treatment. CAM gratefully acknowledges the individual donors who generously funded the restoration by supporting the painting’s Cracking Appeal and, in doing so, the endurance of the collection. Visitors will be able to appreciate the newly vivid colours and iridescent qualities of this Collection favourite.


"For everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2

Related Events

Drawing Course | Still Life Drawing with Gabrielle Martin

Saturday 10 February, 1:00pm — Saturday 24 February, 4:00pm

Take part in a three-session drawing course with celebrated artist Gabrielle Martin. Exclusive to Castlemaine Art Museum, this drawing course will use select items from CAM’s Collection as a range of Still Life subjects.

Presented over three Saturdays in February 2024, the sessions will take place in the Higgins Gallery at CAM, surrounded by the glorious exhibition For everything there is a season.

Gabrielle Martin will draw on the surrounding exhibition for inspiration, with items from the Collection being brought out as Still Life subjects as well as seasonal fruit throughout the course. There will be opportunity to engage with your fellow participants over afternoon tea during each session.

All levels of skill and ability are welcome, with Gabrielle Martin providing individual teaching during each session.


Gabrielle Martin
Gabrielle Martin has held solo exhibitions and has been a finalist in many national art prizes, including the Archibald Prize, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Award, Len Fox Painting Prize, Maldon Portrait Prize and Metro 5 Award. She was the 2022 winner of the Maldon Portrait Prize and is currently included in Archie100, an exhibition celebrating 100 years of Archibald Prize history, which is touring nationally from 2021-2024. Her work is represented in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the State Library of Victoria and Deakin University. She lives on Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Malmsbury.


Bookings essential. Limited spaces available.

Tickets: Purchase tickets here.

Where: Castlemaine Art Museum
Dates and Time: Full course includes three consecutive weekly 3-hour sessions:
Saturday 10th February, 1pm – 4pm
Saturday 17th February, 1pm – 4pm
Saturday 24th February, 12pm – 3pm
Cost: $110 (single ticket covers the full course over three sessions)
Provided: Course includes afternoon tea and all drawing materials (paper, pencils, charcoal).
Optional BYO: Participants are welcome to bring their own paper, colour pencils or pastels. Please note, no inks or paints are permitted.

Bookings essential. Limited spaces available.

Tickets: Purchase tickets here.



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