CAM invites you to a casual afternoon of drawing held amongst the Len Fox Painting Prize exhibition.

Drawing a painting? You might argue that drawing is the foundation of painting, a starting point and place to develop ideas. With this in mind, we invite you to look to the works for inspiration. Surrounded by paintings from fifty three exhibiting artists whose works embody Emmanuel Philips Fox’s connection with light, colour and connection to place, there is much to be explored. Make yourself comfortable at CAM and draw amongst like-minded people. All ages and ability levels are invited to come and let loose on paper. Facilitated by local artist Anna Schwann.

Please contact our friendly staff at the front desk with any access questions so that we can give you the best experience.

CAM is hosting a two-day regional art book fair held on the gallery terrace showcasing local artist publications.

To complement the 2022 Melbourne Art Book Fair, CAM is hosting a two-day regional art book fair held on the gallery terrace and inside the beautiful 1931 art deco building. From 12pm-4pm across the weekend of the 26 and 27 March, CAM will host stalls showcasing work by central Victorian artists, writers, and publishers, and two afternoon panel discussions on creating and publishing in the regions.

Castlemaine Art Museum is inviting expressions of interest
from young people between the ages of 14 and 21 for the
Terrace Projections: Youth project, no previous artistic or creative experience required.

A group of young people will be chosen to work together through a series of workshops led by local artist Leonie Van Eyk to create a video artwork that will be projected onto the external walls of Castlemaine Art Museum’s iconic art deco building from Friday 29 July - Sunday 2 October 2022.

The program will take the form of a series of 5 workshops with a focus on developing skills in filmmaking, photography and animation, creating and collating content to build a video work that communicates the ideas of the group to an audience. The workshops will investigate art films that have inspired activism and youth political movements, to delve into thoughtful discussions around what is current and valid in this particular time. What do you as the next generation wish to say?

The film (whatever form it takes), will be projected onto CAM’s external walls as part of the official gallery program and will run between 29th July – 2 October 2022.

In this guided drawing workshop with local essayist, comics artist and poet, Eloise Grills, participants will be led through a series of prompts that respond to CAM’s projection of Michael Corridore’s Angry Black Snake.

Angry Black Snake captures the drama of burn out meets across regional Australia. The term describes when an engine overheats and the radiator hose explodes through the smoke. This workshop will explore themes such as climate change and bodies in landscape.

Eloise Grills has taught creative writing and comics through Arts Access, Stella Schools, Emerging Writers Festival, Queensland Poetry Festival, Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, and a number of universities. Her work has been recognised by awards such as The Melbourne Prize, The Peter Blazey Fellowship, The Lifted Brow X RMIT Non/Fiction Lab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction, The Cosmonauts Avenue Nonfiction Prize and the Woollahra Digital Literary Award. Her first full-length illustrated essay collection ‘big beautiful female theory’ is forthcoming via Affirm Press in July 2022.

This is a relaxed workshop.

No prior drawing experience required.

Non-alcoholic punch and drawing materials provided.

Young people are especially encouraged to attend this workshop, though all ages are welcome.

CAM welcomes you to join three of the selected artists as they discuss their conceptual approach to experimentation for EPP. The Experimental Print Prize draws together artists from all over Victoria to investigate new possibilities within the bounds of printmaking.

Another Dimension - artists in conversation are:

Rudi Williams:

unfixed: σκιά σκιά σκιά ombra ombra ombra shadow shadow shadow 2021

Jon Butt:

u Muography - experimental printer 2021

Kate Gorringe-Smith:

Eastern Curlew Afterimage (the things we see more clearly once they're gone), 2021

Visit the exhibition to cast your vote in the People's Choice Award.

The Experimental Print Prize is open now until 28 February 2022.

Castlemaine Art Museum recognises and celebrates contemporary printmaking. There is a strong tradition of printmaking in Victoria and this non-acquisitive prize is the second of three award exhibitions.

Castlemaine Art Museum invites you to the launch of a new projection program, and a series of public programs, 'Terrace Nights'.
'Terrace Nights' opens with a projection of photographer Michael Corridore's work 'Angry Black Snake' on the gallery facade.
‘Angry Black Snake’ contrasts the joy of gathering in celebration of a shared love of cars, with dream-like scenery that is neither distinctly pleasant nor clearly post-apocalyptic. Corridore’s contextless figures elicit a sense of unease in the viewer that remains unceasingly relevant in conversations around man’s impact upon the environment. 'Angry Black Snake' was the winner of the Aperture Foundation's Portfolio Prize and was exhibited in their New York gallery in 2010.
Please join us in the gallery at 6pm, Friday 4 February to be the first to hear about this new two-year program of projections and events.
Drinks and light refreshments provided.
Music by Castlemaine Electronics Workshop;
Refreshments by Sprout Bakery & Long Paddock;
Wine by Black Jack Wines.

CAM is pleased to host the National Boys Choir of Australia for their Annual Concert Tour, 'Gippsland to Goldfields'.

CAM will stay open late until 6:30pm on Thursday 13 January, with the boys performing three 15-20 minute sets from 5pm-6:30pm.

The National Boys Choir of Australia is delighted to return to the concert platform after nearly two years, to present a program of beautiful choral works, including Australian songs, folk tunes and classical pieces, a few favourite showtunes, and a tiny touch of Disney.

Join artist Peter Tyndall and curator Jenny Long in conversation at 2pm, Saturday 18 December.

The exhibition SINCLAIR+GALLERY will re-stage all such SITE+SIGHT inspections, as the Actors of Regard come and go.

The formal Title of each Act of Regard will be :

detail

A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something...

LOGOS/HA HA

Peter Tyndall

for

Theatre of the Actors of Regard

CAM welcomes you to join this year's winning artists in conversation on Sunday 12 December from 2pm-3pm. The Experimental Print Prize draws together artists from all over Victoria to investigate new possibilities within the bounds of printmaking. Bookings are not required.

The winners of the 2021 Experimental Print Prize, as judged by Catherine Pilgrim and Trent Walter, are:

First Prize - Bridget Hillebrand, Drift, 2021

Highly Commended - John Loane, The Shallow, The Deep (existential dichotomies), 2020

Emerging Artist Award - Hannah Caprice, We must be imaging things, 2019

Visit the exhibition to cast your vote in the People's Choice Award.

The Experimental Print Prize is open now until 28 February 2022.

Castlemaine Art Museum recognises and celebrates contemporary printmaking. There is a strong tradition of printmaking in Victoria and this non-acquisitive prize is the second of three award exhibitions.

One Word is a Million: writing workshops at CAM
Workshop 2: Cloudy: A few isolated showers…

Local storyteller Wahibe Moussa is presenting two writing workshops that encourage new writing in response to artworks currently on exhibition at Castlemaine Art Museum.

Wahibe approaches art and writing with the belief that everyone has the ability to interact with and be inspired by art. We can foster new narratives using prompts that invite us to explore an individual artwork through our senses, creating new relationships between art and our inner world.

Each guided workshop will take place while the gallery is closed and surrounded by an exhibition for inspiration. Using the artworks as instigators, participants will be guided using prompts and drama-based stimulus to create new writing.

Who is this for?
This is a generative writing workshop, aimed to help participants discover entry points into their creative writing. You may have an idea, but can’t think how to get started, or feel daunted by the sight of the first blank page. You may be in the middle of the Great Australian Novel but stuck on a particular point.

You may be a writer, you may be a visual artist, a performer, a cook, a nurse. You may be a high school student struggling with an assignment. Whoever you are, come along with your pen and notebook or electronic device of choice. But most of all bring along your curiosity and let’s see what we can do together. All genres are welcome: poetry, fiction, dialogue, essay, and anything in between.

Each workshop will be two and a half hours long. Participants can expect to leave the workshop with two or three pieces of new writing.

This event was supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council.

View exhibition details.

One Word is a Million: writing workshops at CAM
Workshop 1: #Perempuan 2021: Contemporary Indonesian Art.

Local storyteller Wahibe Moussa is presenting two writing workshops that encourage new writing in response to artworks currently on exhibition at Castlemaine Art Museum.

Wahibe approaches art and writing with the belief that everyone has the ability to interact with and be inspired by art. We can foster new narratives using prompts that invite us to explore an individual artwork through our senses, creating new relationships between art and our inner world.

Each guided workshop will take place while the gallery is closed and surrounded by an exhibition for inspiration. Using the artworks as instigators, participants will be guided using prompts and drama-based stimulus to create new writing.

Who is this for?
This is a generative writing workshop, aimed to help participants discover entry points into their creative writing. You may have an idea, but can’t think how to get started, or feel daunted by the sight of the first blank page. You may be in the middle of the Great Australian Novel but stuck on a particular point.

You may be a writer, you may be a visual artist, a performer, a cook, a nurse. You may be a high school student struggling with an assignment. Whoever you are, come along with your pen and notebook or electronic device of choice. But most of all bring along your curiosity and let’s see what we can do together. All genres are welcome: poetry, fiction, dialogue, essay, and anything in between.

Each workshop will be two and a half hours long. Participants can expect to leave the workshop with two or three pieces of new writing.

This event was supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council.

View exhibition details.

Join Project Eleven's Konfir Kabo, Mara Sisson and Ressika Tikoalu in conversation as they discuss #Perempuan 2021: Contemporary Indonesian Art.

Perempuan 2021 celebrates voices and unspoken stories of Indonesian women – a platform for artists to share issues that are not always openly discussed in Indonesia. Selected from the remarkable Project Eleven Collection, this exhibition explores activism, values and traditions through a broad range of art forms from painting, photography, textiles, sculpture and installation.

This exhibitions is supported by the Kabo Foundation, Art Guide Australia, Tint Design, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Join artist Minaal Lawn in the Benefactor's Gallery for the launch of her Orbit exhibition: 173 Forms.
This is the fourth exhibition in CAM’s Orbit program; a series of exhibitions by artists who live and work in Central Victoria.

Glenlyon based artist Minaal Lawn makes intimate, domestic scale ceramic objects that celebrate the reconciliation of her Indian heritage with her Australian upbringing. Her work examines the transformation from an inherited culture, revisiting childhood stories and object symbolism, to one that is owned.

173 Forms runs from May 6-May 30 2021.