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SAM to host Archibald Prize in 2026
ARCHIBALD PRIZE MAKES ITS WAY TO SHEPPARTON ART MUSEUM FOR THE FIRST TIME Shepparton Art Museum to be the only Victorian venue to host Australia’s most celebrated portrait prize in…
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SAM names 2026 Community Gallery exhibiting artists
Shepparton Art Museum announces Fran O’Neill and Simeon Ayres as 2026 Community Gallery artists. Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to announce the selection of Fran O’Neill and Simeon Ayres…
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Local artist Kat Parker to present new solo exhibition in SAM’s Community Gallery from 15 November 2025.
New solo exhibition from local artist Kat Parker to open in Shepparton Art Museum’s Community Gallery on 15 November 2025. Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to present a new…
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Winners of SAM Open 2025 People's Choice Award announced
Shepparton Art Museum announces winning artists of SAM Open 2025 People’s Choice AwardShepparton Art Museum is pleased to announce artists Valerie Callister and Lehansa Samranayake as the adult and youth…
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Annual art prize and scholarship, The Urbach, now inviting applications for 2026 program
Victorian artists invited to apply for The 2026 Urbach Landscape Prize and Studio Scholarship.Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) invites Victorian-based artists to apply for the 2026 Theodore Urbach Landscape Prize and…
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JXSH MVIR: Forever I Live to open at SAM on 25 October 2025
A major touring retrospective brings the work of late Yorta Yorta, Gunditjmara, and Barkindji artist Josh Muir to Shepparton Art Museum from 25 October 2025.Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased…
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SAM Spotlight and SAM Selects now welcoming applications for 2026 exhibition program
Artists and creatives practitioners living, working, or studying in the Goulburn Valley and Hume regions are invited to apply to SAM Selects 2026 and SAM Spotlight 2026, two opportunities tailored…
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Local artists highlighted in Shepparton Art Museum’s SAM Open 2025 exhibition
SAM Open 2025, Shepparton Art Museum’s (SAM) annual open-call group exhibition, returned to the museum’s Hugh D.T Williamson Community Gallery on Saturday 5 July. Celebrating and showcasing the creativity of…
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Shepparton Art Museum brings the Brett Whiteley Studio experience to Victoria
Opening at the end of June, Shepparton Art Museum brings the Brett Whiteley Studio experience to Victoria in upcoming major exhibition.From 28 June, an upcoming major national touring exhibition from…
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Iconic sculpture returns to display at SAM, while major exhibition The Shape of Things to Come enters its final days
Iconic sculpture returns to display at SAM, while major exhibition The Shape of Things to Come enters its final days.Shepparton Art Museum’s (SAM) current major exhibition The Shape of Things…
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Step into Brett Whiteley's world when major touring exhibition comes to SAM in June
Major exhibition featuring the works of iconic Australian artist Brett Whiteley to conclude its national tour at Shepparton Art Museum.An upcoming major national touring exhibition from the Art Gallery of…
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SAM to host professional development weekend intensive for local creatives.
Shepparton Art Museum to host two-day professional development program for local creatives. Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to present Art as Business, a two-day professional development intensive that aims…
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Shepparton Art Museum announces the 2025 winner and runners-up of The Urbach.
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to announce the 2025 winner and runners-up of The Theodore Urbach Landscape Prize and Studio Scholarship (“The Urbach”), a $10,000 prize and scholarship encouraging…
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Bar SAM to open on 28 March
Bar SAM to stage first 2025 opening on 28 March 2025.Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to partner with Elsewhere at SAM to open the bar and terrace located on…
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SAM celebrates a new season of exhibitions on 21 March
Shepparton Art Museum invites community to celebrate a new season of exhibitions on Friday 21 March.Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) invites the community to join them at the museum on Friday…