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Media contact

We welcome media enquiries, interview requests, or requests to source images for your publication. Please contact:

Gabriella Calandro
Engagement Manager
gcalandro@sheppartonartmuseum.com.au
03 4804 5020

Recent SAM media releases

  • INAUGURAL EXHIBITION PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR NEW SHEPPARTON ART MUSEUM
    The new purpose-built art Museum will house one of Australia’s most significant SouthEast Australian Aboriginal art collections  Victoria, Australia: Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) has today announced its inaugural exhibition program that will be presented in the new $50 million art museum designed by acclaimed architecture firm Denton Corker Marshall.  Spanning five floors, SAM will launch […]
  • A NEW CULTURAL LANDMARK, SHEPPARTON ART MUSEUM DESIGNED BY DENTON CORKER MARSHALL, SET TO BE UNVEILED 20 NOVEMBER 2021
    Shepparton, Victoria: A new landmark cultural destination, Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) designed by internationally renowned architects Denton Corker Marshall will open to the public on 20 November 2021. The design was unanimously selected from an architectural competition in 2017 and endorsed by Greater Shepparton City Council. The regional art museum designed by Denton Corker Marshall […]
  • Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) Free Online Program SAM Sketch Starts Wednesday 8 September
    Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is launching a new series of our hit online program, SAM Sketch. SAM Sketch is a virtual sketchbook club for all creatives where the aim is to join in, get creative and have fun. This free 5-week program SAM Sketch: Local Art for Local Creativity will bring together artists from across […]
  • SAM Cafe update and next steps
    Shepparton Art Museum Limited (SAM Ltd) is urging local businesses to embrace an opportunity to operate the gallery café within the new iconic building with a reimagined, expression of interest (EOI) process now underway.  In a bid to attract a Goulburn Valley based hospitality partner, SAM Ltd has set new guidelines on how the partnership […]
  • Artwork by acclaimed Aboriginal artist Tony Albert now installed outside Shepparton Art Museum.
    The Shepparton Art Museum is excited to announce the major public artwork A House of Discards (2019), by acclaimed Aboriginal artist Tony Albert (Girramay/Kuku Yalanji) has been permanently installed in the forecourt of the new Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) building, bringing the Museum one step closer to its public opening on 15th October. Reaching nearly […]
  • Significant Indigenous art collection gifted to Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) that will transform the organisation’s future
    A historic moment for the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) took place recently when arts patrons Carrillo Gantner AC and his wife Ziyin Gantner formalised their gift of Indigenous artwork to enhance the museum’s existing collection. With the Grand Opening of SAM planned for October, the Gantner Collection will feature in its inaugural exhibition program, with […]
  • Shepparton Art Museum physically closed, but online exhibitions continue
    Moorina Bonini’s, Australian Melting Pot, 2018 is a digital exhibition presented by Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) in partnership Blak Dot Gallery and NETS Victoria. It can be accessed by audiences from anywhere in the world, both near and far, throughout the month of March. This exhibition can be viewed at www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au and is on show […]
  • Council handed keys to the new SAM building
    Greater Shepparton City Council is excited to announce that the new SAM building was completed on 22 January 2021, with a certificate of occupancy issued on 2 February 2021. With the keys handed to Council, this gives the green light for tenants, SAM Limited, Kaiela Arts and the Greater Shepparton Visitor Centre, to commence moving […]
  • Shepparton Art Museum Appoints New Development Team
    Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) Limited and SAM Foundation are thrilled to announce the appointment of former GV Health Foundation Director Carmel Johnson, as the new SAM Head of Development. Carmel will join the SAM team to take the reigns on the highly successful building capital campaign and manage SAM’s ongoing fundraising. She will be supported […]
  • SAM Offers Exciting new Hospitality Opportunity
    Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is offering an exciting new hospitality opportunity to operate a café, a separate roof top bar and multifunction area. SAM is one of Australia’s leading art museums located in Greater Shepparton, recognised for its ceramics and Indigenous art collections and engagement programs. SAM is getting ready for the biggest move in […]
  • Shepparton Art Museum gets $265,000 boost for Indigenous exhibitions and programs
    Indigenous art, education, digital content, and job creation are at the centre of more than $265,000 in Federal Government funding that will further bolster the offerings of the Shepparton Art Museum once it moves into its new $50 million home adjacent to Victoria Park Lake. Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, said SAM had been […]
  • Last call for VCE students to exhibit work in the new SAM building.
    Applications for Shepparton Art Museum’s reopening exhibition, FRESH: GV Top Art & Design 2021, will close on Tuesday 8 December. FRESH is an exhibition that will celebrate the creativity and quality of artistic talent of young artists throughout the North Central Victorian region in the first half of 2021. Applications are open to Year 11 […]
  • SAM presents new online project with artist Sarah crowEST
    In a first for Shepparton Art Museum (SAM), Sound Seen launches the art museum’s Artist Projects online platform. This is a newly commissioned artwork by Melbourne based artist, Sarah crowEST, available on SAM’s website from Thursday 1 October 2020. Sound Seen will consist of a series of artworks conceived from visual scores for experimental musical […]
  • Find new ways to be creative with SAM these school holidays!
    This Spring, Shepparton Art Museum’s school holiday program is going digital. Over the next two weeks, artists Jahnne Pasco-White and Kenny Pittock will be delivering online workshops via the SAM HUB on SAM’s website. Drawing Wall artist Jahnne Pasco-White will be delivering a fabric staining workshop using natural found items such as plants and flowers, […]
  • Applications now open for VCE students to showcase artwork at new SAM
    Shepparton Art Museum is calling for VCE students to register their artwork for display in FRESH: GV Top Art & Design 2021, an exhibition that will celebrate the creativity and quality of artistic talent of young artists throughout the North Central Victorian region in the first half of 2021. Applications are open to Year 11 and 12 […]