Shepparton Art Museum

SAM Talks: Reflections with Julia Gorman
2025-01-16 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join us at SAM for an in-conversation event with artist Julia Gorman and SAM Head of Engagement Gabriella Calandro. Over an hour, the pair will explore Gorman’s vibrant practice, which includes abstract painting, sculpture, and wall drawings, and the inspirations behind her recent site-responsive installation on SAM’s Level 1 window and landing, Reflection on reflection.
Event details:
Thursday 16 January, 6pm-7pm
Level 1, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Free – registrations essential
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About the artist:
Julia Gorman has been making vibrant abstract paintings, wall drawings, and sculptures since the late 90s.
Gorman has exhibited internationally and throughout Australia, showing at major institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, as well as the National Gallery of Victoria, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, and Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne. Her works are held in public and private collections around Australia.

Maree Clarke: Artist Talk (Kaiela Arts x SAM)
2025-03-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Maree Clarke: Artist Talk (Kaiela Arts x SAM)
Join Kaiela Arts and SAM for a special afternoon artist talk with Maree Clarke as she commences development of a specially commissioned artwork for the inaugural Kaiela Arts Editions – a new partnership project between Kaiela Arts and Spacecraft. Maree Clarke is a Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung multi-disciplinary artist and curator who has contributed to the contemporary arts and First Nations cultural story for over thirty years.
Known for her open and collaborative approach, Maree is a pivotal figure in the reclamation and revivification of South-Eastern Aboriginal cultural material objects. She is nationally and internationally recognised for her work which is developed from extensive research into the history of culturally significant traditional objects, and her cross-generational approach to reviving dormant cultural knowledge.
In this artist talk, Maree will introduce the Shepparton arts community to her past work, discuss her wider artistic practice and talk about family and others she takes along her journey.
Maree’s engagement as the inaugural Kaiela Arts Editions artist will culminate in a limited-edition artwork launching in May 2025.
Registrations essential – RSVP at the link below.
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Featured image credit: Eugene Hyland

SAM Talks: Dore Stockhausen
2025-04-12 11:30 - 12:30 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join us at SAM for an in-conversation event with artist Dore Stockhausen and SAM Community Curator Caroline Esbenshade. Over an hour, the pair will explore Dore’s vibrant practice, which includes abstract paintings of interior spaces overlaid with aspects of nature and landscape, and the inspirations behind her recent exhibition for SAM Selects in SAM’s Community Gallery, echoes of a new eden.
Event details:
Date + time: Saturday 12 April, 11.30am-12.30pm
Location: Level 2, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Price: Free – registrations essential
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About the artist:
Dore Stockhausen (b. 1966 Mainz, Germany) is a mid-career artist with a rich creative practice, having shifted her focus over the last decade from jewellery-making to painting. Originally from Germany, Stockhausen migrated to Australia in 1992 and now lives and works in Beechworth, Victoria. Stockhausen has exhibited regularly since the mid-90s, and her work is represented in regional and national collections including the National Gallery of Australia.

SAM Talks: Bridget Hillebrand
2025-05-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join us at SAM for an in-conversation event with artist Dr. Bridget Hillebrand as she chats with SAM’s Artistic Director, Danny Lacy, about the creative process and inspirations behind her immense sculptural paper work River, her experiences at the Venice Biennale, and the new forms the work takes on in every new iteration. River is currently on display in The Shape of Things to Come on SAM’s Level 1.
Event details:
Thursday 1st May, 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Level 1, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Free – registrations essential
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About the artist:
Dr Bridget Hillebrand is an interdisciplinary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne – Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, Australia. She completed her PhD project Climbing the landscape: Mt Arapiles – explorations in place and the printed image, at Monash University. Her visual research explores the relationship between the physicality of making images as a response to the corporeal dimension of the experience of place. Her artworks have developed through a variety of forms including print, artist books, audio, video, art objects and installations. Her recent projects reflect upon human impact on shifting ecological systems.

Art as Business: Artist Networking Evening
2025-05-16 18:00 - 20:00 | La Trobe University Shepparton Campus, 210 Fryers Street, Shepparton, VIC, 3630, Australia
Regional creatives are warmly invited to an evening networking event ahead of Shepparton Art Museum’s Art as Business weekend intensive.
Open to both Art as Business attendees and the general public, this event is an exciting opportunity to meet and connect with other creatives, expand your professional network, and gain valuable insights from a thought-provoking panel discussion from Danny Lacy (Artistic Director, SAM), Ros Abercrombie (Director, Regional Arts Australia), Castlemaine-based artist Cameron Robbins, and Tegan Nash (Director, Live Art Benalla). Together, they will explore the challenges and opportunities surrounding the regional arts landscape, and what it means to be a regional creative practitioner today.
Whether you’re an artist, arts worker, or simply passionate about creative life in the region, this session is for you. Expect insightful conversation, good company, and an evening of connection over drinks and nibbles.
EVENT DETAILS
Date + time: Friday 16 May, 6pm-8pm
Location: La Trobe University Shepparton Campus, 210 Fryers Street, Shepparton
Price: Free – registration essential
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We extend our thanks to La Trobe University, Shepparton Campus, whose generous support allows us to provide this event for free to regional residents.

SAM Talks: Vipoo Srivilasa
2025-05-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join us at SAM for an in-conversation event with renowned Thai-Australian artist Vipoo Srivilasa and SAM Artistic Director Danny Lacy. Together, the pair will explore Srivilasa’s rich creative practice and the spiritual and material inspirations behind Flower Bears, his new ceramics exhibition at SAM.
Event details:
Date + time: Thursday 22 May, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: Level 2, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Price: Free – registrations essential
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About the artist:
Thai-Australian artist Vipoo Srivilasa is recognised as a leader in the field of ceramics. Based in Naarm/Melbourne, over the past two decades Srivilasa has created bodies of intricate works that engage with complex questions of queerness, migration and spiritual meaning, using an aesthetic and medium that is accessible, positive, and beautiful. His works often explore the dark parts of the human experience, including isolation, loneliness, and nostalgia, as well as joy, beauty, and hope in the midst of these struggles.
Srivilasa has exhibited extensively around the world, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Saatchi Gallery, London; Ayala Museum, Philippines; Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Nanjing Arts Institute, China; and the National Gallery of Thailand.
Photo: Andrew Barcham

SAM Deep Dives: Art Down Under in the 60s-80s with Professor Lisa Slade (online)
2025-08-14 18:00 - 19:15 | Victoria
From the parties to the politics, take a step back in time to the Australian arts scene of the 60s,70s and 80s with this fascinating online talk presented by Professor Lisa Slade, University of Melbourne.
Explored through the lens of Brett Whiteley’s lively creative practice, this session will build on the themes introduced in the Art-Party Like It’s 1969 downloadable toolkit, but welcomes anyone interested in digging deeper into the art, politics, and cultural shifts of the period – no pre-study required! The talk will be followed by an informal Q&A and discussion.
Program Details
Date + time: Thursday 14 August, 6.00pm – 7.15pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Price: Free – registration essential to receive the Zoom link
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Download the Art Party Like It’s 1969 toolkit
This is talk is part of our Australian Art in the 60s – 80s with Professor Lisa Slade, a talk series and toolkit presented by Shepparton Art Museum in partnership with the University of Melbourne.

SAM Talks: Fixing the Unfixable - Conserving Frederick Reynold's 'A pastoral scene'
2025-08-30 13:30 - 14:30 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Dip into the intriguing world of artwork conservation in this fascinating in-conversation event between paintings conservator and co-founder of c/o Studios, Robyn Ho, and SAM Exhibitions Manager Nick Baylart. From chemistry to sewing, artwork conservation blends diverse skills with steady hands to restore and maintain the splendour of beloved, delicate artworks.
Together, Robyn and Nick will explore the intricate work of art conservation, and the recent conservation project Robyn undertook to restore SAM Collection artwork A pastoral scene by artist Frederick Reynolds, an early 20th century artwork which was donated to the museum in the 1970s in a state of disrepair.
Event details
Date + time: Saturday 30 August, 1.30-2.30pm
Location: People’s Gallery, Level 2, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Price: Free – registrations essential
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About the conservation project
Frederick Reynolds’ A pastoral scene, c. 1910, was donated to SAM in the 1970s in a state of disrepair. Due to the unique circumstances of its deterioration, it was selected by c/o Studios as an ideal candidate for the Fusion 2: Asia Pacific conservation workshop held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, a program supported by the Los Angeles-based Getty Foundation’s Conserving Canvas initiative. Conservation began in 2024 with the aim of restoring this painting to an exhibitable state, allowing SAM to share this unique piece of Shepparton history. The painting is currently on display in Stories from the SAM Collection exhibition, located in SAM’s People’s Gallery on Level 2 of the museum.
Image courtesy of Robyn Ho

SAM Talk: Introduction to the SAM Collection in Dari
2025-08-30 14:30 - 14:45 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
سلام!من سکینه هستم
.و من یک تور به زبان دری در موزیم هنر شپرتن در روز شنبه ۳۰ آگست، ساعت ۲:۳۰ بعد از ظهر برگزار می‌کنم
.ورود رایگان است. همه خوش آمدید
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Introduction to SAM Collection in Dari, hosted by Sakeena
Program Details
Date + Time: Saturday 30 August, 2.30pm
Location: Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Price: Free. All welcome. No registrations needed.

SAM Deep Dives: The Many Shades of Blue with Professor Lisa Slade
2025-09-04 18:00 - 19:15 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
SAM Deep Dives: The Many Shades of Blue with Professor Lisa Slade
From poetry to painting, humans have been obsessed with the colour blue since early civilisation. Together with Professor Lisa Slade, we’ll explore the powerful symbolism and shifting meanings of the colour blue in Australian art in the final talk of our Deep Dive series. From the ancient use of Reckitt’s blue in rock art to Brett Whiteley’s luminous, highly personal use of ultramarine, this talk traces the emotional, cultural, and political resonances of the colour blue across time.
This is talk is part of our Australian Art in the 60s – 80s with Professor Lisa Slade, a talk series and toolkit presented by Shepparton Art Museum in partnership with the University of Melbourne.
Program Details
Date + time: Thursday 4 September, 6.00-7.15pm
Location: Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Price: Free – registrations essential
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Featured image: Brett Whiteley: Inside the Studio, installation view, Shepparton Art Museum, 2025. Photo: Leon Schoots

Information Session: Opportunities to Exhibit at SAM
2025-09-08 17:30 - 18:30 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Are you an artist, curator or creative with an interest in presenting a solo or self-curated exhibition at SAM? Join us for an information session to learn more about SAM Selects (previously SAM EOI) and SAM Spotlight, two of our annual opportunities to exhibit in SAM’s Community Gallery.
Hosted by SAM Curator – Community Caroline Esbenshade, the session will the application process, the optional templates and resources, and be available to answer questions on the night.
Please note this event will not be recorded.
Program Details:
Date + Time: Monday 8 September, 5.30 to 6.30pm
Location: SAM, Level 4
Price: Free
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About SAM Selects:
SAM Selects (previously SAM EOI) accepts proposals from artists, curators, creative practitioners and community groups to exhibit in the Community Gallery at SAM – a rare opportunity to present within a major art museum.
About SAM Spotlight:
SAM Spotlight is a paid solo exhibition opportunity dedicated to showcasing the work of an emerging artist living and working in the Goulburn Valley region. Artists will work with SAM Curator – Community to plan and design their solo exhibition.
Find out more about opportunities to exhibit at SAM here

SAM Talks: “Unpacking My Collection” - Vinyl, music, and our desire to collect with Jon Dale
2025-09-18 18:00 - 19:15 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
SAM Talks: “Unpacking My Collection” – Vinyl, music, and our desire to collect with Jon Dale
If you’re an old soul with a love for physical media in the digital age, you’re invited to join us for an exciting iteration of SAM Talks, led by University of Melbourne’s Jon Dale.
This talk unspools a thread from critic Walter Benjamin’s 1931 essay, Unpacking My Library, where the author explores the practice of collecting, with the collector “locking… individual items within a magic circle”, while attempting “to renew the old world” – to “bring… coherence to a chaotic world”, as scholar Kevin Moist notes.
What does it mean, then, to collect records, for their status both as objects themselves and as carriers of recorded culture? Using Brett Whiteley’s record collection as an example, this talk considers the desires that underpin the chaos and order of the collection – and of the collector.
Program Details
Date + time: Thursday 18 September, 6pm to 7.15pm
Location: Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Price: Free – registrations essential
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About Jon Dale:
Jon Dale’s teaching encompasses cultural studies; noise, sound and music; and critical theory. He has also taught across a number of institutions in avant-garde art, experimental film and music, experimental writing and poetics, sociology, media and communication, literature and creative writing, anthropology, and criminology. He has also given guest lectures in fashion, visual arts, youth studies, and presentation strategies.
His research currently focuses on the intersection of arts education, conceptual art, DIY practices and post-punk music in England through the 1970s. He has published book chapters on the vinyl record and its significance to dance music culture, histories of popular music criticism, experimental music and improvisation in the Aotearoa/New Zealand underground, and the relationships between experimental film and music.
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SAM Talks: Introduction to the SAM Collection in Urdu
2025-09-19 11:00 - 11:30 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
اسلام علیکم! میرا نام فصیحہ ہے اور میں شیپرٹن آرٹ میوزیم (سیم) میں اردو زبان میں ایک دورہ کروا رہی ہوں ۔
یہ ایک مفت دورہ ہے ۔ ہر کسی کا استقبال کیا جائے گا ۔
معلومات :
تاریخ : بروز جمعہ، ۱۹ ستمبر
وقت : صبح ۱۱ سے ۱۱:۳۰
مقام : شیپرٹن آرٹ میوزیم (سیم)، ۵۳۰ وندھم اسٹریٹ، شیپرٹن، وکٹوریہ ۳۶۳۰
قیمت : مفت ۔ ہر کسی کا استقبال کیا جائے گا ۔ کسی اجرت کی ضرورت نہیں ۔
Assalamo’alaikum! Mera naam Fasiha hae aur main Shepparton Art Museaum (SAM) main Urdu zabaan main ayk daura karwa rahi huun.
Yeh ayk muft daura hae. Har kisi ka istaqbaal kiya jaaye ga.
M’ALOOMAAT:
TAREEKH: Ba rouz e Juma’, 19 Sitambar
WAQT: 11 se 11:30 bajay
MAQAAM: Shepparton Art Museum (SAM), 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton VIC 3630
QEEMAT: Muft. Har kisi ka istaqbaal kiya jaaye ga. Kisi ujrat ki zarurat nahin.
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Introduction to SAM Collection in Urdu, hosted by Fasiha
Program Details
Date + Time: Friday 19 September, 11.00am-11.30am
Location: Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Price: Free – all welcome, no registrations needed.

SAM Talks: Kat Parker
2025-12-06 13:30 - 14:30 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join us at SAM for an in-conversation event with local artist Kat Parker and SAM Community Curator Caroline Esbenshade. Over an hour, the pair will explore Kat’s practice, and the inspirations behind Lament — A memorial of Australian extinction, her current exhibition for SAM Spotlight in SAM’s Community Gallery.
Event details:
Date + time: Saturday 6th December, 1.30 – 2.30pm
Location: Level 2, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Price: Free – registrations essential
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About the artist:
Kat Parker is an emerging artist based in Shepparton. In 2021, she graduated from RMIT with a Bachelor of Fine Art, specialising in printmaking. Parker’s practice focuses on the dysfunctional relationship humanity has with nature, with a particular interest in promoting the overlooked aspects of our environment, especially unremarkable animals and extinctions. Her practice aims to encourage an appreciation for, and love of, nature through printmaking and paper art processes. Parker’s artworks have recently been included in the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize at South Australian Museum, Not Your Kitchen Lino at Burrinja Cultural Centre, Fresh 2024 at Shepparton Art Museum and Geelong Art Gallery’s Acquisitive Print Awards.
