SAM Presents: Reading Room with Melbourne Art Library
2023-09-20 19:00 - 20:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join members of the Melbourne Art Library for Reading Room, a monthly online forum that unites art, literature, and visual culture to address issues that we face as a contemporary society. Through conversation and optional reading, participants will dissect a variety of themes and ideas, and are encouraged to contribute their own unique perspectives to the conversation. You don't need to be an art expert or a historian to join in. No prior knowledge needed. All are welcome. Texts for discussion will be sent 2 weeks ahead of the program. Reading Room with Melbourne Art Library Wednesday 20 September 7:00 - 8:30 PM Online Via Zoom FREERegister Now

SAM Deep Dives with The University of Melbourne
2023-09-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
SAM Deep Dives with The University of Melbourne Join Shepparton Art Museum for a new monthly series of talks and conversation, SAM Deep Dives with the University of Melbourne from September to November 2023. Delving into the themes and ideas of current collection exhibition Dance Me to the End of Love, this series of lectures led by academics and researchers from the University of Melbourne investigates death, technology, poetry and society in three unique conversations prompted by works in the SAM Collection. This is a dual delivery event. You are welcome to join us either in person at Shepparton Art Museum or online via Zoom. This event will be recorded. The Dance Between Art and Science Speaker: Michael Arnold Michael Arnold of University of Melbourne's DeathTech team joins SAM with a commentary on Dance Me to the End of Love, delving into the intersectionality of art and science. Exploring the academic research of DeathTech into death, technology and society and its inclusion of art, Arnold will bring his unique perspective to the exhibition to reflect on the relationship between art and reality. Date: Wednesday 27 September Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Where: SAM Lin Onus Gallery, Level 1, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton or online via Zoom (Zoom details provided following booking) Price: Free Michael Arnold is a Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne. His ongoing research lies at the intersection of technologies and our society and culture, focusing more recently on technologies in the context of memorialisation, commemoration and the final disposition of the human body. Book NowI am, I am, I am: Artist, Poet, Spy Speaker: Dr Tyne Sumner Examining the SAM collection alongside the lyrics of Leonard Cohen and his contemporaries, Dr Sumner considers the often fraught but also tender, fascinating and ultimately irresolvable tension between an artist’s life, work and the spectacle that is our dance from birth to death. Date: Saturday 21 October Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Where: SAM Lin Onus Gallery, Level 1, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton or online via Zoom (Zoom details provided following booking) Price: Free Dr Tyne Daile Sumner is an interdisciplinary Research Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts. Her research covers three main areas: literary studies, surveillance, and digital humanities. Book NowWoman and Child Speaker: Dr Danny Butt University of Melbourne senior lecturer Dr Danny Butt focuses on Sam Jinks’ much-loved Woman and Child to prompt a discussion on life, death and gender politics. How do women bear responsibility for cultural meaning? In a world where “lived experience” is increasingly understood to underpin authentic representation, what can we learn from how Jinks as a male artist stages both woman and child? What does the work’s detailed focus on individual bodies illuminate about Western culture’s philosophy of life and death? Such questions help unfold the complex dynamics animating the sculpture and its continuing power to move audiences. Date: Thursday 9 November Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Where: SAM Lin Onus Gallery, Level 1, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton or online via Zoom (Zoom details provided following booking) Price: Free Dr Danny Butt is Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Practice and Co-ordinator of Research in Design and Production at Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. Book NowFeatured image: Penny Byrne, The Four Horsemen of the 21st Century Apocalypse, 2009. Shepparton Art Museum. Photo: Leon Schoots.

SAM Deep Dives with The University of Melbourne
2023-11-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
SAM Deep Dives with The University of Melbourne Join Shepparton Art Museum for a new monthly series of talks and conversation, SAM Deep Dives with the University of Melbourne from September to November 2023. Delving into the themes and ideas of current collection exhibition Dance Me to the End of Love, this series of lectures led by academics and researchers from the University of Melbourne investigates death, technology, poetry and society in three unique conversations prompted by works in the SAM Collection. This is a dual delivery event. You are welcome to join us either in person at Shepparton Art Museum or online via Zoom. This event will be recorded. Woman and Child Speaker: Dr Danny Butt University of Melbourne senior lecturer Dr Danny Butt focuses on Sam Jinks’ much-loved Woman and Child to prompt a discussion on life, death and gender politics. How do women bear responsibility for cultural meaning? In a world where “lived experience” is increasingly understood to underpin authentic representation, what can we learn from how Jinks as a male artist stages both woman and child? What does the work’s detailed focus on individual bodies illuminate about Western culture’s philosophy of life and death? Such questions help unfold the complex dynamics animating the sculpture and its continuing power to move audiences. Date: Thursday 9 November Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Where: SAM Lin Onus Gallery, Level 1, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton or online via Zoom (Zoom details provided following booking) Price: Free Dr Danny Butt is Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Practice and Co-ordinator of Research in Design and Production at Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. Book NowFeatured image: Penny Byrne, The Four Horsemen of the 21st Century Apocalypse, 2009, Shepparton Art Museum. Photo: Leon Schoots.

Exhibition Opening Celebration | The Land is Us: Stories, Place & Connection - Artworks from the NGV Collection
2024-03-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join us on 27 March for the opening of major new exhibition, The Land is Us: Stories, Place & Connection - a major new exhibition at SAM curated in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). Enjoy illuminating opening remarks from NGV Deputy Director Andrew Clark and SAM CEO Melinda Martin, and an exclusive preview of the exhibition ahead of its public opening on 30 March. This event will also include a formal welcome from Greater Shepparton City Council Deputy Mayor, Cr. Sam Spinks. Exhibition opening celebration | The Land is Us: Stories, Place & Connection - Artworks from the NGV Collection Date & time: Wednesday 27 March, 6:00 - 8:00pm Location: Level 2, Shepparton Art Museum. 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton VIC 3630 Cost: FREE - registrations encouraged Register nowAbout the exhibition Curated by and presented exclusively at Shepparton Art Museum in partnership with National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), The Land is Us: Stories, Place & Connection brings together notable artworks from the NGV Collection that offer an expanded consideration of landscape art. Weaving together complex and varied artistic approaches by significant Australian and First Nations artists, including Sidney Nolan, Brook Andrew, John Brack, Destiny Deacon and Patricia Piccinini, alongside international artists, the exhibition presents a range of perspectives surrounding our fascination and connection to the land and its role in shaping our national and personal identities. The Land is Us will be showing at SAM from 30 March 2024 until 1 September 2024. The Land is Us: Stories, Place & Connection is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria’s Fine Arts Indemnification Scheme. Featured image: John Brack,The car (1955), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, 1956. © National Gallery of Victoria

SAM Talks: Penny Byrne and Danny Lacy
2024-08-18 13:00 - 13:30 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join artist Penny Byrne and SAM Acting Artistic Director Danny Lacy for a conversation exploring Byrne's fascinating ceramic practice and the story behind the creation of her 2015 entry to SAM's Sidney Myer Australian Ceramic Award, Sands of Gallipoli (Gallipoli Porn?), now on display in new SAM exhibition Big Ceramic Energy. Event information: Sunday 18 August, 1.00-1.30pm Lin Onus Gallery, Level 1, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton FREE - registrations essential via Humanitix Register nowAbout the artist: Penny Byrne is a Melbourne-based artist whose work is deeply engaged in the world of contemporary political and social affairs. Byrne utilises a variety of mediums to produce sculptural works that express discontent in response to atrocities around the world. Byrne's practice also includes objects conservation, specialising in ceramics and built heritage conservation with over twenty years experience working in the cultural heritage sector in Australia and the United Kingdom. Byrne's artworks can be found in public and private collections across Australia and internationally. Featured image: Penny Byrne, The Four Horsemen of the 21st Century Apocalypse, 2009, installation view, Shepparton Art Museum, 2023. Photo: Leon Schoots

Open House Melbourne | Imagining the Future: Shepparton with Talina Edwards and Carmel Johnson
2024-08-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join speakers Talina Edwards (Envirotecture), Carmel Johnson (SAM), Geraldine Christou (GSCC), and Tania Davidge (Open House Melbourne) at the Shepparton Art Museum as they share what they love about Shepparton, unpack the challenges that the town and region faces and discuss their visions for Shepparton's future. Description As our cities and regions grow, how can we address the challenges ahead while ensuring Shepparton's unique character and qualities are maintained? How do we develop responsibly and meet the housing needs of the population? How can we better deliver equitable access to community infrastructure like libraries, parks, and public services? And, how can we create a more sustainable city? Program details: Thursday 29 August, 1.00-2.00pm Level 4, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton Light refreshments to follow panel discussion Free - registrations essential Register via Open House Melbourne Speakers:— Talina Edwards, Director, Envirotecture— Carmel Johnson, Development Manager, Shepparton Art Museum— Geraldine Christou, Director Sustainable Development at Greater Shepparton City Council— Tania Davidge (Moderator), Executive Director + Chief Curator at Open House Melbourne

SAM Talks: Urbach Prize and Scholarship with artist Ellen Lee
2024-11-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Join us at SAM to hear from 2024 Theodore Urbach Landscape Painting Prize and Studio Scholarship recipient Ellen Lee in conversation with SAM Curator Caroline Esbenshade as they discuss Lee’s three-month experience at SAM.
The event will also include an introduction to the 2025 program and information needed to apply for Theodore Urbach Landscape Painting Prize and Studio Scholarship.
Free event with light refreshments provided.
Read about Ellen Lee’s studio scholarship here.
DETAILS
Date: Thursday 7 November
Time: 6.30 to 7.30pm
Doors open at 6pm
Location: Shepparton Art Museum, Level 4
Price: Free, registrations recommended
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Exhibition opening | Carmel Robertson: Wish you were here (SAM Spotlight)
2024-11-23 14:30 - 15:30 | Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Exhibition opening | Carmel Robertson: Wish you were here (SAM Spotlight)
Join us at SAM for the opening celebration of SAM Spotlight artist Carmel Robertsons’s solo exhibition Wish you were here.
Featuring a new body of work, local artist Carmel Robertson presents a series of surrealist oil paintings that distort the familiar sights of Shepparton, blurring the line between the real and the imaginary.
The exhibition celebration will include a conversation between Carmel Robertson and SAM Curator – Community Caroline Esbenshade.
Event details
Saturday 23 November, 2.30-3.30pm
Hugh D.T Williamson Community Gallery, Level 2, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton
Free – registrations essential
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SAM Talks: Reflections with Julia Gorman
2025-01-16 18:00 - 19:00 | 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
Register online
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.
