Bar SAM to open on 28 March
18 March 2025
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 Level 4 of the SAM building. Bar SAM will be open on select Friday evenings throughout 2025, with upcoming dates announced each month through the SAM and Elsewhere at SAM social media channels and websites.
From 5.30pm on Friday 28 March, patrons are invited to enjoy drinks and a light food menu at Bar SAM whilst overlooking spectacular sunset views over Lake Victoria. The architectural space, designed by Denton Corker Marshall, presents an elevated interior experience that stands apart in the Shepparton landscape. No entry fee will be charged to patrons, and no bookings of the space will be available. The venue is strictly open to patrons aged 18 years and over, and welcomes walk-ins only.
Gabriella Calandro, SAM Head of Engagement, says of the new experience:
“We’re thrilled to be introducing Bar SAM to our community this month. The regular opening of our Level 4 bar to the public has been highly anticipated since 2021, and we’re excited to give people a new experience to enjoy as part of our region’s hospitality scene. Bar SAM offers a new way of engaging with the museum, and we are excited to team up with our friends, Elsewhere at SAM, to make this a great after-hours museum experience.”
Bar SAM will be open to the public on Friday 28 March from 5.30pm to 8.00pm. Information on the upcoming dates for Bar SAM can be found on the SAM website and social media channels: https://sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/your-visit/bar-sam/
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SAM celebrates a new season of exhibitions on 21 March
17 March 2025
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 21 March to enjoy an evening celebrating the official opening of a new suite of exhibitions. Taking place from 6pm to 8pm, the event will feature opening remarks from SAM Artistic Director Danny Lacy and David McKenzie, and a curatorial introduction to new Community Gallery exhibition Dore Stockhausen: echoes of a new eden from SAM Curator – Community Caroline Esbenshade.
The event celebrates the recent unveilings of new exhibitions The Shape of Things to Come, echoes of a new eden, and Ayako Rokkaku, alongside upcoming exhibitions More than this, which features a collection of works from multi-disciplinary artist Belinda Fox, and Magic Mountains, a new series of prints from local artist Emmet O’Dwyer. Refreshments will be available to guests at bar prices, supplied by Elsewhere at SAM.
Gabriella Calandro, SAM Head of Engagement, says of the event:
“These seasonal celebrations of our exhibitions are a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together to experience the museum in a different way and connect more deeply with each other and the artworks on display. Our team has worked passionately over the past few months to bring these new exhibitions to fruition, and we enjoy creating opportunities to share these experiences with our community.”
SAM’s seasonal exhibition will take place at the museum on Friday 21 March from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. This event is a free event, with registrations encouraged. Registrations can be made via Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/sam-seasonal-exhibition-celebration
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New exhibition from artist Dore Stockhausen opens in SAM Community Gallery
17 March 2025
New exhibition from artist Dore Stockhausen to open in Shepparton Art Museum’s Community Gallery on 8 March 2025.
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to present a new solo exhibition from Beechworth-based artist Dore Stockhausen, on display in the museum’s Hugh D.T Williamson Community Gallery from 8 March.
Presenting the exhibition as the 2024 SAM Selects artist, echoes of a new eden features a series of Stockhausen’s paintings depicting the near-desolate landscapes of a post-natural world. Combining geometric and organic shapes, Stockhausen’s abstract works explore the unintended consequences of industrial and agricultural advancements on our environment, and prompt the viewer to reflect on their own relationship with nature.
A mid-career artist whose rich creative practice has shifted from jewellery-making to painting, Stockhausen’s technique of combing and scraping washes of paint over canvas reveal the stages of each work’s creation; using specially-designed tools, Stockhausen brushes layers of paint progressively to build patterns that each tell a story of a landscape that has come and gone, mirroring the gradual changes we observe in our environment over years. The intentional minimal quality of the paintings invites viewers to imagine their own additions of flora and fauna to the fictional landscapes.
Caroline Esbenshade, SAM Curator - Community says of Stockhausen’s exhibition:
“Dore Stockhausen has applied techniques from her former jewellery-making practice to paint and canvas to create unique works that are visually compelling and thoughtful in their consideration of the future of environmental spaces and land management. echoes of a new eden turns the gallery into a jewel box of geometric forms, rich hues, and metallic finishes while engaging in a timely dialogue with our other current exhibitions to bring to the fore conversations around climate change and environmental conservation. She also makes the conversation local by incorporating hallmarks of our region, such as the bright yellow of canola fields.”
The opening of echoes of a new eden will be celebrated at an upcoming seasonal exhibition celebration event at SAM on Friday 21 March at 6.00pm. On 12 April, Stockhausen will appear at SAM for an artist talk exploring her practice and the exhibition. Registrations to these events can be made via the SAM website: https://sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/events/?tribe_eventcategory%5B%5D=21
echoes of a new eden will be on display at SAM in the Hugh D.T. Williamson Community Gallery from 8 March to 29 June 2025.
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