... public lecture that will cover fashion and textile preventive care.
Ararat Gallery is inviting the community to take part in a pilot project that is digitising its permanent collection.
Community members are invited to attend a public lecture that will cover fashion and textile preventive care with the National Gallery of Victoria tomorrow (Saturday, May 4).
Ararat Gallery, Textile Art Museum Australia (TAMA), was selected to take part in the innovative pilot project that will see up to 1200 items in its permanent collection digitally photographed.
In turn, the gallery's images will be uploaded to the Victorian Collections website for easier access to researchers, teachers and the general public.
The gallery team would love to see the public participate in the project by attending the lecture, from 2pm to 3pm at the gallery when National Gallery of Victoria's Skye Firth, senior conservator of textiles, and Ellen Doyle, textile display specialist, will present a 40-minute talk followed by a Q&A session.
Please RSVP for this session by calling the Gallery on 5355 0220 or emailing gallery@ararat.vic.gov.au. This event is free of charge and will be held at Ararat Gallery TAMA, 82 Vincent Street.
Ararat Gallery TAMA
- Sera Waters' Going Round in Squares: March 9 to June 30: Going Round in Squares by acclaimed South Australian textile artist Sera Waters explores ideas around the grids and boundary lines which have governed life in Australia since colonisation.
- fifty and fifty something: Celebrating 50 Years of Collecting Fibre Art: Dates - ongoing: This exhibition, which has been expanded and extended due to popular demand, presents a selection of the collection's best-loved works alongside some of its rarely seen gems.
Ararat Town Hall
- The Wine Bluffs - tonight! Friday, May 3 at 7.30pm. Comedy show featuring Damian Callinan and Paul Calleja.
- Country Super Hits Show with Don Costa: Wednesday, May 8 at noon: Free lunchtime concert.
- Kevin Bloody Wilson: Wednesday, May 15 at 8pm
- BRUCE: Wednesday, June 26 at 7.30pm at the Moyston Hall. An epic adventure that bends time and melts your heart.
- visit: www.ararattownhall.com.au.
