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Crafternoon for Adults > Drawing tour
Experiment and create an unknown artwork inspired by your local area.
Pause, stop, draw, and reflect with this engaging craft activity for adults. Step out into your neighbourhood and draw what you see. This
activity encourages engagement with your local area, drawing on the themes of time, memory, and personal experience present in Cyrus
Tang’s current exhibition Time Fell Asleep in the Evening Rain.
Crafternoon for Kids > Rugby Jerseys
Create a special rugby jersey inspired by your family and friends. This fun activity for kids draws on the themes of family and connection present in Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman’s current exhibition Yal.
MEET THE ARTIST > LUCILLE MARTIN
Saturday 23 April 2022, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM, FREE, at Linden Projects Space.
Meet artist Lucille Martin and special guest Adrian Webster to learn more about the exhibition RIGHT
FIRE.
ON HOLIDAYS AT LINDEN > CREATE YOUR STAINED-GLASS WINDOW
Explore colour and light with this activity for kids inspired by Ilan El’s Colours of Light exhibition.
Play with colour, experiment with light and be creative. Can you make your very own colourful creation? This fun activity will teach us how
to make a stained-glass window from paper and cellophane, adding beautiful colour to your room.
Meet the Artist > Ilan El
Wednesday 11 May 2022, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, FREE, at Linden New Art. Join artist and designer Ilan El in conversation with Linden New Art curator Juliette Hanson to find out more about El’s multidisciplinary practice. El’s exhibition Colours of Light explores the way that colour effects our emotions and how illumination can change how we feel in a space. El will share his passion for lighting design and what has inspired his new series of luminist artworks.
Meet the Artist > Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman
Sunday 1 May, 2PM-3PM, FREE and Live on Facebook and YouTube.
Join Linden New Art curator Juliette Hanson for an exciting conversation with multidisciplinary artist Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman about his
presentation of selected photographic work created between his home in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Meet the Artist > Cyrus Tang
Saturday 21 May 2022, 2PM - 3PM, FREE, at Linden New Art. Join Linden New Art in an intimate conversation with Cyrus Tang about her exhibition Time Fell Asleep in the Evening Rain. Book now for this exclusive insight into Cyrus Tang's photographic practice.
St Kilda Festival > Monica Karo & Nina Rose
Sunday 13 February 2021, 2PM to 3PM, FREE Linden New Art front garden
Enjoy the sounds of the St Kilda Festival with Monica Karo and Nina Rose in the front garden at Linden New Art. Bring a picnic blanket and
find yourself a spot in the garden to listen to these very special performers. We know you won't be disappointed!
Artist Speakeasy > Public Art Projects
Thursday 10 February 2022, 6PM - 7PM FREE and live on Facebook and YouTube
Join Linden Director Melinda Martin for an insightful conversation with Melbourne-based artists Ash Keating and Emma Coulter on everything public art projects.
Crafternoon for Adults > Curious Covers
Which book made the greatest impression on you, and how did it transport you to another time or place? Design and create your own
book cover with a twist.
Send us your book covers to receive 2 x limited edition Anna Hoyle wrapping papers. Now which book will you choose?!
Crafternoon for Kids > Holiday Postcards
Make your very own holiday postcard!
This fun activity for kids is inspired by the Linden Postcard Show 2021-22 and can be enjoyed from the comfort of home.
On Holidays at Linden > Treasure Hunt
Be an explorer at Linden New Art this school holidays, and get ready to discover fun things about the artworks in the Linden Postcard Show!
Meet the Artist > Anna Hoyle
Thursday 24 February 2022, 6.30PM - 7.30PM at Linden New Art.
Join curator Juliette Hanson for a lively conversation with Melbourne-based artist Anna Hoyle.
On Holidays at Linden > NGV Kids on Tour
ART FOR WHOLE FAMILY!
In partnership with NGV Kids on Tour, Linden is excited to continue our school holiday activities with take-home art packs and
explore online
for all ages.
Meet the Artist > Linden Postcard Show Winning Artists
Sunday 30 January 2022, 11AM - 12PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join this year’s Linden Postcard Show 2021-22 winning artists in conversation with curator, Juliette Hanson.
Artist Speakeasy > Responding to a Design Brief
Tuesday 19 October 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join us for a special professional development session in partnership with Design Fringe and Craft Victoria as part of Craft Contemporary,
featuring Ella Saddington from multidisciplinary design studio Us From Space, furniture designer Thomas Lentini, and Elishia Whitchurch,
Design Principle at UAP, facilitated by Director Melinda Martin.
Meet the Artist > Meet the Designers
Sunday 17 October 2021, 2PM to 3PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join Linden’s Curator Juliette Hanson in an intimate conversation with designers from Design Fringe as they share how their work responds to
the exhibition’s theme of Home and how their ideas turned into designer magic.
Design Fringe: Designers On Your Doorstep Launch
Friday 15 October 2021, from 6PM
Designers on your Doorstep will be launched with an online
opening event presented by Linden New Art and the Melbourne Fringe Festival. This event will include interviews with designers, images of
the poster campaign on the streets, and a quiz with prizes.
Artist Speakeasy > Design Solutions
Thursday 14 October 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join us for a special professional development session facilitated by Curator Juliette Hanson, and featuring Melbourne Fringe, Monash
University, and team leaders from the Design Solutions task force. We will find out how the Monash student teams tackled your design
problems, and you can vote for the best team!
Strange Bedfellows > Drag Queens and Mid Century Modern
Sunday 10 October 2021, 4PM to 5PM, LIVE on Facebook and YouTube
This special edition of Strange Bedfellows features a lively discussion about Drag Queens and Mid Century Modern. Prepare to learn some
weird and wonderful facts and come up with the winning question that unites these two topics to win a prize on the night.
Meet the Artist > Meet First Nations Designer Nicole Monks
Saturday 09 October 2021, 2PM to 3PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join Curator Juliette Hanson for an exciting conversation with leading First Nations multi-disciplinary creative Nicole Monks
- winner of the 2021 Design Fringe First Nations Commission.
On Holidays with Linden > Design your perfect home
If you could live anywhere, where would that be? What does your perfect home look like? Is your perfect home by the sea or in the mountains? Everything is possible in this activity! Linden New Art have produced this activity inspired by the Design Fringe theme of ‘home’.
Making Aquatic Monsters with Vipoo Srivilasa
Thursday 19 August 2021, 6.30PM to 7.30PM. Online Masterclass available now!
Making Aquatic Monsters is a remote learning workshop in which you will learn the basic skills to produce a ceramic object.
Purchase this Masterclass to receive access to an online Masterclass video for one month and an exclusive Q&A session with Vipoo
Srivilasa on Thursday 19 August 2021, 6.30PM to 7.30PM, via Zoom
Strange Bedfellows > Analogue VS Digital
Thursday 05 August 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
What are the connections between Analogue and Digital? In this Strange Bedfellows event, we hear from two speakers addressing all things
analogue, and digital in the screen world. Prepare to learn some weird and wonderful facts and compete to see if you can come up with
the winning question. Prizes will be awarded to those with the best connections.
Meet the Artist > Vipoo Srivilasa
Thursday 22 July 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join Curator Juliette Hanson for more insight into Thai-born, Melbourne-based artist, curator and arts activist Vipoo Srivilasa’s
inter-disciplinary practice.
Artist Speakeasy > What are NFT's?
Tuesday 13 July 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join us for a special professional development session unpacking this illusive acronym. We will set the record straight, covering
definitions, contexts and how practising artists can take advantage of this new technology and potential marketplace for their art
practice.
Meet the Artist > Natasha Bieniek
Saturday 19 June 2021, 2PM to 3PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join Director Melinda Martin for an intimate conversation with this six-time Archibald Prize finalist, to learn more about her practice and
discuss her most recent works.
Meet the Artist > Ruth Höflich
Tuesday 8 June 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join Curator Juliette Hanson for a thought-provoking conversation with leading mid-career Melbourne based artist Ruth Höflich, to explore
the ideas behind her work and practice.
Design Fringe First Nations Design Commission
New application deadline > Thursday 10 June, 2021.
Melbourne Fringe and Linden New Art are reinvigorating the Fringe Furniture exhibition and bringing the newly named Design
Fringe exhibition
to the Southside of Melbourne. To celebrate this important step, we will commission a significant new work by a mid-career First Nations designer. This work will form the centrepiece of the exhibition at Linden New Art, which will be hosted at the gallery from 4 September to
21 November 2021.
Meet the Artist > Ash Keating
Thursday 6 May 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join Linden Curator Juliette Hanson in a lively discussion with leading mid-career artist Ash Keating as they explore the ideas and the
processes used to make the new work for his exhibition Duality.
Strange Bedfellows > Lagerphones and Antique Dolls
Tuesday 20 April 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Is there any possible connection between Lager Phones & Antique Dolls? Linden New Art in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Australia presents Strange Bedfellows. A series of mini lectures (20 mins in fact) on unrelated topics.
Meet the Artist > Troy Emery
Thursday 15 April 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on FaceBook and YouTube
Join Curator Juliette Hanson for a lively conversation with leading mid-career Melbourne based artist Troy Emery to explore the ideas behind
his work and practice.
On Holidays with Linden > Make a lagerphone
What do you do with a lagerphone? Well … you play it!
A lagerphone, or a music stick, is an old percussion instrument, like a tambourine, that was played in bush bands in the countryside. It is a
wooden stick with bottle caps nailed onto it and makes a great sound when you tap to the music. We are going to make our very own music
stick.
Meet The Artist > Nicholas Folland
Tuesday 16 March 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Nicholas Folland’s exhibition title Burn Down the House is not an open invitation to visit our gallery with match in hand! To find
out what this provocative exhibition title is all about, gather your friends and join Curator Juliette Hanson and Nicholas Folland as they
explore the themes, ideas and inspiration for this new exhibition.
Artist Speakeasy > Censorship
Wednesday 10 March 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Zoom event
Did you know that a gallery in upstate New York was recently involved in a legal dispute to have a public art installation on the façade of
its building recognised as art, and not illegal signage? Join a lively discussion in which our guest speakers explore the topic of censorship.
In Conversation Dinner with Troy Emery, Nicholas Folland & Ash Keating
CANCELLED - Friday 12 February 2021, 7.30pm-10.30pm
Join us for a night of fabulous conversations accompanied by great food and wine to celebrate the launch of the stunning new exhibitions by
Ash Keating, Troy Emery & Nicholas Folland
Virtual Opening of Ash Keating, Troy Emery and Nicholas Folland
Friday 12 February 2021, from 6PM
Linden New Art invite you to a virtual opening to celebrate the new work of three leading mid-career Australian artists: Ash Keating, Troy
Emery and Nicholas Folland.
Meet the Artists > Linden Postcard Show Prize Winners
Wednesday 20 January 2021, 6PM - Available on Replay
Join this years Linden Postcard Show 2020-21 winning artists Gabrielle Bates, Jenny-Anne Jett, Ruth Hellema, Mark Hopper, Michael
Kluge and Susan Morris in conversation with curator, Juliette Hanson.
Learn about their practice, artistic process and their connection with the iconic Linden Postcard Show.
On Holidays at Linden > Treasure Hunt
Get ready to explore the Linden Postcard Show!
On Holidays at Linden > Drawing competition
Draw your own mini masterpiece to win!
Crafternoon for Kids > Time Capsule
Make a time capsule to discover in the future!
This year has been a big year! We have done so many new things and overcome so many different obstacles. The world is always changing and so
are we. This might be a special year to remember in a time capsule.
A time capsule stores objects and letters from a moment in time that is hidden away or buried for discovery in the future.
Kids Activities > Linden Postcard Show
USE YOUR IMAGINATION
Continue exploring the artists work at home with three creative activities, What is in the room? with Prudence Flint, Build your
memory place with Michael Kluge and Imagine you are in the sky with Steffie Wallace.
On Holidays at Linden > NGV Kids on Tour
Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 January 2021, FREE
ART IS FOR EVERYONE
In partnership with NGV Kids on Tour, Linden is excited to continue our school holiday activities with a TAKE-HOME ART PACK for all ages.
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Linden Trivia Night
Thursday 10 December 2020
We invite you to join us for our online Linden Trivia Night, where we celebrate the amazing history of Linden and the surrounding St Kilda
community.
Artist Speakeasy: Writing & Concepts with Mykaela Saunders
Thursday 19 November 6pm
A working-class blackfella writing for and about the people she belongs to, Mykaela Saunders is full of piss and vinegar and proud of it. In
this talk Mykaela uncovers the aggressive energy she brings to her writing, locating its origins in DIY music critique and academic
research and tracing it through to its current expressions, with a focus on her works-in-progress.
Linden Postcard Show 30th Birthday Celebration
On Wednesday 21 October 2020 from 6pm,
Replay available on YouTube & Facebook
Join us for a virtual opening to celebrate a special part of this year’s exhibition, the 30th Birthday Celebration. Unlike any
Postcard Show birthday you’ve seen before, we’ve invited back some of the past winners, from 30 years of the show’s history, to exhibit
their current work.
Artist Speakeasy > Looking after yourself through change and uncertainty
Tuesday 29 September, 3PM-4PM
FREE, suitable for practicing visual artists
This event aims to improve the wellbeing of practicing artists during the pandemic. Using tools that will help you achieve a sense
of security for the future, boosted self-esteem, stronger connections in our communities and, most importantly, some room to breathe.
Cyber Masquerade with Jacqui Stockdale
Friday 19 June 2020. 6PM-7.30PM
Join artist Jacqui Stockdale for a very special, first
of its kind, Cyber Masquerade and artist talk on Zoom!
3D Tour and Q&A with Julia Deville
Friday 5 June 2020, from 6PM
At the end of 2018, Julia deVille presented her most ambitious solo exhibition to date at Linden. Titled Wholeness
and the Implicit Order,
the exhibition featured many of the artist’s signature works that combine taxidermy and jewellery. That was nearly two years ago, so we
thought it was high time we caught up with Julia to find out what she has been doing since then and how she is spending her time during lock
down.
Isolate with Linden > Kids Activities
Explore these fun, easy to follow kids activities for all ages to enjoy at home. Inspired by our Linden past exhibitions, Isolate with Linden > Kids Activities are an educational resource that encourages kids to meditate, learn and use their creative imaginations!
Snail Mail Project
Linden New Art has joined East Gippsland Art Gallery to connect our stay-at-home communities through the art of letters.
Kids are invited to become a pen pal by sending a meaningful message to someone who has to stay home just like you.
On Holidays at Linden > Kelly Horses
Re-imagined and delivered online!
Create your own Kelly horse with artist Jacqui Stockdale
Notable Observances > International Women’s Day with Carly Findlay
Tuesday 10 March 2020, 6PM-7.30PM
Celebrate #EachforEqual this International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 with award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist Carly
Findlay OAM.
Among her many achievements, Carly was named one of Australia’s most influential women in Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women
of Influence Awards in 2014.
Bilingual Artist Talk in Korean > Jonathan Kim
Sunday 23 February 2020, 1.30PM-2pm
Join artist Jonathan Kim for a special bilingual artist talk about his exhibition Encounter in Kim’s first language, Korean. Inspired by
Korean artist Lee Ufan’s theory of Man-Nam (Encounter), Kim will discuss his exploration of the relationship between a medium and its
environmental factors. Please note: an understanding of Korean is recommended.
Meet the Artist > Robert Fielding
Saturday 22 February 2020, 2PM to 3PM
In a special artist-led talk, hear from artist Robert Fielding about his solo exhibition Routes / Roots. Fielding’s exhibition
raises questions about ownership of cultural knowledge and the institutionalisation of sacred objects.
Smoking Ceremony & Welcome to Country
Friday 21 February 2020, 6.30PM-7PM
Join Linden New Art and the Boon Wurrung Foundation for a Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country to open three major solo exhibitions Karla
Dickens My Mother’s Keeper, Robert Fielding Routes / Roots, Jacqui Stockdale The Long Shot.