Invitation

Artspace opening celebrations

Fri 15 Dec and Sat 16 Dec 2023
Artspace

Above: Image: Exterior of Artspace in The Gunnery, featuring new commission by Dennis Golding, Colouring Memory, 2023. Photo: Katherine Lu
Dates and locations
Fri 15 Dec 2023, 5:30pm - 10:00pm
Artspace
43–51 Cowper Wharf Roadway
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Sydney Australia
Sat 16 Dec 2023, 11:00am - 6:00pm
Artspace
43–51 Cowper Wharf Roadway
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Sydney Australia
Details

Friday 15 December 2023
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Saturday 16 December 2023
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Opening celebrations at Artspace

Join us to celebrate the reopening of Artspace in our fully transformed building at The Gunnery. Our reopening weekend includes a range of free exhibitions, events and programs throughout the building on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 December 2023.

See the full program below and book your free ticket.

Opening Weekend Program

Friday 15 December 2023

Welcome to Country, Uncle Chicka Madden
Official Opening, Forbes Street Plaza
5.30pm

Exhibitions and Artist Studios open
Jonathan Jones, untitled (transcriptions of country)
Debra Philips, LOUPE
Dennis Golding, Colouring Memory
6–8pm

Performance by Akala Newman
8–9pm

DJ Rosano Snooze
9–10pm

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Saturday 16 December 2023

Welcome to Country, Uncle Chicka Madden

In Conversation: Jonathan Jones with Emmanuel Delbouis and Margaret Sankey on the cultural significance of Nicolas Baudin's voyage 
11–11.30am

In Conversation: Jonathan Jones and Yamane Fayed with collaborators from the Arts + Cultural Exchange Embroiderers Collective: Asana Abdul Azim, Rabia Azizi, Khyati Gathani, Lida Haydari, Shabnam Mukhi, Ayusha Prasad, Fariba Rahimi, Sharadha Sivaraman and Seethalakshmi Srinivasan
11.30am–12.15pm

Book Launch: Jonathan Jones' untitled (transcriptions of country) with Claire G Coleman, Julie Gough and Mark Gowing, moderated by Rachel Piercy
1–2pm

Floor Talk with Debra Philips
2.30–2.45pm

Ever Changing, Ever Challenging: 40 Years of Artspace
Artist alumni panel discussion with Daniel Boyd, Mikala Dwyer, Shaun Gladwell, Deborah Kelly, Eugenia Raskopoulos, Keg de Souza and Stelarc, moderated by Julie Rrap
3–4.30pm

Open Studios with Artspace’s 2024 One Year Studio Program artists
Jack Ball, Brian Fuata, Julia Gutman, Jazz Money, Thea Anamara Perkins, Gemma Smith, Tina Havelock Stevens, Leyla Stevens, Latai Taumoepeau and David M Thomas 
4.30–6pm

Our Learning Studio located on Level 1 will be a dedicated quiet zone for the duration of the Opening Weekend.

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Artspace acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters on which Artspace stands. We acknowledge and pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their Elders, past and present, as the custodians of the world’s oldest continuous living culture.

Artspace is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW. It is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body; and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. Artspace is a member of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA).The Gunnery redevelopment is proudly funded by the NSW Government through Create NSW.