Events

Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop designed to generate conversations around anti-racism. Through the online game, Between the Lines, participants will experience the frustration, disappointment, and continued cycle of everyday racism, prompting reflection on their own experiences.

What to expect:
A 75-minute workshop designed to foster meaningful dialogue and raise awareness of racism.

Please note basic computer literacy is required.

This workshop will be offered in two separate sessions. Each session runs for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Session 1: 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Session 2: 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM

You’ll be able to select your preferred session at the point of registration.

Between the Lines was funded by the Anti-Racism Hallmark Research Initiative. It is a result of a collaboration between researchers and academics from the University of Melbourne, Swinburne University, the University of Regina (Canada), with contributions from game designer Nick Loki and artist Marco Ryan.

Read more about Between the Lines.

What are the alternative art histories that are spoken through our public collections of Australian art? What do they say about us, and what don’t they say? In this tour of the Australian collections presented at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square, Professor Lisa Slade looks at how curators and art historians shape our sense of ourselves.

What to expect:
A 60-minute walk and talk across the First Nations and non-Indigenous collections in the NGV Australia.

This tour will be offered in two separate sessions. Each session runs for 1 hour.

Session 1: Wednesday 5 November, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Session 2: Saturday 8 November, 2:00pm-3:00pm

You’ll be able to select your preferred session at the point of registration.