Upcoming meetings and events
December meeting 2025
Christmas supper and show and tell on the theme of Joy!
February Meeting 2026
Our speaker will be Matthew Martin from Melbourne University. Matthew is an art historian and curator with a particular interest in the luxury arts of the European long eighteenth century. From 2006 to 2019 he was a curator in the department of International Decorative Arts in the National Gallery of Victoria. Matthew's research interests include: Eighteenth-century European Decorative arts; the historiography of the decorative arts and their display in museums; the cultural aesthetics of eighteenth-century European porcelain and the medium's connections to the European alchemical tradition; collecting and patronage amongst seventeenth and eighteenth-century recusant elites; Jacobite material culture.
Out and about
The Beth Brown and Tom Bruce AM Gift
At the Geelong Gallery
Little Malop Street, Geelong
The Beth Brown and Tom Bruce AM Gift comprises a wide range of ceramics that highlight the history, breadth, and expansive possibilities of modern and contemporary studio pottery. Thoughtfully and skilfully acquired by Beth and Tom over many decades, the gift comprises over 140 works by 70 Australian and international potters and ceramic artists. The collection includes works by many of Australia’s most important practitioners including Stephen Benwell, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, David Ray, Hiroe Swen and Prue Venables.
There are 60 works by 37 artists included in this first display of The Beth Brown and Tom Bruce AM Gift.
Until 30th November 2025