MAPh is Australia’s leading public art museum devoted to the collection and exhibition of Australian photography. Analog Art Club @ MAPh invites you to connect with art, creativity and community in a relaxed and friendly environment. Each month we’ll engage in hands-on making lead by artists and art educators, inspired by MAPh’s collection and exhibitions. No experience necessary, just a willingness to engage in screen-free creative play!
When:
On the last Thursday of every month (except December), 6pm - 7.30pm
Where:
Museum of Australia Photography
860 Ferntree Gully Road
Wheelers Hill Victoria 3150
Cost: $10 per session
MAPh/ TarraWarra Museum Members: Free
All materials provided
Enquiries: maph@monash.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 8544 0500
More information & bookings: https://maph.org.au/events/974/
Upcoming sessions:
Thursday 24 September 2026
Miniature portrait
In this session, working with jewellery maker Sarah Stewart, we'll create a precious miniature sculptural portrait for your personal archive, mapping character, a story or a memory. Materials provided, but feel free to bring small objects for inclusion.
About Sarah
Sarah Stewart works with metal and found materials to fabricate jewellery and small objects. Her practice is concerned with the expression of relationship and states of being through symbolic representations of weather, emotions and the cosmos. Her work serves as an artefact to carry memory, convey meaning and bring beauty to light.
Thursday 29 October 2026
Sketching in 3D
In this session we’ll take inspiration from the Bowness Photography Prize and Sarah Rhodes The inner sky and turn the tonal drawings we do in the exhibition into works of sculpture. All materials provided.
Thursday 26 November 2026
Little spaces
In this session, inspired by Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine | The World Came Flooding In, we’ll draw on observation and memory to model a familiar space in miniature. Materials provided.
Thursday 17 December 2026
Kith and kin
In this session we’ll honour a beloved person, animal memory or place with a memory ‘scrapbook’ of images, objects or words. Materials provided, but you may want to bring small items to include.
Thursday 28 January 2027
Cyanotypes
A cyanotype is a cameraless photographic printing process that involves exposing paper coated in a light sensitive solution to ultraviolet light to produce a characteristic blue image. In this session we’ll experiment with creating our own beautiful cyanotypes. All materials provided.
Thursday 25 February 2027
Sketching around the grounds
Through a series of guided exercises and prompts, we’ll explore elements of art and design, sketching around the MAPh grounds.
Thursday 25 March 2027
Photomontage
Taking inspiration from the exhibition PSYCHOPOMP, in this session we’ll use collage and photomontage to create images that travel between past and present, memory and imagination and the conscious and unconscious mind.
Thursday 29 April 2027
Every picture
In this session we’ll work with found images and objects to explore the way associations create meaning and how the story changes dramatically when the order is disrupted.
Thursday 27 May 2027 - TBC
Thursday 24 June 2027 - TBC
Thursday 29 July 2027 - TBC