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1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026

PGAV Event Archive

2025 PGAV Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Audience Atlas Victoria Workshop: Strengthening Audience Connections for Victorian Galleries

Thursday 15 May 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Bridging Divides: How public galleries unite communities through art and culture

Thursday 6 Mar 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

HEIDE 4 - Abstract Labour at Heide Museum_Photograph Christian Capurro

Launch of PGAV Limited-Edition Print by Emily Floyd & End of Year Celebration

Wednesday 11 Dec 2024, 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM

VMAGA Awards info session (2000 x 1400 px) (1)

2024 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards Ceremony

Tuesday 1 Oct 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

AMaGA National Conference: Victoria in Focus

Tuesday 17 Sep 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:01 PM

PGAV + NGV Condition Reporting Workshop

Friday 26 Jul 2024, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

2024 PGAV Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Friday 31 May 2024, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

VMAGA Awards info session (2000 x 1400 px)

Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards Information Session

Wednesday 24 Apr 2024, 11:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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PGAV End of Year Celebration 2023

Thursday 14 Dec 2023, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Pierre Bonard Designed by India Mahdavi Image Jessie Obialor

Creative State - PGAV & NETS Victoria Consultation

6 Aug 2024 – 7 Aug 2024

PGAV + NGV Condition Reporting Workshop

Friday 26 Jul 2024, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

PGAV + NGV Condition Reporting Workshop (Workshop 2)

Monday 19 Jun 2023, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

2023 PGAV Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Thursday 15 Jun 2023, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Building Victoria's 21st-century Regional Art Galleries Forum

Monday 15 May 2023, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

PGAV + NGV Condition Reporting Workshop

Thursday 4 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards Information Session

Wednesday 3 May 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Public Galleries: Our Creative Heart - Campaign Launch

Tuesday 7 Mar 2023, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

INFORMATION SESSION: Sick and carer’s pay for casual workers

Wednesday 22 Feb 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

The New Sam. Photo Kane Jarrod Photography

SAM AT ONE

Friday 17 Feb 2023

thumbnail_Public Galleries - Our Creative Heart (2)

PGAV State-wide Advocacy Campaign – Information Session

Monday 12 Dec 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM

Session 6 2022 NGV Conservation webinar - Sustainability_crop

Advancements in Collection Care: Sustainability and Collection Care Practices

Friday 9 Dec 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

PGAV End of Year Celebration at the Hellenic Museum

Wednesday 7 Dec 2022, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Session 5 2022 NGV Conservation webinar - Caring for loans

Advancements in Collection Care: Caring for loans

Friday 11 Nov 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Session 4 2022 NGV Conservation webinar - Time based media

Material Specialty Session: Time-based Media

Friday 14 Oct 2022, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Session 3 2022 NGV Conservation webinar - Collection Display and Storage

Advancements in Collection Care: Choosing materials for collection display and storage

Friday 16 Sep 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Session 2 2022 NGV Conservation webinar - Fashion and Textiles

Material Specialty Session: Fashion-based collections (SESSION RECORDING)

12 Aug 2022 – 11 Aug 2022

2022 NGV Conservation Session Banner Image

2022 PGAV & NGV Conservation webinar series

22 Jul 2022 – 9 Dec 2022

Session 1 2022 NGV Conservation webinar - Decorative Arts and Furniture

Material Specialty Session: Decorative Arts and Furniture (SESSION RECORDING)

Friday 22 Jul 2022, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

A white ceramic bust with blue floral design overall is sitting against a white photography backdrop, in the foreground is a camera with the bust visible in the viewfinder. Two large black studio lights stand on either side of the ceramic bust.

INFORMATION SESSION: DIGITISING COLLECTIONS - RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF VISUAL ARTISTS

Wednesday 29 Jun 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

2022 PGAV Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Friday 24 Jun 2022, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

RCAP Information Session

Tuesday 18 Jan 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

NGV Conservation series image - Session 8 3x2

PGAV & NGV Conservation Webinar - Photographs

Friday 10 Dec 2021, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

PGAV End of Year Celebration

Friday 3 Dec 2021, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

PGAV and NGV Conservation Session 7 image B

Integrating Climate Change Impacts into Disaster Preparedness and Response

Friday 26 Nov 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

NGV Conservation series image - Session 6 3x2

PGAV & NGV Conservation Webinar - Redevelopment planning for collections

Friday 29 Oct 2021, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

INFORMATION SESSION: Vaccinated Economy Trial

Tuesday 19 Oct 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

NGV Conservation series image - Session 5 3x2

PGAV & NGV Conservation Webinar - Picture frames

Friday 10 Sep 2021, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

NGV Conservation series image - Session 4 3x2.png

PGAV & NGV Conservation Webinar - Virtual Couriering

Friday 13 Aug 2021, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

NGV Conservation series image - Session 3 3x2

PGAV & NGV Conservation Webinar - Paintings

Friday 16 Jul 2021, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

NGV Conservation series image - Session 2

PGAV & NGV Conservation Webinar - Environmental Guidelines

Friday 25 Jun 2021, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

PGAV & NGV Conservation Webinar - Works on paper

Friday 18 Jun 2021, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

PGAV & NGV Conservation webinar series

18 Jun 2021 – 10 Dec 2021

2021 PGAV Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Tuesday 18 May 2021, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Town Hall Gallery Pattern+ launch 2016 Photo Image Play

Building Back Better | Session 6: Wellbeing - Mental Health

Wednesday 21 Apr 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

SESSION 5 - Participants in the Geelong Gallery Youth Ambassador Program, 2019. Photo Levi Ingram

Building Back Better | Session 5: Wellbeing - Galleries and Young People

Wednesday 31 Mar 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Building Back Better | Session 4: Digital Delivery - Content in context

Wednesday 24 Mar 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Artist Annette Innis from HammondCare's 'Arts on Prescription' program with workshop participant Helen.

Building Back Better | Session 3: Wellbeing - Ageing Artfully

Wednesday 17 Mar 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:40 PM

SESSION 2 - Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

Building Back Better | Session 2: Digital Delivery

10 Mar 2021 – 14 Apr 2021

Building Back Better

3 Mar 2021 – 21 Apr 2021

Image: 2017 Archibald Prize installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2017, work by Mitch Cairns. Photographer: Hails & Shine.

Building Back Better | Session 1: Victorian Tourism - New Ways to Build Back Better

Wednesday 3 Mar 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Image Credit:
Esther Anatolitis | Arts Consultant, Advocate and Writer
Photograph: Alex Frayne

2020 Curatorial Intensive | Session 5: Curatorial One-on-One

Thursday 10 Dec 2020, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Image Credit: Camila Galaz: Dead End. Brilliant. 2020
Video, digital print. Courtesy of the artist

2020 Curatorial Intensive | Session 4: Online Engagement – Learnings, Pitfalls and Triumphs

Tuesday 8 Dec 2020, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Image Credit: Image: Clothilde Bullen, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Exhibitions, MCA
Photograph: Jacquie Manning

2020 Curatorial Intensive | Session 3: First Nations Cultural Safety

Wednesday 2 Dec 2020, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

The Gallery Governance Challenge

Tuesday 1 Dec 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Xanthe Dobbie
Harriet, 2018
still from the series ‘Wallpaper Queens’
digital collage and BuzzFeed quiz
dimensions variable
image courtesy of the artist

2020 Curatorial Intensive | Session 2: Managing Curatorial Risk

Wednesday 18 Nov 2020, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Image Credit: Catherine Bell and Eden Menta at 'FEM-aFFINITY' exhibition opening, Arts Project Australia, 2019. Photograph: Kate Longley

2020 Curatorial Intensive | Session 1: Best practice approaches for working inclusively with artists with disability

Tuesday 10 Nov 2020, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Image Credit: Vanessa Low
Image description: a colourful illustration of two people in foreground looking at an artwork in the background. One is taking a photo on their phone, while both have speech bubbles above their heads filled with question and exclamation marks

Curating Safe Practices: The 2020 Curatorial Intensive

10 Nov 2020 – 10 Dec 2020

Boost Your Gallery's Retail Income: Tips for e-commerce success

Tuesday 6 Oct 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Leading through change and uncertainty

Thursday 27 Aug 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Visual Thinking Strategies: A Conversation about Art

Monday 3 Aug 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

2020 PGAV Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Wednesday 22 Jul 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

PGAV Member Event: Re-opening your gallery

Wednesday 10 Jun 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

NGV's head of conservation Michael Varcoe-Cocks working on the painting The Pilgrim Fathers.CREDIT:SIMON SCHLUTER

Conservation During the COVID-19 Shutdown - SESSION TWO

Thursday 7 May 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Conservation During the COVID-19 Shutdown

Thursday 30 Apr 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Jordan Marani Haus Werk II 2019 pencil and acrylic on board 30 x 40cm. Image courtesy the artist.

PGAV End of Year Celebration at McClelland

Friday 13 Dec 2019, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Art for the Country Book Launch at Mildura Arts Centre

SAM out late! Art for the Country

Thursday 26 Sep 2019, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

SYMPOSIUM Public Art MUMA - Agath-Gothe-Snape-thumb

Getting it Right: Commissioning and Contracts

Friday 30 Aug 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM

PGAV Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Thursday 25 Jul 2019, 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Gippsland Art Gallery Mathew Thomas Conversation Series 1FEB19

Audience Engagement

Thursday 20 Jun 2019, 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Book Talk: Art for the Country at the WAG

Saturday 8 Jun 2019, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

'Future Perfect' exhibition at Benalla Art Gallery, 6 October 2018 - 2 June 2019. Photo by Shape Creative.

Digitising Collections

Wednesday 8 May 2019, 8:30 AM – 5:15 PM

BOOK LAUNCH & PANEL DISCUSSION: A history of Victoria’s regional galleries, challenging perceptions

Sunday 17 Mar 2019, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

PUBLICATION Art for the Country Book Launch at Mildura

Book Launch & Talk - Art for the Country

Saturday 16 Feb 2019, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

DISASTER RESPONSE & RECOVERY WORKSHOP

Friday 14 Dec 2018, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Peter MADDEN
Sleep with Moths II
2008
Mixed media
58 x 76 x 66cm
Collection Gippsland Art Gallery
Donated by Janie Michell through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program

Collection Management – Current Issues

7 Nov 2018 – 30 Nov 2018

Jonathan McBurnie, Alt Era Agita 2016, Ink and watercolour on paper.

2018 Curatorial Intensive

17 Oct 2018 – 31 Jan 2019

Influence and Negotiation Skills

Wednesday 5 Sep 2018, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Profile Raising Essentials

Tuesday 21 Aug 2018, 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Café Forum

Thursday 16 Aug 2018, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

PGAV Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Special Resolution

Friday 27 Jul 2018, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Foundations, Steven Richardson and Sui Chan

Foundations – Making them work

Monday 23 Jul 2018, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM

AitB BENDIGO - Robyn, Lorraine, Janet, Bibi

Artists in the Black at Bendigo Art Gallery & La Trobe Art Institute

Thursday 21 Jun 2018, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Artists in the Black at SAM & Kaiela Arts

19 Jun 2018 – 20 Jun 2018

Artists in the Black at Koorie Heritage Trust

Monday 18 Jun 2018, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Artists in the Black at the WAG

Monday 28 May 2018, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Fiona Taylor, Fiona and Nicole Livingstone, 2017, linocut, edition of 3, 20.5 x 30cm
Courtesy the artist and Arts Project Australia, Melbourne

Making Your Gallery Inclusive

Tuesday 22 May 2018, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Raising Funds for Galleries

Tuesday 1 May 2018, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Effective Communication for Galleries

Tuesday 17 Apr 2018, 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Developing a Compelling Business Case

Tuesday 13 Mar 2018, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Green Galleries

Tuesday 27 Feb 2018, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Visual Thinking Strategies Two-Day Workshop

30 Nov 2017 – 1 Dec 2017

GALLERY INSIGHTS: Latrobe Regional Gallery

Friday 13 Oct 2017, 12:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Fundraising for the Visual Arts Workshop

Wednesday 7 Jun 2017, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

PGAV Annual General Meeting 2017

Monday 29 May 2017, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Private Collections Tour: Norman Rosenblatt's Collection & Justin Art House Museum

Wednesday 29 Mar 2017, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Forum: Fundraising for the Visual Arts

Wednesday 7 Dec 2016, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

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