A wide range of programs for a variety of visitors
Our learning and research programs offer creative learning opportunities for students from all walks of life.
Our learning and research programs serve Macquarie University students, business and community groups, individuals, and school groups. You will get to know the art, and the artists whose works are on display in the gallery and throughout the collection, and expand your knowledge of contemporary art and society.
Macquarie University student programs
MUAG provides opportunities for integrative and practice-based learning that reaches beyond the lecture theatre.
We collaborate with course convenors on a broad range of units offering guest lectures, masterclasses in curation, practical and visual analysis exercises, as well as the supervision of PACE students. We invite lecturers from all disciplines to utilise the exhibition program and gallery space for learning and teaching. Our programs employ an interdisciplinary framework and we encourage participants from all faculties and disciplines.
MUAG has a number of special collections and thematic strengths which may form the basis of educational programs in areas such as sociology, history, environmental science, anthropology and legal studies:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Collection
- Sheila Macdonald Oceanic Art Collection
- Anthropology of Art
- Modernism and Post-Colonial perspectives
- Australian Abstraction
- Landscape and Nationalism
- Internationalism – Colour field Painting and Hard-Edge abstraction
- Environmental Aesthetics and Plant Ecology
We invite enquiries from Macquarie teaching staff and researchers on using the art collection in teaching and research programs.
K - Year 12 School programs
The Gallery works with schools to design tours, workshops and educational programs that are aligned to the NSW school curriculum. Please contact us to participate in one of our established school programs.
This program focuses on the role of the artist and their practice in relationship to the audience and the world. Explore both emerging and established Australian artists in the University Art Collection inspiring critical thinking, discussion and art making.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $20 per student includes tour and materials
Early Childhood Program
Discovering art with your senses
An interactive exhibition tour that involves the children in discussion and role playing to express their ideas and feelings about their encounters with art.
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: Free admission
Community programs
The Gallery is open to members of the public, and we offer specialised tours of our extensive art collection and unique Sculpture Park.
Group limits and fees may apply.
The University's open parkland of 126 hectares features significant flora and fauna reserves, heritage sites, and an earth sciences garden. Peppered among these natural features are some 130 original sculptures by leading and emerging Australian and international sculptors.
Enjoy a guided walking tour of this unique outdoor art space under the expert direction of an Art Gallery staff member. Combine this with a visit to our current exhibition.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: Free
Collection Walking Tour
MQ Art Collection consists of almost 2,700 works, many on display in public buildings throughout the campus. On this guided tour, explore some of the treasures from our collection, with the expert commentary of our curators.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: Free
We welcome enquiries about our education programs.