Meet the Inner South’s artistic enclave
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Home to the national museums and galleries that define Canberra, if you’re looking for something to do you can’t go past the Inner South.
But there’s a whole lot more to this artistic enclave than the cultural institutions. Here are five galleries worth checking out.
BEAVER GALLERIES
A stone’s throw from the Royal Australian Mint you’ll find Beaver Galleries and its collection of works from renowned and emerging contemporary Australian artists in painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewellery and more.
CANBERRA GLASSWORKS
See glass in a new light at the Canberra Glassworks, housed in the historic Kingston Power House. Take a self-guided tour of this contemporary glass centre, the only one of its kind in Australia. Explore exhibitions, see professional glass artists at work, signup for a class, or shop for something to take home.
MEGALO
At the heart of Kingston lies Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, exhibiting and facilitating the practices of etching, lithography, relief painting and screen-printing. Watch artists at work, noting the extraordinary process of printmaking. Take in the up-close detail and texture of a screen-printed piece and marvel at the vibrancy of layered paint on paper.
PHOTOACCESS
Art and photography lovers alike will enjoy a stop at PhotoAccess in Manuka. It’s the leading destination for viewing contemporary photo and media-based art in Canberra. With three intimate gallery spaces, PhotoAccess can be showing multiple experimental and innovative exhibitions at a time.
M16 ARTSPACE
M16 Artspace is an artist-run initiative, home to three gallery spaces, 29artist studios and five arts organisations that offer art classes. Take in an exhibition(they change every three weeks, so there’s always something new to see), start your own art collection or take a class and create your own work.
Feature image: Tim Bean
