Visual Arts Ephemera

10 Mowle Place, Weetangera

2006

Exhibition venue.

14 Breona Street, Lyons

1995

Marcia Schofield. Studio.

19 Ulverstone Street, Lyons

1997

Monika Leone, Elizabeth (Buffy) Jackson, Jennifer Lowe. Studio.

22 Syme Crescent, O’Connor

1995

Studio.

24:7 Dwell

2005

Virtual exhibition, initiative of ACT Government. Event.

30 Ipima Street, Braddon

1982

Exhibition venue.

2CA Theatrette

1943

Exhibition venue.

Aarwun Gallery

2006

Established by 2001. Shop 11, Federation Square, O’Hanlon Place, Nicholls. Commercial gallery.

Aboriginal Dreamings Gallery

1996

Established 1989. To 1999 at National Dinosaur Museum, Cnr Barton Hwy & Gold Creek Rd, Gungahlin. In 1999 moved to 19 O’Hanlon Place, Nicholls.  Commercial Gallery. Also in Sydney as galleryADG, from 22 Nov 2004.

Abraxas

1975

Established 1974; last exhibition 1985. 2 La Perouse Street, Griffith, ACT. Commercial gallery. 

ACT Batik and Surface Design Association

Use: ACT Textile Arts Association (ACTTAA)

ACT Batik Association

Use: ACT Textile Arts Association (ACTTAA)

ACT Division of Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA)

Use: Arts Council of the ACT

ACT Heritage Library

See also: ACT Public Libraries

1997

Established ca 1994. To ca 2000, at 25 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith; then Level 1, Woden Library, Corner Corinna and Furzer Sts, Phillip. Exhibition venue.

ACT Legislative Assembly Gallery

2004

ACT Legislative Assembly Building, Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra City. Exhibition venue.

ACT Porcelain Artists Association

1993

Established by 1977. Anglican Good Shepherd Church, Gillies Street, Curtin. Group.

ACT Public Libraries

Use for: all public library branches of the ACT Library and Information Service.

1993

Exhibition venue.
The public library service has had branches in several locations. Griffith Library opened 1994.

ACT Textile Arts Association (ACTTAA)

Use for: ACT Batik Association; ACT Batik and Surface Design Association; Textile Art & Surface Design Association ACT (TASDA)

1991

Established 1976 as ACT Batik Association; 1992 incorporated and renamed ACT Batik & Surface Design Association Inc; 1998 renamed Textile Art & Surface Design Association Inc. ACT (TASDA); 2008 renamed ACT Textile Arts Association (ACTTAA). Group.

ADFA

Use for: Australian Defence Force Academy

2005

Established 1986. Northcott Drive, Campbell. Exhibition venue.

aGOG

Use: Australian Girls Own Gallery

Albert Hall

1976

Established 1933. Canberra Avenue, Yarralumla. Exhibition venue.

Alliance Francaise

1988

66 McCaughey St, Turner. Exhibition venue.

Altenburg Fine Art Gallery and Gift Shop

Use: Studio Altenburg

ANCA Gallery

Use for: Australian National Capital Artists Inc Gallery

1993

Established 1992. 1 Rosevear Pl, Dickson. Ca 2001 a separate studio complex established at 96 Hoskins St, Mitchell. Studios and commercial gallery.

Anna Simons Gallery

See also: Macquarie Galleries Canberra

1975

Established early 1960s, closed ca 1977 (deregistered 21 February 1977). Initially at her home in Campbell, then at Canberra Theatre Centre Playhouse for Macquarie Galleries Canberra; 1969 moved with Macquarie Galleries to 23 Furneaux Street, Forrest; remained at Forrest when Macquarie Galleries withdrew in 1972. Commercial gallery.

Anne and Steve’s Art

Use: Paintbox Fine Art

ANU: Drill Hall Gallery

Includes National Gallery exhibitions held here in 1990s

1990

Established 1987. Kingsley St, Acton. Exhibition venue.

ANU: other venues

1964

Acton. Exhibition venue.

ANU: School of Art

Use for:  Canberra School of Art; Canberra Institute of the Arts.
Includes School of Art Gallery; School of Art Foyer Gallery; School of Art Textiles Workshop

1979

Established 2004. Ellery Cres, Acton. Exhibition venue.
Canberra School of Art established galleries in various locations: main Gallery 1981; Printmaking Workshop by 1986; Lecture Theatre by 1991.
Foyer Gallery established 2004.
Canberra Institute of the Arts was a joint venture with the School of Music.

APSCON

Use for: Australian Photographic Society Convention

1988

Established ca 1970. Held in Canberra 1979, 1988, 2000. Event.

Art Gems Gallery

1995

Established by 1985. Hall Village Court, Palmer St, Hall, ACT. Exhibition venue.

Art Shed Gallery and Pottery Studio, The

Use: The Art Shed Gallery and Pottery Studio

Art Space 71

Use: Leichhardt Street Studios

Art Thread Design

See also: Flairwear

1998

Established by 1998. Group.

Art Wares

Use: Gorman House Arts Centre

Artespresso

See also: Ben Grady Gallery; Giles Street Gallery

2008

Established by 1996. 31 Giles St, Kingston. Restaurant and gallery; began as Flat White Ben Grady / Artespresso. Exhibition venue.

Artisans at Orana Inc

1997

Established by 1996; ceased 2002. Orana School, Unwin Place, Weston, ACT. Group. 

Artists Shed, The

Use: The Artists Shed

Artists Ties Gallery

2001

Established by 2001. 31 Wollongong St, Fyshwick, ACT. Commercial gallery.

Artists’ Society of Canberra

Also known as ASOC

1975

Established 28 June 1927; in recess July 1934 to August 1945. From 1952 to ca 1966 at Riverside Centre, Barton; 2004-2006 at Canberra Technology Park, Watson; 2007 at Unit 2, Geils Court, Deakin West; from August 2010 at Blaxland Centre, 25 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith. Group.

Artlinks Canberra

1990

Jamison Centre, ACT. Group.

Arts Council of Australia ACT Division

Use: Arts Council of the ACT

Arts Council of the ACT

Use for: Arts Council of Australia ACT Division; ACT Division of Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA).

1962

Established October 1945 as ACT Division of Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA); 1948 CEMA renamed Arts Council of Australia ACT Division; 1953-1961 lapsed; February 1962 reconstituted; 1993 became Arts Council of the ACT.  Group.

Arts Council Gallery

Use Arts Council of the ACT 1981- June 1987; use Canberra Contemporary Art Space Gorman House after July 1987.
Includes: Arts Council Galleries 1 and 2 (Gorman House)
See also: Canberra Theatre Centre

Established 1981 when the Arts Council moved to Gorman House, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon; from 28 September 1998 also at 49 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston. Before 1981 the Arts Council used the Canberra Theatre Gallery for exhibitions. In July 1987 the Arts Council Gallery combined with the Bitumen River Gallery to become Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Gorman House. Public gallery.

ARTS Factory Gallery

Use: Australian Catholic University Signadou Campus

Artstop

1990

Established by December 1990; closed after 2000. Corner East Row, Civic. Shop window at bus interchange, coordinated by Nolan Gallery. Exhibition venue.

Arunta Galleries

1973

Established by 1973. Limestone Avenue, Ainslie. Commercial gallery.

Atelier, The

Use: The Atelier

Atomic Art

1993

The art of David Mankey, also known as ‘Atomic Dave’.

Australia 75

Use for: Festival of Creative Arts and Sciences

1975

Established 1975. Festival of Creative Arts and Sciences, held Canberra March 1975. Event.

Australian Catholic University Signadou Campus

Includes: ARTS Factory Gallery

1999

College established 24 March 1963; ARTS (Adult, Recreation and Training Services) Factory Gallery established ca September 1998. 223 Antill St, Watson. Exhibition venue.

Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA), The

Use: The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA)

Australian Girls Own Gallery

Use for: aGOG.
See also: Helen Maxwell Gallery; Kingston Art Space; Leichhardt Street Studios

1990

Established 16 March 1989; closed 24 December 1998. Kingston Art Space, 71 Leichhardt St, Kingston. Commercial gallery.

Australian Heritage Galleries

1994

Established 1994. Australian Heritage Village, corner Antill St and Federal Highway, Watson, ACT. Commercial gallery.

Australian National Botanic Gardens

Includes: Visitor Centre, Banks Building

1988

Visitor Information Centre and exhibition space established November 1985. Clunies Ross Street, Acton. Public Art program began 2 April 2004. Public art and exhibition venue.

Australian National Capital Artists Inc Gallery

Use: ANCA Gallery

Australian National Capital Folk Art & Decorative Artists Inc

2002

Established by 2002. In 2007 at Guides Hall, Lister Crescent, Ainslie. Group.

Australian Sculpture Centre

1966

Established 5 June 1966. 83 Dominion Circuit, Deakin. Commercial gallery.

Australian Sculpture Gallery

1969

Established 1966. 1 Finniss Cres, Narrabundah. Commercial gallery.

Bagels Cafe

2002

Established 2002. Farmers’ Market, Bunda Street, Canberra City. Exhibition venue.

Beaver Galleries

1975

Established 1975. From 1975 to 1984 at 9 Investigator St, Red Hill. From 1984 at 81 Denison St, Deakin. Directors: Betty and Ron Beaver. Commercial gallery.

Belconnen Artists’ Network

Use for: BeAN; Belconnen Entertainment and Artists Network

1999

Established by 1999 as Belconnen Entertainment and Artists’ Network; by 2005 known as Belconnen Artists’ Network. Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Court, Belconnen. Group.

Belconnen Community Arts Gallery

Use: Belconnen Gallery

Belconnen Gallery

Use for: Belconnen Art Gallery, Belconnen Community Arts Gallery.

Includes: Reflections Gallery

1991

Reflections Gallery established 15 November 1991; apparently renamed Belconnen Gallery by 1999. Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Court, Belconnen. Exhibition venue.

Belconnen Open Art

Use: Open Art ACT

Ben Grady Gallery

See also: Artespresso; Kingston Art Space; Leichhardt Street Studios; Spiral Arm Gallery;

1987

Established 5 July 1986; closed 2002. To early 1992 at Kingston Art Space, 71 Leichhardt Street, Kingston; from 28 April 1992 at 19 Kennedy St, Kingston; by November 2000 at 1/285 Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick. Commercial gallery.

Benedict House

2008

Established by 2004. 39 Isabella St, Queanbeyan. Studio and commercial gallery.

Bev Hogg Ceramic Studio

2006

Established by 2006. 8 Brennan Street, Hackett. Studio.

Beverley Hall’s Studio

1984

Old Canberra Brickworks, Yarralumla. Studio.

Bimbimbi Potters

Includes: Bimbimbi Ceramic Study Group, Bimbimbi Ceramic Group.
See also Pastoral Gallery

1984

Established 1974 by Hiroe Swen. Group.

Bitumen River Gallery

See also Canberra Contemporary Art Space

1986

Established 1981; closed 1987 when amalgamated with Arts Council Gallery at Gorman House to form Canberra Contemporary Art Space. Carpark, corner Bougainville and Furneaux Sts, Manuka. Reopened as CCAS Gallery Manuka in 1993. Exhibition venue.

Blasted Glass Designs

1995

Established 1990. Australian Heritage Village, corner Federal Highway and Antill Street, Watson. Studio.

Blue Folk Community Arts

Use: Strathnairn

Bogong Theatre

Use: Gorman House Arts Centre

Boulevard Artists

Use: The Boulevard Artists

Br Don Gallagher Studio/Gallery

1971

Established 24 July 1994; earlier exhibitions held in Br R J Wallace Hall. St Edmund’s College, 110 Canberra Avenue, Griffith. Student gallery established ca 2008. Exhibition venue.

Brazilian Embassy

2007

Established 1985. 19 Forster Crescent, Yarralumla. Exhibition venue.

Brindabella Art Prize

Use for: Capital Chemist Brindabella Art Prize; Capital Chemist Art Award; Tuggeranong Regional Art Prize; TRAP.

See also: Tuggeranong Arts Centre

2002

Established 1999. From 2002 to 2004 known as Tuggeranong Regional Art Prize (TRAP). Event.

Brindabella Arts Community

Use: Strathnairn

Brindabella Community Arts Farm

Use: Strathnairn

Bungendore Wood Works Gallery

Includes: The Octagon Art Space

1983

Bungendore Wood Works Gallery established 4 September 1983 in Coast Road [Malbon Street or Kings Highway], Bungendore, opposite current premises. Opened in new building 1994, including first floor art gallery The Octagon Art Space. Kings Highway, Bungendore. Director: David MacLaren. Commercial gallery.

Burrunju Aboriginal Gallery

2009

Established October 2009; official opening 27 May 2010. 245 Lady Denman Drive, Yarramundi Reach. Director: Greg Joseph. Commercial gallery.

Caloola Farm

Includes: Caloola Homestead; Caloola Retreat

1980

Established ca 1988. Top Naas, via Tharwa. Exhibition venue. 

Calvary Hospital

1985

Established 1979. Corner Belconnen Way and Haydon Drive, Bruce. Annual art show from 1979. Event; exhibition venue.

Canberra Art Club

Use: Canberra Art Workshop

Canberra Art Workshop

See also: Kingston Art Space; Leichhardt Street Studios; M16

1960

Established 1948 as Canberra Art Club with premises at Riverside Centre, then at B Block, Kingsley Street, Turner until 1982. In 1975 incorporated as Canberra Art Workshop Group. At ANU Arts Centre 1982-1984; 1984-2002 at Studio 13, Kingston Art Space (later Leichhardt Street Studios), 71 Leichhardt St, Kingston; 2002-2009 at M16, 16 Mildura Street, Fyshwick; from 2010 at Blaxland Centre, 25 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith. Group.

Canberra Calligraphy Society

1987

Established 25 February 1986. In 2007 at Urambi Village Hall, Crozier Circuit, Kambah. Group.

Canberra Church of England Girls Grammar School

Use: Canberra Girls’ Grammar School

Canberra Cloth Doll Makers

1997

Established by 1997. Group.

Canberra Contemporary Art Space (Gorman House)

Includes: Gorman House Gallery 1 (MAINspace), Gallery 2 (MIDDLEspace), and Cube; CCAS Mount Majura.
See also: Arts Council of the ACT; Bitumen River Gallery

1987

Established July 1987 by amalgamation of former Bitumen River Gallery and the Arts Council Gallery. In 1996 also had gallery space at Mount Majura Vineyard. Gorman House, Ainslie Avenue, Canberra. Commercial gallery.

Canberra Contemporary Art Space (Manuka)

Use for: CCAS Manuka, also called Gallery 3.

See also: Arts Council of the ACT; Bitumen River Gallery

1993

Established 1993; previously Bitumen River Gallery. 19 Furneaux St, Manuka. Commercial gallery.

Canberra Girls’ Grammar School

Use for: Canberra Church of England Girls’ Grammar School

1996

Established 1926 as St Gabriel’s School, Glebe House, Canberra. Ca 1928 moved to Melbourne Avenue, Deakin; renamed Canberra Church of England Girls Grammar School 1933. In 1972 the Junior School moved to Grey Street, Deakin. Exhibition venue.

Canberra Glassworks

2007

Established 25 May 2007. 11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, ACT [in old Kingston Power House]. Studio and commercial gallery.

Canberra Grammar School

Includes: Canberra Grammar School Gallery

1991

School established 1929; Craft Centre opened 1971; renamed Design Centre 1991. Monaro Crescent, Red Hill. Exhibition venue.

Canberra Handmade.com

2009

Established April 2009. Creative arts portal and blog.

Canberra Hospital

Use for: Woden Valley Hospital

1992

Established 1973 as Woden Valley Hospital; in 1991 amalgamated with Royal Canberra Hospital; from 1996 as Canberra Hospital. Extensive public art installed 1993. Exhibition venue; public art venue.

Canberra Institute of the Arts

Use: ANU: School of Art

Canberra International Hotel

Use: Pavilion Hotel

Canberra International Motor Inn

1984

Established ca 1982. Exhibition venue.

Canberra Lacemakers Association

1980

Established 1979. In 2007 at Weston Creek Community Centre, Parkinson Street, Weston Creek. Group.

Canberra Living Artists Week (CLAW)

2007

Established 2007 by Canberra Arts Marketing. Event.

Canberra Museum and Gallery

Use for: CMAG
See also: Nolan Gallery

1998

Established 1998. 176 London Circuit (Corner Civic Square), Canberra City. From 2007 housed Nolan Collection. Exhibition venue and public gallery.

Canberra National Sculpture Forum

1995

Established 1995; ceased 1998. Canberra Sculpture Forum Inc disbanded 2002. Held triennially. Event.

Canberra Photographic Society

1961

Established 11 September 1945. 1945-1951 at 2CA Theatrette, Mort St, Civic; 1951-1952 at Institute of Anatomy, Acton; 1952-1966 at Riverside Centre, Barton; 1966-2005 at Griffin Centre, Bunda St, Civic; from 2005 at PhotoAccess, Manuka. Incorporated Monaro Camera Club in mid 1980s. Group.

Canberra Potters Society

Includes: Potters Place (shop)

1976

Established 1975. Watson Arts Centre, 1 Aspinall Street, Watson. The Potters Shop renamed Potters Place: Creations in Clay in October 2001. Group.

Canberra Quilters Inc

1984

Established 1976 as The Patchwork Group. Group.

Canberra Region Arts, Crafts and Community Activities Association Gallery

Use: CRACCA Gallery

Canberra Region Feltmakers

1998

Established December 1994; first exhibition 1997. Lions Youth Haven, Westwood Farm, Kambah Pool Road, Kambah. Group.

Canberra Repertory Theatre, Riverside

Use: Riverside Centre

Canberra Rex Hotel

1986

Established 1960. 150 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon. Exhibition venue.

Canberra School of Art

Use: ANU: School of Art

Canberra Seniors Centre

1981

Established 1965. 10 Watson Street, Turner. Group.

Canberra Spinners & Weavers

Established 1966. “Kurrajong”, Majura Oval, corner Angas and Sherbrooke Streets, Ainslie. Group.

Canberra Theatre Centre

Includes: Playhouse Gallery, Canberra Theatre Gallery, The Link Gallery.

Use for: Theatre Gallery, Arts Council of Australia.

1966

Centre opened 24 June 1965; Playhouse opened 18 August 1965, rebuilt 1998. Theatre Gallery established by June 1966; closed? after 1978. Playhouse Gallery established by 1 May 1969; closed ?. Link Gallery established January 1977 by Craft ACT; closed October 2001; new Link building opened October 2006. Civic Square, Canberra City. Exhibition venue.

Canberra Theatre Gallery

Use: Canberra Theatre Centre

Canberra Times National Art Award

1983

Established by 1983; closed ca 1987. Event.

Canberra Times Outdoor Art Show

Catalogues held separately as serial.

1985

Established by 1985; held in conjunction with Canberra Festival. Event.

Capital Chemist Brindabella Art Prize

Use: Brindabella Art Prize

Capital Chemist Art Award

Use: Brindabella Art Prize

Capital Crafters

2008

Established by 2008. Duntroon Community Centre. Group.

Catt Furniture Shop

1980

Established 1980; closed [destroyed by fire] March 1984. Manuka Village, corner Furneaux and Bougainville Streets, Manuka. Exhibition venue.

Chapman Gallery

Includes: New Chapman Gallery (from 2007).

1979

Established 1976. 15 Beaumont Close, Chapman (1976-ca 1984); 31 Captain Cook Cres, Griffith (ca 1984-2006). Reopened 2007 at 1/11 Murray Crescent, Griffith. Directors: Judith Behan (1976-2006); Kristian Pithie (2007). Commercial gallery.

Chartwell Gallery

Use for: Chartwell Crafts Inc.

1992

Established 11 April 1992. Chartwell Crafts, 88 Parramatta Street, Phillip, ACT. Commercial gallery.

Chenka

Includes: Slate Gallery, Minerva Bookroom

1990

Established 1979. Corner Barrier and Pirie Streets, Fyshwick. Exhibition venue.

Chez Paul Restaurant Francais

1980

4 Colbee Court, Phillip. Exhibition venue.

Chisholm Street Gallery

2000

Established 1990s. 13 Chisholm Street, Ainslie, ACT. Commercial gallery.

CIT (Canberra Institute of Technology)

Use for:  TAFE (Canberra College of Technical and Further Education)

1992

Established 1928 at Telopea Park secondary school; moved to Kingston in 1933; became Trade School in 1936; became Canberra Technical College in 1939; moved to Constitution Avenue Reid in 1964; became Canberra TAFE in 1984; renamed Canberra Institute of Technology in 1987. Various campuses. Exhibition venue.

City Pilates

2006

Suite 1, 1^st floor, 8 Petrie Plaza, Canberra City. Exhibition venue. 

Civic Permanent Art Award

1974

Established by 1971. Held annually. Event.

Clarry’s Arts Café

Use: Gorman House Arts Centre

CLAW

Use: Canberra Living Artists Week (CLAW)

CMAG

Use: Canberra Museum and Gallery

COCAS (Choice and Opportunity Community Arts Season)

See: Open Art ACT

Collector Gallery

2005

Established by 2005. 22 Church St, Collector, NSW. Commercial gallery.

Companions in Clay

1990

Established by 1990. Group.

Cooleman Court

1999

Established March 1978. Brierly Street, Weston. Exhibition venue.

CRACCA Gallery

Use for: Canberra Region Arts, Crafts and Community Activities Association Gallery

1994

Established by 1994. No. 1, The Boulevard, Cnr Akuna St and City Walk, Civic. Exhibition venue.

Craft ACT

Use for: Craft Association of the ACT; Crafts Council of the ACT; Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre
See also: Canberra Theatre Centre

1972

Established 1971 as Craft Association of the ACT; 1973 became Crafts Council of the ACT; 1998 became Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre. Initially at 1 Aspinall St, Watson; 13 Oct 2000 reopened in North Building, Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra City. Directors: 1973-1974 Derek Wrigley [Vice-President]; ca 1995-2000 Jenny Deves; 2000-2003 Catrina Vignando; 2003-2009 Barbara McConchie; March 2010- Avi Amesbury. Exhibition venue.

Craft Association of the ACT

Use: Craft ACT

Craft Bookbinders’ Guild (Inc)

1982

Established 1981. Group.

Crafts Council of the ACT

Use: Craft ACT

CSIRO Discovery Centre

2005

Established August 2000. Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain, ACT.  Exhibition venue.

Cuppacumbalong

Use for: Cuppacumbalong Gallery; Cuppacumbalong Craft Centre.

See also: Narek Galleries, Cuppacumbalong

1987

Established December 1975 as Cuppacumbalong Art and Craft Centre; craft centre closed 1999. Gallery is closed when Tharwa Bridge closed. Naas Road, Tharwa. Directors: 1975-? Doug Alexander; ca 1997-? Rosina and Bob Akhurst. Studio and commercial gallery.

D Block Studio

Use: Gorman House Arts Centre

DADA-ACT

Use for: Disabled and Disadvantaged Artists – ACT

1995

Established 1995. 19 Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon. Group. 

Daramalan College

1963

Established 1962. 2 Bancroft St, Dickson. Exhibition venue.

David Jones (Canberra)

1970

Established by 1971. David Jones, Canberra Centre, 260-262 Alinga St, Canberra City. Exhibition venue.

Deakin High School

1975

Established 1966. 111 Denison Street, Deakin. Exhibition venue.

Design Plus Gallery

1995

Established by 1995; closed? after 1997. 134 Monaro Street, Queanbeyan. Commercial gallery.

Disabled and Disadvantaged Artists – ACT

Use: DADA-ACT

Embassy Motel

2002

Established early 1960s; closed 2009. Hopetoun Circuit, Deakin. Exhibition venue. 

Embassy of Brazil

Use: Brazilian Embassy

Embassy of Finland

2005

Established by 2005. 12 Darwin Ave, Yarralumla. Exhibition venue.

Embassy of Mexico

Use: Mexican Embassy

Embroiderers Guild (ACT)

1973

Established 1962. In 1969 named Embroiderers’ Guild ACT; incorporated 1983. Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon. Group.

Endeavour House

2000

Corner Captain Cook Crescent and Franklin St, Manuka. Exhibition venue.

Fantasia Galleries

1974

Established ca 1974. 7 Broadbent Street, Scullin. Director: Susan Gillespie. Commercial gallery.

Fashion Flair & Fantasy

Use: Flairwear

Festival of Creative Arts and Sciences

Use: Australia 75

Festival of the Contemporary Arts

Use for: FoCA

1995

Established 1995; ceased 2001.Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon. Director: 1997, 1999 Greg Marginson; 1996 Mark Ferguson. Event.
In 2007 apparently revived as Festival of Contemporary Art, organised by Craft ACT, Canberra Contemporary Art Space and ANU School of Art, for one event.

FFF

Use: Flairwear

Fireside Room

Use: Gorman House Arts Centre

Flairwear

Use for: Fashion Flair & Fantasy; FFF.

See also: Art Thread Design

2006

Established 1999 as fantasy section of Art Thread Design and TASDA exhibitions. Flairwear established 2006. Director: Marlene Greenwood. Event.

FoCA

Use: Festival of the Contemporary Arts

Forrest Inn Gallery

2007

Established by 2005. Forrest Inn, 30 National Circuit, Forrest. Commercial gallery.

Front Studio and Gallery, The

Use: The Front Studio and Gallery

Fyre Gallery

2005

Established November 2005. 84 Wallace Street, Braidwood. Director: Cheryl Hannah. Commercial gallery.

Gaia

1990

Established by 1990; closed [?] after 1999. Gaia Womanspace, 38 Canberra Avenue, Forrest. Exhibition venue.

Galerie de Mar

2005

Established ca 1995; closed 2005. 27 Swinden Street, Downer.

Galerie Fred

1995

Established by 1995. Old Canberra Brickworks, Yarralumla. Studio.

Gallery 12

Use: Pialligo Plant Farm

Gallery 41

Use for: Gallery Number Forty-One

1985

Established by 1984; closed? After 1987. 41 Whyalla Street, Fyshwick. Directors: Leslie Williams, Robert Small. Commercial gallery.

Gallery A (Canberra)

Use for: Town House Motel

1965

Established 1964; closed after 1966. Town House [Motel], Rudd St, Canberra City. Commercial gallery.

Gallery Huntly

1978

Established by 1974; closed? After 1995. 11 Savige Street, Campbell, ACT. Director: Ruth Prowse. Commercial gallery.

Garden Gallery

1985

Established by 1985. Avoca Cottage, 32 Victoria Street, Hall.

George Paton National School of Silversmithing

1990

Established ca 1990. Inner north Canberra. Artist is Georgina Paton. Studio.

Gigmanity Gallery

1991

Established by 1991; closed? after 1995. 31 Giles Street, Kingston. Commercial gallery.

Giles Street Gallery

See also: Artespresso

1986

Established by 1986. 31 Giles St, Kingston, ACT. Commercial gallery.

Gorman House Arts Centre

Use for:  Gorman House Community Arts Centre.

Includes: Art Wares; Bogong Theatre; Clarry’s Arts Café; D Block Studio (also called Studio D); Fireside Room; Gorman House Gallery; Jigsaw Theatre; Ralph Wilson Theatre .
See also: Arts Council of the ACT; Canberra Contemporary Art Space

1984

Established 1981; official opening 15 September. To ca October 1990 named Gorman House Community Arts Centre. Ainslie Avenue, Braddon. Offices for arts groups (lists of tenants published in Gorman House annual reports), studios, commercial galleries, exhibition venue.

Gorman House galleries (1 – MAINspace; 2 – MIDDLEspace; Cube)

Use Arts Council of the ACT 1981- June 1987; use Canberra Contemporary Art Space Gorman House after July 1987.

Griffin Centre

1971

Established 1963 at Bunda Street, Civic; reopened 15 September 2005 at 20 Genge Street, Civic.  Exhibition venue.

Griffith Gallery

See also: Lasseters Gallery

1975

Established 1975. 14 Bremer St, Griffith, ACT. Commercial gallery.

Gundaroo Village

Use for: various locations in Gundaroo.

Exhibition venue.

Hackett Primary School

1986

Established 1964. Maitland Street, Hackett, ACT. Exhibition venue.

Hands On Studio

See also: M16

1991

Established by 1991. In grounds of M16 Studios and Gallery, 16 Mildura Street, Fyshwick. Studio.

Happiest Boy in the World School of Decorative Arts

1995

Established ca 1995. 63 Owen Dixon Drive, Evatt. Directors: Michael Gill & Christine Payne. Studio.

Hayes St Gallery & Pottery Studio

1990

Established by 1984. 18 Hayes St, Queanbeyan. Directors: 1984 Robert and Maruta Pearson. Studio and commercial gallery.

Helen Maxwell Gallery

See also: Australian Girls Own Gallery (aGOG)

2000

Established March 2000. 42 Mort St, Braddon. Commercial gallery.

Helen Nankivell Studio

1985

Established ca 1979; closed by 1994. 16 Boote Place, Spence. Studio.

High Court of Australia

1991

Established 1901; officially opened at Parkes Place 26 May 1980. Exhibition venue.

Hill Station Restaurant & Gallery

1985

Established ca 1985. 51 Sheppard Street, Hume. Exhibition venue.

Hive, The

Use: The Hive

Huw Davies Gallery

Use: Manuka Arts Centre

See also: PhotoAccess

Hyatt Hotel Canberra

1992

Established 1924 as Hostel No. 1; January 1925 renamed Hotel Canberra; 23 July 1988 reopened as Hyatt Hotel Canberra. Exhibition venue.

Hyperdome

Use: Tuggeranong Hyperdome

Impressions on Paper Gallery

Established 10 June 2004; closed as a physical gallery September 2008; became virtual gallery January 2009. In 2004 at 225 La Perouse St, Red Hill. From 1 September 2005 at 6/7 Lonsdale St, Braddon. Commercial gallery.

Inanna Inc

Use for: Wednesday Art Arvo Group

2005

Established by 2005. Wednesday Art Arvo exhibits at galleries and online at website gallery. Group.

Jardine Street Gallery

1994

Established by 1994. 39 Jardine Street, Kingston. Commercial gallery.

Jerrabomberra Community Centre

2002

Established by 2002. Jerrabomberra Parkway, Jerrabomberra, NSW. Exhibition venue.

Jigsaw Theatre

Use: Gorman House Arts Centre

Judy Witherdin Glass

2006

Established by 2006. 19 Cloncurry Street, Kaleen. Studio.

Kamberra Glass Art Gallery

2006

Established ca 1998, closed end 2006. Kamberra Winery, Corner Northbourne Avenue and Flemington Road, Lyneham.

KIKU ARTs Gallery

2008

Established 2005. 10 Gibraltar St, Bungendore NSW. Commercial gallery.

Kingston Art Space

See also: Australian Girls’ Own Gallery; Ben Grady Gallery; Canberra Art Workshop; Leichhardt Street Studios; Studio One.

1984

Established ca 1984; re-established March 1992 as Leichhardt Street Studios. First floor, BBC Hardware building, 71 Leichhardt Street, Kingston. Studios and commercial galleries.

La Perouse Gallery

1977

Established 1976; closed after 1980.  57 La Perouse St, Manuka, ACT. Commercial gallery.

Lake Tuggeranong Moon Festival

Use: Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Lasseters Gallery

See also: Griffith Gallery

2007

Established May 2006, at Manuka Court (formerly Thetis Court), Bougainville Street, Manuka. Moved to 14 Bremer St, Griffith. Commercial gallery.

Legacy House

2005

33 Geils Court, Deakin. Exhibition venue.

Leichhardt Street Studios

Includes: Art Space 71; The Gallery.

See also: Australian Girls’ Own Gallery; Ben Grady Gallery; Canberra Art Workshop; Kingston Art Space; M16; Spiral Arm Gallery; Studio One.

1992

Established March 1992; re-established 2002 as M16. First floor, BBC Hardware building, 71 Leichhardt Street, Kingston. Studios and commercial galleries.

Les Arts

1957

Established by 1957. Room 5, Adams’ Buildings, Kingston. Exhibition venue.

Link Gallery

Use: Canberra Theatre Centre

Lions Youth Haven

2000

Established ca 1988. Westwood Farm, Kambah Pool Road, Kambah. Exhibition venue.

M16

Includes: M16 Artspace; Foyer Space; Backspace.

See also: Canberra Art Workshop; Leichhardt Street Studios; StudioMAP; Hands On Studio

2003

Established 2002 as continuation of Leichhardt Street Studios and Kingston Art Space, at 16 Mildura St, Fyshwick; from 1 August 2010 at Blaxland Centre, 25 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith. Director: from 2007 Joseph Falsone. Studios, community workshops, exhibition venue.
M16 also administers Canberra Art Workshop, studioMAP and Hands On Studio.

MacKillop College Art and Craft Show

Use for: Padua Art and Craft Show

1999

Established 1979 as Padua Art and Craft Show; continued as MacKillop College Art and Craft Show. Mackinnon Street, Wanniassa. Event.
MacKillop College established 1997 by amalgamation of Padua Catholic High School, Wanniassa and St Peters Catholic College, Isabella Plains.

Macquarie Galleries Canberra

See also: Anna Simons Gallery

1966

Established 1965; closed after 1978. In 1965-1967 exhibited at Canberra Theatre; 1969-1972 at Macquarie House, 23 Furneaux Street, Forrest; 1976-1977 at 35 Murray Crescent, Manuka. Director: 1965-ca 1972 Anna Simons. Commercial gallery.

Made From Australia Galleries

See also: Paintbox Fine Art

2000

Established ca 1999; closed December 2004; re-established as Paintbox  Fine Art in February 2005. 36 Grey Street, Deakin, ACT.  Directors: Steve and Ann Watson. Commercial gallery. 

Mamingo Workshop

1992

Established by 1992. 13 Hyde Place, Hughes. Studio.

Manuka Art Centre

1979

Established by 1979. Shop 20, Style Arcade, Manuka. Commercial gallery.

Marcia Hill Galleries

See also: Southlands Gallery

1980

Established by 1979. No permanent location in Canberra. Commercial gallery.

Marsden Group

Use for: Marsden Arts Group

2005

Established ca 2004. 22 Marsden Street, Dickson. Director: Barbara van der Linden. Group.

Mawson Gallery

2005

Established 2004. 63 Wilkins Street, Mawson. Director: Monika Leone. Commercial gallery.

Megalo

Use for: Megalo Print Studio and Gallery; Megalo Kingston; Megalo Access Arts; Megalo Screenprint; Megalo Grafix; Megalo Graphix.

1980

Established 1980 as Megalo Print Studio and Gallery. Initially at 71 Leichhardt Street, Kingston; this location continued in use until July 2003, when it relocated to 16 Mildura Street, Fyshwick. Main studio to 1992 at  Ainslie Village, Quick Street, Ainslie; from July 1992 at old Hackett Primary School, corner Maitland and Madigan Streets, Hackett. In 2000 incorporated equipment from Studio One Print Workshop and became Megalo Access Arts. In 2003 moved from Hackett School to Canberra Technology Park, 49 Phillip Ave, Watson. Studio and commercial gallery.

Melba High School

Use for: Melba Copland Secondary School, High School Campus.

1998

Established 1976; amalgamated with Copland College 2008 to form Melba Copland Secondary School. 15 Conley Drive, Melba. Exhibition venue.

Mexican Embassy

Use for: Embassy of Mexico

1989

Embassy established 13 May 1966 at Mugga Way, Red Hill; moved to 14 Perth Avenue, Yarralumla 31 May 1982; gallery space in Perth Ave building.

Michelago Community Hall

1994

Ryrie Street, Michelago, NSW. Exhibition venue.

Montmartre Cultural Association

1982

Established by 1982. 35 Murray Crescent, Manuka. Exhibition venue.

Namadgi National Park Visitor Centre

1999

Established 1990. Naas Road, Tharwa. Exhibition venue.

Nancy Tingey Studio

1993

Established ca 1973, initially at 25 Hall Street, Hall; by 2007 at Strathnairn Arts Association, 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt. Studio.

Narek Galleries

See also: Cuppacumbalong; Pialligo Plant Farm

1977

Established by 1972. Old Tanja Church, 1140 Bermagui Road, Tanja, via Tathra NSW. To June 1977 at 23 Grey Street, Deakin; from 16 July 1977 to ca 1996 at ‘Cuppacumbalong’, Naas Road, Tharwa; from 1996 to ca 2001 at Pialligo Plant Farm. Closed; reopened December 2004 at Tanja. Director: 1984 Karen O’Clery. Commercial gallery.

National Archives of Australia

1998

Established 1998 at Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. Exhibition venue.

National Arts Week in Canberra

1988

Established 1988. Arts Council of Australia. Event.

National Gallery of Australia

Use for: exhibitions and related events.

Use: General ephemera – National Gallery of Australia for administration, building, etc.

1983

Established 24 Oct 1982. Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT. Public gallery.

National Gallery of Australia: Drill Hall Gallery

Use: ANU: Drill Hall Gallery

National Jewish Centre

Use for: Jewish Memorial Centre

1978

Established 1971 as Jewish Memorial Centre. National Circuit, Forrest. Exhibition venue.

National Library of Australia

Use: General ephemera

Almost all National Library static and travelling exhibitions include books and artefacts.

National Methodist Church (Wesley Centre)

Use: Wesley Uniting Church (Wesley Centre)

National Museum of Erotica

2001

Established March 2000; closed ca 2003. 37A Northbourne Avenue, Civic. Public gallery.

National Photography Festival

Use: Vivid

National Portrait Gallery

See also: Old Parliament House

1994

Established 1994; 1994-2008 at Old Parliament House, Parkes; 14 November 2002-2008 also at annex at Commonwealth Place, Parkes. From 4 December 2008 at Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT. Director: 1994-1998 managed by National Library of Australia; from April 1998 Andrew Sayers. Public gallery.

Nolan Gallery

Use for: Nolan Collection; Nolan Gallery Collection.

1985

Established 1974 in Lanyon Homestead; in March 1980 moved to Nolan Gallery, Lanyon; in 2007 temporarily relocated at Canberra Museum and Gallery. Corner London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City. Directors (Curators): from ca 1987 David Dolan; from ca 1992 Angela Philp; from ca 1998 Peter Haynes. Public gallery.

Nova Art Gallery

1994

Established by 1994; closed. Northbourne Avenue, Civic; later at Aranda Shops. Director: Sally Marchant. Commercial gallery.

Nundah Gallery

Use for: Nundah Galleries; Studio Nundah

1963

Established 1962; closed ca 1974. Began as Studio Nundah, in 1966 renamed Nundah Gallery. Director: Mrs Riek LeGrand. 4 Macarthur Ave, O’Connor, ACT. Commercial gallery.

Oaks Brasserie

Use: Yarralumla Gallery and the Oaks Brasserie

Oikos Gift Gallery

Use: Pavilion Hotel

Old Bus Depot Markets

1996

Established 1994. 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston. Commercial gallery.

Old Canberra Brickworks

See: Beverley Hall’s Studio; Galerie Fred

Old Parliament House

See also: National Portrait Gallery

1993

Established as public space 15 December 1992. King George Terrace, Parkes. Exhibition venue.

Old Saint Luke’s Studio Gallery

2006

Established 1982; ceased operation 1989-1999; reopened 2000 as Old Saint Luke’s Studio Gallery. 1045 Shingle Hill Way, Gundaroo, NSW.  Director: Ian Jones. Studio and commercial gallery.

Open Art ACT

See also: Belconnen Community Centre; Tuggeranong Arts Centre.

2002

Established 1998. Initially at Belconnen Community Centre, later also at Tuggeranong Arts Centre. In 2000 was associated with COCAS (Choice and Opportunity Community Arts Season) grant program. Studio.

Padua Art and Craft Show

Use: MacKillop College

Paintbox Fine Art

Includes: Anne and Steve’s Art

See also: Made from Australia Galleries

2004

Established 8 February 2005 by directors of Made from Australia Galleries. 32 Lonsdale Street, Braddon, ACT. Directors: Steve & Anne Watson. Commercial gallery.

Painting for Pleasure

Use: University of the Third Age

Painting with Parkinson’s

1996

Established November 1994 by Nancy Tingey. Joseph Banks Building, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra. Facilitators: Nancy Tingey 1994-1995, John Pratt and Roberta Turner from 1996. Group.

Palangi Persian Art Gallery

2006

Established ca 2002. 2/21 Tea Gardens, Gungahlin. Director: Fatemah Palangi. Commercial gallery and studio.

Parliament House

1997

Established 1988. Exhibition venue. 

Pastoral Gallery

See also: Bimbimbi Potters

1975

Established 1973. Bimbimbi, Old Cooma Road, via Queanbeyan. Director: Hiroe Swen. Commercial gallery.

Patchwork Group

Use: Canberra Quilters Inc

Pavilion Hotel

Use for: Canberra International Hotel; Pavilion on Northbourne

1991

Established as Canberra International Hotel 1981; 1992 renamed Pavilion Hotel; ca 1994 became Pavilion on Northbourne Hotel and Serviced Apartments. 242 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson. Exhibition venue.

PhotoAccess

Includes:  Huw Davies Gallery

1986

Established September 1984. Initially at Kingsley Street, Acton; 2002 moved to Manuka Arts Centre, corner Manuka Circle and New South Wales Crescent, Griffith. Studio and gallery.

Manuka Arts Centre reopened ca 2002 as a community arts venue; from 1965 to ca 2000 it housed the Canberra School of Music. Directors: 2005- PhotoAccess, on behalf of ACT Government.

Pialligo Estate Winery

2009

Established by 2005. 18 Kallaroo Road, Pialligo. Exhibition venue.

Pialligo Fine Art Gallery

Use: Pialligo Plant Farm

Pialligo Plant Farm

Includes: Pialligo Fine Art Gallery; Gallery 12

See also: Narek Galleries.

1997

Established ca 1985. 12 Beltana Road, Pialligo. Various incarnations; Pialligo Fine Art Gallery August 2007 to June 2008; Gallery 12 from September 2008. Directors: Rhondda and Geoff Cleary. Commercial gallery.

Playhouse Gallery

Use: Canberra Theatre Centre

Pot Shop

1976

Established by 1976; closed after 1981. 34 Endeavour Street, Red Hill. Director: Eleanor Scott-Findlay. Possibly a studio.

Potters’ Place

1978

Established by 1978. Upstairs in The Boot and Flogger, Green Square, Kingston. Director: Norma Shields. Exhibition venue.

Potters Place: Creations in Clay

Use: Canberra Potters Society

Public Art

Use for: permanent art works in public spaces

See also: Canberra Hospital

Q Exhibition Space

Includes: The Q; The Light Well; Door 3

2008

Established March 2008. Q Performing Arts Centre, 253 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan. Exhibition venue.

Queanbeyan Art Society

1990

Established by 1983. O’Neill’s Cottage, 6 Trinculo Place, Queanbeyan. Group.

Queanbeyan City Council Art Award

2008

Established 2008. Event.

Queanbeyan City Library

2008

257 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan. Exhibition venue.

Quilting Circle A.C.T.

1988

Group.

Ralph Wilson Theatre

Use: Gorman House Arts Centre

Ranamok

Event.

Rarified

2006

Established August 2004. Shop 8/55 Woolley St, Dickson. Commercial gallery.

Reflections Gallery

Use: Belconnen Art Gallery

Regatta Point Restaurant

Includes: The Deck

1994

Established ca 1984. National Planning Exhibition Building, Regatta Point, Commonwealth Park. Exhibition venue.

Riverside Centre

Includes: Riverside Gallery; The Studio; Canberra Repertory Theatre

1962

Established 1950s. Riverside Gallery [established 1953] and The Studio [established 1964] at 7 Riverside Centre, Barton. Commercial galleries, exhibition venue.

Robijn Ong Studio

2003

Established ca 1982; closed 1998. Studio.

Rose Cottage

Use for: Rose Cottage Craft Barn

1998

Corner Monaro Highway and Isabella Drive, Gilmore.

Rotary Youth Art Award

Use for: Tuggeranong Rotary Youth Art Award

See also: Tuggeranong Arts Centre

1994

Established 1994. Held annually in conjunction with Tuggeranong Community Festival. Event.

RSL National Headquarters

1979

Current building established 1963 at corner Constitution Avenue and Blamey Crescent, Campbell. Exhibition venue.

Rydges Capital Hill Hotel

2001

Established 1988. Corner National Circuit and Canberra Avenue, Forrest, ACT. Exhibition venue. 

Rydges Lakeside Hotel

2001

Established 1970s as Lakeside Hotel. 1 London Circuit, Canberra City. Exhibition venue.

Saint Barnabas Ministry Centre

2007

Established May 2003. 10 Charnwood Place, Charnwood. Exhibition venue.

SCOOP [Strathnairn Co-op shop]

Use: Strathnairn

Senior Citizens

Use: Canberra Seniors Centre

Solander Gallery

1978

Established March 1974. 1974-1987 at 2 Solander Court, Yarralumla. Ca 1987-ca 1997 at 36 Grey St, Deakin. From May 1997 at 10 Schlich St, Yarralumla. Director: Joy Warren. Commercial gallery.

Southlands Gallery

See also: Marcia Hill Galleries

1981

Established by 1978; closed ca 2000. Shops 4-5, Southlands Centre, Mawson. Directors: to ca 1981 possibly Marcia Hill, 1982 to ca 1991 Dianne and Geoff Lean, ca 1991 to 2000 Aileen and Bill Maloney.  Commercial gallery.

Southside Community Services Gallery

Use: Southside Gallery

Southside Gallery

Use for: Southside Community Services Gallery

2006

Established 2005. Southside Community Services, 63 Boolimba Crescent, Narrabundah. Community gallery.

Spiral Arm Gallery

See also: Ben Grady Gallery; Leichhardt Street Studios

1992

Established 1992; closed ca May 2002. Exhibition space of Leichhardt Street Studios, Kingston Art Space, 71 Leichhardt St, Kingston.

St Andrew’s Church

1995

Established 1934; extended 1979. State Circle, Forrest. Exhibition venue.

St. Cyr’s Gallery

1993

Established October 1993. 53 Dundas Court, Phillip. Director: Helen Sinko. Commercial gallery.

St John’s Church

1994

Established ca 1846. Constitution Avenue, Reid, ACT. Exhibition venue.

Stephanie Burns Fine Art

2007

Established 2002; closed 2007. From 2002 to 2003 at 31 Wollongong Street, Fyshwick. From 2003 to 2005 at 107 Strickland Crescent, Deakin. From 21 September 2005 to 29 September 2007 at Shop 2, 25 Bentham St, Yarralumla. From 2008, developing sculpture park and gallery at 17 Archer Close, Yass, NSW, to open autumn 2012. Commercial gallery.

Stitchery ACTers

1986

Established ca 1986. Group.

Strathnairn

Includes: Blue Folk Community Arts; Brindabella Arts Community; Brindabella Community Arts Farm; SCOOP

1989

Established 1970s as Blue Folk Community Arts centre (director Domenic Mico); ca 1985 to 1997 as Brindabella Community Arts Association; from 1998 as Strathnairn Arts Association. 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt. SCOOP [Strathnairn Co-op shop] opened ca 2006. Director: from ca 1990 Michael Sainsbury, then management committee with Sainsbury as manager/caretaker. Studio, exhibition venue and commercial gallery.

Street Theatre Gallery

Includes: Healthpact Gallery

1994

Established 1994. Corner Childers Street and University Avenue, Canberra City. Included Healthpact Gallery 1998-2001. Exhibition venue

Studio Altenburg

Includes: Altenburg Fine Art Gallery and Gift Shop

2006

Established 1978. 104 Wallace St, Braidwood, NSW. Director: Christoph Altenberg 1978-Aug 2008. Commercial gallery.

Studio D

Use: Gorman House Arts Centre

Studio MAP

See also: M16

1995

Established January 1995 in former City Parks Depot, Throsby Lane, Griffith; 2007-July 2010 in M16 Artspace, 16 Mildura Street, Kingston; from 1 August 2010 at M16 Artspace, Blaxland Centre, 25 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith. Director: Jeffree Skewes. Studio.

Studio Nundah

Use: Nundah Gallery

Studio One

See also: Kingston Art Space; Leichhardt Street Studios

1985

Established 1983; closed 2000. Set up as Studio One Printmaking Workshop by Dianne Fogwell and Meg Buchanan. Kingston Art Space, 71 Leichhardt St, Kingston. Studio.

Sutherland Studios

2001

Established December 1997. Weston Creek, Canberra. Director: Denise Sutherland. Studio.

Suzanne Bellamy Studio

Includes: Mongarlowe Studio Workshops

1994

Established 1994. Director, Mongarlowe Studios, Northangera Road, Braidwood, NSW. Studio.

TAFE (Canberra College of Technical and Further Education)

Use: CIT (Canberra Institute of Technology)

TAFTA, The Australian Forum for Textile Arts

Use: The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA)

Textile Art & Surface Design Association ACT (TASDA)

Use: ACT Textile Arts Association (ACTTAA)

Textile Network ACT

1993

Established 1993. Initially at ‘Kurrajong’, corner Angas and Sherbrooke Streets, Ainslie; by 1997 at Canberra School of Art, ANU. Directors: founding committee Betty Hudson and Audrey Ford. Group.

The Art Shed Gallery and Pottery Studio

1994

Established 1992. 7 Naas Road, Tharwa. Director: Malcolm Cooke. Studio and commercial gallery.

The Artists Shed

2006

Established 1995 as studio, and from November 2004 with public gallery. Unit 2, 14 Foster Street, Queanbeyan, NSW. Director: Margaret Hadfield. Studio and gallery.

The Atelier

1978

Established by January 1978. 31 Rutledge St, Bungendore, NSW. Director: Ysabel Hoyos. Studio.

The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA)

1984

Established 1974 at meeting held Sturt Crafts Centre, Mittagong, NSW. Headquarters in Brisbane; biennial conferences held around Australia.

The Boulevard Artists

Use for: variable group of public installation and performance artists who exhibit at The Boulevard Plaza.

2001

Established by 2001. Boulevard Building, Akuna Street, Civic. Group.

The Front Studio and Gallery

2005

Established 8 July 2005. Shops 1-2, Wattle St, Lyneham. Commercial gallery.

The Hive

Includes: Kingston Hive

2001

Established 1999 as Kingston Hive, adjacent to Old Bus Depot Markets, Wentworth Avenue, Kingston; March to June 2001 in Old Bus Depot Markets building; from March 2001 as The Hive, 25 Lonsdale Street, Braddon. Director: Jenny Shaw. Commercial gallery.

The Link Gallery

Use: Canberra Theatre Centre

The Oaks Brasserie

Use: Yarralumla Gallery and the Oaks Brasserie

The Q

Use: Q Exhibition Space

The Studio, Riverside

Use: Riverside Centre

Theatre Gallery, Arts Council of Australia

Use: Canberra Theatre Centre.

See also: Arts Council of the ACT

Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre

2006

Established  8 December 2005. 2^nd floor, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City.  Exhibition venue.

Thursday Potters

1980

Established possibly ca 1980. Group.

Tilley's Devine Cafe Gallery

1994

Established January 1984. Corner Wattle and Brigalow Streets, Lyneham.  Exhibition venue

Tin Sheds Gallery

Use: venue

Tin Sheds Gallery is part of Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney.

Town House Motel

Use: Gallery A (Canberra)

Trading Partners

Use: venue

Established in Victoria by Australian Council of Churches as non-profit group supporting direct marketing of goods from Third World self-help groups.

TRAP

Use: Brindabella Art Prize

Treadles Gallery

1995

Established by 1995. 30 Howitt Street, Kingston. Commercial gallery.

Treeart

1990

Established in 1990s. Studio.

Trish Bridges Studio

1990

Established by 1990. To ca 1996 at 16 Lamington Street, Deakin; 1996 to ca 1998 at 28 MacRobertson Street, Mawson; from 1999 at 19 Shepherdson Place, Isaacs. Studio.

Tuffin’s Music Studios

1976

Established by 1976. Altree Court, Phillip. Exhibition venue.

Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Includes: Gallery; Lake Tuggeranong Moon Festival; Tuggeranong Community Arts Association.

See also: Brindabella Art Prize; Rotary Youth Art Award.

1992

Established 1991 as Tuggeranong Community Arts Association; Arts Centre built 1998. Corner Reed and Cowlishaw Streets, Greenway. Exhibition venue.

Co-sponsors Brindabella Art Prize; Rotary Youth Art Award.

Tuggeranong Community Arts Association

Use: Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Tuggeranong Homestead

2001

Established 1999 as an events venue. Johnson Drive, Richardson. Director: Neil Gillespie. Exhibition and workshop venue.

Tuggeranong Hyperdome

1988

Established 1987. 175 Anketell Street, Tuggeranong. Exhibition venue.

Tuggeranong Open Art

Use: Open Art ACT

Tuggeranong Regional Art Prize

Use: Brindabella Art Prize

Tuggeranong Rotary Youth Art Award

Use: Rotary Youth Art Award

Tuggeranong Valley Artists Group

1990

Established May 1989. Group.

University of Canberra

1986

Established 1967 as Canberra College of Advanced Education; from 1 January 1990 as University of Canberra. Kirinari Street, Bruce. Various venues including Design Gallery, Gallery Restaurant, Staff Club. Exhibition venue.

University of the Third Age

Use for: U3A art groups

2006

Established 1986. Painting for Pleasure established ca 1996. Group.

Vivi

2000

Established ca 2000. 7 Andamooka Street, Fisher. Director: Leslie McIntyre. Commercial gallery.

Vivid National Photography Festival

2008

Established 2008; held in Canberra 11 July-12 October 2008. Event.

Watson Arts Centre

Use for: Watson Community Arts Centre.
See also: Canberra Potters Society; Craft ACT.

2000

Established 1973 as Watson Community Arts Centre. 1 Aspinall Street, Watson. To 1998 occupied by Craft ACT; from ca 1998, managed for ACT Government by Canberra Potters Society. Exhibition venue, studios.

Wednesday Art Arvo Group

Use: Inanna Inc.

Wednesday Group

1977

Established 1960s. Group.

Weeweera – A Festival of Lake George

2002

Established 1999. 23 Molonglo Street, Bungendore, NSW. Director: Elizabeth Cameron Dalman. Event.

Wesley Centre

Use: Wesley Uniting Church (Wesley Centre)

Wesley Uniting Church (Wesley Centre)

Use for: National Methodist Church (Wesley Centre)

1971

Established 1955 as National Memorial Methodist Church. 22 National Circuit, Barton. Exhibition venue.

Westfield Woden Plaza

Use: Woden Plaza

Wildlife and Botanical Artists (ACT)

2003

Established by 1999. Group

Woden Churches Centre

1970

Established 14 September 1974, closed January 2002. Town Square, Woden. Exhibition venue.

Woden Plaza

Use for: Woden Shopping Square; Westfield Woden

1982

Established in stages during 1970s. Woden Town Centre, Phillip. To ca 2006 as Woden Plaza except for brief period as Woden Shopping Square; from ca 2006 as Westfield Woden. Exhibition venue.

Woden Valley Hospital

Use: Canberra Hospital

Woodcraft Guild ACT, Inc.

1994

Established 1980. The Shed, Lions Youth Haven, Kambah Pool Road, Kambah. Group.

WOT [Watercolour Outdoors on Thursday]

2005

Established 2003; first exhibition May 2005. Group.

X Gallery, Bungendore

2007

Established ca 2005. 32 Gibraltar Street, Bungendore, NSW. Director: Xanthe Gay. Commercial gallery.

Yarralumla Gallery and the Oaks Brasserie

2003

Established by 2002 in cottage built ca 1921. Cottage 1, Weston Park Road, Yarralumla, ACT. Directors: Brent and Elaine Richter. Commercial gallery.

Yarralumla Marine Centre

1975

Established ca 1975, closed ca 1991. Corner Novar Street and Kintore Crescent, Yarralumla. Exhibition venue.

Yarralumla Uniting Church Midwinter Arts and Crafts Show

1992

Established ca 1980. Uniting Church Centre, Denman Street, Yaralumla. Event.

YMCA

1975

Established 1971 at Phillip; later closed.  Exhibition venue.