Presented by Marina Strocchi, Wayne Eager and Arthur Roe - Tuesday 7 December 7:15pm

Artists Marina Strocchi and Wayne Eager are partners in life, each with their individual and distinctive art practices. Wayne was a founding member of avant-garde Roar Studios, following which Marina and Wayne set up and managed the Ikuntji Art Centre at Haast’s Bluff, after which they moved to Alice springs and both worked with Indigenous artists in a number of different organizations for over 30 years. Both are represented in major museum and private collections.

Join Arthur Roe in conversation with both Marina and Wayne discussing how they started as artists, how they influenced and were influenced by Indigenous artists, how they concurrently maintained their own distinctive practices and how as partners in life they influenced each other.

Sun 14 November - 2.30pm

Join passionate and articulate collectors Arthur and Suzie Roe, for a tour on Sunday afternoon 14th November, as they reveal themselves and discuss a selection of works from their extensive collection, now showing in the current exhibition Storylines and Songlines.

Learn more about why a collector falls in love with a work, the stories behind the works and their acquisition and what drives a collector.

The tour will be followed by a delicious afternoon tea in the apartment. Bookings essentials.

Tuesday 26 October - 7:30pm

This FREE talk by JAHM Director, Charles Justin includes Art Travels throughout his country of birth, Belgium, including Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent.

Bookings essential.

Thursday 30 September - 7:30pm

New York must have more museums and galleries than any city in the world. Join JAHM Directors, Leah and Charles on their whirlwind tour where they touch on the well-known, but focus on the less well known, including some major commercial galleries and not to be missed museums an hour or so outside of NYC.

Absolutely free, but bookings essential. Tell you friends ;)

Presented by Geoffrey Bartlett - Thurs 15 July - 7pm

Renowned Australian contemporary sculptor Geoffrey Bartlett will discuss his distinctive artistic practice in the context of landscape and abstraction, how his work Silver Rain Over Hall’s Gap complements the Arthur and Suzie Roe collection, and his thoughts on where sculpture in Australia is heading into the future.

Geoffrey’s talk will conclude with a Q&A including art collector Arthur Roe and JAHM director Charles Justin, followed by a viewing of the exhibition and refreshments.

Presented by Sasha Grishin - 7 July 2021 - 7pm

Join eminent art historian, author, critic and curator Sasha Grishin AM, Emeritus Professor at the ANU, as he discusses the historical boundaries set between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in representing contemporary Australian art, with special reference to the private collection of Arthur and Suzie Roe. His talk will conclude with a Q&A, followed by a viewing of the exhibition and refreshments.

Presented by Donald Bates - Wed 23 June - 7pm

Join Professor Donald Bates, Associate Dean (Engagement) Melbourne School of Design Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and Director of LAB Architectural Studio – the architects of Melbourne’s Federation Square - as he presents The Itinerant Architect; A Man within All Countries.

Donald Bates has called Melbourne home for 23 years but has experienced life in many cities throughout the world. His talk will explore what it means to work as an architect when one is never truly at home – but is always able to feel local.

Donald’s talk will conclude with a Q&A, followed by a viewing of the exhibition and refreshments.