NOW SHOWING | Selling Exhibition

Ngawiya. Ngubadi (To Give With Love)

21 July – 1 October, Gallery, The Rodd

The Sidney Nolan Trust, in partnership with Aboriginal Art UK is delighted to present a major exhibition of Australian Indigenous artworks at The Rodd. The exhibition will feature artworks by some of Australia’s most established artists and communities as well as up and coming indigenous artists, including Gadigal artist Kate Constantine and Wiradjuri-British artist Jasmine Coe.

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NOW SHOWING | Selling Exhibition

Fiona McIntyre - Dreaming The Land

26 May - 1 October, The Library, Rodd Court

In Dreaming The Land, McIntyre expresses an imagined landscape inspired by a synergy of objects drawn from the personal collection of Sidney Nolan. She is interested in his unique vision of landscape imagined, remembered and expressed from a perspective of separation and time.

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NOW SHOWING | Outdoors

Jim Carter - Of Black Shires

31 March - 29 October, Gardens, The Rodd

Jim Carter is an environmental artist working in sculpture, ritual, sound and photography to explore themes of loss, remembrance and regeneration in relation to animals and landscape. Of Black Shires is a new body of site-specific artworks and audio developed for The Rodd in 2022.

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NOW SHOWING | CHIT Jony Easterby

Continuing his exploration of plants, form and growth during his residency at The Rodd, CHIT is an exploration into the growth of plants and sprouting of seeds in their search for light. The installation will remain in situ for the next six months to explore the form created by the tubers searching shoots in response to light alongside the transformation of space within the frame. 18x18 = 324 Melody baking potatoes, larch frame and coir twine. To ‘chit’ a potato is to allow it to sprout before planting.

Exhibition | Work from the collection

31 March - 29 October, Rodd Court

We care for the world's largest collection of work by Sir Sidney Nolan. A changing display of artworks is presented in his former home, 17th century Rodd Court.

Learning | Workshops for young people

Cultivate

Saturday 17 September, 10 am - 1 pm, The Rodd

Cultivate is our creative programme for 15 - 25 year olds. It runs once a month on a Saturday and is FREE to attend.

Join us for the next Cultivate session with lead artist Emma Posey.

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Coming Soon | Selling Exhibition

Mappa Marches

6 October - 29 October, Gallery, The Rodd

The Mappa Marches touring exhibition brings together 7 artists, 2 poets and an aerial filmmaker to celebrate the solace and magic of our landscape history and culture. Mappa Marches is co-curated by Adrienne Craddock and Helen Arthur.

Learning | Art workshops

Drypoint Printmaking with Helen Arthur

Friday 7 October, 10 am – 1 pm

A lovely way to create your own etchings without any chemicals involved. All skill levels welcome.

Helen will help you etch over a photograph or drawing of your choice – bring your own, or select something from Helen’s image library. You will then learn how to ink up an intaglio plate and take an impression - or “peel and reveal” as we call it.

Enjoy the Mappa Marches exhibition during your workshop: Helen will share the background to the group’s work and touring exhibition, which she has co-curated with Adrienne Craddock.

Free (Booking required)

FULLY BOOKED

Learning | Workshops for young people

Cultivate

Saturday 15 October, 10 am - 1 pm, The Rodd

Cultivate is our creative programme for 15 - 25 year olds. It runs once a month on a Saturday and is FREE to attend.

Join us for the next Cultivate session with lead artist Emma Posey.

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Learning | Life Drawing

Life Drawing Sessions

Thursday 20 October - Thursday 24 November, 3 pm - 5 pm, The Rodd

We are delighted to offer a new 6-week block of life drawing sessions in 16th-Century Rodd Court. The untutored sessions are a fun and informal way to draw together with a small group in a relaxed environment. A hot drink is included during a break in the 2-hour sessions.

£10 per session

£50 for 6-week block booking

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Learning | Art workshops

Collagraph Print Workshop with Printmaker Adrienne Craddock

Friday 21 October, 10 am – 12.30 pm

Explore this wonderful, intaglio print process.

Adrienne will guide you through creating a collagraph plate using textured papers, medium and glue using landscape as inspiration. These plates will be inked in colour and printed through Sidney Nolan’s wonderful etching press.

You will also be given a tour of work in the Mappa Marches exhibition on show at The Rodd.

Free (Booking required)

FULLY BOOKED

Learning | Workshops for children

Halloween Crafts

Thursday 27 October, 11 am - 12 noon

Ahead of Halloween, join us at The Rodd to create some spooky craft creations.

Suitable for all ages, £5 per child

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Learning | Art workshops for children

Firework-inspired art and crafts

Friday 4 November, 11 am – 12 noon

Ahead of Bonfire night, join us at The Rodd to make some autumn and firework-inspired art and crafts.

Suitable for ages 5 and over, £5 per child

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Learning | Workshops for young people

Cultivate

Saturday 12 November, 10 am - 1 pm, The Rodd

Cultivate is our creative programme for 15 - 25 year olds. It runs once a month on a Saturday and is FREE to attend.

Join us for the next Cultivate session with lead artist Emma Posey.

Find out more and sign up here

Learning | Workshops for young people

Cultivate

Saturday 3 December, 10 am - 1 pm, The Rodd

Cultivate is our creative programme for 15 - 25 year olds. It runs once a month on a Saturday and is FREE to attend.

Join us for the next Cultivate session with lead artist Emma Posey.

Find out more and sign up here

Residency | Konstantina (Kate Constantine)

18 July - 14 August, The Rodd

Konstantina (Kate Constantine) is a proud Gadigal woman of the Eora nation and a neo-contemporary indigenous artist. Kate will spend a month in residence at The Rodd to coincide with Ngawiga Ngubadi, a major exhibition of Aboriginal painting.

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Exhibition

Sidney Nolan - The Celtic Image

26 May - 16 July, Gallery, The Rodd

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Selling Exhibition

Daniel MacCarthy - The Peace Of Wild Things

31 March - 21 May 2022

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Exhibition

Sidney Nolan: The Colour of the Sky - Auschwitz Paintings

12 August - 26 September 2021

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Exhibition

Nolan à l’Atelier 17

21 May - 8 August 2021

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Exhibition

Sidney Nolan: Polaroids

31 March - 14 May2022

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