In this episode, join us for an insightful conversation between this year’s SAM Selects exhibitor, Dore Stockhausen, and SAM Curator, Caroline Esbenshade. Together, they explore Dore’s formative years, her artistic evolutio...

In October 2024, multi-disciplinary artist Brendan Huntley joined SAM Communications Officer Mikela Guseli for a conversation exploring Huntley's diverse creative practice. Known best for his clay and painting practice, the conversation ...

Late last year, our 2024 Theodore Urbach Landscape Prize and Studio Scholarship recipient Ellen Lee joined SAM Curator Caroline Esbenshade to discuss Lee's three-month experience at SAM and the growth she experienced in her creative practice bo...

In July 2024, artist Stewart Russell joined SAM Digital Content Coordinator Kati Hogarth for a conversation exploring the creation of his new installation Peter, Tommie, & John / reliving the dream. Stewart Russell’s la...

In April 2024, SAM Selects artist Jen Valender joined SAM Curator - Community Caroline Esbenshade for a fascinating live conversation exploring the creation of her exhibition

SAM Curator Jessica O'Farrell sits down with multidisciplinary artist Jason Phu to discuss his recent Art Wall commission for SAM, Some of the things that have come and gone with the waters. The pair dive into Phu's creative practice, ...

Australian Melting Pot (2018) examines the complexity of living between multiple cultures in Australia. Join artist Moorina Bonini and SAM Curator Belinda Briggs as they discuss the artwork and the multifaceted perspectives that contribute to t...

SAM Talks: Drawing Wall #39with Troy Firebrace Join Yorta Yorta artist Troy Firebrace and SAM Curator Belinda Briggs as they discuss the dual contexts of SAM Drawing Wall #39. Troy uses layers of...

SAM Talks: A Potter’s Legacy with Damon Moon Join us as we discuss key artworks in our most recent exhibition; A Finer Grain, selected works from the Shepparton Art Museum. In this iteration, Damon Moon remarks on Ma...

SAM Talks: Colour with David Sequeira Join us as we discuss a series of key artworks in our most recent exhibition; A Finer Grain, selected works from the Shepparton Art Museum. In this iteration, David Sequ...

SAM Talks: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral with Angela Valamanesh  Join us as we discuss a series of key artworks in our most recent exhibition; A Finer Grain, selected works from the Shepparton Art Museum. ...

SAM Talks: The Exquisite Pirate  with Sally Smart Join us as we discuss a series of key artworks in our most recent exhibition; A Finer Grain, selected works from the Shepparton Art Museum. In this ...

SAM Talks: Drawing Wall #38with Jahnne Pasco-WhiteJoin Jahnne Pasco-White as she talks about her response to the landscape and the way she captures this on canvas. Speaking about her methods and approaches to artma...

SAM Talks: Sound Seenwith Sarah CrowESTOver the month of October, sound makers of all persuasions responded to visual scores created by artist Sarah CrowEST. Learn more about the online project and listen to the response...

SAM Talks: Industry Insights with Pink Ember Studio Founders Aaron and Aoife Billings What do you need to do to flourish in highly competitive arts and cultural space that is now largely online? In this SAM Talks...

SAM Talks: Art and Designwith artist Irene Grishin Selzer and Irina Rybakov of Pepite Shop How has the need for art resulted in a design focus in our living rooms during the physical closures of our art muse...