Join us for the opening event of three new exhibitions.

Bleeding Hearts and Morning Glory: Artwork by Guy Fredericks & Chloe Watfern with Studio A to be opened by Sally Gillespie, writer, researcher, and lecturer on eco-psychology. A collaborative project developed by artist Guy Fredericks and Dr Chloe Watfern, with Studio A, Bleeding Hearts and Morning Glory is a socially engaged exhibition that encourages people with intellectual disability to participate in conversations about climate change. The project engages neurodivergent people across the Northern Beaches involved in climate action, caring for country, tending local gardens and working with community groups focused on climate solutions.

Out Front 2024: 30 Years of Express Yourself to be opened by Simon Cooper, Head of Studies at the National Art School. 2024 marks the 30th iteration of our Express Yourself exhibition, the annual curated selection of artworks by HSC Visual Arts students from the 20 secondary schools across the Northern Beaches. The exhibition will feature a broad range of expressive artforms that explore the contemporary themes which are of importance to young people today. It demonstrates the diversity, spirit and artistic strength of our young local artists, as well as showcasing the quality of teaching in Northern Beaches secondary schools.

Daniel Mudie Cunningham: Proud Mary to be opened by performance artist and mortality doula Victoria Spence. In his 2007 artwork, Funeral Songs, Daniel Mudie Cunningham asked his friends to name the songs they would like to have played at their funerals. The selected songs ran the gamut from playful to sombre, together representing an archive of the ways in which people wish to be remembered at their last hurrah. Daniel’s choice, Tina Turner’s rendition of the Creedence Clearwater Revival song Proud Mary, is a nod to the impact experiencing Turner’s performances in Sydney in 1991 and 1993 has had on the artist. Chosen as his funeral song in 2007, Daniel has vowed to perform a lip-syncing rendition of the song every five years until the time of his death. Since the original performance in 2007, the routine has been re-enacted three times – the first in 2012 in an abandoned carpark, then in 2017 in an empty Tasmanian swimming pool, and most recently in 2022 in a Port Kembla field of concrete tetrahedrons. Proud Mary at MAG&M is the first time the 2022 rendition of the video performance will be seen in Sydney.