Tuggeranong Arts Centre has three new exhibitions.

From Country is a collaborative art exhibition by Ngunnawal/Wiradjuri artist Megan Daley and Wiradjuri artist Rechelle Turner that delves into their deep-rooted connection to Country and the timeless stories it holds.

True by Kevin Gilbert is an exhibition of lino prints and poetry expressing the artist’s core themes of a spiritual presence enhancing the cultural survival of his People against the seemingly insurmountable odds in an oppressive colonial system.

Community Postcards: Wish You Were Here is an exhibition curated from an open call out for small works where artists have been invited to reflect on the Tuggeranong Valley environment and communicate through their work, things that are special, unique and remembered or that just bring every-day joy and delight to people that reside, work or visit Canberra’s South.

All three exhibitions will be on display from Friday June 13 to August 9. More information is available from the Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s website.

At the Canberra Contemporary Platform The Lost Sea by Lizzie Hall is an installation comprising a large sculpture made from salt in dialogue with oil paintings that speaks to our relationship with loss, both personal and environmental. The Lost Sea will be on display from Friday May 30 until Sunday June 8. The Canberra Contemporary Platform is at Furneaux Street, Manuka. Gallery hours are Friday to Sunday, 11am-5pm.

At the Australian National Capital Artists Gallery Jacqui Malins’ Rich and Rare submersive exhibition is the outcome of several years of creative research into the almost lost world of the native flat oyster reefs. The exhibition will be on display until from Wednesday June 4 to Sunday June 22. The Australian National Capital Artists Gallery is at Rosevear Place, Dickson. Gallery hours Wednesday to Sunday 12–5pm.

The next Jazz Haus Canberra concert will be The Steve Hunter Band playing original compositions along with a few tunes by Chick Corea and Miles Davis. All four members of the Steve Hunter Band will also present a workshop on individual instrument techniques for electric bass, piano, guitar and drums. The performance will be at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre on Saturday 14th June from 7pm. More information is available from their website.

At the Aarwun Gallery, Amor Es Alegría by Carlos Barrios is an exhibition of evocative works drawing on myth, memory, and the sacred. This deeply personal collection reflects his joy in life, his love for family, nature, and the spirit of connection. Amor Es Alegría will run until Sunday June 15. The Aarwun Gallery is at Federation Square, O’Hanlon Pl, Nicholls.

The Canberra Symphony Orchestra presents Mimi’s Symphony. Join writer and narrator Justine Clarke as she leads through this engaging and lively story where audiences will meet the sections of the orchestra brass, string, woodwind and percussion as they come together in a joyous symphony. There will be four performances at the Canberra Theatre on Friday May 30 and Saturday May 31. For more information visit the Canberra Theatre website.

The Grainger Gallery has two new exhibitions: Convergent Realities by Marcel Hoggstad Hay and Slaymakers by Johnny Romeo. The Granger gallery is at Dairy Road Fyshwick opening hours Wed-Sun 11am-5pm.

At the National Archives of Australia, Camel trains to steel wheels: life on the Trans-Australian Railway documents the events and challenges from the early years of Australia’s most strategically important railway line. From the construction effort and its diverse workforce to the unique lives of communities that sprang up along the line.  The exhibition is on display at the National Archives of Australia each day from 9am to 5pm until October 19.

The Kyeema Gallery at Hall has Uplands by Andy Sumner. An Exhibition of semi-abstract landscape paintings strongly inspired by Canberra’s surroundings and the interaction of nature and human civilisation. Uplands will run from Thursday May 29 until June 29. Gallery hours 10:30am to 5pm, Thursday to Monday. For further information go to the Capital wines website.

The Song Company presents Love’s Four Seasons: a performance that explores the dramatic richness of Italian madrigals, alongside contemporary works that echo the timelessness of love. The concert will be at the Wesley Music Centre on Sunday June 8 from 3pm. For more details go to the Song Company website.

At the Australian National Capital Artists Gallery Stilleven is an exhibition of glass work by Rose-Mary Faulkner that considers connections to places and objects as both self portraiture and representative of lived experience and narrative. The exhibition will be on display until Sunday June 1. The Australian National Capital Artists Gallery is at Rosevear Place, Dickson. Gallery hours Wednesday to Sunday 12–5pm.

The next ANU Meet the Authors event will be Internationally acclaimed epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre in conversation with Sanjaya Senanayake on her new book Vaccine Nation Science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress, a gripping journey through the past, present and future of vaccines. The event will take place at the ANU Kambri Cinema on Wednesday June 4 from 6pm.To find out more information and to register for this event visit the events section of the ANU website.

The Wesley Music Centre presents Harp and Flute. Flautist Laura Chislett and harpist Alice Giles will perform duo works by Edward Cowie and Gerard Brophy; the premiere of “Harlequin Dances” by Edward Cowie; other contemporary works for solo harp including “Harp Body Her Body” by Mary Doumany and “Breath Dance” by Timothy Geller. The concert will take place on Saturday June 7 at 7:30pm. To find out more information visit the Wesley Music Centre’s website.

At the Q theatre Scenes From the Climate Era is a play with sixty-five short scenes that are comic, tragic, and everything in between. About the choices we made yesterday, and the difficult beauty of tomorrow. Scenes From the Climate Era will be performed on Wednesday June 4 and Thursday June 5 at 7:30pm. For further information visit the Q theatre website.

The Street Theatre presents Jean Genet’s masterpiece psychological thriller The Maids where two sisters are maids to their wealthy Mistress in a big city apartment. When their Mistress is out, they pass the time in an obsessive game of roleplaying. The Maids will be performed until Sunday June 8. For further information and performance times visit The Street Theatre’s website.

Belco Arts has four new exhibitions:

The beautiful place where we live by  An Pan is an Australian landscape exhibition of the natural scenery of the cities and countryside he has lived and visited in the past 35 years.

GW Bot’s: Portrait of a landscape is curated by Joe Eisenberg and draws together many of the artist’s works of art from the past four decades.

HABITAT is an Open Printmaking Exhibition where printmakers from throughout Australia have been invited to respond to the theme of what HABITAT means to them.

And Rendering the Invisible by Igor Kochovski revolves around the themes of seeing and transforming.

All four exhibitions will be on display from Friday May 23 until July 6. Belco Arts Gallery hours are 10am–4pm, Tuesdays–Sunday.

At the Tempo Theatre there’s the English comedy The Love Birds by Basil Thomas. A newly married couple (Julie and Bertie) are given a budgie as a wedding present. Little do they know that the budgie is possessed by the spirit of Julie’s late first husband Cecil. The play will be performed from Friday May 30 until Saturday June 7 at Belconnen Community Theatre. For performance times go to the Tempo Theatre website.

M16 Artspace has four new exhibitions:

Traced Life brings together the paintings of Racheal Bruhn and John Nelson who both picture their worlds through works exploring broken stories and experiences of loss to present two different perspectives on time, place and narrative.

Split Open by Natasha Tareen traverses deeply personal and ancestral narratives to explore the complexity of brown femininity, bodily autonomy, and generational memory.

New Works: 3 Stories brings together the work of three printmakers who explore their experiences of place in this deeply considered body of new work.

The Arrival by Brenda Runnegar is an installation that shows a room with a cocoon surrounded by insects awaiting to welcome a new arrival emerging from the pupa.

All four exhibitions will run from Friday May 16 until June 8.

M16 is at Blaxland Crescent, Griffith and Gallery hours are 10am–4pm, Tuesday–Sunday.

To celebrate its 45th birthday, the Megalo Print Studio presents Megalo: 45 Years of Print: an exhibition that displays works from Megalo’s archive and explores the studio’s significant contribution to social and political activism as well as artistic collaboration and innovation in Australia, and internationally. The exhibition will run until June 8. The Megalo print studio is at Wentworth St, Kingston. Opening hours 9.30am-5pm,  Tuesday-Saturday.

Photo Access’s Huw Davies Gallery has two new exhibitions: Firstly, Kai Wasikowski’s The Bees and the Ledger investigates themes of industry, migration and work through the portrayal of the artist’s who maternal grandmother Natalia Broadhurst devoted the majority of her labor to study, growing food, keeping bees and caring for family. Then An Satong Kawaran by George Calvelo connects memories of a life left behind with new experiences unfolding during the artist’s transition to a new country. Both exhibitions will be on display from Thursday May 15 until June 14. Photo Access is at Manuka Circuit, Griffith. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm.

At Strathnairn Arts there’s Matriarchy: an exhibition where Jessika Spencer works with both traditional and contemporary fibre art techniques to explore themes of land management, cultural heritage, and sustainability. The exhibition will run until Sunday June 1. Strathnairn Arts gallery hours are 10-4pm Wednesday to Sunday.

At the Canberra Contemporary two new exhibitions. Am I in your way? extends Raquel Ormella’s career-long focus on the visual cultures of protest and resistance through drawings, flags and performance works, exploring bodily resistance and protest languages. Amala Groom’s The Lodge is the third moving image work in Amala Groom’s Raised by Wolves series. Autobiographical in nature, the series explores the relationship between alchemy (spirit) and science (matter), following the belief that life is a marriage of these forces, with the human being as the ultimate construct between them. Both exhibitions will be on display until July 12. The Canberra Contemporary is at Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes. Gallery hours are Friday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm.

At the Drill Hall Gallery there’s Eye to Eye: an exhibition that brings into focus Susan Taylor and Peter Jones’s art collection on the advent of the collection’s 25th anniversary. This Canberran couple’s collection of art was seeded from an initial interest in mid-century modern design and early twentieth century avant-garde art. The exhibition will run until June 15. The Drill Hall Gallery is at  Kingsley St Acton, Opening hours are Weds-Sun 10am-5pm.

At the Canberra Glassworks two new exhibitions. Firstly, Arum by Sydney-based designer, Tom Fereday is a solo show of glass products that uses his vast knowledge of manufacturing processes. Then Meander by Katie-Ann Houghton explores the relationship between form and pattern, drawing inspiration from architectural details. Both exhibitions will be on display until June 8. Canberra Glassworks is at Wentworth Avenue, Kingston. Gallery hours 10am-4pm Wednesday to Sunday.

Tuggeranong Arts Centre has three exhibitions.

In Walking with the Gardener, embroiderer Sharon Peoples and printmaker Peter McLean have set out to be immersed in, and record, the lush environment of Mt. Wilson.

Meander  by Lynne Flemons is a body of work that explores the creeks that flow through the Gudgenby Valley in Namadgi National Park through drawings made on site and paintings developed in the studio.

Pixel and Thread by Networks Australia is an exhibition showcasing the diverse ways digital technology can enhance creativity for textile artists and makers. The Networks Australia artists experiment with technologies like artificial intelligence, photography, programming, and automation, skillfully weaving them into their textile creations.

All three exhibitions will be on display from Friday April 11 until June 7. More information is available from the Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s website.

At the National Library of Australia there’s Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive selected by Mike Bowers. This exhibition features images printed from the original glass-plate negatives to explore how the pioneers of press photography in Australia developed their storytelling skills while also creating a lasting record of Australian society in the opening decades of the 20th century. Fit to Print  will be on display until July 20. The National Library is open from 9am-5pm daily and for more information visit the National Library of Australia website.

At the Canberra Museum and Gallery Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars celebrates the 100-year anniversary of Mount Stromlo Observatory. Immersive digital interactives, unique objects, and oral histories bring to life the groundbreaking discoveries and hidden history of this remarkable institution. Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars will run until November 16. At the Canberra Museum and Gallery, cnr London Circuit and City Square, Canberra City. Opening hours are Monday-Friday: 10am-4pm & 12-4pm on Saturday-Sunday.

At the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Behind the Lines 2024: the year in political cartoons. This year’s exhibition theme is ‘No guts, no glory’, reflecting a year where the Olympic and Paralympic Games were held, and in Australia’s daily news sporting analogies were drawn between politics and the issues affecting our everyday lives.  Behind the Lines 2024 will run until December 2025.

At the National Gallery of Australia the exhibition Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia is a celebration of First Nations art and cultures, providing a visual dialogue into Australia’s complex histories with over 260 historical and contemporary works of art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across Australia. Ever Present will be on display until August 2025. Gallery hours are 10am-5pm daily.