What’s on at Heide

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EXHIBITIONS

NOW SHOWING
Modern Love: The Lives of John & Sunday Reed (until 10 Apr 2016) ENDS ON SUNDAY!
Alex Selenitsch: LIFE/TEXT (until 17 Apr 2016) FINAL WEEKS!
Sarah crowEST: #straponpaintings (until 29 May 2016)
Dancing Umbrellas: An Exhibition of Movement and Light (until 5 Jun 2016)
Artists at Leisure: Albert Tucker Photographs (until 7 Aug 2016)

OPENING SOON
Making History: The Angry Penguins (16 April – 6 November 2016)
Michelle Nikou: a e i o u (23 April – 28 August 2016)

EVENTS & PROGRAMS

BOOKINGS: heide.com.au or 03 9850 1500

Art Programs

PERFORMANCE
SHE IMAGINES A CITY PRESENTED BY BRIONY GALLIGAN
Sunday 10 April, 12pm
In an evocative and intimate exchange, two performers sing to one another from either side of a filmy theatrical curtain, which both separates and connects them.
FREE with admission

PERFORMANCE
I CAN EAT GLASS, IT DOESN’T HURT ME PRESENTED BY BELLE BASSIN
Sunday 10 April, 2pm
Situated within the gardens at Heide, I Can Eat Glass, It Doesn’t Hurt Me imaginatively evokes the idea of ‘wandering sculptures’, drawing inspiration from the surrealist concept of ‘dream objects’ and the transference of energies between bodies and objects.
FREE with admission

ART TALK
A E I O U
Saturday 23 April, 2pm 
Michelle Nikou discusses her exhibition a e i o u  with curators Kendrah Morgan, Heide Museum of Modern Art and Melissa Keys, Senior Exhibitions Manager, NETS Victoria.
FREE with admission

ART TALK
THE ANGRY PENGUINS
Thursday 5 May, 11am   
Join curator Linda Short for an exhibition tour as she discusses the progressive 1940s cultural journal, the Angry Penguins.
In association with  the National Trust Heritage Festival 2016 and Manningham Heritage Festival 2016
FREE with admission

PERFORMANCE
A SONG OF TWO EYEBALLS PRESENTED BY MICHELLE USSHER
Mothers’ Day, Sunday 8 May, 2pm & 3pm
Composed by Huw Hallam, Libretto by Michelle Ussher
Performed by Darcy Carroll and Zachary McCulloch
Based on a short story by artist Michelle Ussher, this ten minute opera is a surreal, psychological romance between two eyeballs, performed by two singers who embody the psyche of Ussher’s porcelain sculptures Camilla, 2014, and Ugo, 2014.
FREE with admission

PERFORMANCE
TWO FOLD PRESENTED BY JUSTENE WILLAMS
Sunday 29 May, 2pm
In Two Fold, 2016, Justene Williams and her collaborators perform a concertina dance, bringing to life her video installation Fan House, within its rich environment of pattern, colour and texture.
FREE with admission

Kids and Family Activities

SUNDAY ART CLUB
Suitable for primary school children, ages 5 to 12.
SPRAY
Sunday 10 April, 10am–1pm
Melbourne’s famous street art becomes accessible for children in this artist-led workshop. Utilising a range of spray painting techniques children will design and make paper stencils to use as the basis for their own piece of portable street art.
Cost: Child $33, Heide Member/Concession $28

HEAVENLY CREATURES
Sunday 1 May, 10am–1pm
Led by multi-disciplinary artist Michelle Mills, children will team up to write a script, sculpt a character and animate a movie inspired by the fantastical creatures that hide in Heide’s gardens.
Cost: Child $33, Heide Member/Concession $28

CAST AWAY
Sunday 29 May, 10am–1pm
Children will transform everyday objects into precious sculptures using a range of simple casting techniques in this artist-led workshop with ceramicist Marlize van Rijswijk
Cost: Child $33, Heide Member/Concession $28

MOTHERS’ DAY
Sunday 10 May, 11am–3pm
Spend Mothers’ Day at Heide and enjoy a picnic in the gardens. Kids can take on our special Mothers’ Day Detective challenge!

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FOR FAMILIES

HEIDE DETECTIVE
Tuesday 26 March – Sunday 10 April
Take on the Heide Detective challenge by solving cryptic clues and following a map that will lead you around the exhibitions, gardens and buildings, or come on a musical adventure using our NEW Sculpture Sounds activity. Each detective to complete a trail wins a prize from the lucky dip!
Architecture, Sculpture Park, Visual Treasure Hunt Detective FREE
Dancing Umbrellas: An Exhibition of Movement and Light FREE with admission
Sculpture Sounds FREE music can be downloaded from the Heide website or on-site in our free wi-fi zone
Collect trails inside Heide III (the main entrance to the museum)

Architecture and History

ARCHITECTURE TOUR
Heide II— A GALLERY TO BE LIVED IN
Wednesday 13 April, 11am
Thursday 28 April, 11am
Wednesday 18 May, 11am
In 1963, the Reeds commissioned David McGlashan of McGlashan & Everist Architects to build a home that had a sense of mystery and romance, and one that would house their growing art collection—a ‘gallery to be lived in’. Join a volunteer guide and learn about the design and construction of the iconic modernist building now known as Heide II.
FREE with admission

HISTORY TOUR
JOY AND SUN
Wednesday 20 April, 11am
Albert Tucker introduced Joy Hester to Sunday Reed in 1939 at the Herald exhibition of French and British Painting, shown at the Melbourne Town Hall. Jill Nicol, volunteer guide, discusses the life-long friendship between the two women.
FREE with admission

HISTORY TALK
THEY ALSO WROTE
Thursday 21 April, 11am
Take a literary tour of Heide with volunteer guide Judith Hughes and discover how John and Sunday Reed opened their home to aspiring writers, and supported the creative endeavours of many young artists.
FREE with admission

HISTORY TOUR
HEIDE PAST AND PRESENT
ANZAC Day, Monday 25 April, 2pm
Thursday 19 May, 11am
Discover Heide’s fascinating history, from the early days when John and Sunday Reed first purchased the property, to its evolution into a museum of modern and contemporary art.
FREE with admission

Gardens & Sculpture Park

SCULPTURE TOUR

MARK OF THE HAND
Thursday 7 April, 11am
Learn about the different processes and techniques used by artists in the making of selected sculptures in the park with volunteer guide Nasrin Rasoulzadeh.
FREE

GARDEN TALK
COOL SEASON VEGETABLES
Thursday 14 April, 11am
Gardener Katie Nettelbeck talks about which vegetables to plant during the cooler months, including succession planting and inter-cropping. A recipe from Café Vue using fresh seasonal produce will be provided.
FREE

GARDEN TOUR
HEIDE KITCHEN GARDENS
Thursday 21 April, 11am
Wednesday 25 May, 11am
Sunday Reed established the historic Heide I kitchen garden in 1936, placing an emphasis on the cultivation of fresh produce, a tradition that continues today. Join a volunteer guide for a tour of the Heide I and Heide II kitchen gardens, and learn about their history and development.
FREE

GARDEN TOUR
Wednesday 27 April, 11am
Wednesday 11 May, 11am
Thursday 26 May, 11am
John and Sunday Reed established a mix of traditional, formal European gardens in combination with local eucalypts and indigenous species. Tour the historic Heide gardens with a volunteer guide.
FREE

GARDEN TALK
AUTUMNAL SHADES OF HEIDE
Thursday 12 May, 11am
Accompany head gardener Dugald Noyes for a walk through the beautiful gardens, looking at the autumnal colours of the exotic trees planted by the Reeds upon their arrival 80 years ago.
FREE