Shepparton Art Museum

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Shepparton Art Museum
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Front entrance, 2024
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Location within Victoria
Established1936 (1936)
Location530 Wyndham St, Shepparton, VIC, Australia
Coordinates 36°22′39″S145°23′53″E / 36.377488°S 145.398188°E / -36.377488; 145.398188
Type Art museum
Collections Ceramic art
DirectorDanny Lacy, Artistic Director
Andrew Gooley, Director of Business
Website sheppartonartmuseum.com.au

The Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is an art museum in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1936 as the Shepparton Art Gallery, the collection lacked a purpose-built gallery until the current $50 million building opened in 2021. SAM holds over 4,000 artworks, including one of the largest ceramic art collections in Australia. The building also hosts the Greater Shepparton Visitor Centre; Kaiela Arts, a studio for Aboriginal artists; an outdoor amphitheatre and the Art Hill café.

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Description

SAM holds one of Australia's most significant collections of Australian ceramics [1] and Indigenous Australian art. The museum has one of the largest collections of works by the extended Namatjira family (including Albert Namatjira and Vincent Namatjira) [2] and ceramics by Merric Boyd. It is host to the Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award (SMFACA) [3] and the Indigenous Ceramic Art Award. [4]

Previously managed by the City of Greater Shepparton, [5] the museum is now governed by the non-profit organisation Shepparton Art Museum Ltd (SAM Ltd). [6]

Redevelopment

In 2013, the SAM Foundation was established to raise funds for a new building. [7] In 2017, a design by Denton Corker Marshall won the architectural design competition for a new Shepparton Art Museum building. [8] [9]

The building design won the Victorian Architecture Award for Public Architecture in 2022, [10] and was the first Australian gallery or museum to be awarded a 6 Star Green Star Rating. [11]

Construction on the $50 million new building commenced in 2019 and opened in November 2021. [12]

Past exhibitions

References

  1. "Contemporary Art & Ceramics at Shepparton Art Museum". Culture Victoria. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. O'Brien, Kerrie (13 November 2021). "Gallery or sculpture? First look inside Shepparton's new $50 million art museum". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. "Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award". Shepparton Art Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. "Indigenous Ceramic Art Award | Event listing". The Guardian. 14 May 2014. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. "History – Greater Shepparton City Council". greatershepparton.com.au. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. "History". Shepparton Art Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  7. "History – Greater Shepparton City Council". greatershepparton.com.au. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. "'Beacon in the landscape' wins Shepparton Art Museum competition". ArchitectureAU. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. Lindsay, Georgia (29 January 2020). Contemporary Museum Architecture and Design: Theory and Practice of Place. Routledge. ISBN   978-0-429-66484-7.
  10. "2022 Victorian Architecture Awards Winners". Australian Institute of Architects. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  11. Council, Greater Shepparton City (27 June 2022). "SAM building wins Public Architecture Award". Greater Shepparton City Council. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  12. "Shepparton Art Museum Open For Business | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 9 March 2024.