GOAT GALLERY NATIMUK

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A vintage playing card showing the King of Hearts card

A Royal Subject: a portrait of the new king

King Charles III is our new King and Memorial Halls around the country are having to replace their old photos of King Charlie’s mum with his new official royal portrait.

As a part of the famous NatiFrinj Festival in November this year, we are calling for artists to submit an artwork that explores what it means to have a new King in the colonial outpost that is the Commonwealth of Australia. Whether you are a staunch republican, a devout royalist, an eternal fan of Queen Elizabeth, an anti-royalist, or completely indifferent to our British head of state, you are invited to submit your own idea of a royal portrait and what the King means to you. Is he the beginning of a new era for the royals, more gossip fodder for trashy magazines or the end of a dynasty?

Special guest judges will award the best work for display at the Natimuk Memorial Hall for 12 months while we wait for the official portrait (or to sit along side).

Guidelines for artworks

  • Artworks can be 2D or 3D

  • Artworks can be in any medium (however to be hung in the Natimuk Memorial Hall they will need to be suitable for a hanging display)

  • The work must be no larger than 50 cm (2D or 3D)

  • The work must arrive at the Goat Gallery by October 20, 2025 to be included in the exhibition

  • Further submission details coming soon!

Coming soon

KNIT YOUR REVOLT

sticking our needles to misogynistic knit-wits and extreme conservatism since 2012

Knit Your Revolt (KYR) is a network of rad crafters banding together to produce mass acts of craftivism. They aim to subvert society’s low expectations of craft and women (who are most commonly associated with the art­form) to combat other crazy­-arse notions that abound and create a powerful force of change towards a more equitable world.


Consciously using art­forms and materials that have gendered expectations, KYR highlights many other ridiculous assumptions afoot in the world today relating to gender identity and sexual orientation and other fields of generally bizarro inequity or injustice.

COMING TO THE GOAT GALLERY MAY - JUNE

EVENTS

vinylscapes

You don’t have to go to tokyo or berlin

Shamelessly stolen (with permission) from Howie who first presented Vinylscapes at The Curious Rabbit in Wagga Wagga, Vinylscapes Natimuk is a relaxed music event where people bring vinyl records from their collection to listen to with others. Featuring guest music collectors and others, vinyl record listening parties are a great way to spend a winter’s evening with friends. More details coming soon.

Learn art At The Goat

Coming soon:

  • Learn to draw for beginners: Learn the basics of drawing and how to use a range of drawing materials to produce work you will be proud of!

  • Art Club: Bring your supplies and make art in an informal and social setting.

  • The Nati Zine-Machine: Get together with other zinsters and make some zines.

  • Drawing with an iPad: Learn how you can use an iPad to explore visual ideas before working with paint and canvas.

  • Crafternoons: A great way to spend time with friends (or meet new ones) on a winter’s day, while getting some of those craft projects finished!

A close up of a Japanese artist painting with ink

If you have an idea for a workshop or would like to share your skills with others, do get in touch and we can discuss your ideas!