Where are those McCubbin recipes for a good loaf or apple pie? McCubbin gave up baking for painting and teaching art. Margaret Fulton, Australian food and cooking writer, speaks about food of the Federation period, and shares some time-honoured recipes.

National Gallery of Australia | LECTURE SERIES | 2009

Celebrity talk with Margaret Fulton: The recipe

Quiltmaker and author, Margaret Rolfe, discusses styles and techniques of some Australian quilts in Airing of the quilts.

Australian quilts, Australian stories - Margaret Rolfe

John Olsen in conversation on his attitude and approaches to drawing.

John Olsen in association with Big Draw

Angelo Candalepas, Candalepas Associates, an award-winning Sydney practice whose work is extensively published in books and journals. Angelo is Adjunct Professor of Architecture at UNSW and a frequent commentator on industry practice.

Contemporary Australian architects series 2009 - Candalepas Associates

Philip Thalis, Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects, a Sydney-based firm that explores the specificity of each site and program within its broader urban and geographical context.

Contemporary Australian architects series 2009 - Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects

PHOOEY Architects are engaged in the cultural identity of our sustainable future, actively exploring resilience, comfort and aesthetic strategies that incorporate a campaign of awareness, feedback design, recycled form and a re–value of consumption waste. Their work has been described as ugly, fabulously whimsical, a billboard for sustainability, trash, glamour!

Contemporary Australian architects series 2009 - PHOOEY Architects: Peter Ho and Emma Young

Dr Tony Milner, Basham Professor of History, Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, Australian National University, explores the relationship between textiles and power in the Malay kingdoms.

Power dressing in the Malay kingdoms

Knitta Please founder and yard-bomber, Magda Sayeg, discusses the curious convergence of knitting and graffiti, exploring the social implication of street art in our urban environment.

Kitta Please - Magda Sayeg

Artist Nell discusses her work The perfect drip 1999 in the exhibition Soft sculpture.

Soft Sculpture artists' talks - Nell

Inge King discusses her work Wandering angel 2000

Reinventions artists' talks - Inge King

Mike Parr rerflects on the unconventional printmaking processes and historical underpinnings of his work Polish mud 1995.

Contemporary art focus 2009 - Mike Parr

Dr Christopher Chapman, Curator, National Portrait Gallery, discusses selected works and their relationship to the human body.

Breathe in, breathe out - Dr Christopher Chapman

In association with International Museums Day: a talk by one of Australia’s most well–known sculptors, Bert Flugelman, who discusses public art in the context of his own work. Devised by the International Council of Museums, International Museums Day has been celebrated all over the world since 1977. It was developed to focus attention on the work done by museums and galleries and promote the role of museums and museum professionals around the world.