Champagne with the Curators—Eric Thake

Celebrate the festive season with drinks, canapés and curator-led conversations inspired by the work of Eric Thake. Co-curators Alisa Bunbury and Kirsty Grant, along with Assistant Director, Curatorial, Lisa Sullivan, will share insights into selected works from the exhibition and Geelong Gallery Collection. Offering fresh perspectives on one of Australia's most original artists, this special evening concludes with a Christmas card-making activity inspired by Thake's much-loved designs.

Members receive 25% off in the Gallery Store for your special Christmas gifts. Some exclusions apply. May not be combined with any other offer or discount.

About the Curators:

Kirsty Grant and Alisa Bunbury have been curatorial colleagues for many years and worked together at the National Gallery of Victoria. They have been working towards an exhibition and publication of Eric Thake’s engaging art for around twenty years. 

Alisa Bunbury is a curator and art historian with a specialisation in works on paper. She is a senior curator at the Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, where she co-curated the exhibition Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree, and also works as a freelance curator, writer, researcher and presenter on a wide range of topics. In 2018 she held a State Library Victoria fellowship to research Thake’s art and is compiling a catalogue raisonné of his oeuvre. 

Kirsty Grant is a curator and writer with a specialist knowledge of Australian art and design developed over two decades working with major public collections. She was Director of Heide Museum of Modern Art (2015-16) and prior to that held various roles at the National Gallery of Victoria, including Senior Curator of Australian Art (2007-14).