Deaf Art Science Festival

We warmly invite families, young people, members and allies of the Deaf community to Science Gallery Melbourne’s free Deaf Art Science Festival on Saturday 29 November 2025.

This event has been co-designed with members of the Deaf community including students and professionals, and will be an exciting day of exploration and learning at the University of Melbourne’s Science Gallery and Grainger Museum. The program includes:

• Deaf-led tours of our current exhibition, DISTRACTION

• Grainger Museum tour and experience with Speak Percussion

• Auslan in the Creative Arts and Sciences forum with leading Deaf educators, artists and scientists: Ramas McRae, Christopher Makin, David Parker, Chelle Destefano and Elizabeth Reed

• Deaf Awareness for Educators session delivered by Expression Australia, suitable for all teachers and educators

• Drop-in STEM workshops at our STEM Centre of Excellence for D/deaf/HoH and Hearing young people aged 10 yrs +

• STEM Interpreting Professional Development delivered by Expression Australia, suitable for Auslan Interpreters and Diploma of Interpreting Students

• Introduction to Auslan lesson delivered by Deaf Auslan teachers

• Science Gallery Cafe open for coffee and lunch.

Auslan interpreters will be available and families with children are encouraged to attend. Attendees can create their own program by selecting from all available sessions to tailor the day to their interests. 

This event has been made possible with support of the Commonwealth Government. The Grainger Museum tour and experience with Speak Percussion is supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.