Making of a Housemuseum

7:30pm - 9:30pm
Monday, 18th June 2012

Corbett Lyon will present an illustrated talk on the concept and development of the Housemuseum building and the Lyon Collection.

Cost $40.00 per person includes talk, self guided tour of Collection and light refreshments.

Living with Contemporary Art

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday, 19th June 2012

Illustrated talk on collecting, displaying and living with contemporary art followed by self guided tour of Housemuseum Collection and building.

Event fully booked

Melbourne School of Design Director's Series 2012

6:30pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday, 11th July 2012

Invitation only lecture on architectural design and design led research sponsored by the University of Melbourne's Melbourne School of Design (Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning).

Invitation only event

Evening Piano Concert

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Monday, 3rd September 2012

Julian Jacobson

Internationally renowned British pianist Julian Jacobson will present an evening piano concert in the Housemuseum Music Room.

Since the early 1970s Julian has been a vital and original presence on the British and international musical scenes. He has performed with many of leading orchestras under conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle and Tamás Vásáry and is recognised as a fine duo and ensemble pianist having partnered such greats as Nigel Kennedy and Steven Isserlis. Julian is recognised as a Beethoven specialist having performed all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a number of cycles including one famous occasion on which he played them all within a 24 hour period.

Critics acclaim him:

The Daily Telegraph (UK): “… a disarming technique coupled with an undoubted intellectual mastery made Julian Jacobson's recital an awe‑inspiring experience...".

The London Times: "Its near minimalistic repetitions and driving amplifications have a cunningly kinetic effect which Julian Jacobson and the English Chamber Orchestra recreated in all their brittle brilliance. (Britten's 'Young Apollo' at the Royal Festival Hall...)".

Cost $40.00 per person includes concert, self guided tour of Collection and light refreshments.

An Evening at the Housemuseum

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday, 4th September 2012

Introduction to the Housemuseum and Lyon Collection followed by self guided tour of the Collection and demonstration of Housemuseum concert organ.

Event fully booked

Artist Talk

3pm - 5pm
Sunday, 14th October 2012

Kathy Temin, Art, Remembrance and The Home

Kathy Temin’s work has combined sources that are not commonly associated with each other such as Minimalism and sentimentality, remembrance and Abstraction.  Kathy will talk about these influences on her work, focusing on her My Monument projects and her suburbia influenced works. 

She has engaged in a dialogue with identity, history and memory as a result of her family's cultural displacement. This dialogue is generated from an engagement with art history, monuments and architectural details.  She has been influenced by suburban architecture and design, particularly from the 1960s and 1970s. Materials, colors, art and architecture are often locators to memory and history and she will talk about these in relation to her practice.

Cost $40.00 per person includes talk, self guided tour of Collection and afternoon tea.

Housemuseum Lecture Series

3pm - 5pm
Sunday, 11th November 2012

Third lecture in the annual Housemuseum Lecture Series on art, architecture and museology.

Further details will be advised shortly.

Cost $40.00 per person includes lecture, self guided tour of Collection and afternoon tea.