SAM Talks is a podcast series presented by our exhibition and engagement staff, exploring contemporary topics and issues that connect us across Australia. Join the conversation at www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au or @sam_shepparton on Instagram.
In this episode of In the Studio, SAM Curator – Exhibitions & Collections, Caroline Esbenshade, visits artist Fran O’Neill at her home and studio. Surrounded by the landscape that informs the light, movement and atmosphere of her work, O’Neill reflects on her journey as a painter, from growing up in Wangaratta and studying in Melbourne, to a seven-week painting course in New York that became a twenty-year chapter of her life. O’Neill shares how wiping paint from a canvas led her towards t...
30 Mar 2026
SAM Talks: In the Studio with Prue Venables
In this episode of In the Studio, SAM’s Communications Officer Mikela Guseli visits ceramic artist Prue Venables in her Castlemaine studio. Known for her refined porcelain forms, Venables reflects on a practice shaped by discipline, repetition, and a deep sensitivity to materials. Originally trained in science and music, Venables speaks about the moment she encountered clay, and how its tactile, responsive nature offered a new way of thinking and making — and how learning metalsmithing has am...
20 Jan 2026
SAM Talks: Making 'Lament' with Kat Parker
What does it mean to create a memorial for animals we no longer share the world with? This episode of SAM Talks was recorded live at Shepparton Art Museum during Lament — A memorial of Australian extinction by emerging artist Kat Parker, SAM’s 2025 Spotlight Artist. In conversation with SAM Curator Caroline Esbenshade, Parker discusses her printmaking practice, her use of linocut and paper, and the research underpinning the exhibition, which focuses on extinct Australian animals. The discussi...
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