If you are in Melbourne on Saturday 12 September 2026 why not go to the Ephemera workshops?

THE PROGRAM

10.45-11.00 Registration and welcome.

11.00-11.30 The Coloured Shell Series of Queensland postcards, now rare, they are beautiful and were published from 1905-1915, Tim Glanville.

11.30-12.10 Footy, from the crowd’s perspective: Contested Possession: Visual culture in AFL football presented by designer Andrew Budge.

12.10-12.50 Bookmarks from the collection of an International Friend of Bookmarks, Michael T.

Break for lunch soup, sandwiches and cake, tea and coffee.

1.50-2.30 From breasts to bears: collecting Norman Lindsay ephemera, Ed Jewell

2.30-3.00 Ephemera in Artistic Practice, Susannah Low,ponders the responsible use of ephemera within artwork from a collector’s perspective, and its use as an unlimited source of inspiration. Susannah designs the Ephemera Journal of Australia.

3.00-3.15 Painted gum leaves, rare survivors of patriotic fundraising efforts on the Australian home front, Margaret Birtley.