Events:
“LOCAL for Local” is the mantra of the new Cream Festival, created when local events solutions company Rockmann & Rush realised that we don’t engage enough of our own local Canberra talent. At Westside Acton Park, from noon, Saturday, August 27, program at creamfestival.com.au
Talk:
Canberra Writers Festival, August 26-28, bookings to ticketek.com or 132 849, full program at canberrawritersfestival.com.au
CANBERRA author Petrea King is launching the second edition of her book, “A Journey to Peace through Yoga” at the Canberra Writers Festival, National Library, 11am August 26. Then Kaaron Warren’s newest novel, “The Grief Hole,” will be launched, also as part of the Canberra Writers Festival. 11am, August 27 in the Ferguson Room, all welcome.
THE Australian Garden History Society has a lecture, “Marrianne Collinson Campbell: A Privileged Life,” by Leonie Norton, a leading practising and exhibiting professional botanical artist. Campbell, an extraordinary woman of her time. Marrianne was a talented botanical artist with a passion for flora and fauna and an amateur architect for Duntroon with a natural gift for landscape gardening. 5.30pm for 5.45pm start, today, Thursday, August 25, National Archives of Australia, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes, tickets at the door.
THE NEXT Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society Molonglo Plains lecture is “Isfahan and the history of Persian tilework” by Prof. James Allan, Oxford scholar of Islamic Art, at the Comfort Inn Airport International , 57 Yass Road, Queanbeyan2pm today, Thursday August 25, followed by afternoon tea. For membership inquiries & visitor bookings contact Lucy Costas on 0437 538 529 or adfasmembersmolonglo@gmail.com
TODAY, Thursday August 25 at 7.30pm, poets P.S. Cottier and Hazel Hall will be reading mostly new poems, at Manning Clark House, 11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest. Tickets at door includes wine and nibbles.
Prizes:
TUGGERANONG Arts Centre and Empire Global have launched The Empire Global Art Award, which now invites entries in two categories: artist aged 15 – 25 years and artist over 25 years; with both attracting a $2000 cash prize each. All artwork must be original and needs to have been completed within the past two years and not previously exhibited. Information and entry forms at tuggeranongarts.com
Arts business:
THE National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) is calling for young people with backgrounds in areas such as sport, circus, gymnastics, dance and theatre to audition for places in Australia’s only Bachelor of Circus Arts. The NICA team, led by the Head of Circus, James Brown and VE Coordinator, Tegan Carmichael, will be in Canberra on Sunday, October 9 at Warehouse Circus. Applicants are required to register for an audition via the NICA website at nica.com.au or by phoning NICA on (+613) 9214 6975. Applications close Friday, September 2.
BELCONNEN ARTS CENTRE is celebrating Belconnen’s 50th Birthday in 2016. Using the format of A5, artists from throughout Australia are invited to respond to the theme of “Traces: speaking of place; connection to it; stories and memories. Entries close Monday August 29 at 4pm. Info at belconnenartscentre.com.au
AN ARTWORK focusing on the theme of ‘Give Respect’ by Jerrabomberra Public School student, Sophie McKinley will be made into a mosaic by members of the community and installed in the revitalised Queen Elizabeth Park in Queanbeyan’s CBD. Council is inviting members of the public to register for one of six two-hour sessions at Karabar Community Centre, 183 Cooma Road, on September 3-4 to help build a 2 metre mosaic artwork. Places are limited to 12 people per session so register early at qcc.nsw.gov.au/GiveRespect Participants under 10 years of age are not eligible to participate due to health and safety requirements but can come and watch. Cost: FREE
THE Embassy of Spain in Canberra has decided to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Miguel Cervantes’s death with a project called “Money to read”, where $ 1,500 goes to an Australian citizen or permanent resident to read, silently, his great novel “Don Quixote” (in English) at the National Library during Oct-Nov this year. Entries close Thursday, September 22 at moneytoread.com
THE GRIFFYN Ensemble is running a 100-day fundraising campaign to help support musicians to travel to Canberra, purchase sheet music, and work with collaborators. All donations are tax-deductable. Donations can be made through the Australian Cultural Fund with the following link: australianculturalfund.org.au
Film:
THE LATIN American Embassies in Australia are once again presenting the 12th Latin American Film Festival at the NGA—and it’s FREE! The festival runs to Wednesday, August 31, 2.30pm and repeated 6.30pm daily FREE but bookings essential (click on session you want) to http://nga.gov.au/laff/ all films are subtitled in English and unclassified. Entry is classed as Restricted (R18+) and therefore not suitable for under 18s.
BELCONNEN’S local film festival is back! Belconnen Community Service (BCS) seeks short films for screenings during the Belco50 celebrations for Belconnen’s 50th birthday. Submission Deadline: Friday September 30. Selected films will be between 1 and 10 minutes long. Selected films will be screened at two Belco50 events: Belco Now at the Belconnen Arts Centre on November 5, and Belco Flicks V – Belco50 in theatre@bcs, Belconnen Community Centre, on Tuesday November 8. Expressions of Interest due Friday September 30. Info and entry at belcoflicks@bcsact.com.au, or bcsact.com.au
THE ANU Film Group, the largest ?lm society in Australia, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. For all membership information visit anufg.org.au
Dance:
Australian Dance Party and the Canberra Symphony Orchestra present “Strings Attached,” the ‘Nishi Playhouse’ floor one, Hotel Hotel, NewActon, 8pm August 25-27, bookings to eventbrite.com.au
DANCE Kaleidoscope returns to Belconnen Arts Centre presents another feast of dance to mark the Centre’s 7th birthday. This year the program will include Tango, Hilal, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Belly Dance, Swing Dance and a participatory finale with Folk Dance Canberra. 3pn Sunday August 28, entry by Gold coin donation.
“FEEL THE MUSIC” is a year-long dance program specifically created for people with hearing impairment, happening at Belconnen Arts Centre on eight Fridays of each school term. It offers a wide range of dance styles, live music, social dance gigs, and some performance. Inquiries to philip.piggin@belconnenartscentre.com.au or SMS 0417 417 182.
IN “TANGO Fridays” you can practise and improve your Argentine Tango on Fridays 7-9 PM at “Nuestra Practica y mas”, Woden Seniors Club (Hall 2). Entry $5
Prizes and Awards:
THE National Portrait Gallery is calling for entries for the annual Digital Portraiture Award open until Friday, September 30. Now in its fifth year, the Award (which Opens on Dec 2) seeks to extend the traditional notion of portraiture to the digital realm and encourages creative thinking. Information on how to enter and examples of past finalists can be found here: dpa.portrait.gov.au
AUSTRALIA’S biggest student film competition, “Screen It” is open to registrations from students and teachers. The 2016 theme has just been announced as ‘Mystery’, and the competition is free and now open to all Australian primary and secondary school students, all info at acmi.net.au/screen-it Entries close: Monday, September 19 (5pm, Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Theatre:
Opera Australia’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” Michael Gow’s adaptation of Mozart’s much-loved opera, at Canberra Theatre, August 25 to 27, bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
THOSE spirited gals at Feminartsy and the Fearless Initiative are presenting an evening of women in comedy, with stand-up performances from Juliet Moody, Cathy Crowley and Codie Bell a panel discussion about the status and experiences of, well, women in comedy. Part of the proceeds from the evening will go to supporting survivors of domestic violence. Gorman Arts Centre, Main Hall, 7pm, Thursday, August 25, tickets at the door.
SUPA Productions is back on the boards with the musical “Funny Girl”, directed by Jarrad West. You can hum along (quietly) to songs like “Don’t Rain on My Parade” and “People”. “Funny Girl” hasn’t been performed in Canberra for some time and they’re sure it will resonate well with theatre lovers young and old. The Q, Queanbeyan, to September 3, bookings to theq.ne.au or 6285 6290.
CANBERRA Philharmonic is warming up the winter cold with Cole Porter’s smash-hit musical, “Anything Goes,” This shipboard comedy is really just an excuse for songs like “De-Lovely,” and “I Get a Kick Out of You.” Erindale Theatre, to August 27, bookings to philo.org.au or 6257 1950.
Concerts and gigs:
“ROUGE: Poppies in the Field”, the first in three concerts, will feature Louise Page (soprano) with Colleen Rae-Gerrard (piano) and Adelaide based cellist, Jacqueline Finlay with Hilda Visser-Scott (piano). Presented by The Alliance Française de Canberra, together with the Wesley Music Foundation, in support of the Alliance’s Building Fund and the Wesley Music Scholars program. Wesley Uniting Church, 5.30pm Saturday, August 27, bookings to trybooking.com or at the door.
WINNER and People’s Choice of the 2nd ed. Australian International Chopin Piano Competition (2014), Kotaro Nagano, will perform an exquisite all Chopin concert for the Friends of Chopin Australia in the Larry Sitsky Recital Room at the ANU School of Music, today Thurs, August 25. Bookings to https://goo.gl/nYwsdq. Alternately you can email tickets@friendsofchopin.org.au
HIP HOP duo Coda Conduct have released their smoothest single to date, “‘Usually I’m Cool’ “featuring vocals of Canberra MC Jimblah. Sally and Erica have also announced a tour with two Canberra stops – Cream Festival, Sat Aug 27, bookings to codaconduct.com.au and Transit Bar on Oct 7.
CARL Rafferty is presenting French pianist Jeremy Eskenazi this coming weekend at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery. There are still 30 seats for Saturday August 2, bookings to trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=222671 I’m rather flattered and excited that Jeremy has asked me to Rafferty will join him at the piano in Khachaturian’s “Masquerade Waltz” and the Brahms’ Hungarian Dance no. 5.
GUITAR DUO, siblings Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, are back at The Street with the pigeonhole-defying of musical styles — classical, jazz, world, scored and improvised—seen in their 6th duo release “This Time.” 7.30pm, Saturday August 27. Bookings to thestreet.org.au or 6243 1223.
ART SONG CANBERRA’S next recital is “Lyric Rhapsody”, featuring soprano Merlyn Quaife, bass-baritone Nicholas Dinopoulos and Andrea Katz on piano. Wesley Music Centre, 3pm Sunday August 28, Tickets ONLY at the door.
ON the same day, Luminescence Chamber Singers and Kompactus Youth Choir will present a concert at the High Court at 1:30pm, Sunday, August 28. Free, but booking is essential to hcourt.gov.au
ART Song Canberra and Wesley Music Centre present Masterclass for Performers of Art Song by Andrea Katz. Audience are invited to see advanced students of classical voice & voice-piano duos, participating in a masterclass with Andrea Katz, distinguished accompanist, vocal coach, exponent of Art Song and founder of Songmakers Australia. Wesley Music Centre Saturday August 27, 2pm. info@artsongcanberra.org
MUSICA da Camera, a Canberra community string orchestra, is performing a concert on Saturday August 27 at 2.30 pm at the Holy Covenant Church, Dexter St, Cook, repeated in Gunning at the Shire Hall at 2pm on Sunday August 28. Tickets at the door. Children aged under 15 years are free.
PHOENIX Pub in Civic has: Thursday 25, 9pm, Two Steps on the Water, Passive Smoke, Happy Axe, Ear Ache Friday 26 9pm, Friday Night Fiesta, Funkytrop, Jon and Eli, Saturday 27 9pm, Bastard Sons of Liberty, Fight Milk, Needledick.
TROUBADOUR Hugo Race, formerly of The Wreckery and the Bad Seeds is in Australia for the 24 Hours to Nowhere Tour, in support of a new single and album for his Fatalists project. He’ll be at Smiths Alternative Bookshop, Civic, 9pm, Thursday August 25, visit smithsalternative.com
Exhibitions:
THE QUEANBEYAN Palerang Regional Council Regional Art Awards 2016 are open until 2pm Saturday August 27, you can vote now for the $500 People’s Choice Award. Overall Winner is Sally Simpson for ‘Objects for an Unknown Future Museum’; Form Studio & Gallery Professional Practice Award went to Leah-Kate Hannaford for her work ‘A Closer Look’; Highly Commended Award went to Sharon Field for ‘Landscape II: Over endless plains, stumbling in cracked earth’.
AN ART exhibition by 5 local Canberra artists having their first group exhibition, Ladies in Painting “As it Happens……” at Yarralumla Gallery, near the nursery. August 28 – September 30. Meet the artists at the opening, 3pm Sunday, August 29.
THE ANU Gold & Silversmithing Studio now has the exhibition of Alumni 16.’ A selection of works from over two decades of graduates, Gilbert Riedelbauch, Blanche Tilden, Oliver Smith, Phoebe Porter, Larah Nott, Halie Rubenis and Harriet Lee-Robinson, ANU Building 105, entry via Ellery Crescent Foyer Gallery, August 27 – November 1. Visit the Gold & Silversmithing Studio on Open Day this Saturday August 27, from 9am – 4pm
“ZHANG PEILI: From Painting to Video” is a collaboration built around the generous gift to CIW, by Lois Conner, of one of Zhang Peili’s last paintings from the 1990s, before he shifted his focus to media art. Developed with MAAP director Kim Machan, From Painting to Video presents Flying Machine (oil on canvas, 1994) alongside a set of Zhang’s early video works. Complementing these are two more recent installations. China in the World Building, Fellows Lane, ANU.
“OUT There 2016” is the Canberra Photographic Society Annual Exhibition, at Watson Arts Centre, Aspinall Street, Watson, August 25 to September 4,10am – 4pm Thursday to Sunday. The exhibition features both contemporary and traditional themes and aesthetics, with many of the exhibited works demonstrating impressive use of current digital and other photographic techniques.
FRAZER Bull-Clark’s “The Big Shave”. Based on Martin Scorsese’s grisly short film of 1967, Bull-Clark delivers a comprehensive inquiry into the relationship between blokes with their razors. Byrd is a street artist and local legend whose work is rarely shown in galleries.”#Inurtiacreeps” brings elements of his mural practice into CCAS’s MAIN space where audiences can focus on the graphic patterns of life according to Byrd. The third exhibition title, “I haven’t made the work yet, but I’ll be there a week beforehand which should be plenty of time,” provides a precise account of Jason Phu’s approach to art making. All at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Gorman Arts Centre Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Gorman Arts Centre 55 Ainslie Avenue, Braddon, A.C.T. Open Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5pm Saturday 10am to 4pm.
“MATERIAL POETICS,” curated by Caren Florance and Jen Webb, sees Caren Florance, UK Frederick, Katie Hayne, Nicci Haynes, Sarah Rice, Jen Webb and Jordan Williams (three of whom are poets) exploring how poetry can inhabit the heart of visual art practice, and how visual and material energies can animate poetic practice. ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, Dickson, 12pm-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday until Sept 11.
THE NEXT exhibition at the Drill Hall Gallery focuses on Brian Blanchflower’s ‘Canopy series’. “The most important ‘ingredient’ in my paintings is that which is not painted: the unseen, the unknowable, the unnameable,” Blanchflower explains. ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Kingsley Street, Acton, 10 am – 5pm Wednesday to Sunday, Admission free.
THE TWO bodies of work by artists John Forrester Clack and Tobias Oliver Clack in the new exhibition ‘Marking the Spirit’ are expressions of the process of seeking out the self and of the human physical and spiritual existence. NISHI GALLERY 17 Kendall Lane Canberra from to Sunday September 11.
CANBERRA Glassworks at 11 Wentworth Avenue Kingston has the The Hindmarsh Prize, in which 18 shortlisted works are on display into September, along with the winning work ‘Surge 19’ by Masahiro Asaka.
“MIKE Parr: Foreign-Looking” is the first exhibition to bring together works in all media across Parr’s voraciously experimental practice from 1970 to the present. This installation of performance, film, sculpture and photography provokes a challenging yet mesmerising experience. National Gallery of Australia, to Nov 6.
M16 Artspace at 21 Blaxland Crescent Griffith, has new shows opening tonight, Thurs August 18 and running to September 4: “What Becomes of Little Boys”, by Sydney painter Martin Claydon; “Obliterate I,” a video performance and installation by Averil Harris; and “Tied,” by Frances Spurgin, a series of knotted objects that combine the thick twists of rope with the intricate loops of tied fly lures. Sarit Cohen’s ceramic work is in the smallest gallery in Canberra, M16’s Chutespace;
“YVONNE Boag | Here and There” is at the Nancy Sever Gallery, 4/6 Kennedy St Kingston, running from August 27 to September 18, Wed–Sun 11am-6pm. Boag is an artist with an impressive exhibition record in Australia, Europe, South Korea and Japan. She has held many artist-in-residencies and is represented in major public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
THE PASTEL Explorers group is about to present its inaugural public exhibition of 50 works. The 11 artist are quick to note that among the many artists who used pastels were Leonardo and Degas. “Pastels: Passion for Colour”, Old School House Gallery, Sweet Copper Cafe, Ginninderra Village, to Aug 28 Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
GALLERY@BCS has “The Book of Waiting”, an introspective exhibition by 2015 graduate of the ANU School of Art, Catherine Freeman, as part of its ongoing contribution to the Emerging Artists Support Scheme. Until Aug 26 at Belconnen Community Service Swanson Ct, Belconnen, Mon – Fri 9am-5pm.
‘ART can’t change the world. But artists can ask questions, so that individuals and organisations in a position to affect change can do so’ is a sentiment portrayed by photographer Lynn Smith in “A Beautiful Anxiety,” to be opened by Magda Keaney in the Huw Davies Gallery, Manuka Arts Centre at 6pm on Friday August 12. All welcome. Using long exposures at night, Smith captures the streets of Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, London, Paris and Berlin, devoid of people, using a medium format film camera. The show runs until September 4.
“INTERCHANGE” is now back at Bilk Gallery from a visit to ATTA Gallery in Bangkok and includes an outstanding breadth of work from Marian Hosking, Carlier Makigawa, Helen Aitken-Kuhnen and Johannes Kuhnen, Kath Inglis, Mark Vaarwerk, Melissa Cameron, Sean O’Connell, Simon Cottrell, Mio Kuhnen and Larah Nott.
PARISA Applegarth is a photographer who focuses on cultures and tribes around the world. Her latest exhibition concerns the Sami reindeer-herders in the Arctic Circle of Scandinavia. Until Sept 4 in in the Village Centre. Details at nationalarboretum.act.gov.au
EMERGING artist Susie Dureau presents scenes that are more than literal depictions of the landscape. “Wild Histories” opens at Suki & Hugh Gallery, 38A Gibraltar Street on August 6 from 3pm – 5pm (all welcome) and runs to Sept 26.
THE PASTEL Explorers group presents its inaugural public exhibition of 50 works. The 11 artist are quick to note that among the many artists who used pastels were Leonardo and Degas. “Pastels: Passion for Colour”, Old School House Gallery, Sweet Copper Cafe, Ginninderra Village, to August 28 Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
BUNGENDORE Wood Works Gallery is showcasing the work of nine current and past artist/printmakers, Lyn Burns, George Gittoes, Pamela Griffith, Greg Hansell, Bettina McMahon, Gina Monaco, Trevor Riach, Wendy Sharpe and Glenn Smith in a series of limited edition prints produced in the physically small, yet massively influential and culturally dynamic Griffith Studio and Graphics Workshop between 1990 and 2016. Also they have “Ten Tables”, Woodwork by Ian Higgs, Design by Malcolm Stewart, Metalwork by Dean Bell Octagon ArtSpace. All on show until September 1.
AARWUN Gallery Shop 11 Federation Square O Hanlon Place Nicholls, has many new works in the gallery, and they tell us, “More are arriving on a weekly basis…you will find the usual co-mingling of classical and contemporary works, and most things in between the two.”
THERE ARE two new exhibitions at Beaver Galleries. Western Australian artist Crispin Akerman has earned a significant reputation for the elegant simplicity and fine balance he achieves within his paintings. The etchings of Bruce Latimer explore evidence of human presence within the natural world, ranging from signs of gentle transit in the landscape through to significant domination. 81 Denison St Deakin, August 25 –September 11.
“Aztec Gods” is an exhibition by Octavio Garcia, who re-creates a Pantheon of Aztec Gods, using sacred images which were originally carved in stone and painted on traditional paper made from bark, applying photographic chemistry through fine cuts made directly onto the B&W photographic paper. At The Photography Room, Old Bus Depot, Kingston, until on Sunday September 4, on which day at noon there will be an artist talk.
ART lover Alfredo Lango has create a beautiful pop up gallery in the city next to the merry-go-round – follow the chalk signs to Shop 5. Currently showing are works by emerging artist Rachel Corsini, until August 30.
“MICHAEL Taylor: A Survey 1963–2016” at Canberra Museum and Gallery, curated by Deborah Clark, runs until Oct 2 at the Canberra Museum and Gallery. Taylor is one of Australia’s best expressionist painters, who has been painting for six decades. Since 1971 Taylor has lived and worked in the Canberra region – in Bredbo, Michelago, and, since 1993, Cooma.
“DISSECTIONS” showcases the hyper-realist sculptural self-portrait of artist Sam Jinks, “Divide”, alongside the painted portrait of philosopher David Chalmers by Nick Mourtzakis, which was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in 2011. Gallery 1, NPG to November.
LORD Thomas Denman was Australia’s fifth Governor-General. He and his wife, the irrepressible Lady Gertrude Denman, resided in Australia from July 1911 to May 1914. A new exhibition examines the political, cultural and imperial interests of this power couple. “Peace, Love and War: the Denmans, Empire and Australia, 1910–1917”, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Civic Square, to Nov 13.
CANBERRA teacher and devout ‘Whovian’ Timothy Kirsopp is displaying his entire “Dr Who” collection—everything from Daleks and the Tardis to images the Doctors and their companions—an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest collection of “Dr Who”-related memorabilia. “Bigger on the inside: Collecting Dr Who” at CMAG, Civic Square, until Nov 20.
THE OAKS Brasserie and Gallery presents “Birds & Blooms” an exhibition by two local artists, Debbie Paton and Caren Wilford, at Cottage 1, Weston Park, Yarralumla (behind the nursery) until Aug 26.
“REFLECTIONS”, works from Canberra Glassworks and the Parliament House Art Collection, features nine internationally renowned glass artists who have created works that respond to the art, architecture and landscape of Parliament House. In the Presiding Officers’ Exhibition Area, Australian Parliament until September 11. Participating artists include Annette Blair, Lisa Cahill, Mel Douglas, Hannah Gason, Jeremy Lepisto, Ruth Oliphant, Emilie Patteson, Kirstie Rea and Harriet Schwarzrock. Free
“FAITH Fashion Fusion: Muslim Women’s Style in Australia”, a discovery of emerging modest fashion trends and the work of a new generation of Muslim fashionistas – designers and entrepreneurs – making a mark on the local fashion industry. It’s a travelling exhibition developed by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney. At the National Archives of Australia, Queen Victoria Terrace, daily until September 4.
THE NGA has “Diane Arbus: American portraits” | Open now until October 30. 36 of Arbus’ most iconic photographs are exhibited alongside a selection of photographs from the NGA collection. “Design and Nature,” glass and ceramics by Art Nouveau masters Louis Comfort Tiffany and Clément Massier and 80 objects from the NGA’s collection, is open now until March 2. And in the Contemporary Asian galleries is a new display focused on contemporary Chinese art has opened featuring provocative works by internationally renowned artists such as Ai Weiwei, Xu Zhen and Zhang Huan, open until November.
“TOUGH and Tender” presents raw and intimate photography from American and Australian artists from the 1960s to the present da. Photographs from internationally acclaimed artists Robert Mapplethorpe, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, and Collier Schorr, and video performance by Chris Burden will form part of the exhibition, alongside contemporary Australian artists Rozalind Drummond and Warwick Baker. National Portrait Gallery, until Sunday October 16.
SHARON Field, a Burra resident and award winning artist, has created artwork drawing on local specimens and with strong environmental theme. Two thirds of the artworks sold at the opening by Helen Maxwell last week. Field’s exhibition is at FORM Studio and Gallery, 30 Aurora Ave, Queanbeyan until August 28, 9.30 – 2.30 weekdays and 10 – 4 on weekends.
THE National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature still has “Seeing Stories”, an exhibition of framed original artworks from the John Barrow collection. Forty works from the 135 in the collection cover the years from the 1980s through the early 2000s and provide a visual documentary of an important period in the history of Australian children’s literature. At University of Canberra Hub Exhibition Space (opposite Mizzuna Café) until August 26, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays 10.30am-2.30pm Sundays 1pm-4.pm.
“AVARICE: auspice” is an amazing gold inflating/deflating installation by Jay Kochel, to be seen in Canberra Museum and Gallery’s outside Gallery 4 on Civic square, until Sept 18, viewable 24/7.
SHIMMERING silk scarves woven with steel wire to help you sculpt them to the body. Felt bags created from computer algorithms. Lego-like toys that teach children Japanese, created by linguists and industrial designers. Stained glass techniques combined with modern technology to create decorative tiles to generate electricity. ‘Embracing Innovation Volume 6’ is at CRAFTACT: Craft and Design Centre North building, Civic Square, until August 27, along with ‘Black Box: Life, walls and houses’, a solo exhibition by internationally renowned Canberra glass artist Judi Elliott. Free to the public.
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