“PIN SIX” is ANCA Gallery’s sixth annual exhibition of miniature wearable artworks, presenting over 150 works by more than 50 artists from around Australia working in a wide range of media, including glass, steel, plastic, gold and silver, paper, porcelain, found objects, wood, textiles and paint.
Opening event, 6pm Thursday, June 30, all welcome at ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place Dickson, noon-5pm Wednesday-Sunday until July 10.
Events:
MANNING Clark House has poetry readings by Judith Crispin, Michael Thorley, Jessica Wilkinson, with MC Kathy Kitual, 7.30, June 30, at MCH, 11 Tasmania Circle Forrest, $10/$7 for MCH members and low income earners. Inquiriese to info@manningclark.org.au
Arts business:
BOOKINGS are open at Rep now for limited screenings of “The Best Bits from REP’s The Old Time Music Hall”, July 22-23, bookings to 6257 1950 or canberrarep.org.au
NIDA Open classes are running in Canberra from July 11–17 at Daramalan College and offer children and young people the opportunity to jump in and try something brand-new or build their skills. All bookings to open.nida.edu.au/winter
JESS GREEN, Canberra guitarist/singer/composer/songwriter is running a Pozible campaign with an $8,000 target to fund her fourth studio EP “Pheno”. The plan is to record 5 songs, release two as singles and then release the whole EP, both digitally as well as on 10? Vinyl and CD. pozible.com/project/204730
A PROPOSED documentary by Michael Kraaz with Canberra’s Ronin Films will focus on the early Aeroplane Jelly Cinema advertisements made by pioneering Australian animator Eric Porter. He’s started a crowd funding campaign at pozible.com/project/195679
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
M16 ARTSPACE reminds everyone that arts minded people can donate to M16 before June 30 and receive a tax deduction. It’s easy to donate, just follow the link and you’ll get a tax receipt. australianculturalfund.org.au
ON A similar note, the National Portrait Gallery tell us it is endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Tax Deductible Recipient, which means cash donations over $2 are fully tax-deductible. For further information on the Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund, please see portrait.gov.au/friends or contact the Gallery’s Circle of Friends Coordinator Jody Barnett on 02 6102 7022 or jody.barnett@npg.gov.au
QUEANBEYAN-PALERANG Regional Council is inviting artists to express interest in creating a mural on the pylons of Queens Bridge over the Queanbeyan River. The art work will be contemporary, large in scale and highly visible, supporting the concept of the river and its foreshore as a vibrant recreational and cultural precinct. Council will fund works up to $10,000. Expressions of interest by July 11 to qcc.nsw.gov.au
IN THE City Canberra has just launched ‘Grants in the City, making $340,000 available to individuals, groups and businesses for events and projects to enrich the CBD in the next 12 months. For more information and how to apply, visit inthecitycanberra.com.au
QUEANBEYAN City Council is calling on interested stallholders to apply for a site for the inaugural Queanbeyan Christmas in July Fair to be held at the Queanbeyan Showground on Sunday, July 24 from 10am-3pm. To apply for a stallholder site visit qcc.nsw.gov.au or contact Cultural Services at Queanbeyan City Council on 6285 6170 or email cultural.services@qcc.nsw.gov.au
Film/Screen:
MELBOURNE’S ‘Hear My Eyes’ company is putting a contemporary spin on the in-house cinema organist with their audio-visual pairing of the film “Heartbeats (Les Amours Imaginaires)” by Cannes-awarded Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan with a live score, 80’s analogue synth-pop, performed by Melbourne duo ‘GL’ Ella Thompson and Graeme Pogson. It’s all about falling in love. At The Street Theatre, June 30. Bookings to thestreet.org.au or 6247 1223.
“FILMS on Film” continues into July at Arc Cinema. Every Sunday at 2pm this winter for rare, cult, classic, experimental and surprising treasures. Sunday, July 3, Wai-Keung Lau’s 2002 hard-boiled Hong Kong thriller “Infernal Affairs” and Scorsese Shorts. Bookings to trybooking.com/laef
BEGINNING 1 July , the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia will celebrate legendary director Martin Scorsese, with a month long season of his greatest work. The program is presented in association with film critic David Stratton, the Sydney Film Festival and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and includes nine Scorsese classics handpicked by Stratton. Arc Cinema, July 1-31, bookings to trybooking.com
THE NFSA’s Vinyl Lounge is back on the first Friday of the month, July 1. The Bench Room cafe is open from 5pm for drinks and snacks, with the Vinyl Lounge in NFSA Theatrette, grooving from 5.30pm – 7pm. Free entry, no booking required.
Workshops and classes:
YOUNG Music Society Winter Music School, “Stories in the Stars” at the Belconnen Arts Centre July 11 – 15, 9:00am to 3:30pm daily. After school care is also available. Bookings and inquiries to youngmusicsociety.org.au or 6251 8017.
SINGER, songwriter and voice teacher extraordinaire Lisa Richards will introduce everyone, but especially the ‘Shy and Vocally Challenged’ to their singing voices in a fun, critique free group singing environment. You need ZERO experience singing and ZERO belief in your ability to sing. Every second Tuesday at Smith’s Alternative, Alinga St Civic. Smith’s Alternative ‘Sing Fling: Live Dangerously’. Entry $10 at the door.
Dance:
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:
QUEANBEYAN-PALERANG Regional Council has announced that entries are open for the $7,500 Clearwater Sculpture Prize. the major award is sponsored by Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council worth $5,000. Encouragement Award and People’s Choice Award are worth $1,000 each and $500 will go to the Children’s Choice Award winner. Applications close: Friday July 29 at qcc.nsw.gov.au
MORE than $4000 in prize money is on offer to artists and craftspeople residing in the Queanbeyan-Palerang, Snowy-Monaro and Yass Valley local government areas in the Council Regional Art Awards. Included among the prizes is a creative partnership with Form Studio and the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council which will see one talented artist awarded the Form Studio Gallery Award for Professional Practice valued at $2,000. All interested artists and craftspeople are encouraged to apply via Council’s website at qcc.nsw.gov.au with work to be presented on July 20.
THE 2016 Paul Lowin music prizes are now open for nomination. The Orchestral Prize ($25,000) is awarded for a work for modern chamber or symphony orchestra of at least 30 players and 15 independent lines. The Song Cycle Prize ($15,000) will be awarded to a work suitable for chamber performance, using no more than 1-8 independent vocal lines, accompanied by up to 10 instrumental players. Nominations are accepted from anyone, including the general public. Entries close 5pm, June 30.
Theatre:
NINA Stevenson and musical director Emma Zen will stage “The Frog Prince” in which children play the evil Queen Malicia, Witch Toejam, Figaro the Mafia Cat and Chumley the butler as well as the much nicer Aurora and Denis the Dragon. St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall Manuka, July 2-8, Bookings to bookings@pied-piper.com.au or 0402 409 435.
CANBERRA Youth Talent Show – Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre. Finals Series – Friday July 1, 7pm and Saturday July 2, 7pm. Bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
“PIGMAN’S Lament” world premiere, at The Street Theatre, sees actor Raoul Craemer exploring his darker past, until July 3, bookings to thestreet.org.au or 6247 1223.
AGATHA Christie’s courtroom drama/thriller “Witness for the Prosecution” is staged by Canberra REP. At Theatre 3, until July 2, bookings to canberrarep.org.au or 6257 1950.
2016 IMPROVISION Song Contest at the Street Theatre, 7.30pm this Saturday, July 2. Both part of “Improvention 2016,” at The Street Theatre, July 2-9, details and bookings to thestreet.com.au and 6247 1223.
Concerts and gigs:
STANLEY Dodds conducts the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and soloists from Opera Australia in a repertoire of best loved arias from Puccini, Rossini, Saint Saens, and Bizet, this Saturday July 2, 7.30pm Llewellyn Hall, in the Icon Water Opera Gala, bookings to premier.ticketek.com.au
THE Griffyn Ensemble will raise the roof on election night with music for harp, flute and soprano and promises “a greater depth of spiritual enlightenment then any election coverage you may find on the TV that night”. The centrepiece will be Górecki’s “Good Night”. At Belconnen Arts Centre, 7pm Saturday July 2, bookings to griffyn.iwannaticket.com.au
THE CAST from the ABC KIDS TV series, “Lah-Lah’s Adventures”, are bringing performance and live music to families across the country and will also introduce children to the world of music and musical instruments through Mister Saxophone, Squeezy Sneezy the piano accordion, Tom Tom on drums, Buzz the Bandleader, Lola the Dancing Double Bass and the loveable Lah-Lah. Canberra Southern Cross Club,10.30am July 1, bookings to 6283 7200.
THE Australian String Quartet is here with its new line up, violinists Dale Barltrop and Francesca Hiew, violist Stephen King and cellist Sharon Draper. The tour, titled “Tempesta”, after Joe Chindamo’s featured string quartet, begins with Webern’s Fünf Sätze for String Quartet op 5. Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia, Sunday July 3, 2pm, bookings to 6240 6701 or nga.gov.au
THE BEARDS, who famously only ever perform songs about one topic, beards, are bringing their Farewell Tour show to the ANU Bar, Thursday June 29, bookings to thebeards.com.au
THE PHOENIX Pub in Civic has: Thursday June 30, 9pm, Horsehunter Hobo Magic and Looking Glass, Friday July 1, 9pm, The Lokimotions and Clark Bent, Saturday July 2 3pm, Election Night Piss Up, Monday July 4 8pm, Free Entry CMC Presents The Bootleg Sessions.
Exhibitions:
THREE new exhibitions sees emerging Canberra artists using animals as metaphor to explore human interactions, connection to place and social constructs.THE shows are “Habitual Creatures” by Tom Buckland, Rebecca Selleck and Sian Watson, “Pigs and Dogs” by Shan Crosbie, and “Dis-Place” by Daniel Savage, whose photos use taxidermy native animals as a metaphor for the position of people with a disability. All at Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen, ACT Gallery hours: 10:00am–4:00pm Tuesday–Sunday. June 24 –July 17.
BEES’ habitat momentarily becomes art in the Nishi Gallery’s coming exhibition of man-made structures designed to give bees refuge when they swarm. These ‘safe houses’ for bees will be installed out in the bush, city and suburbs in the spring. It’s a star line-up of artists, including Shauna Toohey (of Perks and Mini) and natural beekeeper and Honey Fingers founder Nic Dowse. “Swarm trap,” t 17 Kendall Lane NewActon, July 1-10, opening 6pm, Thursday June 30, all welcome.
NELLIE Peoples and Zoe Brand are emerging art jewellers who have recently graduated from the Australian National University, School of Art Gold and Silversmithing Workshop. Peoples’ work includes sterling silver rings encased in crayon, while Brand’s work on show includes serial production of badges, pendants and rings as well as one off advertising boards. At Bilk Gallery for contemporary metal and glass, Palmerston Lane Manuka June 24 to July 29.
CANBERRA Museum and Gallery aims to further the enjoyment of the complexity of the nature of the Canberra region and our ‘bush capital’, in photos, paintings, sculpture, natural history illustration and drawing, scientific specimens and audio-visual material and a program of walks and talks, which can be found at cmag.com.au
“STORYTELLERS” is an exhibition of the work of printmaker Kyoko Imazu consisting of a range of delicate coloured etching and aquatints. At Megalo Print Studio + Gallery 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, July 2 – 23, Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am – 5pm.
CANBERRA Glassworks has “Light Translations”, of new works by Holly Grace and Lisa Cahill exploring place and identity, reflecting the natural and cultural environments of Denmark and Australia, here from the Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark. Until July 17.
“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. 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. Cost: Free
THE winning work from the inaugural Hindmarsh Prize, Surge 19, by Masahiro Asaka is on display in the Engine Room at Canberra Glassworks. Also, visitors to Canberra Glassworks this week will be able to see ACT School Residency artist Broni Sargeson from Dickson College working and Asialink Artist in Residence Takeyoshi Mitsui from Toyama Glass Studio, Japan at work from their studio space in the Engine Room. Canberra Glassworks, Wentworth Ave Kingston. 10am to 4pm Wed – Sun. Entry by Donation.
BEAVER Galleries have ceramics by Maria Chatzinikolaki, prints by David Frazer and painting, photography, print media, light-based work and video installation by Alexander Boynes. 81 Denison St, Deakin, Tue to Fri 10am – 5pm & Sat and Sun 9am – 5pm until July 3.
“AFTER the Dust Storm’” is an exhibition of watercolours painted after 1994 by artist Nancy Tingey at Strathnairn Homestead Gallery 2, until July 10.
JENNIFER McEwen Mason has an exhibition, “Thirty Years in the Making”, an eclectic mix of pastels, acrylics, oils & watercolours, at Ginninderra School House, Sweet Copper Cafe, Gold Creek, Nicholls, until July 31, Thurs. & Fri. 10 am – 4 pm & Sat. & Sun. 8.30 – 4.30 pm.
“A MATTER of time” is a collection of 32 contemporary textile artworks exploring the fourth dimension (time) in cloth. The works are presented in a 100x40cm format and the show is curated by Brenda Gael Smith and the participating artists are from Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK and Canada. At The Q Exhibition Space until July 16.
PHOTOACCESS has two new exhibitions connecting the past with the present to illustrate the power of the image to communicate. “The Bends”, curated by Claire Capel-Stanley with Lucy Caldwell, is about bending time, bending bodies and bending back into the material world of photography. In “QWE3NZ”, Gabi Briggs, an Anaiah and Gumbangier woman, creates a counter-fiction to colonialism by using her body and video projection to author her own narrative as an Indigenous woman. Manuka Arts Centre, , Griffith ACT (next to the Manuka Pool) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am to 4pm Friday 10am to 7pm Weekends 12noon to 4pm until July 17.
“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.
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.
“ABORIGINAL Pathways, Communities and Knowledge” is a mixed media exhibition by painter, a coil basket weaver, glass artist, and a producer of fine soft sculpture and multimedia works Lynette Talbot, who works at at the Burrunju Aboriginal Art Gallery, is showing in gallery@bcs in celebration of NAIDOC Week. Both at Belconnen Community Service, Swanson Ct , Belconnen, until July 15, Mon – Fri 8am-4:30pm.
WENDY MACKLIN captures in her paintings what she calls “one of the great joys of an Australian childhood, the beach holiday.” “South Coast Summer” at Humble House Gallery, 93 Wollongong Street Fyshwick, until July 17.
THE National Portrait Gallery has a focus exhibition of portraits by Arthur Boyd, titled “Mysterious eyes: Arthur Boyd portraits from 1945.” Gallery One, National Portrait Gallery, until August 14. Open 10am–5pm daily.
M16 ARTSPACE has Sue Chancellor, Elisa Crossing & Phil Page, Caroline Walker-Grime and Manuel Pfeiffer exhibiting until July 3, Blaxland Crescent Griffith.
“WRONG Way Time”, the art of Fiona Hall, comes to us direct from the 2015 Venice Biennale. The Canberra-only exhibition provides Australian audiences with a window into this international art event and Hall was the first artist to represent Australia in the new Australian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale. At the NGA, until July 10. FREE ENTRY.
“avarice: auspice”, by Jay Kochel, in Canberra Museum and Gallery’s outside Gallery 4 on Civic square, until Sept 18, viewable 24/7.
IN “Crafting Waste,” local designer/maker Niklavs Rubenis addresses contemporary critical concerns around design, consumption, material culture and waste. Rubenis’ exhibition features propositional and prototype furniture and lighting crafted from de-valued resources. In “Aesthetics in a Time of Emergency,” Sarah Field, Jennifer Ashley King, Jasmine Targett, Nadia Mercuri and Bethany Wheeler, primarily glass makers, explore an idea surrounding a current ‘state of emergency’ that impacts upon the individual and society collectively. In the Crucible Showcase, Canberra Potters Society Craft ACT award winner Hsin-Yi Yang presents her interlocking ceramic objects. All at Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre Gallery, Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, until July 9.
BRAIDWOOD artist and teacher at St Bede’s Primary School, Julian Laffan, challenges the usual notion of bringing home a reminder of travel in an exhibition of woodcuts, each hand rendered and hand painted. Inspired by late 19th century hand painted photographs, the images capture Laffan’s recent observations of travel to Europe and the United States in 2015-2016. Suki & Hugh Gallery 38A Gibraltar Street Bungendore, runs until July 31.
TIM Johnson makes a welcome return to the Canberra art scene with his solo exhibition ‘Floating Worlds’. Against the background of Aboriginal dot painting Tim Johnson lays out his personal iconography, drawing on Buddhist, Tibetan and Chinese art. “Floating Worlds” is at the Nancy Sever Gallery, 6 Kennedy St Kingston until July 10, Wed–Sun 11am-6pm.
QUEANBEYAN’S latest public art installation – 20 Indigenous street sails – have been superimposed on 20 street flags which will line Queanbeyan’s Monaro St until July 29.
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