“RAW: natural born artists” is staging a one night emerging arts showcase featuring 30+ of Canberra’s best emerging talent spanning genres such as fashion, music, visual and performing arts, and photography.

At Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen, Friday, June 17, Doors open at 6:30pm. Bookings to RAWartists.org or $25 on the door.

Events:

ARTSOUND FM radio’s popular Winter Solstice Book and Music Fair will be held this  Sunday, June 19 from 9am to 4pm. Loved books, CDs, DVDs and vinyls, coffee, tea and cake will be on sale. Manuka Arts Centre, corner Manuka Circle and NSW Crescent (next door to Manuka Pool).

THE Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs,  the Australian War Memorial, the Embassy of Belgium will commemorate the deaths in action of Private Other Beaumont Jeffreys Philpott and Private James Jackson Mollison in Messines (Flanders) on June 17, 1916 at the Last Post ceremony on June 17, this week. Two oak trees in their memory will also be planted at the Belgian Ambassador’s Residence in Canberra on the next anniversary of their death in 2017. All ceremonies are open for the public to attend and join in.

“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.

Talks:

MUSE Cafe in the East Hotel, Kingston, has “Beyond Belief”, in which social researcher Hugh Mackay discusses modern Australia’s relationship with gods and spirituality. In conversation with ABC 666’s Alex Sloan. Sun Jun 19, 3-4pm. $10 (includes glass of wine or soft drink) bookings to musecanberra.com.au

Film/Screen:

“CARRYING Everest” is a forthcoming independent documentary that explores the lives of the marginalised Kulung people of Eastern Nepal. Director Hallam Drury from Dickson invites Canberrans to a fundraiser that will include a traditional Nepalese banquet dinner, guest speakers from the film crew, a silent auction of Nepalese handicrafts and a raffle. At the Hungry Buddha Nepalese Restaurant, 44 Curtin Place, Curtin, Thursday, June 16. Bookings essential to carryingeverest.com

PALACE Cinemas and Toronto-based “Hot Docs” Canadian International Documentary Festival has a new festival of “Outstanding and Outspoken international and local documentaries commencing in Australia this month with former Canberran Richard Moore directing.” At Palace Electric, NewActon, until June 26. Bookings to palacecinemas.com.au

Arts business:

QUEANBEYAN Art Society will hold its ninth Charity Art Show in City Walk during Floriade this year and will for the first time be supporting a local charity, the Ricky Stuart Foundation. QAS President Barry Cranston expects an average of 900 a day viewing the art works and Stuart says his foundation was set up to help families who struggle daily with autism. Entries close on June 16, inquiries to 0439 392 709.

M16 Artspace reminds everyone that thanks to the Australian Cultural Fund, artsminded 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

AARWUN Gallery presents a medley of sculpture in Canberra’s Gold Creek in “Sculpture at the Creek,” coming on September 17. “Small & large, indoor and outdoor, classial & contemporary -the best of the best will be on show.” We are now calling for entries! Applications close August 1, inquiries to 6230 2055.

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 month. 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

THE Luminescence Chamber Singers have announced the launch of a new venture, The Luminescence Children’s Choir – a treble choir for 10-17 year olds. Founded by 21-year-old AJ America and 24-year-old Veronica Milroy, the ensemble provides a comprehensive and holistic approach to music making. Applications are now open for Semester 2. Information from luminescencesingers.wix.com

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.

“OBJECT THERAPY” seeks to creatively transform people’s broken objects and as part of a collaboration between Fix and Make, ANU and UNSW, the organisers are looking for people who have a damaged or broken object and want to be part of this investigation. Objects will be returned to their owners at the end of the project, which will culminate in an exhibition on September 29 at Hotel Hotel. Entries for participation close on Sunday June 5. Cost – Free. Info at hotel-hotel.com.au

THE GROOVE Warehouse has Damian Corniola, one of Australia’s most exciting drummers and educators, running a Drum Kit Holiday Programs at 1 Sawmill Circuit Hume, July 5, ages 13 – 18 inquiries to 0410 685 753.

‘DARRYL’S Den supported arts and craft studio’ Wednesday creative art class in painting sculpture printing techniques and mosaic wall tiles, at Holt community hub 80 Beaurepaire Crescent Holt. 10am-noon, until June 22. Materials and morning tea provided, inquiries and bookings to darrylsdenactoptusnet.com.au

Prizes and Awards:

ENTRIES are open until June 24 for the 2016 Archibald Prize. Artists are invited to submit their entries online for the prize, valued at $100,000. The Trustees also invite artists to submit paintings for the Wynne and Sulman Prizes valued this year at $50,000 and $40,000 respectively. Entries to artgallery.nsw.gov.au by June 24.

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/regionalartaward 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:

DIRECTOR Aarne Neeme is back in town to stage Agatha Christie’s courtroom drama/thriller “Witness for the Prosecution” for Canberra REP. At Theatre 3, June 16 –July 2, bookings to canberrarep.org.au or 6257 1950.

IT’s  back to the 1950s with Queanbeyan Players take on Meredith Willson’s musical “The Music Man” at The Q. Smooth-talking con-man Harold Hill (played by Gordon Nicholson) arrives in River City, in Iowa with a moneymaking scheme that involves recruiting all the boys in town to form a band. American as apple pie they’re saying. At the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, until June 25, bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.

Concerts and gigs:

SELBY & Friends’ concert “Musical Offering” will see cellist Timo-Veikko Valve and violinist Nikki Chooi join pianist-director Kathryn Selby in performing works by Schumann, Schubert, Brahms and Julian Yu. At James O. Fairfax Theatre, NGA, 7pm June 16, bookings to selbyandfriends.com.au

JOHN McSherry & Dónal O’Connor are considered the finest Traditional Irish Uilleann Pipe & Fiddle duet of their generation.They’ll be at the Canberra Irish Club at 7:30pm, this Saturday June 18. Doors open 7pm. Tickets are sold directly through the Club on 6288 5088.

THE Pereira Cello Studio— husband and wife cellists David and Gillian Pereira, are staging a mysterious series called “Bach in the Dark”. First up we’ll see Rachel Scott & David Pereira at 2pm on Sunday, June 19 (bookings to peter@petercrisp.com.au or 0427 48837), then after a quick drive, at 6:30pm in All Saints Anglican Church, Ainslie, bookings to eventbrite.com.au

ORGAN scholar Marko Sever will be performing in a Farewell and Fundraiser for his overseas study. He plays organ works from Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne, Wammes, Langlais, Widor, Cochereau and Dupré at Wesley Uniting Church this Sunday June 19 at 5pm. Bookings to trybooking.com/LOKP or at the door.

“Marcela Fiorillo Studio Piano Students Recital”, at Wesley Music Centre, Forrest, this Saturday June 18, 4.30pm. Athena Zan – Joseph Zan – Felix Bian – Johanna Chia – Iris Bian – Emily Wang – Ingrid Stening – Aaron Choy – Crony Zhou – Sheena Kan – Crystal Choy – Nicole Wang – Christine Thompson – Brigid Cummins – Dominique Douglas Smith will be performing Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, Kabalevsky, Faure, Arensky and others. FREE ENTRY.

FORMER Young Talent Time favourite Karen Knowles will perform her only concert in the Canberra region at the National Theatre, 100 Wallace Street (Kings Highway) Braidwood this Sunday June 19 at 3pm. Karen weaves together a selection of her most requested hits, including “Why Won’t You Explain”. Bookings to 02 4842 1700 or in person at the Braidwood Community Bank or Braidwood Visitors Information Centre.

ART Song Canberra’s next concert, “Tchaikovsky Romance,” will be performed by Melbourne artists Rada Tochalna (soprano), Lucas de Jong (baritone) and Janis Cook (piano), at the Wesley Music Centre, 3pm, Sunday, June 19. No bookings required.

THE PHOENIX Pub in civic has: Thursday 16th 9pm, $10/$5 Cape Tribulation Time & Weight Propeller Friday 17th 9pm, $10/$5 Brass Knuckle Brass Band Bambini Saturday 18th 9pm, $10/$5 Starving Millions Revellers Office Jerk Kid Presentable.

Exhibitions:

CANBERRA artist Alexander Boynes is over the moon in anticipation of his the first solo, exhibition opening today at Beaver Galleries. His works of acrylic and pigment on aluminium incorporate his love of painting, photography, print media, light-based work and video installation in “Body / Time / Light”. Also in the galleries will be ceramics by Maria Chatzinikolaki and David Frazer’s  finely detailed woodcuts, linocuts, lithographs and etchings.  81 Denison St, Deakin, Tue to Fri 10am – 5pm & Sat and Sun 9am – 5pm until July 3.

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

ECUADORIAN Indigenous artist Luis Millingalli taught himself to paint, as a means to express himself and make his own way. Millingalli’s vivid work captures in bold colours, the people and landscapes of rural Ecuador. It has been shown around the world in Europe, Asia and the Americas. His current exhibition, “A Mountain of Flowers and Forests” is at Tuggeranong Arts Centre.

CANBERRA Glassworks has a new show, “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.

“AFTER the Dust Storm’” is an exhbition of watercolours painted after 1994 by artist Nancy Tingey at Strathnairn Homestead Gallery 2, June 16- 10 July 10. All are invited to the Opening by the director of ACT Museums & Art Galleries Shane Breynard at 4pm this Saturday, June 18.

“EX LIBRIS : Celebrating the art of the bookplate” an exhibition of Megalo member’s print works inspired by the art of the bookplate, at Megalo Print Studio + Gallery in Wentworth Ave Kingston until June 25, Tuesday – Saturday 9.30am – 5pm. It’ll be part of the ‘Midwinter Megalo Mingle’ on Saturday, June 18 from 4 – 8pm, which coincides with the Winter Glass Market at The Canberra Glassworks.

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.

‘THE Void Embrace’, is the latest exhibition by Canberra artist Shellaine Godbold. The drawings and sculptures are a response to her residencies and travel in Japan and Taiwan. Moving back and forth between transparency and opacity these pieces slowly reveal their secrets to viewers. At ANCA Gallery 1 Rosevear Place, Dickson 12pm-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday until June 26.

QUEANBEYAN’S latest public art installation – 20 Indigenous street sails – will be installed along Monaro St this week. The sails were designed at a one-day workshop with high school and primary school students from around the region and well-known Aboriginal artist, Dale Huddleston. The artworks were superimposed on 20 street flags which will line Queanbeyan’s Monaro St until July 29 and at other times during the year.

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.

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.

A ‘CONFIDENT Collecting Course’ is at M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent Griffith, on June 20 and June 27, showing the where, how and what of art collecting. Details at m16artspace.com.au

“MATERIAL Objects,” a furniture exhibition by Elliot Bastianon and Andrew Carvolth, is at the Nishi Gallery. Bastianon’s work is a speculation of material possibilities that draws inspiration from folded structures. Carvolth’s work looks to create a contemporary Australian vernacular through a series of thoughtful objects that celebrates regional materials and processes. All works are for sale. At 17 Kendall Lane NewActon, until June 26.

PHOTOACCESS has two exhibitions in the Huw Davies Gallery celebrating the materiality of photography: Cihuateotl’s “Myth” by Canberra-based Mexican born emerging artist Octavio Garcia Alvarado, and “An Endless Horizon” by Sydney-based emerging photographer Matthew James. Exhibitions continue until Sunday, June 19.

“CREATION’S Evolution” is an exhibition of paintings by Margy Duke demonstrating that “everywhere, the Universal Life Force foot prints have been left,” at gallery@bcs, Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Crt Belconnen, until June 24.

M16 ARTSPACE has Sue Chancellor, Elisa Crossing & Phil Page, Caroline Walker-Grime and Manuel Pfeiffer exhibiting until July 3, opening 6pm this Thursday June 16, 21 Blaxland Crescent Griffith all welcome.

LUCILE Carson, Judith Collette and Caroline Ambrus – friends from their student years at the Canberra School of Art in the 1960s and 1970s – present a joint exhibition at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre until June 18. The three artists explore the notion of ‘Consequences’ through their art.

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.

“NAMASTE” is a solo exhibition by Nepal abstract artist Chettra Lal Kayastha from which all funds raised go directly towards the Foundation’s rebuilding efforts in Western Nepal. Kayastha is an award-winning artist from Pokhara, Nepal who is best known for experimenting with unique subject matter like native Himalayan birch trees (bhojpatra) and abstractions of his feelings. At Canberra Artworks, 8 Townsend Street Phillip, 9am to 5pm weekdays, 9am to 2pm Saturdays until June 24. Entry Free.

STRATHNAIRN Homestead has “ Fields to Forests,” watercolours & drawings by the Gumnut Ladies, who began to paint and draw in February 2015,  showing  from   June 16-  July 10. Opening  by Director, ACT, Museums & Art Galleries Shane Breynard 4 pm Saturday, June 18. Strathnairn Gallery + Shop + Café, Stockdill Drive Holt,  open Thurs to Sun 10 – 4pm.

WENDY MACKLIN capture 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, June 19 to July 17.

IN HER new show at M16 Artspace, Monde Monde explores our childhood memories – seen through the lens of the warnings our parents give us. Are your memories real? “Wait till your father gets home!” bindies in the lawn—this kind of memory. Runs until June 12.

“OBNOXIOUS Ladies in the Australian Landscape” is the title of a new show curated by Sabrina Baker that brings artists Emma Beer, Jacqueline Bradley, Anna Davern, Lucy Forsberg, Camille Serisier and Alex Pye. “All are assertive and determined in their ideas, uncompromising and not without a sense of humour,” Baker says. At Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Gorman Arts until June 18, Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm.

THE “Sole Mate” fundraiser exhibition for the SoART Gallery, which is a community- run gallery in Narooma, just next to the Narooma Kinema, kicks off with drinks & nibbles on Thursday June 9 at 6pm and the show runs until June 21. All details at infosoartgallery@gmail.com or 0400 442945.

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.

ARTIST, teacher, graphic designer, musician and now photographer, Eva Schroeder, won a photography internship at the UN Women’s office in Fiji last September. Now she’s exhibiting the results, 16 black and white images of “staunch, proud” female market vendors, under the title “Beneath the Bula Smile.” It’s her first solo exhibition and a satellite exhibition for Sydney’s coming ‘Head On’ photo festival. At Tuggeranong Arts Centre, until June 18.

“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.

“BARBARA Hanrahan: Words + Art” exhibits Barbara Hanrahan’s prints alongside her unique imaginative fiction, displaying the fertile relationship between her visual and textual languages, at Building 13 ADFA Northcote Drive, Campbell 9am to 5pm, until June 17

CANBERRA Potters has been running its artist-in-residence program since 2012 and since that time has welcomed ceramic artists from around the world, as well as some from closer to home. Resulting pieces will, for the first time, be shown together. CPS Artist-in-Residence Collection, at Watson Arts Centre, Aspinall St, Watson until June 19, 10am – 4pm Thursday to Sunday.

CANBERRA Grammar School Gallery, Monaro Cresc Red Hill, has a new exhibition of printmaking and sculpture until June 18.