There’s lots to see and do around the arts scene this week. It’s HELEN MUSA’s “Artsweek” column.

A RETROSPECTIVE on film director Jane Campion at the National Film and Sound Archive begins with “Jane Campion: The Cinema Woman”, Arc Cinema on July 20.

THE ANU Film Group’s spring season kicks off with a free screening of “Monsters, Inc.” at Kambri, ANU, July 24, then runs until October 14. All details here.

Concerts

• THE Michelle Nicolle Quartet will marry the worlds of classical and jazz in the Bach Project, The Street Theatre, July 21.
• CANBERRA-trained pianist, Ronan Apcar, now studying at the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne, will be back in town to play in concert centring around David Lang’s song cycle “Death Speaks”. AJ America will be the soloist, born-and-bred Canberran Donica Tran, also studying at ANAM, will play violin and Ethan McAlister electric guitar. Drill Hall Gallery, July 21.
• NEWLY formed seven-piece Canberra band led by Mumbai-born Karisha Shah perform original songs with vocals in Indian and English. The Street Theatre, July 22.
• THE Acacia Quartet return to Tuggeranong Arts Centre with a program featuring Alice Chance’s “Precious Colours”, Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 “Harp” and Franz Schubert – String Quartet No. 14, D810 “Death & The Maiden”. Tuggeranong Arts Centre Theatre, July 22.
• THE Australian String Quartet will perform “Florescence”, Dvořák’s String Quartet No.14 in A-flat Major, Haydn’s String Quartet in B minor, Purcell’s Fantasia No.6 in F Major and Justin Williams’s “Movement for String Quartet”. Gandel Hall, NGA, July 23.
• ART Song Canberra’s next concert, “Expressionist Impressions”, will be given by soprano Sarahlouise Owens and Katherine Day on piano. It will feature works of Strauss, Marx, Zemlinsky, Jentsch, Debussy and Franz. Wesley Music Centre, Forrest, July 23.
• DAVID Pereira on cello, pianist Edward “Teddy” Neeman and composer-vocalist Lillian Fromyhr will perform works by Bach, Gounod, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Ignaz Friedman, as well as songs by Fromyhr, Moya Henderson, Stan Getz and Jimmy Rowles in “70 Not Out”, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton, July 23.

Stage

• AFTER a preview run, Julian Meyrick’s production of Nick Enright’s 1994 play, “Good Works”, is at The Mill Theatre,  Fyshwick, July 19-August 12.
• BANGARRA Dance Theatre returns with “Yuldea”, marking Frances Rings’ inaugural season as artistic director. Inspired by her family’s connection to the area, “Yuldea” (Ooldea) tells the story of the Aṉangu people of the Great Victorian Desert. Canberra Theatre, July 20-22.

Galleries

• DAI Li’s ceramics “Bittersweet – a fiction” and Sophia Szilagyi’s prints, “qualities of quiet”, are showing at Beaver Galleries, Deakin, July 20-August 5.
• “EXQUISITE Corpse Insight into The Human Body” is an exhibition at the ANU School of Art & Design showcasing the connection between art and anatomy, July 20-August 4.
• “AGGREGATED Adornments: From Road to Body” sees artist Keziah Craven exploring sculptural wearable art. Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka, July 21- 30.
• THREE talented artist sisters join for an exhibition opening at Aarwun Gallery, Nicholls – Alice Pulvers’ “Luminescence”, Sophie Pulvers’ “Animalia” and Lucy Pulvers’ “Pianoforte”. Opens July 22.
• “FLORILEGIUM: Distant Memories” is an immersive exhibition featuring an on-site installation by Sydney-based Taiwanese Australian artist Ruth Ju-shih Li. At the Australian Centre on China, ANU, July 24-December 15.
• TWO solo exhibitions, by Lisa Sammut and Zoe Brand, that represent new artistic pathways in glass for two contemporary artists are at Canberra Glassworks, July 26-October 8.