MINI Capital Jazz Project, at The Street Theatre, June 8-13 has  “FinnLand”, The timeless music of the Finn Brothers reimagined, Friday 10 June @ 7.30pm, “Ambon” by Lloyd Swanton, Spoken word, music and projections bring this personal POW story to life, Paolo Angeli + Mirko Guerrini, 10 June 8pm Sunday 12 June @ 7:30pm, and Mulatu Astatke with Black Jesus Experience, Monday 13 June @ 6pm. Bookings to thestreet.org.au or 6247 1233.

Events:

THE Corps of Staff Cadets, together with the Band of the Royal Military College, is to present the spectacle of the Trooping of the Queen’s Colour in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the Long Weekend. This traditional ceremonial parade will be reviewed by Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, Chief of Defence Force. It is advised to bring along a folding chair, and perhaps a warm blanket. Refreshments and facilities available. At Gallipoli Reach, Lake Burley Griffin foreshore, 10.15am, Saturday, June 11, FREE event.

MUSE Cafe in the East Hotel, Kingston, has “Basically Beethoven,” BYO instrument or dabble on our walnut baby grand. Anything goes for this very informal event for any composer, tune or style. 3-4pm, Sunday June 5, $10 (includes glass of wine or soft drink) bookings to musecanberra.com.au

THE 8th Annual Perisher Peak Festival is coming up on the Long Weekend, with director Dave de Santi signing over 30 Australian and international artists to performing. At Perisher and Smiggins, June 10-13, bookings and all info to peakfestival.com.au

“FAITH Fashion Fusion: Muslim Women’s Style in Australia”, a curated 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.

Screen:

“NUMBER 96: TV’s virginity lost”, at Arc cinema, 4pm, June 11. An  afternoon of probing discussion, saucy nostalgia and a curated selection of TV highlights followed by a rare screening of “Number 96: The Movie” (1974) on 35mm from 7 pm. bookings to nfsa.gov.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

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/Articles-for-documents-on-exhibition/EOI-Public-Art—Queens-Bridge-mural

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/grants-in-the-city/

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 repair, nay, 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.

JAPANESE Taiko drumming classes with Taikoz Australia Artist, Ryuji Hamada, are being offered at Four Winds, Bermagui over the June long weekend. Taiko is for all age groups, music and fitness levels. No previous experience is necessary. The Youth Beginner Workshop (8 to 16 yrs) is on at 1pm, Saturday June 11. The Adult Beginner Workshop is on at 1pm, Sunday June 12. At The Four Winds’ Windsong Pavilion, Bermagui. Bookings are essential to fourwinds.com.au or call the Four Winds office on 6493 3414.

‘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:

“Things I Know to be true”, Andrew Bovell’s latest play, comes direct form Adelaide before it leaves for a British tour. At The Playhouse, June 9-11, bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.

ENTERTAINER Mark Nadler will be at Teatro Vivaldi, ANU Arts Centre, on Friday June 10 exploring the wit, the romance and the life of Cole Porter, dinner and show from 6.30pm, show only from 8.30pm. Bookings to 6257 2718.

“CATCH Me If You Can”, the musical, traces the real life story of a charming rogue, Frank Abagnale Jnr, played by Leonardo di Caprio in the movie, who was always one step ahead of the FBI until he was caught forging millions of dollars of cheques, and posing as a pilot, doctor and lawyer. Alex Clubb plays Frank with Gerard Ninnes as FBI agent Carl Hanratty. At Gungahlin Theatre, until June 11, bookings to stagecenta.com

IT’LL be back to the 1950s when Queanbeyan Players take on Meredith Willson’s musical “The Music Man” at The Q soon. Briefly, a 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, June 10-25, bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.

Concerts and gigs:

WARRANI Chorale presents “The beauties of nature,” a selection of peaceful songs reflecting The beauty of the world around us, at the Weston Creek Uniting Church Parkinson Street, Wednesday June 15, 10.30 to 12noon. Entry by gold coin donation and refreshments are included.

SYDNEY composer Sophie Hutchings will perform an intimate solo concert that reflects on music from her first two albums, and the upcoming Wide Asleep, set for a mid 2016 release on Australian label Preservation. Part of Confluence, at Ainslie Arts Centre, Ainslie Main Hall, 7.30pm to 9pm June 9, Tickets at the door or eventbrite.com.au

A NEW work written by Australian composer Brenton Broadstock inspired by the journey of a child refugee to Australia will be on the program when the fabulous Ens? String Quartet comes to Canberra for Musica Viva. Founded at Yale University in 1999, the quartet has been praised by “The Washington Post” for its “glorious sonorities.” At Llewellyn Hall, 7pm, Thursday, June 9, bookings to musicaviva.com.au

THE Phoenix Pub in Civic has on Thursday 9th 9pm, Ciggie Witch, Wives, Zone Out; Friday 10th 9pm, Capes, Rumblr, Jack Livingston; and on Saturday 11th 9pm, The Vee Bees, White Knuckle Fever, and Minor Surgery.

Exhibitions:

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

OCTOGENARIAN ‘outsider’ artist  and Braidwood identity  Jack Featherstone will be the featured artist exhibiting at this year’s Braidwood Regional Arts Groups public fundraising event. Some of his unusual paintings on bark will be on show, with most being for sale “Jack’s unique painting style is universally loved and enjoyed by all who view his work,” says  curator Janita Byrne.  At Braidwood Community Arts Centre Gallery, 45 Wallace Street, Braidwood, 6.30pm for a 7pm launch by Nigel Lendon tomorrow,  Friday,  June 10, all welcome.

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.

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.

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.

IN “Here and There”, a solo show by Peter Alwast, The Garage project (co- directed by Sabrina Baker & Sara d’Alessandro) moves out from private garages and takes over an empty shop inside the Garema Centre on Garema Place, offered by Notaras Commercial. The Garage is an independent project born from the idea that art could be shown everywhere. The show is curated by Sara d’Alessandro. Closes June 12.

“EX LIBRIS” is an exhibition of Megalo Print Studio + Gallery members’ printworks inspired by the art of the bookplate. The majority of works are only 14 x 10cm in size. Megalo, 21 Wentworth Avenue Kingston, until June 25, Tuesday – Saturday 9.30am – 5pm.

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.

‘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 annual Canberra Region Feltmakers’ show “Rapt in Felt” is at The Q in Queanbeyan, until June 11, 10am-4pm weekdays and 10am-2pm Saturday.   Almost 40 felt makers who will have their creations on display, including 10-year-old Tomas Keily, who has made a fedora. There are felt jackets, dresses, skirts, hats, wraps and scarves, bags and jewellery and homewares on sale.

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. The ten artists on exhibition are Ann James, Alison Lester, Julie Vivas, Bob Graham, Peter Gouldthorpe, Andrew McLean, Patricia Mullins, Terry Denton, Elizabeth Honey and Leigh Hobbs. 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.

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.

ARTISTS Ned Bott, Christopher Dalzell, Hannah Gason, Hilary Hanrahan, Sanne Koelemij, Jacob Potter and Fiona Veikkanen will be featured in “Reverb”, the CAPO Emerging Artists’ Prize exhibition Curated by Oscar Capezio and Gemma Pike, at M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent Griffith, until June 12.

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.

JUDY Holding’s “The loaded landscape: sculpture and paintings” is on with Dean Bowen’s “New morning: paintings, prints & sculpture” at Beaver Galleries 81 Denison Street Deakin   until June 12.

“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

‘CLICK + Capture’ is the U3A Canberra Camera Club Photographic Exhibition, showing at Gallery 1+2, Strathnairn Arts, 90 Stockdill Dr Holt until June 12. 24 of the members, some with a life-time of experience, others new to amateur photography, are showing their work for the first time in a commercial gallery.

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 Crescent Red Hill, has a new exhibition of printmaking and sculpture until June 18.