THE Indonesia Fair 2015 introduces us to our biggest near neighbour via a culinary bazaar, a tourism expo, a craft and souvenir show and arts and cultural performances, including dances from different regions.
Balawan from Bali
THE fair features fusion guitarist Balawan from Bali, one of the fastest guitarists in Indonesia and a virtuoso on the double-neck guitar. At the National Convention Centre, 10am-6pm, November 14-15, all welcome. Entry is free.
Festivals and events:
Sancho Murphy, photo Citynews
SANCHO Murphy’s Dirty Laundry Shop is opening in its new permanent location in collaboration with Beach Burrito and & Lobrow Gallery in a ‘Spooky Black Friday’ themed party upstairs at 181 City Walk. Free entry, music, projections, giveaway, all welcome.
‘RESHAPING GLASS’ is a hands-on workshop where participants will learn how to revive damaged objects made from glass using hand tools and studio equipment with Richard Whiteley in the glass workshop in the ANU School of Art, 3.30 – 4.30pm, Sunday Nov 15, bookings to hotel-hotel.com.au/fixandmake/events/reshaping-glass/
LEADING a cappella expert Glenda Lloyd is running a women’s a cappella one-day workshop for Brindabella Chorus at Black Mountain School, O’Connor, 9.30am-4pm on Saturday, November 14. Registrations and information via brindabellachorus.org.au
THE regular markets at Westside Acton Park, 3 Barrine Drive, Acton run from noon to 6pm on Sunday.
Arts business:
Canberra Youth Orchestra in flight
FIRST SEEN, offers three ACT playwrights the opportunity to collaborate with a creative team for up to seven days to further develop their work through intensive practical investigation with no expectation of the need to produce a performance-ready draft. Visit thestreet.org.au for details and application forms.
YOUNG musicians interested in joining the Canberra Youth Orchestra, or Music for Canberra’s younger string and orchestral ensembles, are warmly welcomed to audition for 2016 over the weekend November 14-15. Details at musicforcanberra.org.au/events (see “Audition for 2016”).
Film:
IMB Bank Sunset Cinema, is back at the Australian National Botanic Gardens from November 13 to December 19 for 4 sessions per week, with a mix of blockbusters, dramas, thrillers and family films, live music, beanbags, food and a fully licensed bar. Booking s to sunsetcinema.com.au/canberra
MARKING its 10th anniversary, the “Possible Worlds” Film Festival brings three new independent films from Canada to Australian audiences. At the National Library of Australia, 6.30pm, November 13 and 1pm and 3pm, November 14, bookings and details at possibleworlds.net.au/canberra
THE 19th Canberra International Film Festival, exclusively at the National Film and Sound Archive’s Arc Cinema, until November 15, bookings to ciff.com.au
THE 2015 BBC First British Film Festival is at Palace Electric, NewActon until Nov 18, details at britishfilmfestival.com.au
Theatre:
A SECOND Canberra show has been added to British actor and raconteur Stephen Fry’s “Telling Tales” visit to Canberra’s Royal Theatre, making it Sat-Sun Nov 14 & 15, bookings to ticketek.com.au or 132 849.
“The Mikado”, The Q, Queanbeyan, until November 15, bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.
Concerts:
Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the Christopher Brennan Cycle, 1945, artist Dora Toovey, NPG
MEMBERS of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra join Canberra’s Louise Page and Phillipa Candy in performing “Movement,” works by Horace Keats, recognising Australian musicians Janet and Horace Keats whose portrait has been in the National Portrait Gallery for some years. At the NPG, 3pm, Sunday November 15, free concert, no bookings required.
MUSICA Viva features the Eggner Trio at Llewellyn Hall, 7pm tonight Thursday November 12, bookings to musicaviva.com.au
THE Sydney Consort will be at Wesley Music Centre at 3pm on Sunday, November 15 with ‘aristocratic’ instruments like the harpsichord and string instruments from the viol family. Bookings to trybooking.com/GHCN or tickets at the door.
Rachel Scott, image courtesy of the artist
THE Musica da Camera string orchestra’s final program for 2015 will be directed by Jonathan McFeat and feature local flute player Rebecca Carpenter. At Holy Covenant Anglican Church, 89 Dexter Street, Cook, 2.30 pm Saturday November 14, and repeated at Sts Peter & Paul’s Cathedral, 2.30 pm on Sunday November 15. Tickets at the door.
STRANGE Weather Gospel Choir will be celebrating its 20th anniversary Gospel, Spiritual, African, Indigenous and Contemporary songs from the choir’s history. At Wesley Uniting Church, National Circuit, 3pm, Sunday 15 November 15, bookings to strangeweather.org or at the door.
David Pereira promises us “a nice occasion” with “Rachel Scott – Visionary Musician” 2pm to 4pm this Sunday November 15 at Ainslie Arts Centre, bookings to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/david-pereira-presents-rachel-scott-visionary-musician-tickets-19072813298
UC CHORALE and soloists will perform “Glorious”, under the direction of Alan Hicks, at Cook Community Hall, 3pm Sunday, November 15, bookings to trybooking.com/JK01 or at the door.
Gigs:
Mitch Grainger
ROOTS music troubadour, Mitch Grainger, performs from his new acoustic album, ‘The Blues’, at The Harmonie German Club at Narrabundah this Friday, November 13. Entry is free.
Michelle Nicolle
MICHELLE Nicolle sings Ellington at the Drill Hall Gallery 3–5pm this Saturday November 14. Special guest is Miroslav Bukovsky. Tickets at the door.
PSITHURISM wind trio is performing with experimental super 8 film Artist Louise Curham, at PhotoAccess Manuka, 3-4pm, this Sunday November 15, free event.
Exhibitions:
“FURNISHED” is an exhibition of work by students from the ANU Furniture Workshop representing the spectrum of craft and design, on display at the Fitters Workshop in Kingston from November 13-15, opening by Steve Wright, designer, academic and producer, at 6pm tomorrow, Friday November 13, all welcome.
THE Peculiar Library is curated by Canberra-based Curator Narelle Phillips, and features works by Alex Asch, Reid Bedlington, Rachel Bolton, Jacqueline Bradley, Diane Broomhall, Tom Buckland, Mariana del Castillo, Rebecca Hanrahan, Nicci Haynes, Ray McJannett, Kendal Murray and Paul Summerfield. At ANCA Gallery 1 Rosevear Place, Dickson until Sunday 29 November 29 noon-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday.
Jenny Adams ‘Midnight’
THE Tin Shed Art Group chose ‘Moods’ as the theme for its 2015 exhibition, “Mood Swings”, at Watson Art Centre, Aspinall St, Watson, 10am-4pm Thursday to Sunday until Nov 22.
Judy Horacek – ‘Go Forth’ (detail), photopolymer print with hand painting, edition of 20.
BEAVER Galleries is showing watercolours, prints and small objects by cartoonist/artist Judy Horacek, inspired by her love of old maps, travel, boats and flying. Also they have an exhibition of work by the late Andrew Sayers. At the galleries, 81 Denison St, Deakin, Both shows run at Beaver, Tue to Fri 10am-5pm, Sat and Sun 9am-5pm, until November 29.
IVY Hill Gallery has “Take a Line,” drawings by Veronica O’Leary, Peter Tucker and Simon Weber, at 1795 Tathra-Bermagui Road, Wapengo, Thursday to Sunday until December 6.
“ROAM On Monaro”, paintings by Ian Robertson, are on show at Cork Street Café & Gallery Gundaroo until November 23. Mid Show Celebration 5.30 pm Thursday November 12, all welcome. Gallery open Lunch and Dinner Thursday Friday Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Saturday and Sunday.
“WONDER & Loss, porcelain by Cathy Franzi,” continues at Narek Galleries at Tathra-Bermagui Rd TANJA until November 15 and from that time will be on sabbatical until after summer.
MARGARET Dimoff Art at 38 Grey St Deakin has a new showing of Dimoff’s work running now.
“BIRTH of the Cool” is a selection of major works by David Aspden, Sydney Ball, Michael Johnson and Dick Watkins, it surveys the decade between 1963 and 1973, a golden era of Australian art, at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery, 12 – 5pm Wednesday to Sunday until Dec 13.
Tom Skeehan at work
CRAFT ACT: Craft + Design Centre has two exhibitions at Level 1 North Building, 180 London Circuit – “Thought – Process”, new furniture and drawings by Tom Skeehan and “discover define develop deliver,” this year’s annual Accredited Professional Members exhibition.
MOTHER and daughter artists Libby Hobbs and Dimity Kidston are exhibiting “MEDLEY,” mixed works, in at POD, the Craft ACT space at Shop 5, The Hamlet 16 Lonsdale St Braddon, until Nov 15.
Peta Kruger necklace at Bilk
THE Gallery of Australian Design and the Land Development Agency have “Front Door,” a snapshot of images recollecting the story of the Northbourne Housing Precinct, Gallery of Australian Design, 47 Jardine St Kingston, until November 29.
“THE Art of Lest We Forget” is an exhibition of WW1 themed artworks from members of the Queanbeyan Art Society in The Q’s Exhibition Space until November 14.
THE exhibition ‘Oh me, oh my!’ sees the gallery for contemporary metal and glass decorated and filled with rings, bracelets, pendants, objects and brooches from artists new and old, at Bilk Gallery Palmerston Lane Manuka, runs until December 24.
IN “Elements of Place” ceramic artist Avi Amesbury exhibits solo, at FORM Studio and Gallery 1/30 Aurora Ave Queanbeyan, until Nov 22.
GALLERY@BCS’s Piece of Mind Series presents ‘Pieces from the Heart’, paintings by mother and daughter Anne Maree and Saskia Vogt. At Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Court, Belconnen, 9am-4:30pm Monday-Friday until Nov 13.
ABSTRACTION x 3 works by Andrew Christofides Mark Galea , Donald Laycock at the Nancy Sever Gallery, 6 Kennedy Street Kingston runs until November 29 Wednesday–Sunday 11 am–6 pm.
“B5761626572” – the title contains the birth years of the exhibiting artists, Christoph Preussman, Ham Darroch, Derek O’Connor, Paul Uhlmann and Robert Cleworth. At M16 Artspace, Blaxland Crs Griffith, 12 – 5pm, Wednesday – Sunday until November 15.A MOTHER and daughter exhibition by Pamela and Victoria Collins is at Yarralumla Gallery behind the nursery running to Nov 27.
GEORGINA Poulos is the first artist to have a solo exhibition at Margaret Hadfield’s ‘Artistic Vision’ Gallery, 1/61 Colbee Court, Phillip, with paintings on display until November 28.
Glimpses of perfect suburbia, Twin+Trees, by Thea Katauskas
AN exhibition and celebration of the tree run at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery until December 6.
PHOTOACCESS has ‘A Film of One’s Own’ [Archive Fever] by Canberra filmmaker, archivist and artist Louise Curham and ‘The Apostle’ by Juhani Koivumaki, a Helsinki-based media artist, at Manuka Arts Centre, PhotoAccess until Sunday November 15.
RANDOM9 (www.random-9.comis a group of independent emerging visual artists, whose latest exhibition “Landscapes of Decay” is at Belconnen Arts Centre , 10am to 4pm Tues to Sun until Nov 15.
Inside the Barbed Maze
“THE Barbed Maze,” an installation by local artists Denise Higgins and Gary Smith, is at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space – Gorman Arts Centre until November 21.
BELCONNEN Arts Centre also has ‘Transpire,’ works by University of Canberra Landscape Architecture students and ‘Borderline’ by Hayley Lander, until Nov 15. Meantime in the Outdoor Gallery at BAC, recipient of the Emerging Artist Support Scheme, artist Anton Poon has used the metaphor of a bridge to explore the concept of cultural transition. Until Dec 13.
STRATHNAIRN Arts has its annual member’s exhibition at the Strathnairn Homestead Gallery, 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt running to November 15.
‘ECLECTIC’ celebrates the curious places in which we find beauty and divinity, as seen by 5 artists. At Aarwun Gallery in Federation Square until November 20.
“THE Fire did not beat us – 100 years of fighting bushfires in the Australian Capital Territory: 1915 – 2015”, is showing at Tuggeranong Arts Centre until November 15.
“THE Distant Warriors: Ka Maumahara (We Will Remember Them) Let Us Not Be Forgotten” is the ANZAC Centenary exhibition inspired by the stories of Indigenous Australian and Maori soldiers still running at Canberra Glassworks until November 19.
“FASHION and fantasy: 21st century fashion dolls”, from the collection of Julie Manley, can now be seen in Canberra Museum and Gallery’s ‘Open Collections gallery’ and in the showcase by the London Circuit entrance. Until Nov 22.
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