COSTA GEORGIADIS, the host of “Gardening Australia” is opening ”Earth,” a new show at Belconnen Arts Centre gallery, from 5.30 pm this Friday August 19.
Costa Georgiadis
CURATED by Benita Tunks, the show runs to Sept 11 and features 15 artists working in a diverse range of media will create works that speak to how the earth sustains them spiritually, physically, intellectually or emotionally. Tunks created a suite of children’s workshops to assist young people to engage with the themes of the work in the exhibition. Tomorrow from 12.30 to 2pm, she and Georgiadis will be conducting a workshop with children from Macquarie Primary School.
Events:
RED Party is a student-organised charity event run by medical societies across the country and is throwing a huge 1000+ party at ANU Bar from 7.30pm on August 20 featuring Triple J’s Asta, hoping to raise $25,000 for The Global Fund aimed at fighting HIV/AIDs. moshtix.com.au
Kaye Pemberton in her Ainslie Studio
CANBERRA Potters will open their private studios this weekend August 20 and 21 from 10am to 4pm. Artists’ studios will be open across the inner north and inner south extending to Mawson, Belconnen, west to Strathnairn and into NSW at Gundaroo. The Potters’ Society at Watson, will open all their individual studios as well as the gallery and shop. Kaye Pemberton, an accredited Professional Member of Craft ACT, will present wheel throwing demonstrations at 11 and 2 on both day in her studio at 147 Duffy Street, Ainslie. Details of all open studios at australianceramicscommunity.com
Talk:
“NEVER, Never” is a thriller set in WA mining country, co-authored by Candice Fox with one of the world’s besetting authors, James Patterson. Candice will be in conversation with local librarian/crime writer, LJM Owen. Muse Café, East Hotel Kingston, Sunday August 21, 3-4pm, bookings to musecanberra.com.au/events/; charge is $10 which includes a glass of wine/soft drink.
IN THE first event in a new series, “Future Possible: re-directing design”, Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres have teamed up with Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre to present a conversation with design psychologist, researcher and educator at Griffith University, Dr Eleni Kalantidou. Monthly, from now, Ralph Wilson Theatre, August 23, Gorman Arts Centre, bookins to agac.com.au
Prizes:
TUGGERANONG Arts Centre and Empire Global have launched The Empire Global Art Award, which now invites entries in two categories: artist aged 15 – 25 years and artist over 25 years; with both attracting a $2000 cash prize each. All artwork must be original and needs to have been completed within the past two years and not previously exhibited. Information and entry forms at tuggeranongarts.com
Arts business:
Qbn Respect mosaic
AN ARTWORK focusing on the theme of ‘Give Respect’ by Jerrabomberra Public School student, Sophie McKinley will be made into a mosaic by members of the community and installed in the revitalised Queen Elizabeth Park in Queanbeyan’s CBD. Council is inviting members of the public to register for one of six two-hour sessions at Karabar Community Centre, 183 Cooma Road, on September 3-4 to help build a 2 metre mosaic artwork. Places are limited to 12 people per session so register early at qcc.nsw.gov.au/GiveRespect Participants under 10 years of age are not eligible to participate due to health and safety requirements but can come and watch. Cost: FREE
US DRUMMER Gregg Bissonette will hold a drum clinic, with an expected crowd of close to 300 people at The Basement in Belconnen on August 24, followed by a rock drumming master class at host organisation, the Groove Warehouse on August 25. Bookings to info@groovewarehouse.com.au
THE countdown is on! Australians have two weeks to nominate their favourite songs, radio programs, etc. for this year’s Sounds of Australia – our nation’s ultimate selection of historically, culturally and artistically important sound recordings. Nominations can be made via: Twitter: @NFSAonline #SoundsOfAustralia Facebook: facebook.com/nfsaa Email: registry@nfsa.gov.au or web: bit.ly/nominateSoA by Friday, August 19.
THE Embassy of Spain in Canberra has decided to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Miguel Cervantes’s death with a project called “Money to read”, where $ 1,500 goes to an Australian citizen or permanent resident to read, silently, his great novel “Don Quixote” (in English) at the National Library during Oct-Nov this year. Entries close Thursday, September 22 at moneytoread.com
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
Film:
A still from Mexican movie ‘Burros’ (Donkeys)
THE LATIN American Embassies in Australia are once again presenting the 12th Latin American Film Festival at the NGA—and it’s FREE! The festival will present a selection of 13 films from all over Latin America. At James O Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Friday, August 19 to Wednesday, August 31, 2.30pm and repeated 6.30pm daily FREE but bookings essential(click on session you want) to nga.gov.au All films are subtitled in English and unclassified. Entry is classed as Restricted (R18+) and therefore not suitable for under 18s.
CINE LATINO is a new national festival of Latin American cinema featuring films from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela, among the many arty inclusions are the opening night film “Neruda” and closing night music and dance film “Argentina” by Carlos Saura. Palace Electric Cinemas, to August 21, bookings to palacecinemas.com.au
BelcoFlicks
IN COMMEMORATION of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) presents its digital restoration of “The Odd Angry Shot. “Directed by Tom Jeffrey the 1979 film features an all-star cast including, Graham Kennedy, Bryan Brown, John Jarratt and John Hargreaves. Thursday August 18, 7pm, bookings to nfsa.gov.au
BELCONNEN’S local film festival is back! Belconnen Community Service (BCS) seeks short films for screenings during the Belco50 celebrations for Belconnen’s 50th birthday. Submission Deadline: Friday September 30. Selected films will be between 1 and 10 minutes long. Selected films will be screened at two Belco50 events: Belco Now at the Belconnen Arts Centre on November 5, and Belco Flicks V – Belco50 in theatre@bcs, Belconnen Community Centre, on Tuesday November 8. Expressions of Interest due Friday September 30. Info and entry at belcoflicks@bcsact.com.au, or bcsact.com.au
THE ANU Film Group, the largest film society in Australia, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. For all membership information visit anufg.org.au
Dance:
India Meets
“INDIA Meets” will see a range of classical Indian dance styles performed by local dance artists Jenny White, Mahesh Radhakrishnan, Suhasini Sumithra, Vanaja Dasika and Liz Lea, joined by guest artist Seeta Patel. At Belconnen Arts Centre, 8pm, Saturday, August 20, bookings to eventbrite.com
“FEEL THE MUSIC” is a year-long dance program specifically created for people with hearing impairment, happening at Belconnen Arts Centre on eight Fridays of each school term. It offers a wide range of dance styles, live music, social dance gigs, and some performance. Inquiries to philip.piggin@belconnenartscentre.com.au or SMS 0417 417 182.
Ezequiel Lopez and Camila Alegre- Tango Fire
“EVOKING the intoxicating passion of late-night Buenos Aires,” they’re saying, “Tango Fire” heads to town for one performance only. Canberra Theatre Centre, 5pm Sunday, August 21.Bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
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:
THE National Portrait Gallery is calling for entries for the annual Digital Portraiture Award open until Friday, September 30. Now in its fifth year, the Award (which Opens on Dec 2) seeks to extend the traditional notion of portraiture to the digital realm and encourages creative thinking. Information on how to enter and examples of past finalists can be found here: dpa.portrait.gov.au
AUSTRALIA’S biggest student film competition, “Screen It” is open to registrations from students and teachers. The 2016 theme has just been announced as ‘Mystery’, and the competition is free and now open to all Australian primary and secondary school students, all info at acmi.net.au/screen-it Entries close: Monday, September 19 (5pm, Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Theatre:
THE Fearless Comedy Gala is Australia’s first-ever comedy gala for victims of family violence. The line-up of 10 top comedians all donating their time for the cause, will be led by veteran comedian Jean Kittson and include favourites like Sammy J, Adam Richard and Canberra’s own comic singing duo, Sparrow-Folk. Canberra Theatre, Thursday August 18, bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
Short + Sweet, ‘Red Wire Blue Wire’
“SHORT+SWEET Canberra”, until August 20, Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre. ‘Top 20’ Thurs-Fri Top 20, 7.30pm Thurs-Fri, Gala Final Sat 20 Aug 2.30p and 7.30pm
Bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
THE 80-minute comedy-drama “Ghost Stories” is coming to town. Unlike “Macbeth” at Theatre 3, it claims to be blood and gore free and despite over 500,000 people having seen it, details are shrouded in secrecy. We can say that it’s unsuitable for anyone under 13, as well as “those of a nervous disposition and pregnant women.” At Canberra Theatre, until August 21, bookings to *canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
SUPA Productions is back on the boards with the musical “Funny Girl”, directed by Jarrad West, with Vanessa De Jager playing the part of Fanny Brice, the role that made Barbra Streisand famous. You can hum along (quietly) to songs like “Don’t Rain on My Parade” and “People”. “Funny Girl” hasn’t been performed in Canberra for some time and they’re sure it will resonate well with theatre lovers young and old. The Q, Queanbeyan, August 19 to September 3, bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.
CANBERRA Philharmonic is warming up the winter cold with Cole Porter’s smash-hit musical, “Anything Goes,” This shipboard comedy is really just an excuse for songs like “De-Lovely,” and “I Get a Kick Out of You.” Erindale Theatre, August 11 – 27, bookings to philo.org.au or 6257 1950.
JORDAN BEST’S provocative “Macbeth” for REP, starring Chris Zuber and Jenna Roberts as the murderous duo. As well, there’s original music by Tim Hansen. Theatre 3, Acton, to August 20. Bookings to canberrarep.org.au or 6257 1950.
Concerts and gigs:
The Muffat Collective
THE Muffat Collective is joined by renowned baritone, David Greco, to take a journey through 17th century Restoration England, performing consorts, songs and suites by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke & John Dowland. “Beauty Thou Scene of Love” at Wesley Music Centre, Thursday, August 18, 7.30pm. Bookings to trybooking.com/208501 or at the door – cash only.
THE National Capital Orchestra will be performing Beethoven’s Overture to “Fidelio” and Haydn’s Symphony No 49 and as the highlight, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with soloists Barbara Jane Gilby, David Pereira and Edward Neeman. Llewellyn Hall, 7:30pm Saturday, August 20, bookings to ticketek.com
THE BRIOSO Quartet presents “Russian String Quartets,” music by Shostakovich and Glazunov, at Cooinda Hall, Kangara Waters Retirement Village, 2 Joy Cummings Place, Belconnen, at 2.15pm, Sunday August 21, bookings to trybooking.com
Barbara-Jane Gilby
THEN Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s Classical Twilight Concert Series has Canberra violinist extraordinary Barbara Jane Gilby in the concert “Romance and Revolution” from 5 to 7pm on Sunday August 21. Bookings to tuggeranongarts.com
CANBERRA Symphony Orchestra has a fabulous concert tonight in its 2016 ActewAGL Llewellyn Series: Weber’s Der Freischütz Overture; Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor; and Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor, with guest artists Nicholas Milton AM Conductor Artistic patronage ActewAGL Indira Koch, Violin and husband Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Cello. Llewellyn Hall, last concert 7.30pm tonight Thursday August 18, bookings to cso.org.au
Jack Carty pic by Sebastian Schroeder
AUSTRALIAN songwriter Jack Carty has finished a beautiful new album called ‘Home State’ released this month on August 05 and he’ll be at The Street Theatre in Canberra on Friday, August 19, bookings to thestreet.org.au
PLUM Green is a story teller who holds a rare hold over her audience. She’’ be at Smith’s Alternative Book Store76 Alinga St, Civic, 9pm, Saturday August 20, books to stickytickets.com.au or on the door.
THE PHOENIX Pub in Civic has as follows: Thursday August 18 at 9pm, Yaurout, The Ians, The Freemen, Friday August 19 at 9pm, The Undermines, The Feldons, Cub Calloway and the Revolutionaires, Saturday August 20 at9pm, Leadfinger, Wrong Turn, The King Hits.
Exhibitions:
Canopy XXX (Vermilion Vision of the Eclipse) 1992, oils and pumice powder on clear acrylic on jute. Private Collection.
THE NEXT exhibition at the Drill Hall Gallery focuses on Brian Blanchflower’s ‘Canopy series’. “The most important ‘ingredient’ in my paintings is that which is not painted: the unseen, the unknowable, the unnameable,” Blanchflower explains. ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Kingsley Street, Acton, 10 am – 5pm Wednesday to Sunday, Admission free. Artist in conversation Friday, August 19 at noon.
CANBERRA Glassworks at 11 Wentworth Avenue Kingston has the “The Hindmarsh Prize”, in which 18 shortlisted works are on display into September, along with the winning work ‘Surge 19’ by Masahiro Asaka.
“MIKE Parr: Foreign-Looking” is the first exhibition to bring together works in all media across Parr’s voraciously experimental practice from 1970 to the present. This installation of performance, film, sculpture and photography provokes a challenging yet mesmerising experience. National Gallery of Australia, to Nov 6.
‘What Becomes of Little Boys,’ Martin Claydon
M16 Artspace at 21 Blaxland Crescent Griffith, has new shows opening tonight, Thurs August 18 and running to September 4: “What Becomes of Little Boys”, by Sydney painter Martin Claydon; “Obliterate I,” a video performance and installation by Averil Harris in the smallest gallery in Canberra, M16’s Chutespace; and “Tied,” by Frances Spurgin, a series of knotted objects that combine the thick twists of rope with the intricate loops of tied fly lures. Opening tonight at 6pm, all welcome.
THE PASTEL Explorers group is about to present its inaugural public exhibition of 50 works. The 11 artist are quick to note that among the many artists who used pastels were Leonardo and Degas. “Pastels: Passion for Colour”, Old School House Gallery, Sweet Copper Cafe, Ginninderra Village, to Aug 28 Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
GALLERY@BCS has “The Book of Waiting”, an introspective exhibition by 2015 graduate of the ANU School of Art, Catherine Freeman, as part of its ongoing contribution to the Emerging Artists Support Scheme. Until Aug 26 at Belconnen Community Service Swanson Ct, Belconnen, Mon – Fri 9am-5pm.
‘ART can’t change the world. But artists can ask questions, so that individuals and organisations in a position to affect change can do so’ is a sentiment portrayed by photographer Lynn Smith in “A Beautiful Anxiety,” to be opened by Magda Keaney in the Huw Davies Gallery, Manuka Arts Centre at 6pm on Friday August 12. All welcome. Using long exposures at night, Smith captures the streets of Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, London, Paris and Berlin, devoid of people, using a medium format film camera. The show runs until September 4.
‘Amen’ by John Forrester Clack.
THE TWO bodies of work by artists John Forrester Clack and Tobias Oliver Clack in the new exhibition ‘Marking the Spirit’ are expressions of the process of seeking out the self and of the human physical and spiritual existence. NISHI GALLERY 17 Kendall Lane Canberra from Friday August 19 to Sunday 11 September 11.
“Interchange” is now back at Bilk Gallery from a visit to ATTA Gallery in Bangkok and includes an outstanding breadth of work from Marian Hosking, Carlier Makigawa, Helen Aitken-Kuhnen and Johannes Kuhnen, Kath Inglis, Mark Vaarwerk, Melissa Cameron, Sean O’Connell, Simon Cottrell, Mio Kuhnen and Larah Nott.
PARISA Applegarth is a photographer who focuses on cultures and tribes around the world. Her latest exhibition concerns the Sami reindeer-herders in the Arctic Circle of Scandinavia. Until Sept 4 in in the Village Centre. Details at nationalarboretum.act.gov.au
“TRIANGULATION” is a collaborative practice‐led research project in which Julie Brooke and Susan Buret reference and respond to each other’s practice. Both are painters who are fascinated by grids and patterning. At ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, Dickson, 12pm-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday, to Sunday August 21.
EMERGING artist Susie Dureau presents scenes that are more than literal depictions of the landscape. “Wild Histories” opens at Suki & Hugh Gallery, 38A Gibraltar Street on August 6 from 3pm – 5pm (all welcome) and runs to Sept 26.
BEAVER GALLERIES have two exhibitions, one by Alicia Mozqueira , a local emerging painter whose works reflect her intense interest in romanticism and in our individual interaction with the natural world. And one by Lucienne Rickard is a talented young artist from Hobart whose pencil work is marked by a sharp eye for detail, zealous imagination and a fastidious, almost obsessive, mode of execution. 81 Denison St, Deakin Tue to Fri 10am – 5pm & Sat and Sun 9am – 5pm until Aug 21.
THE PASTEL Explorers group presents its inaugural public exhibition of 50 works. The 11 artist are quick to note that among the many artists who used pastels were Leonardo and Degas. “Pastels: Passion for Colour”, Old School House Gallery, Sweet Copper Cafe, Ginninderra Village, to August 28 Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
‘Aztec Gods’ by Octavio Garcia
“AZTEC Gods” is an exhibition by Octavio Garcia, who re-creates a Pantheon of Aztec Gods, using sacred images which were originally carved in stone and painted on traditional paper made from bark, applying photographic chemistry through fine cuts made directly onto the B&W photographic paper. At The Photography Room, Old Bus Depot, Kingston, until on Sunday September 4, on which day at noon there will be an artist talk.
“EASS 2016” features the work of five emerging ceramic artists, all recent graduates of the ANU School of Art: Sue Hewat, Mahala Hill, Alya Khan, Anna-Maree O’Neill and Eden Reni. At Watson Arts Centre, Aspinall Street, Watson, 10am – 4pm Thursday to Sunday, until August 21.
BUNGENDORE Wood Works Gallery is showcasing the work of nine current and past artist/printmakers, Lyn Burns, George Gittoes, Pamela Griffith, Greg Hansell, Bettina McMahon, Gina Monaco, Trevor Riach, Wendy Sharpe and Glenn Smith in a series of limited edition prints produced in the physically small, yet massively influential and culturally dynamic Griffith Studio and Graphics Workshop between 1990 and 2016. Also they have “Ten Tables”, Woodwork by Ian Higgs, Design by Malcolm Stewart, Metalwork by Dean Bell Octagon ArtSpace. All on show until September 1.
DANIEL Bonson, G.W. Bot, David Buckland, Soren Dahlgaard, Jacky Green, Annika Harding, Timothy James Johnson and Andrew Styan are featured artists in “2°”, curated by Alexander Boynes, an exhibition that investigates climate change, its effect on the present, and the struggle to avoid environmental disaster by limiting rising global temperature to two degrees. The exhibition continues until August 20 at Canberra Contemporary Art Space Gorman Arts Centre 55 Ainslie Avenue Braddon.
AARWUN Gallery Shop 11 Federation Square O Hanlon Place Nicholls, has many new works in the gallery, and they tell us, “More are arriving on a weekly basis…you will find the usual co-mingling of classical and contemporary works, and most things in between the two.”
Rachel Corsini, ‘hat’ intallation
SCULPTOR, face painter and art lover Alfredo Lango has create a beautiful pop up gallery in the city next to the merry-go-round – follow the chalk signs to Shop 5. Currently showing are works by emerging artist Rachel Corsini, until August 30.
“MÄRI Gutharra – Milingimbi Artists” features the work of four senior artists, as well as other artists, from Milingimbi, an island off the north coast of Arnhem Land some 400 kilometres to the east of Darwin. Using traditional ochres and white clay, its artists create paintings on bark and canvas, based on the body art applied during religious ceremonies that are still part of everyday life. Nancy Sever Gallery, 4/6 Kennedy St Kingston, Wed–Sun 11am-6pm until August 21.
“MICHAEL Taylor: A Survey 1963–2016” at Canberra Museum and Gallery, curated by Deborah Clark, runs until Oct 2 at the Canberra Museum and Gallery. Taylor is one of Australia’s best expressionist painters, who has been painting for six decades. Since 1971 Taylor has lived and worked in the Canberra region – in Bredbo, Michelago, and, since 1993, Cooma.
LORD Thomas Denman was Australia’s fifth Governor-General. He and his wife, the irrepressible Lady Gertrude Denman, resided in Australia from July 1911 to May 1914. A new exhibition examines the political, cultural and imperial interests of this power couple. “Peace, Love and War: the Denmans, Empire and Australia, 1910–1917”, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Civic Square, to Nov 13.
CANBERRA teacher and devout ‘Whovian’ Timothy Kirsopp is displaying his entire “Dr Who” collection—everything from Daleks and the Tardis to images the Doctors and their companions—an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest collection of “Dr Who”-related memorabilia. “Bigger on the inside: Collecting Dr Who” at CMAG, Civic Square, until Nov 20.
THE OAKS Brasserie and Gallery presents “Birds & Blooms” an exhibition by two local artists, Debbie Paton and Caren Wilford, at Cottage 1, Weston Park, Yarralumla (behind the nursery) until Aug 26.
“REPEAT ²” is an exhibition of hand screen printed textiles, bringing together established and emerging Canberra based artists working with print, pattern and design. At Megalo Print Studio + Gallery 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, to August 20, Tuesday to Friday 9am – 5pm.
“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. In the 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. Free
“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.
A work by Sharon Field
SHARON Field, a Burra resident and award winning artist, has created artwork drawing on local specimens and with strong environmental theme. Two thirds of the artworks sold at the opening by Helen Maxwell last week. Field’s exhibition is at FORM Studio and Gallery, 30 Aurora Ave, Queanbeyan until August 28, 9.30 – 2.30 weekdays and 10 – 4 on weekends.
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.
“TOUGH and Tender” presents raw and intimate photography from American and Australian artists from the 1960s to the present da. Photographs from internationally acclaimed artists Robert Mapplethorpe, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, and Collier Schorr, and video performance by Chris Burden will form part of the exhibition, alongside contemporary Australian artists Rozalind Drummond and Warwick Baker. National Portrait Gallery, until Sunday October 16.
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.
“AVARICE: auspice” is an amazing gold inflating/deflating installation by Jay Kochel, to be seen in Canberra Museum and Gallery’s outside Gallery 4 on Civic square, until Sept 18, viewable 24/7.
SHIMMERING silk scarves woven with steel wire to help you sculpt them to the body. Felt bags created from computer algorithms. Lego-like toys that teach children Japanese, created by linguists and industrial designers. Stained glass techniques combined with modern technology to create decorative tiles to generate electricity. ‘Embracing Innovation Volume 6’ is at CRAFTACT: Craft and Design Centre North building, Civic Square, until August 27, along with ‘Black Box: Life, walls and houses’, a solo exhibition by internationally renowned Canberra glass artist Judi Elliott. Free to the public.
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