CANBERRA doesn’t have a mayor, so the Inaugural Canberra Mayoral Pageant will crown Canberra’s first (and perhaps only) mayor at The Club (46 Northbourne Ave) 6pm to 8pm, April 16 – free and all welcome.
IT’s all part of “You Are Here”, now in its 6th year and running April 13-17, is dedicated to showcasing emerging and established artists, developing new work, and engaging with unconventional spaces in Canberra’s CBD (including shopfronts, cafes, old nightclubs, bathtubs, and even a boat). All events but two are free. Details at youareherecanberra.com.au
Events:
Raw
RAW Canberra presents “Signature”, bringing together 30+ local emerging artists spanning fashion, music, visual and performing arts, music and more for a one night extravaganza at the Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen Friday, April 15, doors open at 6:30pm, bookings to RAWartists.org or at the door.
QUEANBEYAN and District Historical Museum Society’s Open Day and Made by Hand Fair are at the Museum, 10 Farrer Place, Queanbeyan, on Saturday, April 162016 from 11am to 3pm.
NATIONAL Youth Week in Queanbeyan is up and running. Youth Art Exhibition, at the Q Exhibition Space until April 23. As part of Comic Fest, children can meet Ryan K Lindsay comic book writer and Shane W Smith graphic artist at Queanbeyan City Library, noon-5pm Friday April 15. And there’s Youth Fest in the Sunken Gardens Queanbeyan Park from 4pm-7pm, also on Friday, which includes live music and a tug of war challenge between Queanbeyan youth and emergency services.
Talks:
IN ASSOCIATION with the exhibition, ‘Connect with Your Nature: artist-in-residence’, Ruth Hingston will present a talk about her time spent living in historic Ready-Cut Cottage in Namadgi National Park as part of the Craft ACT residency program in 2015. At Craft ACT Gallery, North Building Civic, 2-3pm, Saturday April 16, free.
ONE OF Australia’s best known animators and founder of Cinemagic Animated Films, Cam Ford, will visit the National Film and Sound Archive on Friday for a special Q&A session. Ford will transport the audience back to swinging London and his time working on “Yellow Submarine” and will also talk about his almost 50 years of experience in the animation field. At NFSA, Acton, April 15, 6.30pm, bookings to trybooking.com/JZSB
Arts Business:
The Yak
MEDITATION classes begin at The Yak, Canberra’s new independent bookstore, gift shop and teahouse, on April 15 at 6pm. With comfy chairs, free Wi-Fi, free cold water, and drinks and snacks for purchase, it’s in the Bailey’s Corner Arcade, Monday to Thursday 9:30am to 5:30pm Friday 9:30am to 7:00pm Saturday 10:00am to 4:00pm. Closed Sundays and Public Holidays.
CANBERRA outfit Azim Zain and His Lovely Bones have released ‘Letters To Lainie’, the band’s second release since their formation in 2015.Produced locally by Matt Barnes at Studio Sixty Eight, ‘Letters to Lainie’ captures the way in which they work as a band. It is available for stream or digital download from: Unearthed: triplejunearthed.com/artist/azim-zain-and-his-lovely-bones or Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/azim-zain-lovely-bones or Bandcamp: azimzainandhislovelybones.bandcamp.com
ANCA Gallery is holding its hugely popular ‘PIN’ annual exhibition of miniature wearable artworks (mostly brooches) again in 2016. PIN presents the opportunity to collect artworks which are accessible and affordable. Professional artists residing anywhere in Australia are encouraged to apply. For the application form and details visit anca.net.au
APPLICATIONS for exhibitions at M16 Artspace in 2017 are now open until May 31.M16 aims to present high-quality exhibitions from both emerging and established artists and curators from Canberra, interstate and overseas. Application details at m16artspace.com.au/down-load-application-forms/
M16’s Writer in Residence Program 2016 offers an emerging writer the opportunity to develop their writing practice, publish their work, contribute to the critical discussion of Australian contemporary art particularly in Canberra and work closely with a small arts team. To apply submit an example of your arts writing (review, essay, etc.) no longer than 1000 words and a CV by 5pm Friday, April 29 to exhibitions@m16artspace.com
THE Young Music Society’s autumn school holiday program “Lost in the Wild” is to be a journey into the musical wilderness for primary school children led by musician Jim Sharrock. Belconnen Arts Centre, April 18 – 22. Applications to youngmusicsociety.org.au
APPLICATIONS are now open for the Playing Field Studio 2016 Community Arts Residency Program. Successful applicants will have unlimited access to a studio space for seven days or a term block (10 weeks for two hours a week over Term 3 or 4). A budget of up to $500 for materials and equipment. Submissions close at 5:00 pm on Friday, May 2 to playingfieldstudio@gmail.com or call 0468 749 711 for an application form and more information.
Workshops:
ACTING for the Fun of It courses are for adults who wish to develop their creativity through exploration of drama and theatre skills. The courses are TQI (Teacher Quality Institute) accredited and teachers are able to count the 12 hours of each course towards their 20 required hours of professional development. The first course for 2016, “Acting for the Fun of It” will commence on April 25, 7 p.m. – 9pm. (changed time) at ImproACT studios in Civic between 7 and 9 p.m. The course comprises 6 x 2 hour sessions on consecutive Mondays. Information and enrolments from tutor peterbwilkins@aol.com or peterwilkins@grapevine.com.au phone on 0408 034 373.
Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi
Prizes and Awards:
THE CHIPPENDALE Creative Precinct is encouraging emerging artists across Australia to enter the Chippendale New World Art Prize. The judges will choose the winner who will receive a three-month residency at the Arte Studio Ginestrelle on Mount Subasio in Assisi, Italy, worth $10,000. All finalist works are to be curated in an exhibition running from June 2-16. This year’s theme is ‘spirit’. To enter visit chippendalecreative.com/
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 must reach australianmusiccentre.com.au/awards/lowins/nominate by 5pm on 30 June 2016.
A RECORD $25,000 in cash and a Hinterland art-studio getaway make up the first prize package in one of Australia’s most prestigious regional art awards, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016. The Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016 offers a prize pool of more than $35,000 and online entries are open until 5pm on Friday, April 15. For terms and conditions of entry, visit gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
REGIONAL Australia’s richest and most prestigious opera prize, the Noosa-based Dame Joan Sutherland Vocal Competition Award 2016, could help you hit a career high note. Applicants will audition live before a panel of adjudicators on Sunday, June 5 at Griffith University Conservatorium of Music, Brisbane. Applications close 5pm Friday April 29, entry form from nfa.org.au
ENTRIES for the 2016 Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry are now welcome, with writers from all over the country competing for the coveted first prize. The $7,000 ACU Prize for Poetry will be awarded for outstanding poetry with the theme “Loving Kindness.” Closing date Monday 6th June 6, information at acu.edu.au
Dance:
“Ten Thousand Miles”
CANBERRA’S Aeolus Wind Trio and Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy will collaborate for three balls on the weekend of this year’s ninth Jane Austen Festival. Albert Hall April 15-17, bookings to janeaustenfestival.com.au
HOOFERS from the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland are travelling 10,000 miles to collaborate and create with Canberra’s Quantum Leap youth dance ensemble. A triple bill of contemporary dance, “Ten Thousand Miles” is the result. At The Q, Queanbeyan, 5pm Sunday April 17, one show only, bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.
Theatre:
William Yang’s Bloodlinks, photo Greer Versteeg
PHOTOGRAPHER William Yang is one of Australia’s greatest storytellers whose work takes audiences through his heritage and family relationships using monologues injected with humour and slide projections of his photographic work. “Blood Links” at The Canberra Theatre’s Courtyard Studio until April 23, bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com or 6275 2700.
COMEDIAN Mark Swivel’s show about poverty, banking and the Bee Gees, “How Deep is Your Love?” tells how he fell in in love with a bank in Bangladesh. At The Street Theatre, April 15-16 bookings to thestreet.org.au or 6247 1223.
Mikayla Williams as the Little Mermaid. Photo by Andrew Campbell
THE Great Moscow Circus, Majura Park, until April 25. Bookings to 1300 667269, thegreatmoscowcircus.com.au or at the on-site box office.
DISNEY’S “The Little Mermaid,” at the Canberra Theatre, until April 17, bookings to canberratheatre.com.au or 6275 2700.
Film:
THE National Film and Sound Archive of Australia presents a week of classic Australian family films on the big screen until April 15. Thursday April 14 ‘Blinky Bill: The Movie’; Friday April 15 ‘The Man from Snowy River’. All sessions are at 10am, and tickets are $5 and available to purchase at trybooking.com/JZQX
A SPECIAL school holiday season of the 2016 French Film Festival hit family film, “April and the Extraordinary World,” will screen at Arc cinema at the National Film and Sound Archive Mon 11 – Fri 15 April, noon, April 14 & 15 and April 18-22. From the producers of the Academy Award-nominated ‘Persepolis’ and the mind of graphic novelist Jacques Tardi comes a riveting sci-fi adventure set in an alternate steampunk world. Bookings to trybooking.com/KYCJ
THE NEW Australian screen thriller, “Crushed,” is the feature film debut of writer/director and producer Megan Riakos and is the story of Ellia, who returns to her family vineyard after her father dies in a winery accident. filmed on location in the Mudgee wine region, it stars Sarah Bishop, Les Hill and Roxane Wilson. There will be a premiere screening featuring a Q&A appearance from Riakos at the Dendy Cinemas, 6.30pm Monday April 18, bookings to fan-force.com
Concerts and gigs:
ORIANA Chorale, directed by Peter Young will commemorate the coming 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death (around April 23) in “How Sweet the Music”, a mix of song and words, with soloists Alan Hicks and Christina Wilson. At University House, 5pm, Sunday April 17, trybooking.com
Grace Barbe
THE Llewellyn Choir performs Mendelssohn’s oratorio “Elijah”, at Llewellyn Hall, 7.30 pm, Saturday April 16, bookings to premier.ticketek.com.au
WORLD music songstress, ABC Radio National featurette & WAMi ‘Best World Act’ award winner six times running, Grace Barbe & band will be at the Polish White Eagle Club in Turner as part of their national ‘Sega Magic’ tour this Friday April 15, tickets at the door.
THE first North CBR Music event this Sundya will showcase local talent, giving both professional and amateur musicians the opportunity to play live for the Canberra community.The show will include 8 acts comprising of 17 local musicians, with the well known local jazz band, the Winarni Trio closing the show. At RUC Turner Bowls Club, 54 McCaughey Street Turner , 3pm- 6pm, Sunday April 17. Free event, no booking necessary.
ACOUSTIC chamber-folk trio The String Contingent is comprised of Australians, Chris Stone (violin) and Holly Downes (double bass), with Scotsman Graham McLeod (guitar). They’re resident at Four Winds, Bermagui for one week to record their new album in the Windsong Pavilion. Live Open Recording Sessions: 6.30pm, Friday & Saturday April 15 and 16, Windsong Pavilion, Bermagui. Bookings to fourwinds.com.au or 02 6493 3414.
Tuka
ARIA, SMAC and AMP-nominated artist TUKA will be in town tomorrow on his ‘Don’t Wait Up’ EP tour, his last solo shows before heading back into the studio with Thundamentals. Joined by his live band, they’ll be playing cuts from his latest single ‘Life Death Time Eternal’ as well as other tracks. He’ll be at the ANU Bar, 8pm, April 15. Bookings to premier.ticketek.com.au
CALLUM Henshaw PhD recital, in the Larry Sitsky Recital Room at the ANU School of Music, tomorrow, Thursday April 14 at 6pm, bookings and purchases of “Echo & Return” to callumhenshaw.com
Exhibitions:
“SPEECH Acts” is the latest solo exhibition from local artist Nicci Haynes. With language being both her material and her theme entanglement and contortion, expressed via drawings, photography and video, are unavoidable. At Canberra Contemporary Art Space, City, Corner of London Circuit and Hobart Place, Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm until May 21.
MEGALO Print Studio + Gallery is showcasing the unusual collaborative project “Bonsai Print,” in which four Bonsai artists and five emerging printmakers have been working together at Megalo, an idea developed by studio manager John Hart. Trees will be replaced throughout the duration of the show, thus altering the exhibition each week. At 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, until April 30 Tuesday – Saturday 9.30am – 5pm.
Image credit: Amelia Thompson, I’ll plant my own garden, 2016, photography by Peta Rudd, makeup and hair by Sheryn O’Connor, model Mimi Fairall.
M16’S FIFTH block of exhibitions for 2016 features three shows about emotions: “Knots & Nerves” – Anna Madeline, Alana Sivell and Amelia Thompson; “Surfacing” by Janet Angus; and “Prove it” by Shan Crosbie. At M16, 21 Blaxland Crs Griffith, 12 – 5pm, Wednesday – Sunday, April 14 -May 1. Opening 6pm Thursday April 14, all welcome.
BEAVER Galleries has GW Bot “Endangered glyphs, paintings, works on paper & sculpture,” and ceramics by Les Blakebrough, and his investigation into the aesthetic and physical qualities of ‘Southern Ice’ porcelain inspired by the places in which he has lived and worked. 81 Denison St Deakin, until May 1.
MEGALO Print Studio + Gallery has a group exhibition showcasing the unique collaborative project “Bonsai Print,” in which four Bonsai artists and five emerging printmakers have been working together at Megalo, an idea developed by Megalo’s Press Studio Manager John Hart. Trees will be replaced throughout the duration of the show altering the exhibition each week. At 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, until April 30 Tuesday – Saturday 9.30am – 5pm.
THE Gallipoli Centenary Art Commission, seven works created by Australian artist David Jolly portraying the Anzac Day centenary Dawn Service on Gallipoli, are now on display daily in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra Captain Reg Saunders Gallery.
“CONNECT with Your Nature: artist-in-residence” is a Craft ACT curated exhibition featuring Craft ACT Accredited Professional Member Ruth Kingston and Jodie Hatcher (UK). At Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre Gallery, Level 1 North Building, 180 London Circuit Canberra.
PHOTOACCESS is presenting “Right Hear, Right Now” by award-winning Sydney artist Kate Disher-Quill. Spanning all three spaces of the PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery, it’s a sensory experience providing an insight into what it is like to live with hearing loss, breaking down taboos, and exploring deafness and hearing loss through multimedia, photography and installation. The exhibition will be opened by Drisana Levitzke-Gray, Deaf advocate and 2015 Young Australian of the Year.
Pamela Griffith – Inferno, Oil on canvas
“SLOW Burn” by Pamela Griffith & Greg Hansell, who have 100 years of successful exhibiting between them, is at Octagon ArtSpace, Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, April 16 –June 1. Opening Saturday, April 16 from 2pm by Emeritus Professor Ross Griffith, all welcome.
“LAKE Eyre Horizons …..where sky, land and water merge” by Carmel McCrow, is at Nishi Gallery, 17 Kendall Lane, New Acton Exhibition until April 24, 11am-3pm Wednesday to Friday, 10am-4pm weekends.
THE BUNGEE program @BCS presents: ‘The Youth of Tomorrow’ A multimedia exhibition by participants of the BCS Bungee Youth Resilience Program Date(s) of event: Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Court, Belconnen 9am-4:30pm Mon-Fri until April 15.
“ANIMAL, Vegetable, Mineral, a solo exhibition by Rosalind Lemoh, explores the transformative interchange between humans, animals, plants and minerals. At ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, Dickson, 12-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday to Sunday April 24.
By Wei Leng Tay
IN “The Other Shore”, Singaporean photographer Wei Leng Tay asks how one’s sense of self is entwined with national identity, and how a host environment affects everyday lives. At Australian Centre on China in the World building, (behind the College of Law) ANU, until July 15 9am–5pm, Monday to Friday and selected weekends: 10am–4pm (April 23–24, June 10–11 and July 9–10).
FROM ‘Play School’ to ‘Countdown’, from ‘Bellbird’ to ‘Alvin Purple’, early ABC television programs hold a special place in the hearts of many Australians. With its new exhibition “Tuning In: ABC TV 1964–76”, the National Archives of Australia has brought together some of the nation’s favourite shows, all from the Archives’ audio-visual collection.
‘Witness Tree Project’ Photo Dean Johnson
THE GALLERY of Australian Design is exploring a key aspect of Canberra’s local history and heritage. Presented by the ANU School of Art Furniture Workshop, the ACT ‘Witness Tree Project’ features objects created from the timber of city street trees who have come to the end of their useful life. At GAD 47 Jardine street Kingston until April 30.
“THOROUGHLY Modern”, curated by David Broker, asks if the ‘Great Australian Dream’ still exists. The detached house on a quarter acre block with a barbeque and hills hoist was a measure of success in the post war 1950s and 1960s but that was a time of full employment, burgeoning wealth and urban sprawl. Artists are Janet Angus, Grant Hill, Matthew de Moiser, Alex Lewis, Danny Wild and Stephanie Wilson. At Gorman Arts Centre Canberra Contemporary Art Space until May 7, Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5pm and Saturdays 10am to 4pm.
“STRATHNAIRN artBAC” a show of work by members of Strathnairn Arts curated by Bianca Hill, “Beauty and Belonging” ceramics by Idil Abdullhai, “Uncertain Journeys” by Euan Graham, all at Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen to April 25 10-4, Tuesday-Sunday.
Sean Davey, ‘Autometer tacho with shift light (2016)’
“SPARE Parts: new photographs by Sean Davey” is a solo exhibition at The Photography Room, Old Bus Depot Markets Kingston, April 17-24, Sundays 10am-4pm & by appointment.
“SUNLIGHT and Shadows,” books and artworks on paper by Jill Clingan is at Strathnairn Gallery I. Meantime in Gallery 2 are ceramics by Trenna Langdon, 90 Stockdill Drive Holt, Thurs – Sun 10 – 4, until April 17.
“PETITS Travaux”, a showing of small works at Aarwun Gallery in Gold Creek is a hanging of small, original artworks from twenty fine artists.
‘BODY Politic’ is an exhibition of new works by Melissa Cameron, which have all been conceived and created since her move to Seattle in the USA in 2012. Most works in the exhibition belong to the Escalation Series, which charts through wearable works, the history of various weapon technologies. At Bilk Gallery For contemporary metal and glass Palmerston Lane Manuka until April 17.
“BARBARA Hanrahan: Words + Art” exhibits prints and prose of artist and writer Hanrahan, assembling pieces form UNSW Canberra and UNSW art collection, at ADFA Northcott Drive, Campbell 9am to 5pm until June 17.
CARLA Wolf’s sculptures involve rotating shapes composed of lines and have a simplicity that belie her rigorous making methods as she works with different clay mixtures, often with paper fibre and/or Perlite added. The work has been made during her artistic residency at Watson Arts Centre, where the exhibition is showing at Watson Arts Centre 10am to 4pm until April 17.
THE ANNUAL Queanbeyan Leagues Club Art Exhibition is at the Queanbeyan Art Society Gallery to April 23. A record 120 works have been judged by Anita McIntyre.
IN its newest show, 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 “Bush Capital: the natural history of the ACT,” CMAG, until June 26.
THE Friends’ Botanic Art Group’s Art Exhibition is in full swing at the Visitor Centre, Australian National Botanical Gardens until April 17.
CANBERRA Glassworks has been busy playing with marbles, and in their newest show, they’ll be showing off the responses to this humble yet technically demanding glass art form by nine artists from across Australia. “Collecting Nostalgia,” at Canberra Glassworks to April 24.
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