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MEMBER SIGNUPCarolyn Menzies will present a series of sculptural works and charcoal drawings that explore materiality and the intersection of art and craft. Menzies' sculptures are made from steel wool and steel mesh. Steel is a hallmark of modern sculptural practice, however Menzies' use of the material gently subverts this legacy as the wool and mesh are unashamedly domestic.
Belonging: how does our distribution across the globe - our diaspora - inform our contemporary Australian reality? Inspired by this delightfully unique phenomena, James Nguyen, moderator and Swinburne Associate Professor Carolyn Barnes, Sangeeta Sandrasegar and Melbourne-based artist John Young will detail the way diaspora has informed their interpretation of reality and their artistic vision in the Diaspora, Psyche: Discussion Panel on Saturday 14 August.
In a raw, visceral, cross-cultural dance project, four diverse artists come together to perform and unravel their unique cultural experiences in a performance titled Home(s).
With whimsy, windswept humour and a musical kick, children and adults will be charmed.
One of Australia's most exciting large jazz ensembles, The Jack Earle Big Band will take to the Hawthorn Arts Centre stage on Friday 27 August. Featuring 17 of Melbourne's finest musicians, The Jack Earle Big Band will be joined by vocalist Alma Zygier, who has been fascinated by the pre-war era of jazz.
Transcending and regenerating during a time of change .
The four-week countdown is on until the annual Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) returns, increasing twofold in presenting both physical and digital programming from opening night on Thursday 18 August to closing ceremony, Sunday 22 August, 2021. CIAF General Manager Darrell Harris said CIAF 2021 is shaping up to be one of the most significant, milestone events in its 12-year history.
Teen pop superstar Ruel, Hermitude, MAY-A, Sycco and Budjerah will headline a new, free live music festival at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, delivering an elixir to pent-up demand for live music festivals and showcasing some of Australia's favourite artists and emerging talent.
From the creative team behind the award winning Matador and the critically acclaimed Mansion, comes their latest fusion of circus, burlesque, dance and contemporary storytelling. This is one for the gods!
Vocal Waves is one of the most exciting non-auditioned community choirs on the Gold Coast for adults over 18yo, led by their founding music director, Antony Zambolt. Formally known as the HOTA (Home of the Arts) Choir, Vocal Waves is now a program of Play It Forward inclusive arts programs for all Australians, created by the multi award winning conductor of Choir of Hard Knocks - Jonathon Welch AM. Exciting New Rehearsals Mondays in Southport. @vocalwavesoz @playitforwardoz
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PLEASE NOTE: Event has been cancelled / postponed. Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present the Victorian premiere of a powerful new contemporary program, SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert.
WORKSHOPPED21 contemplating design for life in a post-pandemic world.
The "GEHEIMKABINETT" exhibition presents the works of 5 artists: Silvia Argiolas, Piero Figura, Andrea Gallo, Nico Mingozzi and Silvia Paci. The exhibition is curated by the non-profit association Isorropia Homegallery from Milan and is set up at the Luisa Catucci Gallery in Berlin. @contemporary art @art in Berlin @ISORROPIA HOMEGALLERY @photography collage @sculpture @oil painting @GEHEIMKABINETT exhibition
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery is excited to announce the shortlist of 59 finalists for Still: National Still Life Award 2021.
Moreton Bay Printmakers formed in 2013 by Malcolm Cassidy and Maureen van der Zalm are joined by accomplished printmakers and teachers Ellie Neilsen and Wayne Singleton to present Moreton Bay Printmakers and Friends Reflections' during September 2021. Making their mark through printmaking, four highly accomplished artists come together for a combined exhibition which runs throughout September 2021. Not only will their work be displayed, a weekend workshop introducing skills in Relief Block Printing will be available [ bookings essential]. Each artist has come into this field with a different story but similar desire to make sense of their world and better understand the living components that make up their environment.
Mitchell Fine Art presents a follow up exhibition of paintings portraying the Australian desert landscape, highlighting the contrast of artistic influences between family members. @mitchellfineartgallery #aboriginalartexhibition #brisbaneartgallery #aboriginalartbrisbane #culture #landscapepaintings
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Mitchell Fine Art presents a follow up exhibition of paintings portraying the Australian desert landscape, highlighting the contrast of artistic influences between family members.
Providing a rare opportunity for aspiring choreographers and dancers to display their talents in a supportive environment, Sharp Short Dance is returning to the stage, both live and digitally, in 2021.
Chop Chef is a dark, satirical comedy where six contestants from around Australia enter the cooking battlefield of a fictional reality television series Chop Chef.
A one-woman physical comedy by Circus Artist Ciara Thorburn, 'The Thesis' offers audiences a 50-minute voyeuristic glimpse into the private life of an eccentric polymath. #CiaraThorburn #TheThesisCT @ciara_thorburn (Facebook)
TAFE NSW graduate Christine Smalley is exhibiting her world-class curatorial skills in her new position as Coordinator Collection and Exhibitions at Penrith Regional Gallery.
Linden New Art presents Of Slender Means, an exhibition by Linden New Art artist in residence sculpture artist and self-declared part-time optimist, Carolyn Menzies. Showing in the Linden Projects Space the exhibition will open to the public on Thursday 22 July. The exhibition will examine the intersection between art and craft through the lens of steel.
Love's Bitter Mystery is a biographical piece, reflecting on ways James Joyce mined his own life for his fiction; and fictionalised it, too. Is what we're watching fiction? Memory? Biographical fact? Speculation? Or something else entirely?
Margaret Pearson and Michelle Ledwith had planned their art show for 2020. However, a world pandemic changed all that, and their proposed installation was postponed until 2021. Throughout this time, they both painted and added these recent experiences to the exhibition. The time is coming soon for viewers to be moved and affected by the art they see at this Redcliffe Peninsula event. I would like to introduce you to their two worlds of artistic expression.
Australian comedy heavyweight Rob Andrews will have audiences busting a gut when his new solo show has its Sydney premiere at Stonecutters Ridge Golf Club in August.
Cairns indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is back, and this year it's shaping up to be its brightest yet with a sparkling new hub, film festival after dark, music in the park, along with host of stellar events and exhibitions that focus the spotlight on Queensland's distinct and diverse Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander arts and culture.
Judy Trick's vibrant and textural mixed media works on canvas evoke the colour, feel and character of her home on the South Coast of NSW and the destinations she has visited during a peripatetic life.
TAFE NSW Katoomba is engaging Aboriginal artists in the Blue Mountains to share their stories through art in a unique Painting up Country program.
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