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Tuesday 9 February 2010 |
Samples of work left to right: 1. Anne Willsford 2. Jane Whitten 3. Anne Greiner 4. Jo Hollier 5. Barbara Jackson 6. Esmee Smith
Valentine's Eve Art Markets On Saturday 13 February the Belconnen Arts Centre is holding a Valentine's Eve Art Market. You will be able to see a marvellous collection of handmade art and design by local artists and crafts people using environmentally-friendly materials and processes. Project Remake will be running one and two hour workshops throughout the afternoon, so bring 2-5 special items from your wardrobe to remodel into something new and fabulous. Valentine's Eve Art Markets |
Kamberra Wine Company Black Opal Stakes – Sunday 7 March 2010
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MOTHER’S VOICE: free voice workshops for mothers of young children
9 February – 5 April (Mondays, 10am – 12pm)
Belconnen Community Centre
MOTHER’S VOICE is a series of workshops with singer, drama teacher, community artist and mother Simone Penkethman. The sessions explore the range of the mother’s voice voices through games, songs, exercises and discussion.
The sessions began in term three 2009 as a one-off series of six workshops at Kippax Health Centre. At the end of 2009, a selection of the group’s favourite songs were professionally recorded and mastered, providing participants and their children with a lasting record of the sessions. In response to the enthusiasm of the participants, MOTHER’S VOICE has been continued into 2010.
Free childcare is provided. Children are able to engage in supervised play or to stay with their mothers in the workshop.
Info: Simone Penkethman, 02 6264 0235
COURTYARD CINEMA – BOTTLE SHOCK
Tues., 9 February (8pm)
NewActon. Corner Edinburgh Avenue & Marcus Clarke Street
The story of the early days of California wine-making, featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine-tasting of 1976.
Canberra’s newest and most unique cinema experience happens beneath one of its oldest features. Join us under NewActon’s 100 year old oak and feel its luscious canopy drape dotingly over The Courtyard to provide a haven for intimate alfresco movie screenings.
Note: In the event of rain, the screening will be postponed to the following week, same time, same day. Any refund enquiries due to rain postponement must be advised within 24hrs. Booking fees are not refundable.Info, booking: www.outincanberra.com.au
THE WHARF REVUE: PENNIE FROM KEVIN
9 – 13 February
The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre. Civic Square, Canberra City
It’s taken 10 years but the razor sharp political satire of THE WHARF REVUE team –Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott – have finally made it to their rightful home, Canberra! Say farewell not-so Great Depression! Put your troubles behind you, cross to the funny side of the street and dance down the road to recovery with a stimulus package of song and satire. Three lucky fellows back in work have pooled their one-off payments and put on a show! It may have taken a decade but it’s been worth the wait – Canberra, get ready for Sydney Theatre Company’s THE WHARF REVUE.
Tickets: $$25 – 45
Booking: Canberra Ticketing, 02 6275 2700
COURTYARD CINEMA – CHOCOLAT
Wed., 10 February (8pm)
NewActon. Corner Edinburgh Avenue & Marcus Clarke Street
A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
Canberra’s newest and most unique cinema experience happens beneath one of its oldest features. Join us under NewActon’s 100 year old oak and feel its luscious canopy drape dotingly over The Courtyard to provide a haven for intimate alfresco movie screenings.
Note: In the event of rain, the screening will be postponed to the following week, same time, same day. Any refund enquiries due to rain postponement must be advised within 24hrs. Booking fees are not refundable.
Info, booking: www.outincanberra.com.au
CRISPIN AKERMAN. PAINTINGS
11 February – 2 March
Beaver Galleries. 81 Denison Street, Deakin. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (9am – 5pm)
A sense of passing time is apparent in the recent still life paintings of Crispin Akerman. Worn enamel jugs, ancient leather-bound books, fruit and autumn leaves evoke a seasonal transience. His use of a timeless vocabulary of domestic objects is often presented against the textural folds of table linen and drapery. Crispin has earned a significant reputation for the elegant simplicity and fine balance in his paintings. The faithful rendition of texture is also a prominent feature. Crispin’s work is represented in the collections of Artbank, Parliament House and the Australian National University.
Free entry
Info: 02 6282 5294
Crispin Akerman, Two Pears. Oil on linen, 30 x 30cm
JENNY ORCHARD: DINING WITH CANNIBALS
11 February – 2 March
Beaver Galleries. 81 Denison Street, Deakin. Open Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (9am – 5pm)
Using earthenware clay and an array of vibrantly coloured glazes and textures, Jenny Orchard brings to life her exotic hybrid “creatures”, each one possessing a mesmerising charisma and exhibiting a complete defiance of convention. Jenny describes her latest body of work as an exploration of “our planet’s necessary obsession with food” and is inspired by Nick Cave’s Cannibal’s Hymn. Her work hints at the complexities of human relationships and “…the way we all devour each other”. Jenny Orchard’s work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Powerhouse Museum, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria.
Free entry
Info: 02 6282 5294
Jenny Orchard, Dining with Cannibals. Installation – ceramic, resin and steel, dimensions variable
HOLIDAY SNAPS
11 – 21 February. Opening: Thurs., 11 February (6pm)
Huw Davies Gallery PhotoAccess. Manuka Arts Centre, Manuka Circle, Griffith. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 4pm), weekends (12pm – 4pm)
Huw Davies Gallery PhotoAccess presents a members' postcard show. Opening by Ian Warden, writer.
Free entry
Info: 02 6295 7810
Ed Whalan, Stockton #3
STACK JONATHAN BASKETT
11 February – 20 March 20. Opening: 11 February (6pm)
Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre. Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City
Baskett exhibits his glassware, developed with Nouvel, stacked both on and into each other creating sculptural groupings. The work is an ongoing collaboration with Nouvel Glass Studio, Mexico, where Baskett has been recently appointed as Head of Research and Development.
Free entry
Info: 02 6262 9333
Jonathan Baskett, Caterpillar bowls. 2005, hand blown and cut glass, designed by Jonathan Baskett and made by Nouvel Studio, Mexico. Photo courtesy of the artist
FLYING FLINGS: EMILY VALENTINE
11 February – 20 March 20. Opening: 11 February (6pm)
Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre. Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City
Through the use of feathers, combined with recognisable animal forms, Emily Valentine creates hybrid objects that dissect and examine human attitudes towards animals and genetics. The ambiguity Valentine creates between form and texture challenges standard expectations of normality. This new body of work explores the cross pollination of animals with machines.
Free entry
Info: 02 6262 9333
Emily Valentine, My Little Birdoggie. 2009, feathers and mixed media. Photo courtesy of the artist
MADE IN JAPAN. ELIZABETH KELLY
11 February – 20 March 20. Opening: 11 February (6pm)
Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre. Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City
A body of work made as a result of Kelly’s artist-in-residency at Seto International Ceramic and Glass Art Centre, Japan, in 2008. Kelly created a Small City of Glass, inspired by the surrounding built and cultural environment. This is the first time the work has been exhibited in Australia.
Free entry
Info: 02 6262 9333
Elizabeth Kelly, Cubes. 2005, painted blown glass. Photo by Matt Kelso
FINUCANE & SMITH’S THE BURLESQUE HOUR
11 – 20 February (SHOWS: 11 – 13, 16 – 18 @ 8pm; 19 – 20 Feb @ 7pm & 9.30pm. VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL: 14 February @ 6pm)
The Street Theatre, Childers St Canberra City West
Unleash your Wild Thing. Grab your Valentine. This February Finucane & Smith’s legendary, velvet-trimmed, genre busting THE BURLESQUE HOUR is back at The Street Theatre to kick start the 2010 Season, with provocative new acts that defy expectations.
THE BURLESQUE HOUR is a worldwide cult sensation, with seasons at the Edinburgh Festival, in London, Japan, Italy, Croatia and around the world. It’s a show where striptease and cartoon strip, showgirl and showstopper, vaudeville and variety, circus and sideshow, music-hall and mayhem are hijacked by four astonishing performance art divas.
Tickets: Full $37, Conc. $33, Group +6 $30; Catwalk Tix: Only $10 more! Valentine’s: $43 Twilight Show w/ Cocktails all night!
Booking: 02 6247 1223
Burlesque Hour LEGENDS: Moira Finucane, Maude Davey, Azaria Universe, Yumi Umiumare. Photo by Jodie Hutchinson
THE DUNERA BOYS: 70 YEARS ON
From 12 February
National Library of Australia, Visitor Centre. Parkes Place, Parkes. Open daily (9am – 5pm)
This National Library collection-in-focus display coincides with the 70th anniversary of the arrival from Britain of HMT Dunera in September 1940. This ship carried over 2500 German and Austrian internees. The so-called Dunera Boys were escaping the horrors of Nazi Germany but were interned as Enemy Aliens in camps in rural New South Wales and Victoria. The internees’ story is one of individual survival and of considerable achievement. Many Dunera Boys stayed in Australia after the war, making significant contributions to Australian society in many different fields.
Free entry
Info: 02 6262 1111
Dunera Boys reunion in Melbourne in 1963. Photo by Henry Talbot
WALYKUMUNU PALAYNMA – PAINT RIGHT WAY
12 February – 4 March. Opening: Fri., 12 February (5.30pm)
Chapman Gallery. 1/11 Murray Crescent, Manuka 2603. Open: Wed. – Fri. (12pm – 6pm), Sat. – Sun. (11am – 6pm)
Chapman Gallery in association with Papulankutja Artists presents WALYKUMUNU PALAYNMA – PAINT RIGHT WAY, new paintings from Papulankutja. “Paint slow way, make every mark count; the figures will then have character, the lines will have meaning and the story will be told.” – Cliff Reid, Papulankutja Senior Artist.
Chapman Gallery is proud to present this stunning exhibition of paintings from the Papulankutja artists of Blackstone.
Free entry
Info: 02 6295 2550
Janet Forbes, Wati Kutjara. 2009, acrylic on linen, 88 x 119 cm
IMAGES FROM VAN DER LINDEN AND COPPENRATH
NOW SHOWING: Until 19 February. Official opening: Fri., 12 February (5.30pm)
Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Court, Belconnen
A series of selected images from Paulette Coppenrath and Paulina van der Linden. Both artists have combined photography and an adventurous attitude to produce images, which some have described as “mysterious, dark, powerful and playful”.
Paulette, using herself, family and friends as subjects, has created images that capture the gothic colour and feeling of the Renaissance era. The work is intricate, dark and brooding and always fascinating.
Paulina, through a series of self portraits, images of friends, graffiti and other flights of fancy, has created a diverse range of colourful and strong images.
Free entry
Info: 0410 502 253
THE DUTCH EDITION
Fri., 12 February (7.30pm)
Llewellyn Hall, Canberra School of Music
To produce a brilliant composition was one thing, to have it distributed so anyone knew about was another. Having a rich patron to finance the project was essential but baroque composers still struggled: printing was tediously slow using wooden type and lead, distribution and marketing was limited to personal contacts, and plagiarism often meant music would be copied and attributed to someone else. To their rescue came the enterprising Dutchman Estienne Roger, who began his music printing business in Amsterdam in 1697, more than 100 years before any significant printing industry began in Germany and Italy. Vivaldi was his first big success story – Albinoni, Corelli, Scarlatti and Marais also owe much of their lasting fame to Roger’s enterprising spirit.
Enjoy music by Vivaldi, Corelli, Albinoni and Schickhardt.
Tickets: Full $38, Concession $32
Booking: Ticketek, 132 849
Info: 02 6251 6522
LIVE MUSIC AT CASINO CANBERRA
Throughout February (from 9pm)
Casino Canberra. 21 Binara Street, Canberra City
Casino Canberra invites you to have a fabulous evening of live music and delicious food:
Fri., 12 February – Annette Sloane and Tony Haley;
Sat., 13 February – Natalie Magee Trio;
Fri., 19 February – Rachael Thoms and Lachlan Coventry;
Sat., 20 February – Kooky Fandango;
Fri., 26 February – Olivia Henderson;
Sat., 27 February – Frequently Asked Questions.
Booking: 02 6257 7074
www.casinocanberra.com.auAFRICAN DRUMMING & DANCE WORKSHOPS WITH MOHAMED BANGOURA FROM GUINEA, WEST AFRICA
Sat., 13 February
Hall at Canberra Baptist Church. Currie Crescent, KingstonAlways wanted to try African drumming or dance? The amazing Mohamed Bangoura returns to Canberra for a day of drumming and dance workshops that will get your blood pumping! The workshops will cater for beginners through to advanced and drums are available for hire.
Mohamed was born in Guinea, West Africa, into a Griot family and it is Griot tradition to pass on the traditional African culture through music, song and story telling. He’s been playing djembe since the age of five; has become a member of the internationally acclaimed Percussion de Guinee; and established himself as a master drummer. We are lucky to have Mohamed now residing in Sydney and continuing to build on his many years of teaching and performing. Don't miss a chance to learn from the master! Bookings essential as places are limited.
10am – 11.30am: Drumming (Beginners)
12pm – 1.30pm: Drumming (Intermediate-Advanced)2.30pm – 4pm: Dance (all levels welcome)
Cost: $30 for one workshop, $50 for two workshops and $70 for all three. Drum hire $5
Info, booking: 0414 236 323AFTER DARK – NEW WORK BY ALEXANDER BOYNES
NOW SHOWING: Until 13 February
Canberra Contemporary Art Space. Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon. Open: Tues. – Fri. (11am – 5pm), Sat., (10am – 4pm)
Alexander Boynes’ light-based works emerge at the intersection of street art and traditional printmaking techniques. Meticulous etching is combined with the immediacy of spray painting to reveal a moment in which time has been paused – an “Electric Drawing”. This suspended state of falling, frailty, struggle and dancing reflects on the changes and instabilities that surround us.
AFTER DARK continues until 13 February 2010, alongside Nicholas Folland’s Without Reason and Lucy Quinn’s Trepidation.
Free entry
WANG XU 2010
13 – 28 February
Paintbox Fine Art. 32 Lonsdale Street, Braddon. Open daily (11am – 5pm)
Born in China in 1949, Wang Xu trained as a traditional Chinese brush and ink painter. On arrival in Australia in 1989, he undertook further study, principally in oil. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, Sydney, in 2000 and completed his Masters degree in 2002. He was a finalist in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Archibald Prize in 2005, 2007 and 2008, the Wynne Prize in 2007 and the Sulman Prize in 2006.
Wang Xu is well known for his vivid urban scenes and streetscapes, principally of Sydney, where he revels in the crush of buildings, the more dilapidated the better and the life force of the traffic in the inner city. He combines all the experience of his years of training with close observation of the urban condition to create vibrant paintings which demand the viewer's attention. The exhibition includes some restful paintings of Sydney's coves and bays.
Free entry
Info: 02 6162 1717
AVATAR
Sat., 13 February (1pm – 5pm)
National Portrait Gallery. King Edward Terrace, Parkes
Investigate notions of self, identity and place in this introductory Second Life workshop. Create an avatar to navigate Portrait Island and discover your inner doppelganger with Gill Raymond. 18 – 25 years. Bookings essential/
Free
Info, booking: 02 6102 7070
Avatar by Gill Raymond
SHOW US YOUR ROOTS
Sat., 13 February
Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre. Civic Square, Canberra City
SHOW US YOUR ROOTS is a hilarious fast paced poke at multicultural Australia – how the things which appear to differentiate us are invariably the very things which make us the same.
Logie nominated Glenn Robbins has been acting and writing in comedy for well over 20 years. When he takes the stage, you see a new side of the man best known for his time on The Comedy Company, Fast Forward, The Panel, Kath and Kim and most recently Out of the Question on Channel 7.
Tickets: $$31 – 35
Booking: 02 6275 2700
PADDY PALLIN ADVENTURE RACE SERIES
Sat., 13 February
The last of the PADDY PALLIN ADVENTURE RACE SERIES in Canberra, when the weather is nice and warm! Teams of three navigate around a secret course and find their way from checkpoint to checkpoint on foot, bike and kayak. Heaps of fun for beginners and seasoned racers alike with an option of Novice, Classic and Advanced Course featuring extra bonus legs!
Kayaks, paddles, PFDs, maps and race instructions are provided. Put a team together and come experience the most fun you’ll have outdoors, you won’t regret it!
Info: 0401 564 462
IN THE DARK… A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
NOW SHOWING: Until 14 February
Strathnairn Homestead Gallery. 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt. Open: weekends (10am – 4.30pm)
Works with and on paper by Susan Pieterse.
Darkness is symbolic of our fears, yet, we need darkness too. This is quite an ironic mirror of humanity… when hope is gone, we most choose to live; our fears and desperation give birth to courage, innovation and miracles.
This exhibition is a reflection on our perceptions of sometimes barely recognisable emotions in those unguarded moments before we give ourselves to the dark consciousness of sleep. For a moment we are touched, but them we continue on… afflicted by the temporal and transient nature of our own existence.
Free entry
Info: 02 6254 2134
VALENTINE’S DAY: FRIENDS CELEBRATE 21 YEARS
Sun., 14 February (2pm – 5pm)
National Museum of Australia. Acton Peninsula, Acton
Bring your picnic rug and enjoy a romantic afternoon of love songs presented by the Band of the Royal Military College, featuring favourites from artists such as Michael Buble and Frank Sinatra, all guaranteed to have you swooning on the shores of the lake. Weather permitting. Wine and cheese will be available for purchase.
Free entry
Info: 1800 026 132
Royal Military College Band in concert. Photo courtesy of Graeme Reynolds, Band of the Royal Military College
THE ROMANTIC SCHUMANNS: KIMBERLEY MICHAEL (PIANO) & MITCH RILEY (BARITONE)
Sun., 14 February (3pm)
Wesley Music Centre. 20 National Circuit, Forrest (corner of Sydney Avenue)
On Valentine’s Day, Mitch Riley (baritone) and Kimberley Michael (piano) perform a diverse mix of repertoire that reveals the moving music of Robert and Clara Schumann and their world, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birth.
The concert program traces the development of German artsong from the Lieder of Beethoven and Schubert to that of the Schumann’s. Through solo piano works and lieder Kimberley and Mitch will convey the differing creative styles, emerging from the Schumann household. The program culminates in Clara Schumann’s most virtuosic solo work: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann and one of Robert Schumann’s fantastic cycles from his Year of Song; Liederkreis, Op. 39.
Tickets at the door. Refreshments provided.
Tickets: Full $25, Concession $20, Full-time student $10, Children under 12 $5
Info: 02 6232 7248
AKMAL – IT’S NOT MY FAULT
NOW PLAYING: Until 14 February
The Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre. Civic Square, Canberra City
Memoirs and extracts from Akmals’ much anticipated book release, which touches on topics from growing up in Egypt to migrating to Australia, being kicked out of the Coptic Orthodox Church to finding solace in his new found religion of comedy. Outrageous stories of Akmal entering the comedy world and insights into the characters he has met along the way and that have influenced his career.
Tickets: $25
Booking: 02 6275 2700
THE MUSICIANS OF BREMEN
ACT UP SING OUT Music Theatre Activity for Kids: Info Session
Regular weekly workshops: from 15 February (Mondays, 5pm – 6.30pm in Terms 1 & 2)
Performances: 27 – 29 June
Ainslie Arts Centre (the old Ainslie Public School). Corner of Elouera and Donaldson Streets, Braddon
Join Music For Everyone’s Act Up Sing Out Junior workshop and play a part in a very special show! There are places for 30 boys and girls aged 7 – 11 years in the first musical for 2010, THE MUSICIANS OF BREMEN. Based on the traditional Brothers Grimm fairytale about abandoned farm animals who dream of becoming town musicians, this fun-filled musical for children also features other story book characters like the Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks & the Three Bears!
You’ll learn singing, movement and acting at your weekly workshops in Terms 1 & 2, plus give four fabulous performances for kids, families, friends and schools. No previous experience necessary.
Info: 02 6230 7190
THE APARTMENTS ENSEMBLES @ NEWACTON – CSO PERCUSSION
Thurs., 18 February (5.30pm for 6pm start)
Diamant Hotel, NewActon
Chief Conductor & Artistic Director of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra Dr Nicholas Milton presents four ensemble concerts, exploring the four orchestral sections of string, brass, percussion and woodwind. Located within the Diamant Hotel and home of The ApARTments, NewActon’s most exciting new residential development, the Up Close & Personal performances have exclusive and limited seating. These four intimate concerts give you access to Nicholas Milton and musicians from the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, never before experienced in Canberra.
Booking: 02 6126 1300DANIEL CHAMPAGNE: WIDE EYED AND OPEN NATIONAL TOUR
Thurs., 18 February (7pm)
Braidwood Folk Club
Fri., 19 February (8pm)
The Merry Muse
Sat., 20 February (4pm)
Beyond Q Bookstore and Café
Sun., 21 February (4pm)
The Old Canberra Inn
Mon., 22 February (8pm)
The Phoenix Bar
Hailing from Brogo on the NSW south coast, young guitarist, singer, song-writer Daniel Champagne is fast developing a strong reputation and an enthusiastic following in folk and blues circles. 20-years-old Champagne delivers sounds closer to a three-piece band than a one man show. His style is characterised by explosive of two-hand tapping, body percussion and fiery runs, jazzy finger-picking and tasteful improvisation in a wide range of tunings.
Info: Canberra Region Tour, Bill Quinn, 0413 000 086
Sound files and further information at www.myspace.com/danielchampagne89
Image courtesy the performer
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
Thurs., 18 February
Canberra Theatre Centre. Civic Square, Canberra City
CCEntertainment is renowned for presenting homage concerts of the highest calibre, featuring contemporary interpretations of iconic bands under their “Classic Rock Concert Series” banner, including the 7th annual Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin celebration which recently sold out The Enmore Theatre in Sydney. On 18 February they are coming to the Canberra Theatre for the first time with the One of These Nights Eagles concert.
The show features six exceptional guest vocalists (be sure to check the Canberra Theatre website for performer announcements), backed by a superb band, musically directed by Joseph Calderazzo. In February 2009 at Sydney Olympic Park over 8000 people were enthralled by this show, which traversed the extraordinary Eagles catalogue, including Desperado, New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane, Tequila Sunrise, Take It to the Limit, and, of course, Hotel California and One of These Nights.
Tickets: $$79.90 – 89.90
Booking: 02 6275 2700 or visit
2009 CANBERRA AREA THEATRE AWARDS (the 15th Year)
Sat., 20 February (7pm)Canberra Theatre Centre. Civic Square, Canberra City
Hosted by Tim Ferguson (The Doug Anthony Allstars) and Hayden Miller (Channel Vision/Foxtel), a night of glitter and glamour, showcasing some of the brilliant performances seen during 2009.
THE CAT AWARDS provides recognition of the enormous contribution made by non-professional groups to the artistic life of Australia and, in particular, of Canberra and the region, as well as encouraging individuals in the performing arts. These aims are pursued by making public awards that recognise and reward the stand-out achievements during the year in performances.
Tickets: Full $49, Concession: $33Booking: 02 6275 2700
DAILY DELIGHTS
NOW SHOWING: Until 22 February
Narek Galleries. Tania, NSW
Pots for those delightful daily rituals. Simple rituals that are precious, providing periods of solitary calm reflection or sharing joys and sadnesses. Tea brewed in a hand made teapot, sipping hot tea from a delicate cup, pouring from a comfortable jug, sharing life stories. All amplified by the skill and creativity of the makers.
Five of Australia’s finest ceramicists from Canberra, Bega, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane – Janet DeBoos, Ivan Gluch, Marianne Huhn, Bruce Nuske, Dianne Peach – have made porcelain teapots, cups and jugs for this exhibition in which we can experience great delight.
Free entry
Info: Karen O’Clery, 02 6494 0112
Canberra Youth Theatre: ACTORS ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS
Applications close: Tues., 23 February. Auditions: Sat., 27 February
Canberra Youth Theatre (CYT) is looking for the best and brightest emerging actors to audition for the 2010 CYT ACTORS ENSEMBLE.
The CYT ACTORS ENSEMBLE trains and rehearses every Saturday and is for 18 - 25’s, who are passionate about developing core skills in acting and theatre making. The Ensemble provides a unique opportunity and assists those who may be preparing to undertake full time actor training in the future by exploring and extending their creative boundaries.Late last year the Canberra Youth Theatre ACTORS ENSEMBLE wowed audiences with it’s critically acclaimed, sell-out production of Tank, which played at Floriade and re-mounted with popular support at Garema Place.
This year the ACTORS ENSEMBLE will be actively engaged in the development and performance of Canberra Youth Theatre’s major site-specific original production, Retrieval that will be performed at the National Library of Australia.Info: CYT office, 02 6248 5057
TERRY CONNOLLY ORGANISED WALK
Wed., 24 February (6.45am for a 7am start)
Lake Burley Griffin
Show your support for organ donation and encourage others to discover, decide and discuss their wishes at the Terry Connolly ORGANised Walk – a part of Australian Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.
Join more than 1000 Canberrans and residents of the region in a morning run, jog or walk around Lake Burley Griffin. The walk will kick off at Regatta Point and circle around the lake via the Kings Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue bridges.
There’ll be a free barbeque breakfast on the grass at Regatta Point afterwards, and families, friends and pets are very welcome.
Register your participation now at www.giftoflife.asn.au – it’s free!
Info: 02 6162 0021WALK THE FENCE
25 February – 6 March
The Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre. Civic Square, Canberra City
Rachel is very, very angry! So angry, she has to keep moving or she’ll just explode! Whilst she is playing, her street magically comes to life, and she meets a telegraph pole on sprung stilts, a letter box, a magpie on rollerblades and a brick wall. They provoke, beguile, question and help Rachel to understand how to cope when you feel overwhelmed by your feelings.
Come sit in Rachel’s street. This playful cross-artform production features a stunning installation set design by Kaoru Alfonso and a captivating musical score by singer/songwriter Melanie Robinson. Two of Australia’s boldest performers Keira Mason-Hill and Chris Palframan leap, fly and dance in this high energy, uplifting production for 4 – 10 year olds.Booking: 02 6275 2700
Schools booking: 02 6247 6800
WESLEY MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS 2010
Applications close: 25 February
2010 at PO Box 372, Jamison Centre, ACT 2614
Applications are invited for Music Scholarships for 2010 to be awarded by the Wesley Music Foundation in association with Wesley Uniting Church.
These may be awarded by competitive process for voice, violin, cello, trumpet, oboe, guitar, organ and possibly other instruments. Full-time tertiary students studying for music or other degrees, or high school or college students may apply.
Scholars need to be available to gain performance experience with other musicians by playing for services and other public events, including scholars’ concerts.
The nature and value of scholarships will be determined in the light of the background and potential of successful applicants.
Info: Alan Hicks, Head of Voice, ANU School of Music, 02 6125 5750; Graeme Brown, Director of Music, Wesley Uniting Church, 02 6161 5088
Application forms: www.wesleycanberra.org.au/images/download/scholarshipapplication.doc
BLAZE 4: EMERGING ACT ARTIST SHOWCASE
26 February – 1 April. Opening: Fri., 26 February (6pm)
Canberra Contemporary Art Space (CCAS). Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon. Open: Tues. – Fri. (11am – 5pm), Sat. (10am – 4pm)
BLAZE is Canberra Contemporary Art Space’s annual emerging artist showcase exhibition. Now in its fourth instalment, this year’s BLAZE is bigger and better than ever before, bringing together the work of eleven emerging artistic talents from our Nation’s Capital.
Artworks for BLAZE are painstakingly hand-picked by CCAS staff to form an exhibition that is diverse, challenging and exciting, flexing the muscle of contemporary art from our region. Photography, sculpture, video, painting drawing and performance are brought together to reflect an artistic community that thrives on innovation and collaboration.
Artists who can be seen in the exhibition are: Adam Veikkanen, Benjamin Forster, Erica Hurrell, Jacqueline Bradley, Rachael Freeman, Richard Blackwell, Robbie Karmel, Sarah Kaur, Skylen Dall, Tj Phillipson and Tye McBride.
Free entry
Info: 02 6247 0188
www.ccas.com.auCORINBANK: WAY MORE THAN JUST A FESTIVAL
26 – 28 February
Corin Forest Recreation Park, ACT
Set just 40 minutes from Canberra, CORINBANK is a music, arts and immersion festival, showcasing amazing performers from the region and beyond. Over 40 bands, including You Am I, Ash Grunwald, Clare Bowditch and Urthboy, will play in 2010, alongside numerous performing and visual artists such as American magician and comedian Tim Motley. Creative Camps and workshops offer festival goers of all ages the chance to absorb themselves in something new.
Corinbank is committed to environmental sustainability, nurturing local talent and offers the Canberra community a great cultural experience right on your doorstep.
Day tickets from $35, children under 16 free (+5bf)
THE ART OF TRUTH COMPASSION TOLERANCE
NOW SHOWING: Until 27 February
The Q Exhibition Space. Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, Lowe Street, Queanbeyan. Open: Mon. – Fri. (10am – 4pm), Sat. (10am – 3pm)
These works by internationally renowned artists tell the story of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice of historic size and popularity that is outlawed and persested by the Chinese communist regime.
The artists paint for a basic human dignity that is compromised in China, human rights that transcend culture, drawing from and depicting real stories of extremes; brutal suffering, triumphant courage and enduring beauty.
In telling this untold story words come from the voiceless, those who live by the core virtues of Falun Gong, "Truth, Compassion & Tolerance", as well as prisoners of conscience and victims of injustice everywhere. Some have risked their lives to accomplish this feat, believing art can stabilise a society through its ethics and that this is the charge of the artists.
Free entry
Info: 02 6298 0290
WRITING A SELF-HELP OR SPIRITUAL BOOK WITH LUCY BAKER
Sat., 27 February (10am – 5pm)ACT Writers Centre. Gorman House Art Centre, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon
Topics include: The first draft and how to begin it; how to open for inspirational writing; how to get yourself out the way - self-esteem and the ego; your experience in development and how to access it as an author; writing for the market; and becoming visible as a writer and expert.Limited seating so bookings are essential.
Cost: Members $96, fulltime students and concessional members
$84, non-members $146 (includes 12 months of membership)Info: 02 6262 9191
admin@actwriters.org.au
www.actwriters.org.auMATHILDA'S MARKET
Sun., 28 February, 27 June, 12 September, 28 November (9am –1pm)
The Park Hyatt Canberra, Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra
MATHILDA’S MARKET is the place in Canberra to find the hippest, most exquisite baby & kids clothes, toys, accessories and homeware – all either hand-made (mainly by local designers and crafters from Canberra), or from a limited production run.
The popularity of MATHILDA'S MARKET reflects a growing trend amongst Australian parents, increasingly seeking out products made with love and attention-to-detail for their children, as well as a warmer, more personal shopping experience.
There is plenty of free parking surrounding the Park Hyatt Hotel!
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE CMAG COLLECTION
NOW SHOWING: Until 28 February
Canberra Museum and Gallery. Corner London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (12pm – 5pm)
A selection of prints and drawings from the CMAG permanent collection, showcasing the diverse range of artistic practice in the Canberra region.
Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Kngwarreye, Anoorawya - Wild Yam Dreaming, 2000
SUGARCANE COLLINS – 2010 Tour
Sun., 28 February (3 pm)
Southern Cross Yacht Club. Mariner Place, Yarralumla
For the past five years SUGARCANE COLLINS has been riding the blues train for all he is worth. From juke joints in the Mississippi Delta to blues clubs in Buenos Aires, alone and acoustic, he has fearlessly taken his music out on the road, performing for those who want their blues alive and raw and real.
Big tours plus appearances at major events all around the country such as the Byron Bay Blues Festival, the Gympie Muster, Blues on Broadbeach, the Blue Mountains Blues&Roots Festival and Blues at Bridgetown in WA, to name a few, are testament to his ever growing reputation as one of the most original and authentic blues artists performing in Australia today.
Info: baiba@bjstar.com.au
HILAL DANCE – CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN
Term 1 classes: Until 28 February
Beginners: Canberra Dance Theatre, Tuesdays (7.30pm – 9pm)
General @ QL2, Studio Gorman House, Mondays (6pm – 7.30pm)HILAL DANCE captures the pure energy of what we love about dance by combining the joy and freedom of movement, with the refinement of line and expression.
HILAL DANCE is extraordinarily beautiful to experience. Through its strong rhythmic and fluid lines and subtle textures, the dance promotes integrated body alignment, fitness and flexibility, with a holistic approach for the mind and body.
Egyptian born, Suraya Hilal developed Hilal Dance drawing upon Arab/Egyptian cultural roots and knowledge of global dance practice. The result is a complete dance form that is universal, modern and accessible to everyone.
Hilal Dance welcomes new dancers, both men and women, from a range of dance backgrounds. Dance experience is not necessary.
Info: 0418 226 540
rachael@hilaldanceaustralia.com.au
www.hilaldanceaustralia.com.au
BELCONNEN ARTS CENTRE: SUMMER PROGRAM OUT NOW
Until 1 March
Belconnen Arts Centre. 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen
Belconnen Arts Centre Inc. is pleased to announce a host of creative activities for the summer.
Exhibitions, concerts, special Flamenco and Latin Dance workshops and other dance and creative arts classes. Loads of fun activities for the kids including a school holiday program not to be missed.
Sign-up now so you don’t miss out!
Info, booking, registration: 02 6173 3300
CAVORTING: Exhibition of Art Works by McCarron-Benson
2 – 14 March. Opening: Mon., 8 March (3pm)Southside Gallery. Boolimba Crescent, Narrabundah (Southside Community Services, opposite Narrabundah Shops)
These works explore the most wonderful period of time in many women's lives. Post menopause; most joints still working; everything might be a bit lower than it used to be and there might be more of it, but it’s all more or less functioning; the children are up and away; only the grand-kids to worry about and they can be given back. This is a time when women can be themselves. They can cavort if they want to.
Free entryInfo, RSVP to the opening: 02 6239 6403
THE KAMBERRA WINE COMPANY BLACK OPAL STAKES
Sun., 7 March (Gates open at 11.30am)
Thoroughbred Park. Randwick Road, Lyneham
Celebrate the KAMBERRA WINE COMPANY BLACK OPAL STAKES! Enter the Myer Fashions on the field to win cash and prizes, including a trip for two to Dubai. Categories: Classic Ladies’ Racewear, Classic Men’s Racewear and Classic Couples’ Racewear, Millinery Award and Crazy Costume Competition.
Brumbies/Raiders/AFL Sprint Race and an 8 race program of quality Thoroughbred racing. Hospitality options to suit all budgets available.
Tickets: Full $25, Aged Pensioners $5, Children under 18 free
Info: 02 6241 3888
FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW
NOW SHOWING: Until 8 March
National Museum of Australia. Acton Peninsula, Acton. Open: daily (9am – 5pm)FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW traces the fight for Indigenous civil rights in Australia from 1920 to 1970. The exhibition tells the largely unknown story of Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists who fought together for justice and equal rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
This exhibition details the achievements and sacrifices of the struggle through personal stories, rarely seen objects and protest material.
Free entry
Info: 1800 026 132
Bill Onus, President of the Victorian Aborigines' Advancement League, takes part in the march for the Aboriginal Rights referendum, Melbourne, 29 May 1967. Photo: Fairfaxphotos
THE BALD ARCHY PRIZE 2010
NOW SHOWING: Until 8 March
Watson Arts Centre. Aspinall Street, Watson. Open daily (10am – 4pm)
THE BALD ARCHY PRIZE and its controversial judge Maude, the sulphur-crested cockatoo, have been tapping into the larrikin side of the Australian sense of humour for the last 17 years. Created as a spoof of that more serious competition, THE BALD ARCHY PRIZE provides artists of all styles and standards with a genuine opportunity to create portrait paintings of humour, dark satire, light comedy or caricature ranging from the hilarious to the bizarrely vulgar.
For the second year running the exhibition previews in Canberra as a part of the Multicultural Festival. It then moves to Sydney, where the winner will be announced, before going on tour throughout Eastern Australia.
Presented by Watson Arts Centre and Peter Batey OAM, founder and director of THE BALD ARCHY PRIZE.
Entry: $3
Info: 02 6241 1670
BRIAN CORR: OF SILENCE AND LIGHT
NOW SHOWING: Until 11 MarchCanberra Glassworks. 11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston. Open: Wed. – Sun. (10am – 4pm)
Working with glass and the elements of volume and void, light and shadow, Brian Corr has created large-scale glass sculptures that border on the sublime, offering an opportunity for contemplation or meditation, a moment of heightened awareness of the nature and wonder of ourselves and the world in which we exist.Brian Corr is an American artist who has been working with glass for the past 15 years. He has been a resident artist at the Canberra Glassworks since receiving his Masters degree from the Australian National University in 2007. Brian’s work is held in public and private collections throughout the world. He has exhibited at the Australian National Glass Collection and has been included in prestigious competitions such as the Tom Malone Prize in Western Australia and Young Glass at the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in Denmark.
Free entry
Info: 02 6260 7005MASTERPIECES FROM PARIS: VAN GOGH, GAUGUIN, CÉZANNE AND BEYOND
NOW SHOWING: Until 5 April
National Gallery of Australia. Parkes Place, Parkes. Open daily (10am – 5pm)
The National Gallery of Australia is proud to present one of the most extraordinary exhibitions ever held in Australia. You don’t have to travel to the Musée d’Orsay in Paris to see masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Pierre Bonnard, Emile Bernard, Claude Monet, Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard; you can visit them in Canberra.
Tickets online: https://ticketing.nga.gov.au/
Vincent van Gogh Portrait of the artist, 1887. Musée d'Orsay, Paris. © RMN (Musée d'Orsay)/Gérard Blot
OF LOVE & WAR
NOW SHOWING: Until 5 May
Australian War Memorial. Open daily, except Christmas Day (10am – 5pm)
Love touches us all. During times of conflict it has played and continues to play an important role in the lives of our servicemen and women, the sweethearts and lovers they left behind or those they met while serving.
The Memorial’s exhibition OF LOVE AND WAR looks at the impact of war on these relationships and the ways in which Australians incorporated affairs of the heart into their wartime lives.
Free entry
STANLEY MELBOURNE BRUCE: PRIME MINISTER & STATESMAN
NOW SHOWING: Until 30 May
National Archives of Australia, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. Open daily (9am – 5pm)
Sportsman, soldier, prime minister, international statesman and visionary Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883–1967) promoted his country’s interests on the international stage for over half a century.
A decorated war hero, Bruce served as Australia’s eighth Prime Minister from 1923 to 1929. Bruce and his beloved wife Ethel were the first prime ministerial couple to live at The Lodge. From 1933 to 1945 Bruce was High Commissioner in London, in 1947 he became a British peer, and in 1951 the first chancellor of the Australian National University.
Free entry
Info: 02 6212 3600
JUDE RAE
NOW SHOWING: Until 6 June
ACT Museums and Galleries. Crn London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (12pm – 5pm)
A exhibition of still life paintings by Canberra-based artist Jude Rae, winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award for portraiture in 2005 and 2008.
Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Jude Rae, Still life 216, 2007, oil on linen, 660 x 710 mm, private collection
RUTH WALLER
NOW SHOWING: Until 6 June
ACT Museums and Galleries. Crn London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (12pm – 5pm)
A major survey exhibition of works by artist Ruth Waller, Head of the Painting Workshop at the ANU School of Art.
Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Ruth Waller, Fig.10 (ice), 2007, oil & acrylic on canvas, 120 x 80 cm, CMAG collection
EMERGING ELDERS: HONOURING SENIOR INDIGENOUS ARTISTS
NOW SHOWING: Until 14 June
Project Gallery, National Gallery of Australia. Parkes Place, Parkes. Open daily (10am – 5pm)
Elders play important roles in Indigenous communities. They are admired and respected as keepers and enforcers of law, stories and culture. They guide communities today as they have done for generations, and their ability to visualise significant stories gives rise to some of Australia’s most dynamic and stunning contemporary works of art.
Free entry
Ningura Napurrula, Untitled 2006. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 2009. © the artist licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency, 2009
AUSTRALIAN JOURNEYS
Permanent exhibition
National Museum of Australia. Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Acton. Open daily (9am – 5pm). Closed Christmas Day
AUSTRALIAN JOURNEYS is a new National Museum of Australia permanent gallery, exploring the voyages that connect Australia to the world. It shares personal stories of some of the people who have travelled to and from Australia over time. The Australian Journeys gallery offers visitors the chance to see some of the Museum’s latest acquisitions and oldest treasures, including convict tokens, Captain Cook’s magnifier and a Little Red Rid Riding Hood wall hanging made in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany in 1946. Australian Journeys is the first new permanent gallery since the Museum opened in 2001.
Free entry
Info: 02 6208 5000
www.nma.gov.au
Convict token. Photo: Dragi Markovic. National Museum of Australia
DISPLAY OF TROOPER DONALDSON’S VICTORIA CROSS
Permanent display
Australian War Memorial, Treloar Crescent ,Campbell
The Australian War Memorial displays the Victoria Cross awarded to Trooper Mark Donaldson VC in the Conflicts 1945 to Today galleries.
The display is located in the Afghanistan section of the Conflicts 1945 to Today galleries, which have been acclaimed by the general public. Ultimately, it will be displayed in the Hall of Valour.
Once Trooper Donaldson’s Victoria Cross is on display, there will be 60 Australian and two British Victoria Crosses displayed at the Australian War Memorial; this is the largest public collection in the world.
Free entry
Info: 02 6243 4575OVER THE FRONT – THE GREAT WAR IN THE AIR
Permanent exhibition
Australian War Memorial, ANZAC Hall. Open: daily (10am – 5 pm)
This stunning new exhibition features unique aircraft from our collection, including three allied aircraft and two German fighter planes. This is the story of young men, whose experiences of combat high over the Western Front are brought to life in an outstanding multimedia re-creation by internationally renowned film director Peter Jackson.
Free entry
Info: 02 6243 421
Permanent exhibition
Old Parliament House. King George Terrace, Parkes. Open: Daily (9am – 5pm)
Experience a breathtaking journey across time and around the world, placing Australia’s democracy in its historical and geographical context. The exhibition contains objects like George Washington’s writing set (on loan for the first time outside America), and a first edition of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, published in response to the French Revolution. There are intriguing stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things: people like Perikes, who is considered by many to be the father of democracy, Catherine Helen Spence, who fought for women’s suffrage, and Eddie Mabo, who won legal recognition of his people’s land rights against enormous odds.
Entry: Full $2, Children and Conc. $1, Family $5
Info: 02 6270 8222
info@moadoph.gov.au
www.moadoph.gov.auMAPPING THE CAPITAL: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE SCRIVENER SURVEY OF CANBERRA
Permanent displayNational Capital Exhibition. Barrine Drive, Commonwealth Park, Parkes. Open: Monday – Friday (9am – 5pm), Saturday – Sunday (10am – 4pm); closed: public holidays
In 1908 the Yass-Canberra district was selected as the site for the national capital. Charles Scrivener was given the task of mapping a new federal territory and in 1909 recommended the Canberra Valley as the location for the new city. Learn how the survey was completed and how to use a theodolite yourself!
Free entry
Info: 02 6272 2900
Image courtesy of the Government Printing Office, State Library of New South Wales
CANBERRA MUSEUM AND GALLERY COLLECTION
Permanent exhibition
Canberra Museum and Gallery. Corner London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (12pm – 5pm)
An exhibition reflecting Canberra’s history and culture, highlighting the diverse range of social history objects and visual art from the CMAG Permanent Collection.
Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Imants Tillers, Nature Speaks:AT, 2002
NOLAN COLLECTION
Permanent exhibition
Canberra Museum and Gallery. Corner London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (12pm – 5pm)
A selection of works by renowned Australian artist Sir Sidney Nolan are on display in the Permanent Collection Gallery at CMAG.
Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Sidney Nolan, Return to Glenrowan, 1946
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