This Arts Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers First up we speak to artist Natalya Hughes whose exhibition The Interior has just launched at the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane and whose work will be seen in September at the Sullivan and Strumpf gallery in Sydney. In her exhibition Natalya presents a psychoanalytic-inspired […]
Arts Thursday – Dipping into Australian History Peach Productions supports women writers and directors in creating new works, telling women’s stories, and gaining experience in theatre production. Producer, writer and director Margaret Fitzgerald will be joining us to discuss its latest project “Women’s Voices: Stories to Stage” which opens next week. This show features new short […]
This Arts Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers for the Arts Thursday radiothon show. First up we visit the Art Gallery of NSW’s Brett Whiteley Studio in Surry Hills where a special exhibition of Brett Whiteley’s painted ceramics is on view. Over 40 ceramic works are to be found in the exhibition Brett Whiteley: […]
This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers the focus is on the prizes and awards and the impact they have on the development of art forms. First Guest: Dr Biljana Jančić, Sydney College of the Arts judging panel, 2022 David Harold Tribe Sculpture Award Last week, the winner of the 2022 David Harold […]
This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers the focus is on performance and the visual arts. First up met artist Richard Rosebery who returned to painting after a successful career in business and marketing and gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The National Art School. During 2016/17 he undertook a major commission […]
17 February 2022 This Arts Thursday program, with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers, is packed with interviews. First, we explore a recently published book celebrating the badass ‘sheroes’ we were never taught about in school. In Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History, author Eliza Reilly revives forgotten stories including Indigenous bushranger Mary Ann Bugg breaking […]
This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers, explores a recently published book celebrating the badass ‘sheroes’ we were never taught about in school. In Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History, author Eliza Reilly revives forgotten stories including Indigenous bushranger Mary Ann Bugg breaking her husband Captain Thunderbolt out of gaol and Nancy Wake […]
An Arts Thursday Interview Window, Cricket Bat is a performance developed for the exhibition Happy Objects now on show at the Australian Design Centre. The exhibition celebrates the power of objects to link us to people and places, ideas and memories. Written by Hilary Bell, Window, Cricket Bat is a collaboration between Griffin Theatre and […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers For this program, we are interviewing Jo Jansyn, the Cultural Development Coordinator at Woollahra Municipal Council who manages the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. Now located in its new home at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, the Prize celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and is the inaugural exhibition in the new gallery. Jo […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers Maisy and Paula return to Arts Thursday after a COVID break. Find out what’s happening in the arts and cultural area and explore the brand new gallery in the Southern Highlands – Ngununggulla – as Maisy meets the Director Megan Monte and we look at the opening […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday for a lockdown show. Tune in to meet Jennifer Bott AO for a thoughtful discussion on the value of the arts and to explore her stellar career in the arts and in cultural leadership roles. Jenny’s distinguished career has embraced almost every form of the arts from community practice, to music, performing […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Dr Noris Ioannou Folk art and creativity is celebrated as an essential aspect of art history in countries like America, yet has been undervalued in Australia. Dr Noris Ioannou, an authority on Australian ‘material folk culture and the decorative arts’, […]