FUTURE/PAST This Arts Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton exploring the future and the past. I’ll be speaking first to Kate Cherry, CEO and Director of NIDA (the National Institute of Dramatic Arts) on upcoming NIDA productions and her first five months in her new role. Then to Michelle Belgiorno, one of five Australian and Japanese artists, whose […]
Category: ARTS THURSDAY
Arts Thursday 4 May
Two institutions with a long heritage and a bright future! Both have roots back in the 1980s and both have survived through embracing change. Firstly Bob Googe from the National Trust, who is coordinating the National Heritage Festival, speaks about this Australia-wide event celebrating the stories, people and places that make up our heritage. And […]
Arts Thursday 13 April
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex Today I will be speaking to Kenny Pittock who was recently announced winner of the 2017 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize currently on at the National Art School Gallery. Kenny Pittock’s practice combines kiln-fired ceramics, drawing, words, play and wordplay, to blur the lines between painting and sculpture, as well as pop art […]
Art Thursday 30th March 2017
Today I’ll be talking to two photographers who are exhibiting their works at Stills Gallery – the final solo exhibitions at the gallery. Glenn Sloggett will be talking about his series Down in the dumps, which continues his long-term lover-affair with the unloved and the unloveable. One of the things that distinguishes his oeuvre is […]
Arts Thursday 23 March 2017 – German Romantics to An Australian Story
From German Romantics to a very distinctive Australian Story. Join me, Maisy Stapleton, on Arts Thursday at 10:30am for a conversation with conductor Sam Allchurch about the upcoming concert with the Sydney Chamber Choir on 8 April at the Great Hall, University of Sydney. The concert will feature the uplifting and emotionally charged music of […]
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Arts Thursday 9 March 2017 – Two Perspectives!
This Arts Thursday – two distinct perspectives on the visual arts in Sydney! Firstly, an interview with John Firth-Smith, long established as a painter, much awarded and widely collected, the artist generously shares his anecdotes and gives us an insight into his new works, now on view at the King Street […]
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Arts Thursday 2 March 2017
Presenter – Bronwyn Rennex Today I’ll be talking about Art Month Sydney, which runs from the 1-20 March. Art Month Sydney is a city wide festival that celebrates contemporary art and artists through a rich and diverse program of exhibitions, workshops, panel discussions, artists studio visits, tours, precinct nights and more. I’ll be interviewing Artistic Director Barry […]
Arts Thursday 9 Feb 2017 – Showtime with Deborah Jones
What shows, performances and people are coming to Sydney’s stages in 2017 and how best to sum up the performances of 2016? Join Maisy Stapleton in conversation with Deborah Jones, writer ‘on dance, musical theatre, theatre and opera in Sydney … mostly’, for her insightful survey of performance and performing arts issues last year […]
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Arts Thursday 9 Feb 2017
What shows, performances and people are coming up in 2017 and how best to sum up those of 2016? Join me at 10:30am for a stimulating appraisal of theatre and performance in Sydney. We welcome back Deborah Jones, writer ‘on dance, musical theatre, theatre and opera in Sydney … mostly’, for her annual survey of […]
Meet Emily Valentine!
Meet Emily Valentine whose extraordinary work, made by ‘painting in feathers’, can be seen at her exhibition Preen at the Janet Clayton Gallery in Oxford Street until 29th January. Emily’s lively and inventive art has been literally stopping the traffic since it opened. Listen to the interview broadcast on 26th […]
MARGARET OLLEY – podcast
Arts Thursday 12 January 17 celebrated the life and contribution of the beloved Australian artist Margaret Olley. Margaret Olley: Painter, Peer, Mentor and Muse on exhibition at the SH Ervin Gallery tells of Olley’s life not only as an accomplished artist herself but also as a friend and supporter of many […]
Arts Thursday Australia Day 2017
Join me on Australia Day at 10:30 for Arts Thursday. To begin, meet Emily Valentine whose extraordinary work, made by ‘painting in feathers’, can be seen at the exhibition Preen at the Janet Clayton Gallery in Oxford Street until 29th January. Emily’s lively and inventive art […]