Arts Thursday 17 November.

  WILDTHING and Behind the Museum This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton in a conversation with Frank Howarth PSM, the President of Museums Galleries Australia, the membership organisation for these organisations across Australia. This forms part of an irregular series on ‘thought leaders’ in the arts and cultural world. If you’ve ever wondered about the museum […]

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Arts Thursday 3 November.

  Cultural Leadership and the Wonders of Lake Eyre         This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton to meet arts leader Cheryl Stock AM, the Director of Graduate Studies and Head of the Cultural Leadership Course at NIDA, the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Cheryl is a dancer by training and has had a stellar […]

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Arts Thursday 27 October.

ASIAN INTERSECTIONS and YOSHITOSHI This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton for the second discussion in a special series, Asian Intersections, examining how we intersect with Asia through culture and art. The program will also focus on the exhibition of Japanese woodblocks at the Art Gallery of NSW Yoshitoshi: One hundred aspects of the moon. Asian Intersections […]

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Asian Intersections and Artists in Residence.

Arts Thursday 6 October. This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton to commence a special series, Asian Intersections, examining how we intersect with Asia through culture and art. The program will also include the final interviews in the series e 2016 Woollahra artists in residence. Asian Intersections In the first of a two-program interview, Jackie Menzies OAM, […]

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Objects in Space: Artists in the Garden

        The program Artists and Curators on Arts Thursday 22 September with me, Maisy Stapleton, focussed on an exhibition at the Peacock Gallery in Auburn. I spoke to Glenn Barkley, who curated the exhibition Objects in Space: Artists in the Garden. This exhibition is set both in the Gallery and the adjacent […]

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Woollahra Artists in Residence #2

  On Thursday 22 September the program Artists and Curators with me, Maisy Stapleton, introduced two more Woollahra artists-in-residence, Penelope Metcalf and Eloise Rankine. Penelope Metcalf works in plein air depicting buildings around Woollahra from her street-side easel and travelling painting kit. You can listen to my interview with Penelope here: For more information on […]

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Arts Thursday- 29 September- Taking It To The Streets

Presented by Bronwyn Rennex This Thursday I speak to Tamara Voninski, a second year PhD student currently studying at Sydney College of the Arts – University of Sydney. We discuss University of Sydney’s plans to close the Rozelle campus of Sydney College of the Arts, the failed merger proposal with University of NSW School of […]

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The Art of Politics and Artists in Residence podcast

Arts Thursday 8 September podcast On Thursday 8 September, with Maisy Stapleton, the focus was on arts and its role in politics.           I spoke to Arts Party Leader and co-founder PJ Collins to find out why the party was formed, its results in the recent federal elections and where it’s […]

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Coming up Arts Thursday 8 September

The Art of Politics and Artists in Residence Art-speak is the segment where I interview influencers and forces in the arts sector in Australia. This Thursday, the focus is on arts and its role in politics. The federal election is past and while the parties in government continue to wrangle, let’s find out what is […]

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Ants, Grief and a P&O Cruise – Stories on Arts Thursday

Three local Sydney writers have specially recorded works for this storytelling episode of Arts Thursday 21st July with Maren on Eastside Radio. We’ll be hearing a short story titled ‘Wine and Cheese Appreciation’ by journalist and writer Amelia Marshall, on a sharehouse and an ant farm. Next, we’ll hear three poems by queer Arab Australian […]

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Arts Thursday 5 May 2016

The arts world is changing. New and innovative approaches to delivering, appreciating and interpreting art are in evidence. This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton, we explore some of these changes and of course delve into the art and cultural forms themselves. Auctions, for instance are beginning to replace retailing specialists as a significant source for […]

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Arts Thursday 21 April 2016

Arts Thursday, on 21 April gives air to both the visual arts and to sound-based performance art. First up is composer, broadcaster and writer Julian Day who joins me, Maisy Stapleton in the studio to talk about Super Critical Mass which is showcased in the exhibition CUSP, now making its return to Sydney to the […]

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