Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview I recorded earlier in the week with Hugh Stewart and Rachel Knepfer about their fabulous, on a whim, impromptu Lockdown Picture Show in the windows of Hugh’s gallery/office/studio in Halls Lane. It started with a simple invitation sent out to friends, which said: “In […]
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Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview I recorded with Director/Producer Jane Manning. She recently finished work on a new TV series called Back to Nature, which will be screening on ABC TV from August 10. Back To Nature is a Media Stockade and Threshold Pictures production. In this 8-part, visually […]
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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’, […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Bundanon – Deborah Ely AM Bundanon on the Sholhaven River near Nowra was given to the nation by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd in 1993 as a remarkable cultural and environmental asset. For the last 15 years, CEO Deborah Ely has nurtured, developed and transformed its programs, landscapes […]
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Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Kerri Glasscock Sydney Fringe has announced the initial program for its new pop-up venue Fringe HQ Newtown featuring new works by a range of acclaimed and emerging Australian artists. Taking over the historic ballroom at 5 Eliza Street, the venue became active on Monday [April 26] and will continue until December, set […]
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The Space Between & Misanthropology: The World Art of Adam Rish – 15 April 2021 Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Helen Redmond A collaboration between painter Helen Redmond and textile designer Barbara Rogers, their exhibition The Space Between at Paddington’s Barometer Gallery examines the journey between light and shadow, through spaces both […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. KATHRYN HUNYOR Australian Design Centre, in partnership with ArtsPeople, presents DESIGN 101, a new series of entertaining and informative lectures on design and design history given by top experts. These lectures focus on the forces and people who have shaped our contemporary world and will be hosted by […]
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Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests from two local landmark organisations. Randi Linnegar King Street Gallery on William is in the centre of Sydney’s arts district, not far from the AGNSW and the MCA. Since opening originally in King St, Newtown in the 1980s, it has grown to represent many established artists […]
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Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Gabrielle Mordy Carriageworks has been presenting NO SHOW, featuring projects by 11 artist-led initiatives from across NSW. Featuring the work of more than 50 mostly early-career Australian artists and writers, since February 12 until this Sunday March 7, the program has […]
Arts Thursday Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two very special gusts. Hetti Perkins Hetti Perkins has worked with Indigenous artists for over 30 years as a curator, as well as a writer and presenter, in particular for the ABC documentary art and soul and on colour theory for SBS. […]
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Arts Thursday 4 February 2021 Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two very special gusts. Dr Anne Watson Anne is the Curator of an exhibition at the Museum of Sydney exploring aspects of the life of Marion Mahony Griffin, in particular her relationship with Castlecrag in Sydney. Marion Griffin’s life […]
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