This Thursday, Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers join you to explore arts initiatives that have pushed through the Covid19 lockdown. First up we speak with Jo Jansyn, Cultural Development Coordinator at Woollahra Council about how Council has stayed active in the community over the last months with the development of Creative Hoardings ; the new […]
Arts Thursday 25 June This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers join you for world class design and behind the scenes info on the release of a new work by Distant Drum. First up Maisy speaks with Penny Craswell about her recently published book Design Lives Here, which presents world class Australian design in […]
Arts Thursday 11 June We’re back! This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers for their first Arts program since the corona virus lockdown. We start today with an interview recorded by Peter Morton in an ongoing series about the treasures in our museums, galleries and libraries. Today Peter speaks to Richard Neville, […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers We may not be able to travel at the moment, but we can still look to far horizons. Perhaps now is the time to spend learning another language – if not face-to-face, there are many on-line courses and aids to be found. Or we might now have […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers The Sydney Chamber Choir and City Recital Hall are staging Handel’s Messiah. The choir, under Artistic Director Sam Allchurch, is taking a fresh approach to this longstanding piece and presenting a concert with a sound that, in effect, will express Handel’s original intent for this sublime music, […]
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Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers This week we introduce a new segment to the program – the Story of Sydney through our collections. Our state’s collecting institutions – the Art Gallery of NSW, the Australian Museum, the State Library of NSW, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney Living Museums and […]
This Arts Thursday, 12 December 2019, with Maisy Stapleton, reveals art in context of place and culture. The first interview focusses on the exhibition Southern Swell at Hazelhurst Arts Centre at Gymea. Curator Carrie Kibbler speaks about the background to the exhibition, the history of surfing in the Sutherland Shire and the development of board […]
This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton, explores connections between Indigenous communities and their heritage and between the landscape, travel and art. The first guest is Art Travel Adventures principal Kerri Ainsworth who is inspired by a passion for art and travel to design creative adventures for people looking for authentic, immersive travel experiences. […]
This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton, two special guests give us an opportunity to understand the powerful impact of the arts – inviting us to consider diverse views and question the status quo through art works and, through specialist arts programs, showing us how museums support fulfilling access to art and exhibitions for visitors with […]
There are so many arts events around town, that Halloween takes a back stage during this Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton. The only connection with Halloween is some ethereal and out-of-this-world music which accompanies the interviews. I Kicked A Stone In Metaphor The intriguing photos of Jens Lichtenberger are showcased in I Kicked A Stone In […]
This Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton explores two diverse art forms, each recording a response to place. Un bel dí vedremo Amanda Penrose Hart‘s new exhibition Un bel dí vedremo opened recently at the King Street Gallery on William. Penrose Hart is an en plein-air painter – depicting the landscape while ‘in-situ’, surrounded by its […]
NONE SO BLIND The abuse of power is a topical issue. Whether it’s ‘me too’ or paedophilia or domestic violence, we are – justifiably – outraged and horrified by its impact. In the first segment of Arts Thursday, this confronting issue is explored through a controversial play NONE SO BLIND. Martin Portus, arts journalist and […]
Read More… from ARCHITECTURE TO TOPICAL ISSUES 19th September 2019