Presented by Bronwyn Rennex This week on the show I speak to Pierre Arpin, Director and CEO of the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP). Photographer David Moore was the driving force behind the formation of a national centre for photography back in the early 70’s. The first ACP gallery and workshop space was opened in […]
Andy’s back! Music historian Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with a new series: Symphony’s Selected Sections and in Part 1, we commence with strings. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Brett Summerrell, Chief Botanist and Director of Research at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, talking about fungi: a weird and wonderful […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I celebrate some fabulous first nations artists. First up I play some tunes from Musgrave Band, a musical collective from the remote Indigenous Community of Amata in the South Australian Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. This band recorded some new music with the help of the […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos joins us for Part 6, the final part of Developing Sydney and in this last episode Laila talks about fire and the impact it had on Sydney’s development. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go […]
Laila Ellmoos returns at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Developing Sydney and this week she talks about the Devonshire Street resumption. The land resumed included the Devonshire Street Cemetery and other important buildings surrounding the old graveyard. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I speak to award winning actor, voiceover artist, writer, teacher, singer and coach Anni Finsterer about her upcoming book Radical Rock and Roll Resilience. Resilience is something that Anni has learnt the hard way. She talks about some of the tough times she’s had […]
Read More… from Arts Wednesday 15 July – Rock And Roll Resilience with Anni Finsterer
At 10:40 am, Laila Ellmoos joins me for Part 4 of Developing Sydney and this episode deals with the bubonic plague, which hit Sydney in 1900. Some aspects will seem very familiar! My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Keith Suter, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, talking about conspiracy theories: what are […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I speak to artist Harriet Body and Artist/Coordinator Grace Faint-Ludeman regarding the Groundswell Project’s Creative Legacy Program at Liverpool Hospital. The Groundswell Project builds “communities that respond compassionately around end of life. For our communities to take action, we must socialise the conversation about […]
Read More… from Arts Wednesday 1 July 2020 – The Creative Legacy Program
At 10:40 am, we’ll hear Part 3 of Developing Sydney with Laila Ellmoos. In this episode, Laila talks some more about council’s powers of demolition of buildings and the rise of the Royal Australian Historical Society, concerned with remembering what the city was losing.You can check out the exhibition online at: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events The exhibition and the […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I speak to Paul Mason who has had a long career in music and broadcasting including being former head of music at the Australia Council. We discuss how artists and musicians have been impacted by the recent pandemic and what government and private initiatives have been […]
At 10:40 am, we continue with Part 2 of Developing Sydney with historian Laila Ellmoos. This is the series we started before lockdown and was meant to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of that name at Customs House. Obviously the exhibition couldn’t go ahead but it is now available online: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events Next Monday, […]
Yea! Back with Arts Wednesday at last! You may remember, we started, but didn’t finish, a new series back in February before lockdown – Developing Sydney, with historian Laila Ellmoos. It concerned an exhibition, due to open in March but, as you can imagine, that didn’t happen. I will repeat the series starting with episode […]