At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos returns with Part 3 of Developing Sydney and in this episode Laila talks about remembering old Sydney. My special guest at 11:00 am is Jonathan Bryant, heritage consultant to the State Theatre in Market Street. This grand old dame of theatre was built in 1929 and remains largely intact […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos continues with Part 2 of Developing Sydney and this week’s episode explores the importance of photography in documenting Sydney’s growth. My special guests at 11:00 am are Rhianna Walcott and Alex Seton, both board members of Arts Month coming up in March. Rhianna is a gallery director and Alex […]
Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney, makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday at 10:40 am with a new series for 2020.Called Developing Sydney, it is the name of an exhibition Laila is curating at Customs House, opening late March and looks at photographs in the council archives from 1900 – 1920. In […]
At 10:40 am Anna Groden returns for Part 6, the final part of our series on multiples and she finishes with video art. My special guest at 11:00am is Michael Atherton, all-round musical genius makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday with another unusual musical instrument: the Jew’s Harp, which, incidentally, has nothing to do […]
Anna Groden continues with Multiples at 10:40 am and in Part 5, the topic is sculpture. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Ida Lichter, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday. Ida has long championed the rights of Muslim women and her current interest is the recent street protests in Iran and the […]
Art consultant Anna Groden returns at 10:40 am with Part 4 of multiples and this week the topic is photographs. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Ginni Mansberg, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday. Ginni is a GP who specialises in women’s health, but is best known as the GP on Sunrise […]
At 10:40 am, art consultant Anna Groden continues with Part 3 of Multiples and this week the topic is screen printing, lithos and etchings. My special guest at 11:00 am is artist Shivanjani Lal, one of 12 artists exhibiting in Wansolwara: one salt water at the UNSW Galleries. The salt water in question is the […]
At 10:40 am, Anna Groden returns with Part 2 of our new series on multiples and this week Anna explains relief printing: woodcuts or woodblocks and linocuts. Hear about the techniques and the artists who used them My special guest at 11:00 am is psychologist Professor Alex Blaszcynski in conversation with me about New Year’s […]
First program for 2020! We start with a brand new series from art consultant Anna Groden, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday. This series is called Multiples and Anna leads us through the various methods of print making. In Part 1 at 10:40 am, we learn what printmaking is. My special guest at 11:00 […]
In the first half hour, I will play the third in a series of repeat interviews about unusual musical instruments and this week it is the theorbo and its player, the very talented Tommy Andersson. The conversation was originally recorded in November 2013. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Keith Suter making a […]
In the first half hour, I’ll be playing the second in a series of three conversations about unusual musical instruments and this week it is the Stroviol (or Strohviol) and its player, Marcus Holden. I recorded this conversation early 2013 and Marcus brought the instrument to the studio and played live. My special guest at […]
This week is the first of three where I’ll be focussing on unusual musical instruments in the first half hour. This week features the Serpent with Scott Kinmont. My special guest at 11:00 am is Nicholas Cowdery, who was Director of Public Prosecutions in NSW from 1994 – 2011. Frank and Fearless is the name […]