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 […]
Category: ARTS WEDNESDAY
Arts Wednesday 10 June 2020
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, […]
Arts Wednesday 27 May 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 11 March 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 26 February 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 19 February 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 12 February 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 5 February 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 29 January 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 22 January 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 15 January 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 8 January 2020
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 […]