This week Ed Lippmann makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday with a new series of Sydney By Design for 2016. Ed kicks off the series at about 10:40 am talking about the Light Rail. At 11:00 am I will be joined in the studio by Australian soprano, Greta Bradman on the eve of her Australian […]
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Arts Wednesday 9 March 2016
Laila Ellmoos joins me at about 10:40 am for Part 6, the final part of our series on Sydney and Water and this week we talk about toilets. At 11:00 am I am joined by Dr Charles Pickett, curator of Imagine a City, an exhibition at the State Library of NSW marking 200 years of […]
Arts Wednesday 2 March 2016
Laila Ellmoos continues with Part 5 of Sydney and Water at about 10:40 am, this week talking about drinking fountains and bubblers. My special guest at 11:00 am is Rachel Kent, Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art and curator of My Pretty Little Art Career, featuring the work of British artist Grayson Perry. […]
Arts Wednesday 16 February 2016
At about 0:40 am, Laila Ellmoos joins with Part 3 of Sydney and Water and this week we learn about Baths and Swimming Pools. My special guest at 11:00 am is artist Janet Laurence, talking about her latest installation, H2O:Water Bar at the Paddington Reservoir Gardens, as part of City of Sydney’s Art and About. […]
Arts Wednesday 10 February 2016
Laila Ellmoos joins us at about 10:40 am for Part 2 of our new series, Sydney and Water and this week we talk about Sydney’s earliest water supplies. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Robert Johnson, Principal Horn with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and we explore this wonderful instrument in our ongoing conversations on […]
Arts Wednesday 2016
Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney joins me today at about 10:40am for Part 1 of a new series on Sydney and Water, introducing the series. My special guest at 11:00 am is Bryce Peters, entomologist at UTS, talking about cockroaches, mosquitoes and flies: why do their numbers spike in summer? What are […]
Arts Wednesday 27 January 2016
Cordelia Hough joins me at about 10:40 am to tell us about education and community programs at Centennial Park. This Part 6 and the final part of the series. My special guest at 11:00am is Dr Ginni Mansberg, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, talking about The Genome Project: what it is, what some […]
Arts Wednesday 20 January 2016
In the first half hour of the program we hear Part 5 of our 6-Part series on Centennial Park and this week Amara Glynn talks about Environmental Management in the Parklands. At 11:00 am, my special guest in the studio is Pauline Plumb. An artist in her own right, this week Pauline wears the hat […]
Arts Wednesday 13 January 2016
I look forward to joining you all again for a new year of Arts Wednesday programs. We continue with the series on Centennial Park – don’t worry if you have forgotten previous episodes because they’ll all be podcast together! This week Sarah Champneys tells is about the Centennial Parklands Foundation. At 11:00 am, my special […]