Arts Thursday Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two very special gusts. Hetti Perkins Hetti Perkins has worked with Indigenous artists for over 30 years as a curator, as well as a writer and presenter, in particular for the ABC documentary art and soul and on colour theory for SBS. […]
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Arts Thursday 4 February 2021 Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two very special gusts. Dr Anne Watson Anne is the Curator of an exhibition at the Museum of Sydney exploring aspects of the life of Marion Mahony Griffin, in particular her relationship with Castlecrag in Sydney. Marion Griffin’s life […]
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Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers to explore beneath the city and discover one of Sydney’s major metropolitan galleries. Firstly, a new exhibition, Thresholds, opens at the Tin Sheds Gallery, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, Sydney University. A collaboration between artists Julia Davis and Lisa Jones, curated by Claire Taylor, the exhibition takes visitors […]
Arts Thursday 7 January 2021 Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers to welcome in the new year. Firstly, we reprise a popular interview from last year – textile artist Julie Ryder talking about how she researched seaweed collections of the nineteenth century – in both Australia and Ireland. Then we […]
Approx. 7 minute read Back in the old timey year of 1941, Sister Rosetta Tharpe sang the words “Shout Sister Shout, Tell the whole world what it’s all about”. She was an incredible artist whose unique rompin’, stompin’ gospel style, mixed with her unbound guitar virtuosity, influenced countless unforgettable big name rock ‘n rollers and […]
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Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday, Christmas Eve with two special guests to explore The Sydney Festival. We first meet Kate Gaul, producer and director of H.M.S. PINAFORE, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta to be staged for the festival at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta from 13th to 23 January. Complete with […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and our special guests to explore stories behind the arts and behind the COVID Lockdown. We first meet artist Wendy Sharpe, whose new exhibition Ghosts, will open soon at the Mosman Art Gallery. Wendy’s family was steeped in the psychic, with previous generations well-known for their psychic ability. While Wendy’s gifts might […]
This week’s Album of the Week show is an all-Aussie affair, with jazz-funk sounds from Melbourne locals Surprise Chef, and the latest live release by Australian music royalty Nick Cave, with Idiot Prayer (Nick Cave Live at Alexandra Palace). Released on the verge of a city re-awakening, Surprise Chef’s Daylight Savings speaks to vintage funk in a […]
Arts Thursday Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers and our special guests to explore stories behind the arts. Our first guest is Baptiste Cornillier, who has been our music curator over the last few years. French-born Baptiste works for the Sydney Opera House as Tours Operations Supervisor. While we hear so much about the Opera […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers and our special guests on Arts Thursday 12 November 2020 to explore three aspects of the visual arts – painting, drawing and photography. Firstly, we speak to Jacqualine Breakspear and Samantha Tidbeck whose joint exhibition Observations and Venerations, opens this week at Project Gallery 90 in Paddington until 25th […]
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Eastside’s Album of the Week show this week features an afrofuturism double whammy; with Polish group EABS reinventing the psychic sounds of Sun Ra, and Colombian outfit Ghetto Kumbé – a ‘psychedelic African tribe from the 21st century’. EABS have made waves in the Polish jazz scene of late, earning them a cult-like following for […]
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Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers and our special guests for Arts Thursday 29 October 2020. Firstly we speak with Sebastian Goldspink, newly appointed Coordinator of the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, which opens in early 2021. The Gallery will be housed in the former Double Bay Library – the 122-year-old heritage building overlooking Blackburn Gardens […]