Arts Thursday with Maisy and Paula

Arts Thursday 11 June We’re back! This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers for their first Arts program since the corona virus lockdown.     We start today with an interview recorded by Peter Morton in an ongoing series about the treasures in our museums, galleries and libraries. Today Peter speaks to Richard Neville, […]

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UPLIFTING – EXUBERANT – THOUGHT-PROVOKING: 5 March 2020

Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers The Sydney Chamber Choir and City Recital Hall are staging Handel’s Messiah. The choir, under Artistic Director Sam Allchurch, is taking a fresh approach to this longstanding piece and presenting a concert with a sound that, in effect, will express Handel’s original intent for this sublime music, […]

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SYDNEY’S STORIES – 20 February 2020

Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers This week we introduce a new segment to the program – the Story of Sydney through our collections. Our state’s collecting institutions – the Art Gallery of NSW, the Australian Museum, the State Library of NSW, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney Living Museums and […]

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Southern Swell & An Island Far Away

This Arts Thursday, 12 December 2019, with Maisy Stapleton, reveals art in context of place and culture. The first interview focusses on the exhibition Southern Swell at Hazelhurst Arts Centre at Gymea. Curator Carrie Kibbler speaks about the background to the exhibition, the history of surfing in the Sutherland Shire and the development of board […]

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CONNECTIONS 28 November 2019

This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton, explores connections between Indigenous communities and their heritage and between the landscape, travel and art.   The first guest is Art Travel Adventures principal Kerri Ainsworth who is inspired by a passion for art and travel to design creative adventures for people looking for authentic, immersive travel experiences.   […]

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Both Sides 14 November 2019

This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton, two special guests give us an opportunity to understand the powerful impact of the arts – inviting us to consider diverse views and question the status quo through art works and, through specialist arts programs, showing us how museums support fulfilling access to art and exhibitions for visitors with […]

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Don’t be spooked! 31 October 2019

There are so many arts events around town, that Halloween takes a back stage during this Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton. The only connection with Halloween is some ethereal and out-of-this-world music which accompanies the interviews. I Kicked A Stone In Metaphor The intriguing photos of Jens Lichtenberger are showcased in I Kicked A Stone In […]

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Responding to Place: 17 October 19

This Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton explores two diverse art forms, each recording a response to place. Un bel dí vedremo Amanda Penrose Hart‘s new exhibition Un bel dí vedremo opened recently at the King Street Gallery on William. Penrose Hart is an en plein-air painter – depicting the landscape while ‘in-situ’, surrounded by its […]

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ARCHITECTURE TO TOPICAL ISSUES 19th September 2019

NONE SO BLIND The abuse of power is a topical issue. Whether it’s ‘me too’ or paedophilia or domestic violence, we are – justifiably – outraged and horrified by its impact. In the first segment of Arts Thursday, this confronting issue is explored through a controversial play NONE SO BLIND. Martin Portus, arts journalist and […]

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PUSHING BOUNDARIES Thursday 5 September 2019.

Arts Thursday 5 September 2019. Join Maisy Stapleton in conversation with two guests. Firstly, Lisa Catt, Curator, Art Gallery of NSW speaks about Here We Are, an exhibition focussing on contemporary women artists whose work has mostly been acquired since 2015. While this is by no means the first exhibition solely devoted to women artists, […]

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