The Space Between & Misanthropology: The World Art of Adam Rish – 15 April 2021 Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Helen Redmond A collaboration between painter Helen Redmond and textile designer Barbara Rogers, their exhibition The Space Between at Paddington’s Barometer Gallery examines the journey between light and shadow, through spaces both […]
Professor Geraint Lewis returns for Part 6, the final part of Our Universe and asks: how will it end? The bad news is that there is no good news and the good news is that we will be long gone before it happens! My special guest at 11:00 am is Elise Edmunds, senior curator at […]
Every second Arts Monday, we are focusing on art and environmentalism, featuring in-depth conversations with artists whose practice has care for the environment at its core. On Monday 12 April, from 10:30 – 11am, Ira will be in conversation with author, multi-species justice advocate, and environmentalist Danielle Celermajer, to talk about and read from her […]
Read More… from Sympoiesis with Danielle Celermajer and Julie Vulcan
Take some time out of the city and go for a rainforest walk in Blue Mountains to enjoy fresh air, sounds of birds, and numerous art installations that are currently on view as part of the Sculpture at Scenic World exhibition (until 2nd May). Amongst them, if you look up and not just straight ahead […]
Approx. 9 minute read The month of March is behind us and being the eventful month that is was, there is much upon which to reflect. On the 8th, we celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). The theme for this year’s celebrations and acknowledgement was #ChooseToChallenge. This expresses the fact that we are all responsible for […]
Approx. 6 minute 30 second read “Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God’s […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. KATHRYN HUNYOR Australian Design Centre, in partnership with ArtsPeople, presents DESIGN 101, a new series of entertaining and informative lectures on design and design history given by top experts. These lectures focus on the forces and people who have shaped our contemporary world and will be hosted by […]
Read More… from DESIGN 101 & DANTE ALIGHERI’S INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN – 1 April 2021
Approx. 6 minute read Alex Silver has earned the utmost respect (and general street cred) in the jazz music world for her performance chops, composition sensibility and for being something of a pioneer for women in jazz as the inaugural recipient of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. I had the pleasure of first encountering Alex […]
At 10:40 am, Professor Geraint Lewis joins us once again with Part 5 of Our Universe and this week he asks: are we alone on the cosmos? My special guest at 11:00 am is Corey Herbert, coryphee with the Australian Ballet and a nominee for Telstra Young Dancer of the Year 2021, to be announced […]
Approx. 10 minute read I first came across Briana Cowlishaw’s music on her latest album, Fjord, where she teams up with her long-time collaborator, Gavin Ahearn. Briana’s voice totally enticed me- it is so enchanting on the classic numbers Gentle Rain (originally bossa nova number written by Luiz Bonfá) and Stompin’ at the Savoy (written […]
Read More… from Shout Sister Shout: Briana Cowlishaw (IWD 2021)
Approx. 12 minute read Against some challenging odds, Athésia’s perseverance and passion for music led her to carve out her own unique path and nurture an enriching career as a musician. She shares her Canadian French Haitian heritage and culture, using music as a channel to bring communities together and to serve a noble cause. […]
Approx. 8 minute read Maria Mitar has a gift for weaving the diverse music threads of Western Sydney together in to a beautiful tapestry of sound, colour, culture, dance and celebration. As a co-founder of the Cultural Arts Collective, along with partner Richard Petkovic, Maria brings communities together to explore and bridge the space between heritage, […]