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HOT JAZZ PICNIC HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 2024. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. Katie Thorne is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who was born and raised in rural NSW (Wiradjuri Country). She describes her music as “sing-in-the-car songs, cry-on-the-walk-home songs, songs so personal I can’t quite believe I’m sharing them.” Her unique sound blends jazz with […]
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Inside/Out at the House from 1st May to 7th May 2023 During her latest Arts Monday show, our German Intern Sara talked to Casey Green about what is going on at the Opera House at the moment. Casey Green is one of the Producers of Inside/Out at the House which is happening from 1st May […]
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Queer as Flux opens at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Unwrapped Festival on 24th November and runs until 26th of that month. Arts Thursday’s Maisy Stapleton interviewed Zac Callaghan (they/them) about the performance and its inspiration – his own gender transformation and the concept of transformation and flux, rather than stasis, being […]
Read More… from This Cultural Life – Queer as Flux – Arts Thursday interview
A history of an institution could be dull, but not when it’s about the Art Gallery of New South Wales and written by Steven Miller, the gallery’s archivist – who writes with style, wit and great knowledge. The book’s title – The Exhibitionists – gives an intriguing idea of what might be inside! Arts Thursday’s […]
Textiles breaking the barriers of technology, form and material. On Arts Thursday 28 April 2022, Maisy Stapleton visited the exhibition Pliable Planes, a major exhibition of experimental textiles and fibre practices by leading Australian practitioners at the UNSW galleries. Maisy interviewed Co Curator of the show, Catherine Woolley and artist Kate Scardifield, who worked […]
With the 22 federal elections to be held on 21 May 2022, arts voters might like to consider future support for the arts, when making their mind up about candidates and political parties and groups. Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton spoke to Penelope Benton, the Executive Director of NAVA – the National Association for the […]