Parramatta-based Filipina–Australian artist Marikit Santiago is the recipient of the 2024 La Prairie Art Award.Arts Friday’s Angela Stretch [ minutes] The acquisitive award was founded in 2022 and supports Australian women artists. Marikit was selected for her two paintings that portray two generations of Santiago’s family. As the third year winner of the Swiss luxury skincare house, La […]
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Screenshot of petition: https://www.change.org/p/save-head-on-photo-festival-ensure-public-funding […]
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At long last Sydney has its first queer history museum. From HIV to LOTL (Lesbians on the Loose) from the 1890s to the 78ers to Mick Fuller’s apology, it’s a story that needed to be told. In a delicious form of revenge-served-cold, the museum colonises the old Darlinghurst police station, a lovely arts and crafts […]
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Coming up on the 27 September, Gregory Porter will be live In Conversation with journalist Paris Pompor in a FREE, highly anticipated event. He will be talking on a wide variety of topics; from music: the art of songwriting and his creative inspirations, to growing up in Bakersfield with seven siblings and a mother who […]
This afternoon Friday Drive will be airing an interview with social researcher Ludmilla Khodai talking about the Afghani cultural practice of Bacha Posh. Ludmilla is a researcher who spent some time in Afghanistan learning all about Bacha Posh and speaking to families who chose to live with this cultural practice. Bacha Posh is carried out […]
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