A TRADITIONAL warrior cloak from New Zealand woven by artists will be on display at the Glassworks from this week.
‘KAHUKURA Ariki,’ the Kahu Toa/Warrior cloak, has been transported across the Tasman by the artists and Kaumatua, Joby Hopa, to become an integral part of a new exhibition.THE cloak will be paired with a possum skin cloak created by studio artist Jenni Kemarre Martiniello which is embellished with coldworked and kiln formed glass medal ‘ribbons’ engraved with the names of the fallen. Artists include Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, Lyndy Delian, Joyce Graham, Allison Hoolihan, Hayley Hoolihan, Lyn Talbot and Jenny Dries from the ACT; Victorian artist Treahna Hamm; and New Zealand Maori weavers Ruth Port and Mandy Sunlight who worked side by side after the Glassworks received an ANZAC Centenary Local Grant from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The works include a replica first aid box, giant glass bullets, healing hands, shields, hats and the rising sun using various glass processes. A Gallery Floor Talk and Forum will be presented at 2pm on September 12. Canberra Glassworks, 11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston.
A painting by Geoffrey de Groen
“INSIDE and Outside: recent paintings” is the newest show by Taralga-based artist and former Canberra critic, Geoffrey de Groen, who held his first solo at Watters Gallery in Sydney, 49 years ago. The exhibition, curated by Wally Caruana, runs at the Nancy Sever Gallery, GALLERY 6 Kennedy Street Kingston, until September 27, Wednesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm.
Work by Llewellyn McGarry
“SMALL Rituals” is an exhibition by local artists Llewellyn McGarry, Dierdre Pearce and Isobel Rayson. These three artists’ private acts of performance are documented and displayed as drawings, photographs and sculpture, exploring daily rituals and domestic rituals, and engaging with space, time and physical objects. The three artists work in a similar way, across performance and sculpture, and with similar themes, making this group exhibition an exceptionally cohesive and enlightening one. At ANCA Gallery 1 Rosevear Place Dickson, 12-5pm Wednesday to Sunday until to Sunday, September 27.
THE Embroiderer’s Guild ACT Inc. has its annual exhibition at the Albert Hall from 10am to 4pm From September 11 to 13. The popular show includes displays of traditional and contemporary needlework including Recycle Challenge, gadgets Gift Shop, Recycle Table and Café.
New work from Lucienne Rickard
SYDNEY Contemporary Art Fair is on at the Carriageworks in Eveleigh next week and Beaver Galleries will be there. This is Australia’s newest international art fair, showcasing emerging and established artists from over 90 leading Australian and international galleries. The fair opens this Thursday September 10 and closes on Sunday September 13. The Beavers will be at stand A19 and are showing a solo exhibition of new work from Lucienne Rickard, whose extraordinary graphite drawings on drafting film have drawn attention.
SOPRANO Rachael Duncan and pianist Anthony Smith take the podium at Wesley Music Centre for Art Song this Sunday September 13 at 3pm in titled “Night’s Caressing Grip.” Actually it’s art songs from the 19th and early 20th centuries that explore devotion, loss, yearning and homecoming in works by Schumann, Grieg, Britten, Hahn and Svendsen. Tickets available ONLY at the door.
“THE Dead Man’s Penny” is an exhibition and installation that commemorates the death of artist Michael Keighery’s great uncle, Frank Keighery, on Lone Pine in 1915. His family (and the families of other British soldiers who died) received one of the 1.35 million Memorial Plaques issued. They quickly became ironically known as “The Dead Man’s Penny”. This project centres on Keighery’s Great Uncle’s diary, which was taken from his body on Gallipoli in 1915. The Dead Man’s Penny at Watson Arts Centre from September 10 to October 5, 10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday and the Monday public holidays of September 28 and October 5. Opening event 6pm this Friday, September 11 with war historian Professor Peter Stanley.
Olli Mustonen, Photographer Gall Outi.
FINNISH pianist, conductor and composer, Olli Mustonen, will be here with the Australian Chamber Orchestra to perform Bach’s Concerto for Keyboard, to direct Hindemith’s The Four Temperaments from the piano, and to see colleagues including ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve, perform the world premiere of his own Sonata for Cello & Chamber Orchestra. At Llewellyn Hall, this Saturday, September 12, 8pm, bookings to aco.com.au
“Colour Light Space” by Kate Bender
XANTHE Gay’s X Gallery in Bungendore has “Colour Light Space” by Kate Bender coming up. Bender graduated from the ANU School of Art in 2014 and is a painter whose practice is in abstraction, primarily concerned with an expression of her deep love and sense of connection with colour. Opens Saturday the September 12 at 4pm. All welcome. runs until November 16 at X Gallery, 32 Gibraltar St Bungendore. xgallery@msn.com
WESTSIDE’S Sunday markets located at Canberra’s own shipping container precinct by the lake – the Westside Acton Park are held every week and support local ACT businesses by showcasing talented artisans, designers and collectors in a market day out, complete with food from the precinct’s street food vendors and music. There is always a great selection of fresh produce, vintage wares, and designer goods on offer. Open noon – 6pm.
THE action-comedy-adventure “Sahara” is screening this Sunday September 13 at 3pm in the Theo Notaras multicultural centre 180, London circuit Civic. Bookings to info@iaac.org.au or by ringing Nishi on 0426 968 849. refreshments, tea/coffee will be served from sharp 3 pm and the movie screening will start at 3.30pm.
new work by David Voigt
OCTAGON ArtSpace in Bungendore has an exhibition of new works by David Voigt being launched this Saturday September 12 at 2pm by Artist-Printmaker, Pamela Griffith, then running until October 25. Voigt has been painting his personal brand of Australian wilderness for fifty years. This began with a budding artist’s emphasis on light – that most essential element for any landscape artist. Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, where the gallery is situated, is a multi-tourism award winning attraction open every day situated on Kings Highway, Bungendore just 30 minutes by road from Canberra.
LAKESIDE literary lounge at Tuggeranong Arts Centre presents author Gordon Peake at 7pm on Thursday September 10. Author, Gordon Peake, whose book “Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles and Secrets from Timor-Leste” won the 2014 ACT Book of the Year will present readings and also host a discussion with David Savage, author of “Dancing With the Devil: A Personal Account of Policing the East Timor Vote for Independence”.
TWO of Australia’s successful writers, Jenny Bond and Chris Sheedy, have partnered with the Tuggeranong Arts Centre to share their knowledge of the written word with the Canberra community. She hopes her one-day workshop “How to Write Your Novel” will motivate others to harness their creativity. “The course is particularly targeted at budding novelists and writers who are keen to begin their work of fiction,” she says. At the centre on Saturday September 12, from 10am to 4pm. The cost is $242 (including GST). Bookings are essential to tca. Freelance journalist and professional writer Sheedy will present a one-day masterclass in journalism, blogging and content marketing on September 19, from 10am to 4pm. The cost is $242 (including GST). Bookings to tuggeranongarts.com
“CANBERRA Bodywork: Australian Jewellery 1970-2012” is an NGA touring exhibition curated by Robert Bell, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the National Gallery opening this ThursdaY September 10 at 6pm in the at Craft ACT: Craft & Design Centre. As well, in “Table Tools” local silversmith, Alison Jackson, on her first solo exhibition, will present a new collection of functional tableware vessels and cutlery pieces informed by research and prototype experimentation. At Craft ACT: Craft & Design Centre, Level 1 North Building, 180 London Circuit, Civic, Tuesday to Friday 10am-5pm + Saturday 12pm-4pm.
SPRING, they say, is a glorious time to get out and explore the Australian National Botanic Gardens and now it has a refurbished and expanded Botanical Bookshop. Parks Australia contributed $120,000 toward the improvements to the project, with further investment from licensee Tom Butt. The shop is the latest addition to the Gardens’ portfolio of tourism experiences. The refurbishment was designed by The Mill Design and constructed by AMA Projects – both Canberra businesses.
AN exhibition showcasing works by The University of the Arts London (UAL) Alumni, the largest art and design University in Europe and one of the largest institutions devoted to art and design in the world. To date there are over 390 UAL alumni living and working in Australia. The exhibition will include by Jeremy Blank (Media Artist), Gillian Jo Chiao Fang (Conceptual Designer), Prof. Lyndon Anderson (Industrial Designer), Dr. Lisa Scharoun (Graphic Designer), Dr. Fanke Peng (Digital Fashion and Interaction Design), Melissa Jackson (Milliner) and Kyle Portbury (Filmmaker). Opening this Friday, September 11, 7 – 9 pm by Tony Brennan, Deputy High Commissioner of the British High Commission at Gallery of Australian Design (GAD), 47 Jardine Street, Kingston. All welcome. The show runs September 11-30.
ARC Cinema and the National Film and Sound Archive have a program of documentaries about Papua New Guinea. PNG on screen: “Taking Pictures,” Friday, September 11, 3pm followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Les McLaren and Annie Stiven. “PNG & Canberra Ties that Bind,” September 11, 5.30pm. “Yumi Yet”, Friday September 11, 6.30pm, introduced by filmmaker Dennis O’Rourke’s family. All tickets $5. Bookings to nfsa.gov.au
THE ACT Storytellers Guild and Mannyfesto will present an afternoon of entertaining stories and good music on the Northside at 2.30 pm on Sunday September 13 at Kangara Waters Community Centre, 2 Joy Cummings Place, Belconnen. $12 at the door includes light refreshments.
FROM Friday Sept 11 to Tuesday Sept 22, the Hyatt will be hosting the Latin American Flavours Festival, which includes food from 13 countries from that region. The Peruvian Embassy remind us that Peruvian night will be this Saturday Sept 12 from 6 pm. $69 per person includes Peruvian buffet dinner & dessert (but not beverages). Bookings to 6269 8810.
Martin Janecky, Untitled
ARTIST Martin Janecky began his career with glass at the age of 13 and later explored sculpting methods in the Czech Republic. Janecky has served as an instructor, visiting artist, and gaffer at several glassmaking schools, including The Studio, Penland School of Crafts, and Pilchuck Glass School. He has been brought to Canberra by the ANU School of Art Glass Workshop and will hold a Public Demonstration at Canberra Glassworks, 11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston at 10am this Saturday September 12.
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