Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)
Opening Ceremony – Friday 6 August 2021 at 6pm
Exhibition opens Saturday 7 August at 10am and continues until Sunday 6 February 2022
Admission is free
Judges have announced 34 finalists from the Northern Territory, 14 from Western Australia, nine from South Australia, four from Queensland including one Torres Strait Islander artist, three from New South Wales and one Victorian artist.
Rachel Kent, currently Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney will begin a new role as Bundanon Trust’s CEO on 6 September 2021.
She succeeds Deborah Ely AM, who announced her decision to step down in December 2020.
Old Canberra Inn, Lyneham
Wednesday 28 July 2021 at 5pm
Members of the public are invited to celebrate the launch of the latest anthology from the Majura Poets. Guest speaker is Laurie McDonald.
Food and drink are available for purchase from Old Canberra Inn.
Free, but please book by emailing: [email protected], or phone 0427 088 149
From 14 July 2021 at Flazeda Hub in Belconnen
Classes coincide with the school term
This workshop, led by Canberran mother of two Rebelle Velveteen, aims to empower and give confidence to parents and carers.
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Windy Hollow Books, Australia, 2021
This charming book is Catherine Meatheringham’s second, and follows the equally joyous My Possum Plays the Drums (Catherine Meatheringham and Max Hamilton, Windy Hollow Books, 2020).
Like its predecessor, it delights in the use of onomatopoeia, a favourite device of children’s authors for engaging both the interest and the participation of young listeners. The author has shared with us the words a number of different cultures and language groups use to denote the sound of the dog’s bark – in English Woof Woof.
The Street, Canberra
Postponed until further notice because of COVID restrictions – check The Street website
The latest theatrical experience from acclaimed Western Australian theatre makers, The Last Great Hunt, New Owner mixes puppetry, animation, live performance and a soundtrack of original music to follow the story of Bart, a puppy from the pound adopted by Mabel, an elderly woman.
Running time 80 minutes
Rating M
Available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video
Also available on: Fetch, YouTube, Foxtel Store, PlayStation Store and Microsoft
In his debut feature length documentary film, Australian journalist and rugby player Eammon Ashton-Atkinson tells the story of the 2018 campaign by the English Kings Cross Steelers rugby club for the Bingham Cup – the world tournament of gay rugby.
Unable to play in the tournament because of injury, Ashton-Atkinson shot, wrote, edited, directed and narrated the film. He tells his own story about being bullied and outed at school, which led to loneliness and depression in his adult life, before he found happiness at the Steelers.
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Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2021
Elizabeth von Arnim has proved to be a fascinating subject for biographer Joyce Morgan. A woman who deliberately created a mystique around her literary identity, the Countess was born Mary Beauchamp in Sydney in 1866, but lived most of her life in England, Germany, Switzerland, France and the USA.
Published in the UK by Piatkus, 2021
One might be fooled by the pretty floral cover and romancey title of this book. For all the world it looks like a light romantic romp, but it is in fact a dark crime mystery with themes of grief and loss, trust and betrayal, power and domestic abuse.
July/August 2021
https://www.bungendorefineart.com.au/
Open 10am to 4.30pm from Thursday to Monday
Gallery partners Ray Barnett, Jenny Becker, Roz Dibley, Sue Grieves, Val Le Maitre, Janette McGuffog, Sukhvinder Saggu Marion Schumacher present an exhibition depicting birds in styles ranging from detailed biological to the whimsical, humorous and expressionistic.
Building 3.3, 1 Dairy Flat Road, Fyshwick ACT
Open 11am to 5pm Wednesday to Sunday or by appointment
This is an exhibition of abstract works by:
Website: https://grangergallery.com.au
Image: supplied
Now showing at Palace Electric and Limelight Cinemas, Canberra
Family – Rated PG
81 minutes
This film is based on a popular chldren’s book, Little Peter’s Journey to the Moon by German author and playwright Gerdt von Bassewitz (1912), and is generally recommended for children from age 6 up.
Peter sets out on a magical journey to the moon rescue his little sister Anne, who wasn kidnapped by the evil Moon Man when she was trying to help a beetle, Mr Zoomzeman. Peter is helped in his quest by the sleepy Mr Sandman.
Continue Reading“Moonbound – Film Review”
Kyeema Gallery, Hall, ACT
Until 1 August 2021
Open Thursday to Monday 10.30am to 5pm
Official opening by Tara Cheyne MLA, ACT Minister for the Arts and Member for Ginninderra on 3 July at 5.30pm (booking required)
Dee Copeland has had a lifetime interest in art. She is mainly a landscape artist using acrylic, watercolour, pen, pencil and charcoal mediums. This is Dee’s first Solo Art Exhibition featuring artworks based on her travels overseas and locally, most painted en plein air and later completed at home.
The Link, Ginninderry, 1 McClymont Way Strathnairn ACT
7 July to 15 August 2021
Bookings essential for official opening Saturday 10 July 2pm by Anne Masters, Director of Gallery of Small Things
We have come to expect a very high standard from these artists who work in miniature. The annual exhibition is always a celebratory event and is a huge temptation to purchase works, with such a variety of subject matter and styles on show.
Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2021
Humour is great way to impart serious messages to readers of all ages and especially to children. This book covers current issues including food allergies and how to respond to them, and the need for the utmost care in reading all labels on foods and chemical products used in the home.
