ARTS ALIVE	PGM 43 -2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 29 October 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 02¡¨

This week, the closing date for applications to Translab, a creative residency program approaches¡K The 2008 Fryer Library Awards at the University of Queensland are open to anyone of a scholarly mind¡K An exhibition of the finalists and winners of the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize has opened in Canberra¡K and the Bendigo Arts Gallery celebrates its 120th anniversary¡K  We look into the history of regional art galleries in Australia.  Our Guest is Ron McCoy, an expert in Gaelic music and language, who will be taking up a fellowship at the National Library of Australia¡K then presenting the outcomes of his research as a performance at the National Folk Festival next Easter.¡K  But first a round up of the week¡¦s news¡K

STING		NEWS:  (4.59)	

The Art House in Melbourne and the Performance Space in Sydney have joined forces for Translab, a creative residency program that offers spaces, fees, technical and dramaturgical support for teams of artists to engage in intercultural and cross-cultural performance works.  Those two terms ¡¥intercultural and cross cultural¡¦ seemed to cover every possible kind of performance so I first asked the Artistic director of the Arts House Steven Richardson to explain what they were seeking¡K

Item 1: Translab Steven Richardson (5.08)
First words: Really what we mean by that¡K
Last words: ¡K.¡¨

And Translab will not be dismayed by relatively large budgets¡K but if the project costs between $20 & 50,000, you will have to argue your case for the money as well as the project.  And Steven Richardson can be contacted at 03 9322 3714, and Fiona Winning of the Performance Space on 02 8571 9107¡K  And of course contact details will be on the Arts Alive website too at www.artsaliveradio.com  The Fryer Library and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Queensland are calling for applications for the 2008 Fryer Library Awards.  When I read the application guidelines, the award seems open to members of the public with scholarly interests, so I asked the manager of the library, Mark Cryles, whether they restricted application to academics¡K
	
Item 2: Fryer Library Award Mark Cryle (2.23)
First words: No we¡¦re not Vincent¡K
Last words: ¡K.or e-mails¡¨

Mark Cryle, the Manager, of the Fryer Library sat the University of Queensland.  And applications must be received by 30th November. Details on the UQ wesite www.uq.edu.au and go to the Fryer library.  An exhibition of the finalists and winners of the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize has opened at the National Archives of Australia, in Canberra.  As this will be its only venue outside Adelaide, I spoke to the Prize co-ordinator Tim Gilchrist from the South Australia Museum and asked about the scope of works eligible for the prize

Item 3 Waterhouse Tim Gilchrist (4.32)
First words: Anything pertaining to¡K
Last words: ¡K partnership for the next five years.

Tim Gilchrist, manager of Programs and Events and Co-ordinator of the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize at the Museum of South Australia. 
And there are no plans to travel the show at present but you can see the exhibition in cyberspace¡K all entries are at www.thewaterhouse.com.au 
You will also find entry details for next year¡¦s prize¡Kentries close later January 2008. 

Item 4 Ronald McCoy (10.47 inc. music)
First words: You¡¦re listening to Arts Alive¡K
Last words: ¡K.

Track 2:  Ron McCoy with an ensemble of Gaelic vocals

END VOICE	29 min 12 sec		END OF PART ONE	30 min 54 sec

Item 5  Ron McCoy 2 (8.23)
First words: Well I think I should¡K¡K
Last words: ¡KThanks.

Track 3:  The Gift of Years / Eric Bogle

The regional art gallery in Bendigo, Victoria, celebrated its 120th anniversary last week.  The gallery is one of four that are the oldest regional galleries in Australia, and has launched the careers of several notable gallery directors, including the present and immediate part director of the Queensland Art Gallery.  To look into the history of regional galleries I spoke to Dr Caroline Jordan, whose professional career started when she was employed by the Bendigo Gallery to catalogue its collection.  I first asked her whether it was money or cultural vision that was the key to the establishment of these first regional public arts galleries¡K

Item 6  Caroline Jordan (9.18)
First words:  ¡§Well, yes, the first thing is money¡K
Last words: ...go hand in hand¡Kvery much so.

Dr Caroline Jordan, from the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne.  And now, of course, public art galleries and a vital part of the cultural fabric of society throughout Australia¡K

And that¡¦s the program for this week¡K thanks for listening¡K  ARTS ALIVE is a production of the INDEPENDENT MEDIA FOUNDATION INC.  We receive financial support from the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION ... and the assistance of VICNET and the SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION at RMIT University.  The program is heard on the COMMUNITY RADIO NETWORK, on the SBS DIGITAL RADIO SERVICE, and is distributed on CD by THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE.

The spoken word content from the past four programs is available as audio on demand at www.artsaliveradio.com . Thanks Vincent Fok for his work each week on the website

I¡¦m Vincent O¡¦Donnell and to go out today here is some music from Eric Bogle¡K perhaps his finest, most sentimental lyric¡K Now I¡¦m Easy¡K

END VOICE	53 min 11 sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Stings: News sting;  Federation Bells chimers
Track 1:  ¡§Federation Bellls
Track 2:  ¡§traditional Gaelic lyrics performed by Ron McCoy Track 3: ¡§The Gift of Years¡¨/Eric Bogle/ ditto/ CP /7243 5 24851 2 3/ 2.57 Track 4:  ¡§Now I¡¦m Easy¡¨/ Eric Bogle/ ditto/ CP /7243 5 24851 2 3/ 2.40