Program #31, 2008
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First Fleet
Online Collection: The State Library of New South Wales launches a website that gives unparalleled access to irreplaceable documents from the First Fleet.
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(The State Library of New South Wales's First Fleet
Online Collection can be accessed at: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/.)
Jessica Machin, formerly the CEO & Artistic Director at Carclew Youth Arts in Adelaide takes up her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Country Arts WA.
Guest: Carole Francis, winner of the John Truscott Trust Award. The Award is to encourage young Australian designers to widen their experience and vision overseas in the same way that Truscott's colleagues at St Martin's theatre in Melbourne in the 1950s funded his travels to London, an experience that lead to two Oscars in Hollywood and to his design of the interior of the Victorian Arts Centre.
(The 2008 John Truscott Design Award was announced on 24 July, as part of the Melbourne International Design Festival which run on 17-27 July. More info about the Award: www.nationaldesigncentre.com.)
Visiting arts philanthropy expert, Diane Ragsdale, from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in the US, talks about new opportunities and challenges in marketing the arts.
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Program #32, 2008
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Guest: Phillip Gwynne, author of 'Deadly, Unna?', which became the film 'Australian Rules', and 'Nucken Ya'. His new novel is set in Darwin and is a crime thriller called 'The Build Up'.
Artist Career: A new web site for people working in the arts to help improve their business and administrative practice, has been opened.
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(The Artist Career website: www.artistcareer.com.au.)
(The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) website: www.visualarts.net.au.)
Rudely Interrupted: an Aussie rock band with a difference is to perform at the United Nations for the International Day for Persons Living with a Disability.
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(Since they have to be accompanied by carers, Rudely Interrupted needs to raise about $60,000 for the tour that takes in London, Bristol, Manchester and Chicago as well as New York. Their website is: www.rudelyinterrupted.com if you can help.)
(The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is 3 December in 2008. More info: www.un.org/disabilities/.)
We hear from Chris Bendell, formerly with Theatre@Risk in Melbourne, who has just joined Deckchair Theatre in Perth as Artistic director.
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(The Deckchair Theatre website : www.deckchairtheatre.com.au.)
(The Theatre@Risk website: www.theatreatrisk.com.)
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The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #33, 2008
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Guest: Jon Cattapan, the subject of a revealing biography titled 'Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories', by long-time friend Chris McAuliffe.
(Chris McAuliffe's biography 'Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories' is now available in Australia from Miegunyah Press for rrp$A49.95. More info: www.mup.com.au.)
(Visit Jon Cattapan's official website: www.joncattapan.com.au.)
Country culture and art collide at the Deniliquin Ute Muster.
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(The Deniliquin sculpture workshop is on 13-14 September and the Muster itself is on the 3rd and 4th of October. The Deniliquin Ute Muster website: www.deniutemuster.com.au.)
(The South West Arts website: www.southwestarts.com.au.)
Backyard History Hunt: You're encouraged to go foraging for cultural gold in the shed or wardrobe for Family History Week.
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(The top ten entries in the Backyard History Hunt will be posted on www.ancestry.com.au during NSW History Week, coming up 6-14 September. The project will remain open so if you miss the first deadline of 24 August, don't give up. The e-mail address for entries is: backyardhistory@ancestry.com.au.)
(The National Family History Week was on 2-10 August in 2008. The official website: www.familyhistoryweek.org.au.)
A Cultural Olympiad was held as well as a sporting one, and Australia was represented.
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(The Sydney Conservatorium of Music of Australia was invited along with 7 other conservatories from the world - The Juilliard School of the United States, the Royal Academy of Music of the United Kingdom, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music of Italy, University Mozarteum of Austria, the Korea National University of Arts, Sibelius Academy of Finland and Shanghai Conservatory of Music - to perform chamber music, give
open musical classes, and hold master classes, co-sponsored by the Central Conservatory of Music of China and Yale University School of Music, on 8-24 July in Beijing. To see a list of all the Cultural Activities during the Beijing 2008 Olympics and Paralympics, visit: en.beijing2008.cn.)
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The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #34, 2008
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Guest: Walangari Karntawarra, a visual artist, dancer and teacher who draws from his heritage as an Arrente and Walpiri man to produce modern paintings that reflect both traditional Indigenous and modern urban sensitivities.
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(Chris McAuliffe's biography 'Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories' is now available in Australia from Miegunyah Press for rrp$A49.95. More info: www.mup.com.au.)
(Visit Walangari Karntawarra's official website: www.walangari.com.au.)
(Image source: www.walangari.com.au.)
Swell Sculpture Festival: an art exhibition makes the most of sculpture, sand or sea cliffs on the Gold Coast.
Matthew Perry, who started the Art in the Garage project, wins a Churchill Fellowship.
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(For a list of the recipients of the 2008 Churchill Fellowship: www.churchilltrust.com.au.)
(The Tulgeen Disability Services website: www.tulgeendisabilityservices.com.au.)
(The 2007 ARTS alive interview with Matthew Perry: click here.)
Dr Tanja Luckins, a researcher at the University of Melbourne is charting the ebb and flow of our attitudes and understanding of our place in the world: How cosmopolitan is Australian culture?
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Program #35, 2008
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Guest: Mark Hartley, the director 'Not Quite Hollywood', a deeply affectionate tribute to Australian genre films he believe never received the attention and regard they deserved.
The last of 42 bronze busts that make up the Captains Walk, a tribute to Australian cricket captains are unveiled in Cootamundra in country NSW.
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(Captains Walk is located in the Jubilee Park, Cootamundra, NSW. More info: www.cootamundra.local-e.nsw.gov.au.)
Timor-Leste Textiles Exhibition, Forum & Market, an exhibition and conference examines the work of rural women weavers from Timor-Leste, evidence of growing cultural links between our two countries.
The Victorian Opera announces its new season.
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(For details on Victorian Opera's 2009 Season visit: www.victorianopera.com.au.)
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Program #36, 2008
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Guest: Jack Heath, the prolific young author from Canberra whose third novel, 'Money Run', has just been published.
(Jack Heath's 'Money Run' is now available on paperback from Pan Macmillan Australia for rrp $16.99. Also available on paperback from Pan Macmillan Australia are 'The Lab' and 'Remote Control' for rrp A$16.95. More info: www.panmacmillan.com.au.)
(Visit Jack Heath Online: www.jackheath.com.au.)
(Jack Heath @ MySpace: www.myspace.com/jackheath.)
The Spirit of Woodford Awards, is putting out a call for entries.
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(Entries to the Spirit of Woodford Awards close on 15 September, but extensions are possible if you contact the organisers now. For entry details contact via e-mail at gaiafilm@linearg.com or telephone at (02) 6689 7236, or visit the Woodford Folk Festival website: www.woodfordfolkfestival.com.)
Howard documentaries war: The strange case of the ABC turning down money for old film - was it trying to stimy competition from SBS when Auntie decided to reneg on a deal to sell archival footage to an a SBS production?
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Program #37, 2008
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Guest: US-born lawyer, Mahvish Rukhsana Khan. Her parents were refugees from Afghanistan, both highly qualified medial people, and Mahviah was brought up to be fluent in English and Pashtun, a language widely spoke in Afghanistan. She used her language skills and her legal training to represent Afghan detainees in the US military prison of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and wrote about her experiences in a deeply-troubling book titled 'My Guantanamo Diary'.
Comments on the announced $129-million makeover for the Victoria cultural precinct.
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(More info on the Arts Centre and Hamer Hall Redevelopment plans: www.theartscentre.com.au.)
The Australia Council invites public submissions as it develops protocols for the depictions of children in arts works.
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(Submissions and comment are welcome before 19 September 2008. The draft of the protocols will be developed in consultation with the Minister for the Arts and other key stakeholders. To make a comment, please fill in a submission form. Alternatively, you can email your response to comms@australiacouncil.gov.au. More info: www.australiacouncil.gov.au.)
The Australian Nation Piano Award finals is on in Shepparton.
In Brisbane the annual Big Sound Music Summit in Brisbane has had a successful seventh conference.
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(The Big Sound: Music Industry Summit & Showcase 2008 was held 10-12 at Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Details of the summit can be found on: www.qmusic.com.au/bigsound2008/.)
We meet Julie Nimmo , Executive Producer of Goolarri TV, the Indigenous broadcaster in Broome.
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(More info on Goolarri Television: www.gme.com.au/television/.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #38, 2008
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Guest: English author Chris Cleave. He is a guest at this year's Brisbane Writers Festival and his new book, 'The Other Hand', is a challenging exploration of personal duty and responsibility in a world of shifting populations and homeless refugees, partly based on personal experience.
(Chris Cleave's 'The Other Hand' is now available on trade paperback and hardback in Australia from Hodder Headline for rrp $32.99 and rrp $45.00 respectively. More info: www.hha.com.au.)
(Visit Chris Cleave's official website: www.chriscleave.com.)
(The 2008 Brisbane Writers Festival runs 17-21 September. More info: www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au.)
(Chris Cleave image source: www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au.)
Community radio station 2BLU-FM at Katoomba, NSW is to host the Sydney segment of the worldwide 48 Hour Film Project.
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(The Sydney 48 Hour Film Project runs 10-12 October. First prize, to be announced on 1 November, is a trip to the United States to take part in the international finals, for which the winner gets $5,000 cash and a Panasonic HD video camera. More info: www.48hourfilm.com/sydney/.)
Two previews of 2008 Art at the Heart, the bi-annual conference of Regional Arts Australia, with:
Suzie Hazelhurst, president of Regional Arts Australia and the manager of Magaballa Books;
Kieren Sanderson, artistic director of Regional Arts Australia;
Listen to the interview: Suzie Hazelhurst (Windows Media, 4 minutes 16 seconds)
Listen to the interview: Kieren Sanderson (Windows Media, 9 minutes 33 seconds)
(Art at the Heart 2008, the sixth biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference, is to be held 3-5 October. More info: www.artattheheart.com.au.)
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Program #39, 2008
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ARTback - Sculptures of The Long Paddock: a group based in SW NSW is to commission five sculptures to celebrate the history of the Cobb Highway.
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(Responses to the Long Paddock Committee's ARTback Expression of Interest (EOI) close on 10 October. More info: www.thelongpaddock.com.au.)
Urban Screens Melbourne 08: a festival and conference in Melbourne is to examine how new video screen technologies will shape urban arts and architecture and the cultural landscape of our cities and towns. And they'll be linking up electronically with the Art in the Heart conference and festival in Alice Springs this week
Listen to the interview: Nikos Papastergiadis, conference organising committee member (Windows Media, 5 minutes 55 seconds)
Listen to the interview: Paul Staubli, Multimedia Program Manager (Windows Media, 11 minutes 37 seconds)
(Urban Screens Melbourne 08 is taking place at Federation Square, Melbourne. The conference: Mobile Publics runs 3-5 October 2008 and the Outdoor Multimedia Program from 3-8 October 2008. All the details are at: www.urbanscreens08.net.)
(Art at the Heart 2008, the sixth biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference, is to be held 3-5 October. More info: www.artattheheart.com.au.)
Guest: Suzie Hazelhurst, manager of the Indigenous publishing house, Magabala Books, based in Broome.
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