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Welcome to Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal Newsletter for July 2006.
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July is a 'pearler' of a month which sees Australian Indigenous artists fêted in Paris with the opening of the Musée du Quai Branly. This focus on architectural fabric extends to 'Blurring the Boundaries: Fashion Design Innovation in Contemporary Knitting', a Craft Australia exhibition in Sydney and, the 'The Leonardo da Vinci Machines' showing in Melbourne.
The idea of exploring a city's cultural spaces is part of this year's Brisbane Festival while Canberra is offering a more introspective option with the Canberra Games Festival. Western Australians have the opportunity to enjoy the spectacle and challenge of water craft navigating the 134 km Multiplex Avon Descent.
Emerging writers and young artists are offered two 'pearls' of opportunities with the online project AustralianReader.com and entry to the 2006 Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth.
Check out cultural news and events at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/
Check out our new Australian Stories at <http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au>
* Pearling
* Margaret Olley
* Comedy
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News
Snippets from our regularly updated News pages for July 2006 below:
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Announcements
(http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/announcements.htm):
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Musée du Quai Branly - opening with Australian Indigenous artists
Quai Branly, a new museum in the heart of Paris was opened on 20 June by the French President, Jacques Chirac; the United Nations Secretary, Kofi Annan, and attended by three Indigenous artists: Judy Watson, Mrs Yunupingu and John Mawurndjul from Maningrida in Arnhem Land. Eight commissioned works by Indigenous artists will be part of the architectural fabric of the building designed by Jean Nouvel. Lit up at night, they make a 24-hour exhibition of Aboriginal art in Paris. The works were curated by Brenda Croft of the National Gallery and Hetti Perkins of the Art Gallery of NSW. Project management was by Cracknell and Lonergan Architects with funding support from the Australian Government and the Harold Mitchell Foundation.
http://www.artreview.com.au/profiles/galleries/article1043.asp
http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/dotted-pathways-from-the-outback-to-the-stars/2006/06/19/1150701484642.html?page=fullpage
http://www.ozarts.com.au/events/indigenous_artists_at_new_french_gallery/
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Festivals (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/festivalsandconferences.htm):
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Brisbane Festival
14-30 July
The Brisbane Festival is a biennial, international multi-arts festival, offering theatre, dance, music, opera, multimedia, and free community events for the residents of Brisbane and its visitors. The program will take over the city's cultural spaces, placing greater emphasis on the creation of new work, accessibility and facilitating exchanges between local, national and international artists and companies.
http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/
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Exhibitions and Events (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/exhibitionsandevents.htm):
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Blurring the Boundaries: Fashion Design Innovation in Contemporary Knitting - Sydney
24 June - 13 August
Blurring the Boundaries showcases the work of 30 artists who explore the art of knitting and whose work blurs the boundaries between art, fashion, craft, design and technology. It sets a new precedent in the art of knitting. The exhibition is presented by the Fairfield City Museum and Gallery in association with the Knitters Guild NSW and supported by Craft Australia.
http://www.craftaustralia.com.au/articles/20060530.php
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Porgy and Bess - national
12 July - 9 September
Porgy and Bess was the first American opera to enjoy worldwide success and for its composer, George Gershwin, it was the climax of an extraordinary, though tragically brief career. Porgy and Bess is presenting in Adelaide, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Bunbury and Hobart from July - September. More information, including dates and venues can be found on the website.
http://www.porgyandbess.com.au/
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Design (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/design.htm):
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The Leonardo da Vinci Machines - Melbourne
1 July - 1 October
The Leonardo da Vinci Machines - An Exhibition of Genius is an exhibition from the Museum of Leonardo da Vinci in Italy, and features sixty-four models of Leonardo da Vinci's famous machines, many of which can be touched, tried and tested by visitors, and each explores the master's genius in design.
http://www.waterfrontcity.com.au/email/email1.htm
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Digital Media
(http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm):
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Canberra Games Festival
18-31 July
The annual Canberra Games Festival celebrates a wide range of games and interactive entertainment. The festival aims to celebrate games and gaming culture, promote electronic games as a positive form of entertainment, reduce misconceptions regarding the computer games industry, and establish Canberra as the 'games capital' of Australia.
http://www.canberragamesfestival.com/index.php
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Submissions open (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/awardsandcompetitions.htm):
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2006 Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth - national
submissions close 28 July
The annual Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth was launched last year in memory of the late Yvonne Cohen, a non-Indigenous artist who lived a huge part of her life on Timara Island. Individuals 30 years of age and under are eligible to enter the award, which offers $5,000 toward the career development of the winner. Nominations will be accepted from organisations and individuals.
http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/wilinscholarships/#cs_826
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Language and Literature (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/languageandliterature.htm)
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See inside the minds of Australia's emerging writers at AustralianReader.com
AustralianReader.com is celebrating the finish of its second year online. Key to the celebrations will be the presentation of The Writers' Notes Project, a special online event that allows ordinary Australians to see inside the minds of some of Australia's best emerging authors. The project presents direct scans of authors' hand-written notes, their notebooks, journals and story maps, alongside the finished works.
http://www.australianreader.com/
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Sport and Recreation
(http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/ sportandrecreation.htm)
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Avon Descent - Western Australia
5-6 August
The Multiplex Avon Descent is a time trial for paddle craft and power dinghy craft covering 134 kilometres of the Avon and Swan Rivers in Western Australia. The event begins in the Town of Northam, passes through Toodyay and the Avon Valley and Walyunga National Parks and finishes at Riverside Gardens Reserve, Bayswater, Perth.
http://www.avondescent.com.au/
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For further details of these and other Australian cultural and recreational news items visit our regularly updated News pages at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/.
The news pages are updated weekly.
They cover
- Announcements (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/announcements.htm)
- Awards and Competitions (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/awardsandcompetitions.htm)
-Design (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/design.htm)
-Digital Media (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm)
-Exhibitions and Events (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/exhibitionsandevents.htm)
-Festivals and Conferences (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/festivalsandconferences.htm)
-Language and Literature
(http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/languageandliterature.htm)
-Sports and Recreation (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/sportandrecreation.htm)
-Websites (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/websites.htm).
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