All Entries in the "ARTS MONDAY" Category
Arts Monday 21 November 2011
ArtiFacts, Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program exploring the hidden messages in still life photography, and specifically, the beautiful still life photographs by Robyn Stacey of objects in the collection of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW. I’ll be interviewing Scott Hill, the acting curator of Elizabeth Bay House and Vaucluse House, two [...]
Arts Monday 7 November 2011
ArtiFacts Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about ePublishing. I’ll be joined by author Patrick Flanagan, and we’ll be chatting about his eBook, ‘Religion Sex Violence‘ It’s a story about a man on mission, haunted by his schoolboy history in the hands of the Catholic church, and it comes with the tag line: [...]
Arts Monday 24 October 2011
ArtiFacts, Eastside. Did you enjoy the public holiday earlier this month? Do you even know why we celebrate Labour Day as a nation? Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about Unity and, specifically, a potted history of Australia’s union movement 1850-1950 as reflected in trade banners, such as the one seen here celebrating the [...]
Arts Monday 10 October 2011
ArtiFacts, Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program exploring ideas about Needs and Wants, and specifically, the development of shopping as a leisure activity. I’ll be interviewing Margot Riley, the curator of the State Library exhibition On Sale! Shops and Shopping. As the exhibition reveals, shopping in Sydney (and around the world) has gone [...]
Arts Monday 26 September 2011
ArtiFacts Eastside on Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about the nexus between evolutionary biology and love. In the second of my interviews with Professor Rob Brooks, UNSW evolutionary biologist, we’ll be chatting about the chapters on love and monogamy in his fascinating book “Sex, Genes & Rock [...]
Arts Monday 12 September 2011
ArtiFacts, Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about Artbank, the national contemporary art rental initiative, and their latest exhibition focusing on Indigenous identity. I’ll be interviewing Carrie Kibbler, Artbank’s Curator and Collection Manager. Carrie will be joining me to talk about Artbank’s business model, and some of the exhibitions they have toured internationally. [...]
Arts Monday 29 August 2011
ArtiFacts Eastside on Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll. Yup, that’s right, ‘Genes’. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about the nexus between evolutionary biology and Rock ‘n’ Roll! I’ll be interviewing Rob Brooks, UNSW evolutionary biologist, about his fabulous book “Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll”, in which he makes the case for [...]
Arts Monday 15 August 2011
ArtiFacts, Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program about our neighbourhoods, and specifically, the Green Bans that saved them from destruction by developers in the 1970s and paved the way for dramatic changes to our city’s heritage and planning laws. I’ll be interviewing Jo Holder, Director of the Cross Art Projects in Llankelly Place, [...]
Arts Monday 1 August 2011
ArtiFacts, Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program devoted to community. I’ll be interviewing Louise Hawson, the photographer and blogger behind the 52 Suburbs exhibition at the Museum of Sydney. As the exhibition reveals, Louise Hawson woke up one day and realised she was a stranger in her own city. And then she set [...]
