Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 28th March to Fri 3rd April 2009)

  • REVOLUCION: FIVE VISIONS
A breathtaking visual exploration of Cuba yesterday and today thanks to the video work of Mexico's premiere director of photography, Chuy Chavez. It reveals five decades of revolution though the lenses of five Cuban photographers.
Saturday 28 March 2009 3.25pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS)
Duration: 65 mins
  • SUNDAY ARTS
This week on Sunday Arts Virginia Trioli speaks with Rafael Bonachela, the new artistic director at the Sydney Dance Company; and we feature artists Sarah Smuts-Kennedy and Bill Luke.
Sunday 29 March 2009 5.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 60 mins
  • MONUMENTAL VISION IN TURKEY
The Indiana Jones of the art world, Australian sculptor Andrew Rogers selects a historic and magical site in Turkey to locate two of his 12 massive Earth Art rock creations. Not for him the confines of a gallery or museum when he designs and scales his art. His monumental and symbolic rock sculptures are designed to be built on remote hillsides to be viewed from the air. They are big enough to be seen by satellite 350 km from earth, and link a country's historic symbols and cultural past to present day artisans.
Sunday 29 March 2009 10.00pm
ABC2 Rating: (G)
Duration: 30 mins
  • ARTSCAPE: THE ART LIFE - LUST FOR LIFE, SERIES 2: EP 3 OF 3
The final episode in this series, Lust For Life, looks at contemporary art that engages with political issues on local and international scales. Andrew meets with artists Deborah Kelly, Zanny Begg, Mickie Quick, Nobody and Astra Howard and discovers how their work challenges the conventional barriers between the artist and audience.
Tuesday 31 March 2009 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: (M) *Final*
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
Tonight's panel of judges includes new panellist, surgeon, inventor and 2005 Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Wood.
Wednesday 1 April 2009 8.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 30 mins
  • THIS IS CIVILISATION: UNCERTAINTY - EP 4 OF 4
Forty years on from Kenneth Clark's landmark series Civilisation, art critic Matthew Collings offers his own interpretation of Western art history for a modern audience, at a time where contemporary art and tastes reflect our own lack of belief in anything at all. In each episode, Collings chooses key moments when there was a fundamental shift in attitudes towards, and the objectives of art. From Greek and Roman classicism glorifying man, through to religious art and art as a saviour of the soul, and on to the nihilism of modern art.
Thursday 2 April 2009 8.30pm
SBS Rating: (G, Rpt) *Final*
Duration: 60 mins
  • GRAND DESIGNS: DEVON
Kevin McCloud follows ecologically-minded couple, Martin Whitlock and Sue Charman, building an 'eco' technology home 'with soul' out of two old barns in Devon, while living on site in a mobile home.
Thursday 2 April 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins
  • DESIGNERS: FASHION - EP 5 OF 10
A fashion designer for a street-wear label reveals the process that turns a sketch in his notebook into a garment hanging on the rack in a clothes shop. We see all the steps in the process.
Friday 3 April 2009 10.45am
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 15 mins

Monday, March 30, 2009

Design Futuring

Design futuring: sustainability, ethics and new practice by Tony Fry is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Designing Logos

Designing logos: the process of creating symbols that endure by Jack Gernsheimer is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Stereographics

Stereographics: graphics in new dimensions is a new book that has just come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Desktop - Issue #248 (April 2009)

The latest issue of Desktop has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. Please let me know if you would like me to email you the contents page. You can view more information on their website:

http://www.desktopmag.com.au/

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Monument No. 90 (April/May 2009)

The latest issue of Monument has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

artonview (Autumn 2009)

The latest issue of artonview has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Black

Black : the history of a color by Michel Pastoureau is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

More Mobile

More mobile: portable architecture for today / edited by Jennifer Siegal is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Annie Leibovitz at Work

Annie Leibovitz at work is a new book has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

SustainAble

A new book called SustainAble: a handbook of materials and applications for graphic designers and their clients by Aaris Sherin has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

md : moebel interior design - 3 2009

The latest issue of md: moebel interior design has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. If you would like me to email you the contents page please let me know.

The Architectural Review (February 2009)

The latest issue of the Architectural Review has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. Please let me know if you would like me to email the contents page to you.

Step Inside Design (January/February 2009)

The latest issue of Step Inside Design has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. Please let me know if you would like me to email you the contents page.

Architectural Design - Vol. 27 No. 1 (January/February 2009) - Theoretical Meltdown

The latest issue of Architectural Design has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. If you would like me to email you the contents page please let me know.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Aperture No. 193 (Winter 2008)

The latest issue of Aperture has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. Here are the features from the contents page:
  • Archive - A Magazine in the Making by Peter C. Bunnell. A look at the first issue of Aperture on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the magazine's founding editor.
  • Witness - Susan Meiselas: Nicaragua by John Berger. Berger considers Meiselas's powerful project on Nicaragua's civil war in the 1970s.
  • Mixing the Media - The Author As Photographer: Early Soviet Writers and the Camera by Erika Wolf. In the post-revolution Soviet Union, authors who tried their hands at photography.
  • Photographer's Project - Phillip Toledano: Phonesex. Portraits of behind-the-scenes workers who make a living with their voices.
  • Portfolio - Richard Misrach: Untitled. A selection from Misrach's newest body of work.
  • Essay - Deep In The Archive by Ulrich Baer. An exploration of photography that engages the concept of the archive.
  • On Location - Guy Tillim: Things As They Seem, interview with Joanna Lehan. Photographs that document colonial-era architecture and decay throughout Africa.
  • Work and Process - On The Edge of Clear Meaning: Reconsidering the Work of John Wood by David Levi Strauss. Wood's photographs and photo-based multimedia works tackle politics with poetry.
  • Roads Less Traveled - Disappearing Giants, photographs and notes by Michael "Nick" Nichols. The veteran wildlife photographer tracks endangered elephants in Chad and Kenya.

Ragtrader (13 March 2009)

The latest issue of Ragtrader has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. This issue includes:

  • What events in China mean for Oz TCF

  • Why Jeanswest is turning Japanese

  • How DPK Australia came unstuck

http://www.ragtrader.com.au/index.cfm

Between Earth and Heaven

Between earth and heaven: the architecture of John Lautner / edited by Nicholas Olsberg and texts by Jean-Louis Cohen, Nicholas Olsberg, and Frank Escher has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.
"This publication accompanies the exhibition Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner, organized by Frank Escher and Nicholas Olsberg and presented at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, July 13-October 12 2008." -- title page verso

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 21st March to Fri 27th March 2009)

  • THE MEDIEVAL IMAGINATION
This documentary was produced as a compliment to the recent exhibition in Melbourne of some of the world's most precious medieval manuscripts, containing amazing draughtsmanship in opulent colours by artists from the 8th to 16th centuries. It logs the process of organising and curating the exhibition, including the painstaking process of shipping priceless works of art across the world and preparing them for display.
Saturday 21 March 2009 3.00pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS)
Duration: 30 mins
  • ARTSCAPE: THE ART LIFE - WHO MADE WHO, SERIES 2: EP 2 OF 3
What does it mean to be an artist today? What do artists do? And how do ideas about the role of the artist affect the way art is made and seen? These are the questions Andrew Frost explores in the second series of The Art Life. Part two, Who Made Who, looks at the idea that being an artist is a role that can be taken on like an actor playing a part.
Tuesday 24 March 2009 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: (M)
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
This week, host James O'Loghlin welcomes surgeon and inventor Professor Fiona Wood to the judging panel of The New Inventors - the program that highlights the latest contemporary creations from the new generation of inventors, innovators and designers. Fiona will join engineer James Bradfield Moody and designer and inventor Sally Dominguez to decide the winner from three new Australian inventions.
Wednesday 25 March 2009 8.00pm
ABC1 Duration: 30 mins
  • THIS IS CIVILISATION: SAVE OUR SOULS - EP 3 OF 4
Forty years on from Kenneth Clark's landmark series Civilisation, art critic Matthew Collings offers his own interpretation of Western art history for a modern audience, at a time where contemporary art and tastes reflect our own lack of belief in anything at all. In each episode, Collings chooses key moments when there was a fundamental shift in attitudes towards, and the objectives of art. From Greek and Roman classicism glorifying man, through to religious art and art as a saviour of the soul, and on to the nihilism of modern art.
Thursday 26 March 2009 8.30pm
SBS Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 55 mins
  • GRAND DESIGNS: LONDON
In this program Kevin follows couple Sarah Jordan and Coneyl Jay who are building a modern, sparkling, jewel-like house which will reflect their creativity.
Thursday 26 March 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins
*The Learning Centre has episodes of this series available for loan
  • DESIGNERS: CAR - EP 4 OF 10

Two young automotive designers develop their concepts for the exterior and interior of a car. Their ideas are refined through the construction of full-scale clay models, and finally we see the cars being built on the assembly line.
Friday 27 March 2009 10.45am
ABC1 Rating: (Rpt)
Duration: 15 mins

  • THE FABRIC OF A DREAM: THE FLETCHER JONES STORY

For a generation of Australians, Fletcher Jones was a household name; the founder of one of the most successful clothing companies in the nation's history. This is the story of how a shell-shocked World War I veteran, who left school at 12, took to the road as a hawker and ended up building a national icon. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE)

Friday 27 March 2009 7.30pm

SBS Rating: (PG, WS, Rpt)

Duration: 60 mins

*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Clean Clothes Campaign

Ethical fashion is a hot topic within the fashion industry. Not only is it important to be sustainable it is also important to ensure that the workers within the fashion industry are getting a fair deal. I've stumbled upon this website called the Clean Clothes Campaign which is a European based organisation whose aim is:

"The CCC is an international campaign, focused on improving working conditions in the global garment and sportswear industries, and empower the workers in it. There is a Clean Clothes Campaign in 12 European countries. These are Austria, Belgium (North and South), Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom."

You can visit their website here:
http://www.cleanclothes.org/index.htm

L.A. Modern

L.A. Modern with photographs and text by Tim Street-Porter and introduction by Nicolai Ouroussoff is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.
It features houses by architects such as:

Frank Lloyd Wright - Rudolph Schindler - Richard Neutra - Cedric Gibbons and Douglas Honnold - Paul Laszlo - Charles and Ray Eames - Harwell Hamilton Harris - John Lautner - Craig Ellwood - Rodney Walker - E. Stewart Williams - Pierre Koenig - Richard Banta - Hal Levitt - A. Quincy Jones - Oscar Niemeyer - Val Powelson - Thornton Abell - Frank Gehry

Thursday, March 12, 2009

(inside) : interior design review - Issue 55 (2009)

The latest issue of (inside): interior design review has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. If you would like me to email you the contents page please let me know.

Caffeine for the Creative Mind by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield

Caffeine for the creative mind: 250 exercises to wake up your brain by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Pattern Sourcebook - Around the World by Shigeki Nakamura

There is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. The Pattern sourcebook: around the world: 250 patterns for projects and design by Shigeki Nakamura is a great resource for graphic designers, visual artists and fashion designers. It also contains a CD-ROM with all the patterns in .jpg and .psd format.

Pattern Sourcebook - Japanese by Shigeki

There is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. The Pattern sourcebook: Japanese style: 250 patterns for projects and design by Shigeki Nakamura is a great resource for graphic designers, visual artists and fashion designers. It also contains a CD-ROM with all the patterns in .jpg and .psd format.

Pattern Sourcebook - Chinese by Shigeki Nakamura

There is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. The Pattern sourcebook: Chinese style: 250 patterns for projects and design by Shigeki Nakamura is a great resource for graphic designers, visual artists and fashion designers. It also contains a CD-ROM with all the patterns in .jpg and .psd format.

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 14th March to Fri 20th March 2009)

  • US ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY: PARADOX - SERIES 4, EP 4 OF 4
The fourth season of this popular series continues the portrayal of the state of contemporary visual art in the United States. Each artist showcases their art allowing viewers to observe them at work, whilst explaining the thought processes and events that inspire and send them in a particular creative direction.
Saturday 14 March 2009 3.25pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS)
Duration: 65 mins
  • SUNDAY ARTS
This week on Sunday Arts Steven Heathcote and Stephen Page get together in our new segment One on One; Fenella Kernebone takes a look at graduate art exhibitions; and we follow three hopefuls in the lead up to the 2009 National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Sunday 15 March 2009 5.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 60 mins
  • ARTSCAPE: THE ART LIFE - STARRY STARRY NIGHT, SERIES 2: EP 1 OF 3
What does it mean to be an artist today? What do artists do? And how do ideas about the role of the artist affect the way art is made and seen? These are the questions explored in the second series of The Art Life, an essay-style documentary series about contemporary Australian art, written and presented by Andrew Frost. Featuring interviews with leading contemporary artists and curators, The Art Life is a rich and varied look at the practice of art today.
Tuesday 17 March 2009 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: (PG) *New Series*
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
Features new ideas on how to get fresh water from your backpack; rethink the family home; and save concreters from a broken back.
Wednesday 18 March 2009 8.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 30 mins
  • THIS IS CIVILISATION: FEELINGS - EP 2 OF 4
Forty years on from Kenneth Clark's landmark series Civilisation, art critic Matthew Collings offers his own interpretation of Western art history for a modern audience, at a time where contemporary art and tastes reflect our own lack of belief in anything at all. In each episode, Collings chooses key moments when there was a fundamental shift in attitudes towards, and the objectives of art. From Greek and Roman classicism glorifying man, through to religious art and art as a saviour of the soul, and on to the nihilism of modern art.
Thursday 19 March 2009 8.30pm
SBS Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 55 mins
  • GRAND DESIGNS: BIRMINGHAM
Through training and specialising in different skills, a multi-cultural group of people on low or assisted incomes will build 11 houses.
Thursday 19 March 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins

*The Learning Centre has episodes of this series available for loan
  • DESIGNERS: TIMBER FURNITURE - EP 3 OF 10
A timber furniture designer shows how a bench and a screen are made: from the selection of the right timbers to construction using traditional joinery and woodworking machines.
Friday 20 March 2009 10.45am
ABC1 Rating: (Rpt)
Duration: 15 mins

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Australasian Student Design Awards 2009

The Australasian Student Design Awards is an annual award for the following categories:
  • Interior Design
  • Furniture Design
  • Textile Design
  • Industrial Design
  • Interior Decoration
  • Graphic Design & Visual Communication
  • Exhibition & Display Design
  • Jewellery Design

You can view more information at this website: http://www.dia.org.au/content.cfm?id=93

Not In My Name 2004 by Silvia Velez

This is a catalogue of Silvia Velez' work exhibited:
  • 2004 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
  • 2004 Zeitgeist, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
  • 2005 Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra

Ergonomics and Design : Matching Products and Tasks with People

A new DVD called Ergonomics and design: matching tasks with people has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. It is on the new material stand.

2009 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival

The L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is on from 15th March - 22nd March 2009. For further information about this event see their website:

http://www.lmff.com.au/2009/#/home

Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2009 - applications now available online

Entry for the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is open to Australian artists aged between 20 and 30 (inclusive). The Scholarship comprises an amount of $25,000 and a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, which is administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The residency is for a continuous period of three months from July to September 2010 (dates subject to change). The $25,000 must be used by the successful applicant to further their art education in Europe for a period of at least six months, three months of which must be used in conjunction with the residency.

Closing date for applications is Friday 10 July 2009

For more information see the website:
http://brettwhiteley.org/whats_on/travelling_art_scholarship

First look at new 'green' library by Jo Manning - BBC News

An interesting article from BBC News about a new sustainable library building in Cardiff.

Lecture by Mark Edwards - creator of Hard Rain exhibition

Mark Edwards, leading international photographer, will be presenting a free slideshow of his world renowned climate change exhibition, Hard Rain, this Friday at 11.45am at the Canberra Museum and Gallery .

'The Hard Rain outdoor exhibition will be held between 13-29 March 2009, in Ainslie Avenue, near the Canberra Times fountain.'Hard Rain' has been seen by an estimated 10 million people on every continent and has been described as 'life-changing'. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear from the man himself.

Bookings are essential, please contact Mayumi Smith on 6207 2464

--ACT Government, Publications Section, Whole of Government Message No. 0309 - 10 March 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Australian Photography (March 2009)

The latest issue of Australian Photography has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. The cover content includes:
  • Photo Competitions - 10 tips for success
  • Meet the super zoom - Is this your new camera?
  • Jack of all trades? - The race for a truly useful 'converged' camera is heating up.
  • Gotcha! - How to take stunning wildlife shots
  • Photoshop CS4 - Is it worth upgrading?

Ragtrader (27 February 2009)

The latest issue of Ragtrader has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. You can view more Ragtrader news here:

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 7th March to Fri 13th March 2009)

  • US ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ECOLOGY - SERIES 4, EP 3 OF 4
This episode delves into the work of four artists who explore the relationship of nature and culture, including the submission of wilderness to civilization, the foundations of scientific knowledge, the impact of technology on biology, and our relationship to the earth forged by working the land.
Saturday 7 March 2009 3.25pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS)
Duration: 65 mins
  • SUNDAY ARTS
This week on Sunday Arts the Golden Age of Couture from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; soul singer Alice Russell performs; and the controversial Antony Ginnane speaks with Fenella Kernebone about the Australian film industry.
Sunday 8 March 2009 5.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 60 mins
  • ART OF SPAIN: THE MYSTICAL NORTH - EP 3 OF 3
In the final episode, Andrew reveals how the north of the country has produced some of the most dazzling and iconic art of the modern age; Spain's turbulent history has shaped artists from Francisco Goya to Pablo Picasso. He also argues that Spanish architecture is the art form taking the nation forward in the new millennium.
Sunday 8 March 2009 8.30pm
ABC2 Rating: (PG) *Final*
Duration: 50 mins
  • THE NETWORK
In 2005, California's Getty Museum hit the news when its former curator for antiquities, Marion True, was accused of involvement in an extensive trade in archaeological treasures. True then faced trial in Rome charged with criminal conspiracy. What made one of the richest museums in the world buy stolen artefacts and how do antiquities become an object of illegal exchange, trade and theft? In order to understand how the trade of classical and Greek antiquities works, The Network visits renowned antiquity galleries such as New York's Royal Athena Gallery and the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.
Sunday 8 March 2009 9.30pm
ABC2 Rating: (G)
Duration: 50 mins
  • THIS IS CIVILISATION: YE GODS - EP 1 OF 4
Forty years on from Kenneth Clark's landmark series Civilisation, art critic Matthew Collings offers his own interpretation of Western art history for a modern audience, at a time where contemporary art and tastes reflect our own lack of belief in anything at all. In each episode, Collings chooses key moments when there was a fundamental shift in attitudes towards, and the objectives of art. From Greek and Roman classicism glorifying man, through to religious art and art as a saviour of the soul, and on to the nihilism of modern art.
Thursday 12 March 2009 8.30pm
SBS Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 60 mins
  • GRAND DESIGNS: LAMBOURN
Kevin follows Rupert and Julie who are building a cruciform-shaped house in Lambourn, Berkshire whilst living in a dilapidated bungalow on site with their 2 children.
Thursday 12 March 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins
*The Learning Centre has episodes of this series available for loan
  • DESIGNERS: WEBSITE - EP 2 OF 10
The ABC Online team design and implement a new look for the JJJ Oz Music Month website. This site for Australian music features interactive and streaming delivery of information.
Friday 13 March 2009 10.45am
ABC1 Rating: (Rpt)
Duration: 15 mins

Study Smart: A Guide to Successful Study at TAFE by Manny Aston

Study smart: a guide to successful study at TAFE by Manny Aston is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre. It is a useful resource for all CIT students because it focuses on study from a vocational education perspective. It includes chapters on:
  • Organising your time
  • Taking notes
  • Assignments and reports
  • Group work
  • Presentations

It is now available for loan.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Design Institute of Australia

The Design Institute of Australia is the professional body for design related matters in Australia. This website provides information, news and events resources for design professionals. This a valuable resource for students aiming to get into this industry.

http://www.design.org.au/index.cfm

Design Graphics - Student Design Competition

Attention all graphic design students! Design Graphics is calling for students to design a cover for DG Portfolio for their student design competition.

Closing date for entries: Friday 17 April, 2009

For further information please see this website:

http://www.dgdesignnetwork.com.au/aderg/dg-student-design-competition-2009-call-for-entries/

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

“Women’s Journey” Art Exhibition

You are invited to attend the ACT Indigenous Textile and Artists Group “Women’s Journey” Art Exhibition

In celebration of International Women's Day and International Year of Reconciliation, the ACT Indigenous Textile and Artists Group in collaboration with the ACT Office for Women is hosting an art exhibition 'Women's Journeys', incorporating the spiritual as well as experiential.

The exhibition will be opened at 6pm on Wednesday 4 March 2009 by Ms Dianne Collins, Deputy Chair, ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body and member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Women.

Date: Wednesday 4 March – Wednesday 31 March
Time: Weekdays, 9am – 5pm
Location: Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre Opening Wednesday 4 March at 6 pm.
All welcome.
Cost: Nil
Contact: ACT Office for Women on 6205 0515 for catering purposes.

Eco-Chic : the fashion paradox by Sandy Black

There is a new book that has come into called Eco-Chic : the fashion paradox. It is on the new book stand and is now available for loan. This book includes chapters on:


  • The Greening of the Fashion Industry

  • Re-Designing Fashion

  • Fibre to Fabric

  • Fabric to Fashion

Monday, March 2, 2009

Women of the Sun

In celebration of International Women's Day Canberra Museum and Gallery and the ACT Office for Women present 'Women of the Sun' .

This remarkable drama four-part drama series, made in 1981, tells the story of four Aboriginal women. The story had a tremendous impact, bring the story of Aboriginal women - in their own language - to a national audience for the first time. Winner of the United Nations Media Peace Prize and two Australian Writer's Guild Awards, this is a great chance to relive an amazing achievement in Australian film.

Wednesday 11 March 2009 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Alinta: The Flame (Episode One)
Maydina: The Shadow (Episode Two)

Wednesday 18 March 2009 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Nerida Anderson (Episode Three)
Lo-Arna (Episode Four)

Wednesday 25 March 2009 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Women of the Sun: 25 Years Later

Free after work refreshments will be provided.
Places are limited - book early through Canberra Museum and Gallery on 6207 3968