Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Architects' Data

Architects' data by Ernst and Peter Neufert (3rd edition) is a new book that is available in the Reference collection in the Learning Centre. Items from the Reference collection are not available for loan but you may use them within the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Draughting Guidelines -- Units and symbols -- Documentation and drawings -- Construction drawings -- Construction drawings: CAD -- Construction drawings: symbols
  • Measurement Basis -- Man: the universal standard -- Man: dimensions and space requirements -- Man: small spaces -- Man and his housing -- Room climate -- Building biology -- The eye: perception -- Man and colour -- Dimensional relationships -- Basic measurements -- Modular system -- Coordinate system and dimensioning
  • Design -- Building details: functional use of materials -- Form: the result of construction -- Form: modern construction techniques and forms -- The design of houses: expression of the period -- Design method: working processes -- Building design: preparatory work
  • Construction Management -- Construction management
  • Building Components -- The building site: foundations, excavation, trenches -- Excavations: site and building measurements -- Earthworks and foundations structures -- Building and site drainage -- Damp-proofing and tanking -- Masonry: natural stone -- Masonry: bricks and blocks -- External walls: low-energy building construction -- Masonry bonds -- Fireplaces -- Chimneys and flues -- Ventilation ducting -- Services: connections -- Roof structures -- Room forms and coverings -- Dormers -- Loft space -- Roof slopes and flat roofs -- Flat roofs: warm roof construction -- Flat roofs: cold roof construction -- Roof gardens -- Roof gardens: roof construction -- Roof cultivation -- Tensile and inflatable structures -- Cable net structures -- Suspended and tensioned structures -- Space frames: principles -- Space frames: applications -- Multistorey structures -- Suspended floors -- Flooring
  • Heating and ventilation -- Heating -- Heating: oil storage tanks -- Solar architecture -- Solar energy -- Ventilation and air conditioning -- Cold storage rooms
  • Thermal and Sound Insulation -- Thermal insulation: terminology and mechanisms -- Thermal insulation: water vapour diffusion -- Thermal insulation: types of construction -- Thermal insulation: exterior walls and roofs -- Sound insulation -- Vibration damping -- Room acoustics
  • Fire Protection and Means of Escape -- Fire detection -- Fire spread -- Smoke and heat extraction systems -- Extinguisher systems -- Fire protection: closures and glazing -- Fire protection: glazing -- Fire protection: water cooling -- Means of escape from fire -- Access for firefighters
  • Lightning Protection and Aerials -- Protection from lightning -- Aerials
  • Artificial Lighting and Daylight -- Light: lamps and fittings -- Lighting: provision -- Lighting: arrangement -- Lighting: requirements -- Daylight -- Daylight: insolation -- Glass -- Plastics
  • Windows and Doors -- Skylights and dome rooflights -- Windows: sizes -- Windows: arrangement -- Windows: shading -- Windows: types and dimensions -- Loft windows -- Windows: construction -- Windows: cleaning -- Doors: internal -- Doors: sizes and frames -- Revolving and sliding doors -- Garage/warehouse doors -- Locking systems -- Security of buildings and grounds
  • Stairs, Escalators and Lifts -- Stairs -- Ramps and spiral staircases -- Escalators -- Travelators -- Lifts -- Small goods lifts -- Hydraulic lifts -- Panoramic glass lifts
  • Refurbishment, Maintenance and Change of Use -- Renovation of old buildings -- Maintenance and restoration -- Change of use
  • Roads and streets -- Road dimensions -- Road design -- Intersections -- Roadside paths -- Paths and paving -- Bicycle parking -- Bicycle parking and cycle paths -- Motorways -- Tramways/urban light railways -- Traffic layout -- Traffic noise -- Securing embankments
  • Gardens -- Garden enclosures -- Pergolas, paths, steps, retaining walls -- Earthworks -- Gardens: planting methods -- Tendril and climbing plants -- Banked and raised beds -- Greenhouses -- Gardens: trees and hedges -- Garden ponds -- Gardens: use of rainwater -- Garden equipment -- Garden swimming pools -- Private swimming pools
  • Houses and Residential Buildings -- Porches, entrance halls and corridors -- Landings and hallways -- Storage space -- Utility rooms -- Pantries, larders and storage -- Kitchens -- Dining rooms -- Bedrooms -- Bathrooms -- Carports -- Holiday homes -- Sheds/summer houses -- Timber houses -- House orientation -- Housing types -- Terraced houses -- Semi-detached houses -- Courtyard houses -- Detached houses -- Houses with conservatories -- Three-level houses -- Square, cubic and tent-shape forms -- Ecological building -- House types: Examples -- Houses on slopes -- Large houses -- International examples -- Multistorey housing -- Balconies -- Access corridors/decks -- Stepped housing -- Building for disabled people -- Barrier-free living -- Old people's accommodation -- Laundries
  • Educational and Research Facilities -- Schools -- Further education colleges -- Colleges and universities -- Drawing studios -- Laboratories -- Child daycare centres -- Playgrounds -- Libraries -- Museums and art galleries -- Museums: examples
  • Office Buildings -- Principles -- Principles of typology -- Calculations: construction -- Calculations: building technology -- Calculations: division of space -- Calculations: floor area requirements -- Calculations: space for furniture -- Calculations: archive space -- Calculations: workstations with computers -- Office buildings: examples -- Banks and building societies
  • Arcades -- Glazed arcades: typology -- Glazed arcades: historical examples -- Glazed arcades: applied examples -- Transparent roofs and canopies
  • Retail outlets -- Shops -- Food courts -- Department stores and supermarkets -- Supermarkets/hypermarket
  • Workshops and Industrial Buildings -- Workshops: woodworking -- Workshops: metalworking -- Workshops: showrooms and vehicle repairs -- Vehicle repair shops -- Vehicle company workshops -- Workshops: bakery etc. -- Wholesale butchers -- Meat processing centre -- Industrial buildings: planning -- Warehouse design -- High-bay warehouses -- Warehousing technology: planning/logistics -- Warehousing technology: safety regulations -- Warehousing technology: rack systems -- Handling -- Industrial buildings: sheds -- Multistorey industrial buildings -- Toilet facilities -- Washing facilities -- Sanitary installations -- Changing rooms, lockers -- Power stations -- Hydro-electric power stations
  • Agricultural Buildings -- Small animal stores -- Poultry farms -- Pig sheds: fattening -- Pig sheds: breeding -- Stables/horses -- Cattle -- Cattle: store bulls -- Buildings for farm vehicles -- Farm facilities -- Ventilation systems
  • Public transport -- Railways: track installations -- Railways: European structure -- Railways: UK structure gauges and clearances -- Railway freight yards -- Railway stations -- Bus stations
  • Designing for Vehicles -- Vehicle dimensions -- Loading bays -- Turning and parking -- Garages and car-parking -- Car-parks -- Filling stations -- Service stations
  • Airports -- Airports: planning -- Airports: terminals -- Airports: runways and aprons -- Airports: examples
  • Fire stations -- Fire stations
  • Restaurants -- Restaurants: space requirements -- Restaurants: arrangements -- Restaurant cars -- Restaurant types -- Restaurant kitches -- Large kitchens
  • Hotels/Motels -- Hotel layout and area requirements -- Hotel kitchens -- Hotels: examples -- Motels -- Youth hostels
  • Zoos and Aquariums -- Zoos and aquariums
  • Theatres/Cinemas -- Theatres: historical summary -- Theatres: auditoriums -- Stages and secondary areas -- Cinemas -- Drive-in cinemas
  • Sport and Recreation -- Sports: stadiums -- Sports halls -- Outdoor pitches -- Indoor pitches -- Athletics facilities -- Conditioning and fitness rooms -- Tennis facilities -- Miniature golf -- Golf courses -- Sailing: yachts and marinas -- Sailing: harbours/marinas -- Rowing -- Water sports -- Riding facilities -- Ski jumps -- Ice rinks -- Roller-skate/skateboarding -- Cyclecross/BMX -- Shooting ranges -- Indoor sports -- Skittle and bowling alleys -- Indoor swimming pools -- Open air swimming pools -- Indoor/open air swimming pools -- Sauna -- Amusement arcades
  • Healthcare Buildings -- Group practices and healthcare centres -- Hospitals: general -- Hospitals: construction planning -- Hospitals: planning conception -- Hospitals: forms of building -- Hospitals: dimensional co-ordination -- Hospitals: corridors, doors, stairs, lifts -- Hospitals: surgical department -- Hospitals: main surgical room -- Hospitals: post-operative facilities -- Surgery safety requirements -- Hospitals: demarcation -- Hospitals: intensive care area -- Hospitals: care areas -- Hospitals: treatment areas -- Hospitals: laboratories; functional diagnosis -- Hospitals: supplementary disciplines -- Day clinics; outpatient surgery -- Hospitals: supplies areas -- Hospitals: general areas -- Hospitals: teaching and research -- A&E and outpatients department -- Hospitals: maternity and neonatal care -- Hospitals: mortuary, pathology, service yard -- Special hospitals -- Special care area safety
  • Places of worship -- Churches -- Church organs -- Churches: bells, towers -- Synagogues -- Mosques
  • Cemeteries and Crematoria -- Cemeteries and crematoria -- Cemeteries and graveyards

School of Art - Foyer Gallery

1 - 10 April

Peerapong Doungkaew

Master carver and sculptor, Peerapong Doungkaew, will exhibit
work resulting from his residency in the Sculpture Workshop at the
School of Art. He currently lives and works in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
and exhibits nationally and internationally.

For more information visit the School of Art website:
http://soa.anu.edu.au/exhibitions-and-events/soa-gallery/soa-foyer-gallery-program

Ephemeral but Eternal Words │ Traces of Asia

Ephemeral but Eternal Words │ Traces of Asia
Curated by Fuyubi Nakamura

6 April – 1 May 2010

The official opening
6pm Tuesday, 13 April 2010

To be opened by
Professor Howard Morphy, Director
Research School of Humanities and the Arts
College of Arts and Social Sciences

Exhibiting artists
Chihiro Minato, Tsubasa Kimura, Phaptawan Suwannakudt and Savanhdary Vongpoothorn

The physical and visual presence of writing has a special place in many Asian cultures. This exhibition, Ephemeral but Eternal Words: Traces of Asia, showcases the significance of words and writing through the brush and lens of four artists with connections to Asia: Tsubasa Kimura, Chihiro Minato, Phaptawan Suwannakudt and Savanhdary Vongpoothorn. Working in various media and styles—from calligraphy and painting to photography and mixed media—the ‘writing’ presented in this exhibition are physical traces of time and space, embodying what is ephemeral and what is eternal in our life. We leave traces of ourselves throughout life, be it visible or invisible. Words, whether spoken, written, imagined or visualised, are traces unique to humans. Some words disappear while others remain only in memory or leave physical traces as writing or text. These traces are the theme of this exhibition.

Curated by Fuyubi Nakamura of Research School of Humanities and the Arts at ANU, it is a visual reflection on the themes of the “In the Image of Asia: Moving across and between locations” conference at RSHA (13-15 April 2010), co-convened by Ana Dragojlovic and Fuyubi Nakamura.

Supported by the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, ANU and the ANU School of Art Gallery
The Japan Foundation and the NAVA Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant

For more information please visit School of Art website:
http://soa.anu.edu.au/exhibitions-and-events/soa-gallery/soa-gallery-program

Learning Centre Hours over the Easter Break

The Learning Centre hours over the Easter Break are as follows:

2 April - 5 April 2010 (Easter)
  • CLOSED
6 April - 10 April 2010
  • Tuesday - Thursday: 8:30am - 8:00pm
  • Friday: 8:30am - 4:00pm
  • Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
12 April - 16 April 2010
  • Monday - Thursday: 9:00am - 8:00pm
  • Friday & Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm

*Normal opening hours resume on Monday 19th April 2010

**24 hours access (24 hours) is available

Wednesday Gallery Talks

Wednesday Gallery Talks

National Portrait Gallery

Prima Ballerina Lee Christofis Curator of Dance National Library of Australia discusses the career of Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes in Australia
Wednesday 7 April
12:45pm - 1:30pm

For more information check out the website: http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/programs_category.php?categoryId=1

Portraits on Sunday

Portraits on Sunday

National Portrait Gallery

Celebrating the visual world Robert Hannaford discusses his paintings of Robert Dessaix and Lowitja O’Donoghue
Sunday 4 April
2pm - 3pm

For more information check out the website: http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/programs_category.php?categoryId=32

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Click!

Click! : a short history of cameras is a new DVD that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

This three-part documentary looks at the progress in camera technology, from large and medium formats through to 35 mm, Polaroid and digital cameras. Also featured are examples of still shots from some of the best known photographers from each period - Joseph Breitenbach, Nadar, William Henry Fox Talbot, Jacques Henri Lartigue and Adeline Keil.

The documentary also looks at the trends in the use of photography from its first use for portraits of the wealthy and famous, its use by artists in the study of movement, and on to its increasing democratisation through ease of use and accessibility.

Episode 2:
In this second episode of a three-part documentary, we look at the progress in camera technology with the introduction of the small format, the 24x36, invented in the 1920s but really commercialised in the 1950s. These descriptions are combined with examples of still shots from some of the best known photographers from the 1920s through to today, such as Joseph Breitenbach, Robert Capa, Frank Horvat, Oliviero Toscani and Sabine Weiss.

The documentary exposes a new approach of those photographers as they have been trying to come closer to reality, greatly helped by the lightness of the small 24x36 camera and the use of telephoto and wide-angle lenses that can easily be fitted to it.

Episode 3:
This episode looks at the progress in camera technology with the introduction of Polaroid, disposable and today's digital cameras. We see examples of still shots from some of the best known photographers, such as Joseph Breitenbach, Frank Horvat, Oliviero Toscani, Sarah Moon, Sabine Weiss, Noel Quidu and artist Andy Warhol.

The documentary explores a new practical approach to photography through more popular, simpler devices, with no major technical requirement but the desire to use a camera with one thing only in mind, to get an image immediately, with the guarantee of a predictable result.

Monday, March 29, 2010

New Database: WGSN

The Learning Centre has subscribed to a new database called WGSN (Worth Global Style Network). It is an up-to-date online industry resource, research, trend analysis and news service for the fashion and style industries. This database would suit fashion, interior design/decoration, textiles and graphic design areas of Creative Industries. Due to licensing restrictions this database may only be used on CIT premises. Please come and see me if you would like me show you how to use this exciting new resource.

Trends (Kitchen) Vol. 26 No. 2

The latest issue of Trends is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

LIGHT & SPACE
  • Open sesame Removing walls has made this kitchen the centre of attention
  • Strength of purpose A clean-lined kitchen with an individualistic presence
  • Best laid plans Elevated on a plinth, this kitchen has great harbour views
  • Room with a view Crisp, modern lines looking out to a dramatic lakeside vista
  • Invisible difference A flexible space that fulfills cultural and lifestyle needs
  • Young at heart This light-filled kitchen opens to an expansive outdoor living area

COLOUR & MATERIALS

  • Cherry on top A kitchen and dining room addition full of colour and ingenuity
  • Sweet treats Confectionary colours make this kitchen feel like a vibrant café
  • Historic context This modern renovated kitchen maintains links with the past
  • Alabaster box Natural materials, warm lighting and a reading nook make this kitchen a place in which to gather and enjoy the view

TRADITIONAL KITCHENS

  • Taste of England With its inglenook cooking centre and traditional fittings, this kitchen is reminiscent of a bygone era
  • Handcrafted by artisans A working example of the skill and attention to detail that are typical of the Arts and Crafts movement
  • Classic connections This modestly sized kitchen combines a light, space-enhancing aesthetic with connections back to the home's traditional design

OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING

  • Two by two Everything in this kitchen is replicated in another - outdoors
  • Whatever the weather A new concept in alfresco entertaining
  • Double meaning Two kitchen in close harmony - one indoors, the other outside
  • In holiday mode Roll back the ranchsliders and let the outside in

DESIGNERS & SHOWROOMS

  • Australia boasts some of the most innovative and skilful kitchen designers in the world. On these pages, we showcase a selection from around the country.

APPLIANCES

  • The choice of kitchen appliances these days can be bewildering. We have whittled the list down to a manageable number, taking a fresh look at the latest ranges of local and imported models - and where to buy them.

TAPS & SINKS

  • Two contrasting styles of sink- and tapware - contemporary and traditional - plus a look at an under-counter waste management system.

INDEX

Architecture Australia Vol. 99 No. 2 (March/April 2010)

The latest issue of Architecture Australia is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

COMMENT
  • FOREWORD Letter from Melinda Dodson, Australian Institute of Architects President
  • REFLECTION Community
  • ESSAY Hamish Lyon: DIY community?
  • PRACTICE Dan Mackenzie on ESD at the Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
  • CALENDAR Forward planning

RADAR

  • HEADLINES News and nuance
  • REPORT Peter Raisbeck on COP 15, the United Nations Climate Change conference
  • EXHIBITION Built for the Bush, considered by Paul Berkemeier
  • URBANITY Timothy Horton on South Australia's proposed Commission for Integrated Design
  • COMPETITION The New Push, reviewed by Eugenie Bell
  • EXHIBITION Graham Crist on Melbourne City Drain Painters
  • BOOKS Reading pleasures

FEATURES

  • SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FJMT's latest, reviewed by Laura Harding
  • JUNEE LIBRARY Ian Martin on the Junee Library by Workshop I Dunn + Hillam Architects
  • TREE OF KNOWLEDGE Brian Hooper Architect and m3architecture's memorial reviewed by Peter Skinner
  • SYDNEY PARK AMENITIES Stanic Harding's additions to Sydney Park, reviewed by Justine Clark
  • LIFE CENTRE Atelier Wagner's new community building for the Syndal Baptist Church reviewed by Graham Crist
  • AUSTRALIAN ACHIEVEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS -- Gold Medallists: Lindsay and Kerry Clare -- Neville Quarry Architectural Education Prize: Gordon Holden -- Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture: Alysia Bennett -- BlueScope Glenn Murcutt Student Prize: Fiona Lew

Ragtrader (12 March 2010)


The latest issue of Ragtrader is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents include:
  • WHAT: Is in store for Lee and Wrangler.
  • HOW: Tony Bianco is charging forth.
  • WHY: Feathers is booming.

Juxtapoz 111 (April 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Style Sheet: Freegums x Bar -- Levis x Opening Ceremony
  • Collectors: Toybox
  • Profiles: Jonas Wood -- Carson Ellis -- Christopher Bettig -- Misaki Kawai -- James Gallagher -- Dale Grimshaw -- C215 -- Jesse Balmer
  • Showstoppers: Joshua Petker -- Ryan McGinley -- Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber Corp -- Marcus Leatherdale
  • Charlie Isoe
  • Marci Washington
  • David OReilly
  • Ralph Bakshi
  • Deanne Cheuk
  • Ian Johnson
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Reviews: Books
  • Insider: David B Smith
  • Events
  • Pop Life
  • Perspective

Article in the Good Weekend (March 27, 2010)

There was an article in the Good Weekend (March 27, 2010) that may be of interest to you.

Droughts and flooding rains -- Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer have travelled the world to capture the human face of global warming.

The Australian Financial Review Magazine (April 2010)

This issue of The Australian Financial Review Magazine features a fashion special which includes articles relating to fashion design.

Articles include:
  • The Company We Keep The tailor's shirt maker; Docklands Designers' House
  • 20 Questions Josh Goot rarely strays from shorts and T-shirts. And he rarely wears shoes.
  • House in Order Designer Nicolas Ghesquière has an able leader and good counterfoil in Isabelle Guichot, the no-nonsense Balenciaga CEO in black high-heeled booties. By Marion Hume
  • Swiss Made Simple Contrary to expectations, there is a Swiss fashion label, and commentators says it's right up there with Chanel - a Giorgio Armani for the 21st century, even. By Marion Hume
  • Moving Parts Ferragamo shoehorn; Italian-made suit hanger; The 9ct paperclip; Scotch mini lint roller.
  • Fashion Out of Africa.
  • Hume Multi-faceted Pharrell Williams
  • Forecast Master of contrasts, Christopher Kane

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 27th March to Fri 2nd April 2010)

  • MICHELANGELO REVEALED
A restorer working on a Michelangelo sculpture uncovers evidence showing that the official artist of the Vatican and the Catholic Church, was, during the period of the Inquisition, flirting with Protestantism. Michelangelo belonged to a secret fraternity that was active in trying to avoid a schism in the Catholic and Protestant Churches. All of his friends who were pushing for reforms within the church were subsequently put to death by the Inquisition. Michelangelo however, being too important for the Catholic Church's own propaganda, was spared.
Saturday 27 March 2010 3.05pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
*This program is available for loan from the Learning Centre
  • THE NEW RIJKSMUSEUM
Looks at the complicated process of the renovation of Holland's most famous museum, The Rijksmuseum.
Saturday 27 March 2010 1.00pm
SBS ONE WS
Duration: 125 mins
  • EATING ART: FULLY BAKED
Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 27 March 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE WS
Duration: 30 mins
  • FEARLESS
A documentary about the inspirational 92 year old playwright Julia Britton. At the age of 92, you're supposed to be planning a move to the next world, not a trip to London to put on your next play. Yet this is what playwright Julia Britton is doing.
Sunday 28 March 2010 10.35pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
  • SIMON SCHAMA'S POWER OF ART: DAVID - EP 5 OF 8
When the violent journalist Jean-Paul Marat is stabbed in his bath in July 1793, Jacques-Louis David - painter for the Revolution - promises to make an image of the martyr, for France and for the world.
Sunday 28 March 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: M CC WS
Duration: 60 mins
  • DESIGNERS: JEWELLERY - EP 7 OF 10
An industrial designer shows up how he hand-makes high quality pressed jewellery from silver and gold. His process is contrasted with mass produced jewellery cast from pewter for the surf market.
Monday 29 March 2010 10.30am
ABC1 CC Rpt
Duration: 15 mins
*This program is available for loan from the Learning Centre
  • ANCIENT MEGASTRUCTURES: ISTANBUL'S HAGIA SOPHIA
We peel back the layers of the great church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to reveal its incredible engineering secrets, and vividly bring to life the astonishing story of its construction.
Tuesday 30 March 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins
  • ARTSCAPE: A THOUSAND DIFFERENT ANGLES
Vibrant, articulate and passionate, Inge King is one of Australia's foremost sculptors. Her work has always been on a grand scale. Her public sculptures invite exploration - to walk through, slide down, sit on or just canoodle around.
Tuesday 30 March 2010 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
Featuring ideas on how to enhance performance and improve athletic ability; simplify the process of attaching latches to doors; easily lift and position posts for installation.
Wednesday 31 March 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: DEVON
This week Kevin McCloud travels to the beautiful setting of Devon to revisit Sue Charman and Martin Whitlock whose dream was to create an eco-friendly family home, using old English building techniques.
Thursday 1 April 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 55 mins

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Craft Arts International - Issue 78

The latest issue of Craft Arts International is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • GLASS SUTRA (cast & kiln-formed glass): LORETTA YANG HUI-SHAN by Andrew Brewerton
  • PETER MASTERS (salt-glazed porcelain & glass) by Gordon Foulds
  • ARCHITECTURAL JEWELLERY (gold & silver): VICKI AMBERY-SMITH by Joe Bookbinder
  • GEOGRAPHIC COSMOLOGY (Indigenous art): LUCY WARD by Henry F. Skerritt
  • JACOB CAN DER BEUGEL (ceramics installations) by Ian Wilson
  • RUTH OLIPHANT (fused & carved glass) by Dr Sharon Peoples
  • PROFILES IN PRINT - REW HANKS (printmaking) by Prof. Sasha Grishin
  • FRED YOKEL: THIS IS IT! (figurative ceramic sculpture) by Kevin V. Wallace
  • THE HANNAH CABINET (European-style cabinetmaking): GEOFFREY HANNAH by Rob Ditessa
  • WORKING WITH ANCIENT WOODS (sculptural carving): GARY STEVENS by Kevin V. Wallace
  • EVENTS AND REVIEWS
  • PORTFOLIOS: Ron Mackinnon (textiles), Ofra Messiah (jewellery), David Lake (painting)

Fashion Theory Vol. 14 Issue 1 (March 2010)

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

Contents:
  • Letter from the Editor / Valerie Steele
  • Fashioning the Duchess of Alba: Vicarious Thrills and Sartorial Flirtations during the Spanish Enlightenment / Tara Zanardi
  • Acute Chinamania: Pathologizing Aesthetic Dress / Rebecca N. Mitchell
  • You Art What You Wear: Clothing/Appearance Laws and the Construction of the Public Citizen in Turkey / Mary Lou O'Neil
  • Fashion Victims: On the Individualizing and De-individualizing Powers of Fashion / Bjørn Schiermer
  • Conference Report: "The Future of Fashion Studies," University of Warwick, April 30, 2009 / Peter McNeil
  • Exhibition Review Robes de lune et quelques sculptures sidérales / Alexis Romano
  • Exhibition Review Breaking the Mode: Contemporary Fashion from the Permanent Collection / Louise Coffey-Webb

Sculpture, Painting & Fibre Arts from Elcho Island Arts

26 Mar - 25 April 2010
Sculpture, Painting & Fibre Arts from Elcho Island Arts
Opening Friday 26 March 5.30pm
Using traditional bush materials and natural earth pigments, the artists of Elcho Island in Northeast Arnhem land maintain strong links to clan totems through their artwork, and pride themselves on their originality of design. Elcho Island artists produce such diverse artworks as bark paintings; hand carved and painted hollow logs, ceremonial poles, paintings and sculpture. Chapman Gallery is pleased to present the first Canberra exhibition of Elcho Island Artists.

For more information visit the website for the Chapman Gallery:
http://www.chapmangallery.com.au/

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Paula Rego: Telling Tales

Paula Rego: telling tales is a new DVD that is available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"A portrait of the Portuguese-born painter, Paula Rego, considered one of the greatest living artists today. She talks intimately about the strange, dark influences on her work and her obsessions derived from folk tales and autobiographical details, which give flight to her extraordinary and sometimes grotesque imagination." -- back cover

Monday, March 22, 2010

Change makers lecture series

National Portrait Gallery

The series focuses on subjects in the collection who are committed to bringing about long-term social change in Australia
Bookings essential

Jim Conway and the Big Wheel Trio Raising awareness of Multiple Sclerosis the Big Wheel Trio features Jim Conway on harmonica, Jess Green on guitar and Don Hopkins on keyboards
Sunday 28 March
2.00 – 3.00pm

For further information visit the National Portrait Gallery website: http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/programs_category.php?categoryId=33