National Library of Australia - Gateways

ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 58| August 2002


What’s On at the National Library

TALKS AND LECTURES

Adult Learners Week – Information Services
Lunchtime talk
Wednesday 4 September, 12.30pm 
Ferguson Room, Free

The Man Who Crossed Whistler:
Mortimer Menpes Printmaker

Lunchtime talk with Roger Butler, Senior Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, NGA
Wednesday 11 September, 12.30pm
Exhibition Gallery, Free

Mortimer Menpes Exhibition
Lunchtime talk
with Pat Clarke
Wednesday 18 September, 12.30pm
Exhibition Gallery/Ferguson Room, Free

Library Information Services
Lunchtime talk
Wednesday 25 September, 12.30pm
Ferguson Room, Free

Flavours of Asia: Asian Foods and Spices
Lunchtime talk
Wednesday 2 October, 12.30pm
Asian Collections Reading Room, Free

Australian Architecture and Appropriations of Japan
Presented by Eugenie Keefer Bell RAIA
Lecturer in Architecture, School of Design, University of Canberra
Lunchtime talk
Wednesday 9 October, 12.30pm
Conference Room, Free

SPECIAL EVENTS

International Perspectives on Reconciliation
One-day seminar
Saturday 21 September, 9am – 4pm
National Library Theatre, Free
Bookings essential: (02) 6262 1122

Kenneth Myer Lecture 2002
Presented by Fred Chaney, former Federal Minister and visionary thinker
Thursday 26 September, 6 pm
National Library Theatre followed by a reception in the foyer
Admission free but bookings essential by 20 September (02) 6262 1551

Celebrating Architecture Week—Films in the Theatre

Louis Kahn Silence and Light (1995)
Tuesday 8 October, 12.30pm, 57 mins
Considered by many to be the most important figure in American architecture after Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn has greatly influenced a younger generation of architects.

Japan, Three Generations of Avant-Garde Architects (1988)
Thursday 10 October, 12.30pm, 58 mins
Architectural critic, Kenneth Frampton interviews six prominent Japanese architects about their design philosophies and sources of inspiration.

Touch The Earth Lightly (1994)
Friday 11 October, 12.30pm, 58 mins
As the first Australian to win the Alvar Aalto Medal in 1992, architect Glenn Murcutt is a major figure in Australian architecture.

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