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11 July to 12 October 2008

Make your mark and Re-Picture Australia, an online project

Online at www.pictureaustralia.org

Picture Australia is calling on all image-makers to creatively re-use, re-interpret and Re-Picture Australia’s national collections. You are encouraged to ‘mash-up’ public-domain images into new artworks by sampling these historical images, incorporating your own illustrations and photographs to create new montages and meanings. Completed works can then be loaded into the Re-Picture Australia Flickr group. The Re-Picture Australia project aims to encourage the creative use of the nation’s collections and to attract new audiences playing and working in the visual industries. Associated events include a multimedia display at the National Library of Australia during the Vivid National Photography Festival.

For more information on accessing images, or licensing, adding and describing your own works, please visit the Picture Australia web site, www.pictureaustralia.org

Contact: Fiona Hooton fhooton@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1641

Web sites: www.pictureaustralia.org or the Re-Picture Australia Flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/re-pictureaustralia/

 

Screenings at the National Film and Sound Archive

National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra

Enjoy a calendar of world-class films in Arc Cinema.

Thursdays 7.30pm and Saturdays 4.30pm and 7.30pm. For Arc screening programs see www.nfsa.gov.au

Contact: National Film and Sound Archive 02 6248 2000

Web site: www.nfsa.gov.au

 

Floortalks for the 'Alternative Photography' exhibition at The Church Gallery

The Church Gallery, 7 O’Hanlon Place (Opposite Cockington Green), Gold Creek, ACT

Floortalks for the 'Alternative Photography' exhibition at The Church Gallery are available by appointment. The exhibition comprises the work of 12 Australian photographers who produce work with alternative photographic processes, and sell and display their work both nationally and internationally. Photographers are: Glenda Bowen (photopolymer prints), Wendy Currie (cyanotype and vandyke), Justine Dunmore (ceramic photography), Monique Garrood (hand-coloured silver gelatin and experimental digital photography), Silvi Glattauer (photogravure), Jill Lacina (vandyke, cyanotype and salt prints), Dianne Longly (photopolymer prints), Colleen Miller (photo acquatint), Tony Peri (bromoil, oleobrom and pinhole), Heide Smith (silver gelatin), Ellie Young (gum bicromate and salt albumen) and Lynette Zeeng (polaroid transfer). Artists' works can also be viewed at www.fairfaxart.com.au

Gallery opening hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm, or other times by appointment.

Contact: Colleen Miller colleen.miller@fairfaxart.com.au or 0421 624 081

Web site: www.fairfaxart.com.au

 

ANU tours for prospective photography students

The Australian National University School of Art, Ellery Crescent, Acton, Canberra

Free. By appointment.

Contact for group bookings: Martyn Jolly martyn.jolly@anu.edu.au or 02 6125 5815

 

CIT tours for prospective photography students

Canberra Institute of Technology, Reid Campus, Constitution Ave Reid, Canberra

Free. By appointment.

Contact for group bookings: Penny Boyer penny.boyer@cit.act.edu.au or 02 6207 3455

 

9 October 2008

Opening event for 'Greece Down Under'

Olympus room, 1st Floor, Hellenic Club of Canberra, Matilda Street, Woden, Canberra

The 'Greece Down Under' exhibition will be officially opened by the Ambassor of Greece, HE Mr Georgios Zois.

6.30pm. Members and friends of the Hellenic Club are welcome to attend.

Contact: Michael T. Kazan culturaladvisor@hellenicclub.com.au

Web site: www.hellenicclub.com.au

 

10 October 2008

Outdoor Projection of Photographic Images

National Library of Australia podium, Parkes Place, Canberra

A projection of photographic images by Beam Data Projection Group on to the external walls of the National Library building.

7.30pm - 9.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Matthew Annett mannett@nla.gov.au

 

11 October 2008

Darkroom Experiences for Kids: a workshop with Canberra-based artists Peter Fitzpatrick and Belinda Reily

The Australian National University School of Art Photography and Media Workshop, 1st Floor, Building 105, Childers Street, Acton, Canberra

A one day workshop that introduces kids to the magical world of the analogue darkroom. Suitable for children aged 12-16. Participants will work with both colour and B&W materials to produce finished pieces of work. No previous photographic knowledge is necessary.

10am to 4pm. Material fee $50. Bookings essential.

Contact: Photomedia Workshop 02 6125 5815 or Peter Fitzpatrick peter.fitzpatrick@anu.edu.au

Web site: http://www.anu.edu.au/art/photomedia/

 

Floor talk at ANCA by Paul Murray

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

12 October 2008

Asia-Pacific Photography talk with Dr Rod Ewins: Documenting early Fiji: Photography in Levuka in the late 19th Century

National Gallery of Australia: Exhibition Galleries, Parkes Place, Canberra

Dr Rod Ewins, artist, anthropologist and researcher in Fijian history and indigenous culture, speaks about by the F.H. Dufty montage, Panorama of Levuka, Fiji, and portraits  c. 1870 - 1879 in the context of Fiji's transition to a British colony.

12.45pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

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Past Events

 

10 -12 July 2008

Photographies: new histories, new practices, an international, interdisciplinary conference on photography

The Finkel Lecture Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Building 131, Cnr Ward and Garran Roads, The Australian National University, Acton, Canberra

Photographies: new histories, new practices will focus on photography in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, covering nineteenth-century to contemporary practice. The conference will be interdisciplinary in scope, exploring connections with anthropology, ethics, fashion, history, science, war, literature, and much more. Speakers will engage new ways of thinking about photographic history, writing and practice. Sessions include:

Photographies: new histories, new practices features two keynote speakers: Geoffrey Batchen, Professor of the History of Photography and Contemporary Art, CUNY Graduate Center, New York; and Shelley Rice, Associate Arts Professor, Department of Photography and Imaging, Department of Art History, New York University.

The conference also includes a public lecture by Gail Jones, award-winning novelist and Professor in Writing, University of Western Sydney, hosted by ANU School of Art. National Library of Australia, Saturday 12 July, 4pm.

Registration is open to the public. Early bird registration fees are available until 6 June 2008.

For further information visit: http://www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/

Contact: Helen Ennis helen.ennis@anu.edu.au

 

11 July 2008

Childrens Photographic workshops

Orientation Gallery, Australian War Memorial, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

Introduces children to good photographic techniques, camera operation, composition and printing. For children seven years and older.

10.30am and 2.30pm. $15, $10 Friends of Memorial. 

Bookings: 02 6243 4473

 

Vivid: National Photography Festival opening event

National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton

A gala launch to celebrate the opening of the festival.

6pm. Entry by Invitation.

Contact: Linda Groom lgroom@nla.gov.au

 

Opening event for 'Parade'

The Australian National University School of Art Gallery, Ellery Crescent, Acton, Canberra

5pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: James Holland James.Holland@anu.edu.au

 

Opening event for 'Walking Under the Land'

The Australian National University School of Art Foyer Gallery, Ellery Crescent, Acton, Canberra

5pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: James Holland James.Holland@anu.edu.au

 

Opening event for 'Tibet Unveiled'

Framemaker Picture Framers, The Boulevard, Akuna Street, Canberra City

6.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Col Ellis 02 6258 7701

 

Icon on icon: Iconic photographs projected on to the Memorial's iconic entrance

Australian War Memorial, front facade facing Anzac Parade, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

In association with the Icon and Archive exhibition, photographs will be projected on to the front of the main building, immersing the building in its photographic collection.

Dusk - 10pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Shaune Lakin shaune.lakin@awm.gov.au

 

12 July 2008

Opening event for 'After 200 years: 20 years after' at NAIDOC on the Peninsula 2008

AIATSIS, Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra

Join Penny Taylor, Coordinator of the After 200 Years Project from 1985 to 1988, as she discusses some of the stories that lie behind the images. 2008 marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of After 200 Years: photographic essays of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia today. This AIATSIS publication resulted from a three year Bicentennial-funded project that aimed to document, through photographs and text, the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life in Australia 200 years after European colonisation. As a result of the Project, 50,000 fully documented images were added to the Institute’s Photographic Collection. The talk accompanies NAIDOC on the Peninsula 2008 festivities, featuring Troy Cassar-Daley.

10.30am. The exhibition and concert will be free and open to the public, no bookings required.

Contact: Danika Nayna or Chris Ryan, AIATSIS Media and Communications 02 6246 1111

Web site: www.aiatsis.gov.au

 

'Picture Paradise' exhibition floortalk with John Sullivan: Looking wide-eyed at New Zealand

National Gallery of Australia: Temporary Exhibition Galleries, Parkes Place, Canberra

John Sullivan, Curator of the Photographic Archive at the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, examines the New Zealand landscape from the perspective of a new arrival. He will also look at the concept of indigenousness as applied to photographers in New Zealand.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Opening of the 'Alternative Photography Exhibition' by Senator Gary Humphries

The Church Gallery, 7 O’Hanlon Place (Opposite Cockington Green), Gold Creek, Canberra

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Colleen Miller colleen.miller@fairfaxart.com.au or 0421 624 081

 

 

Opening of 'The Silver Light' exhibition at Megalo Print Studio + Gallery

Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, 49 Phillip Avenue, Canberra Technology Park, Watson, Canberra

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Peter Zanetti megaloht@cyberone.com.au or 02 6241 4844

 

Floor talk at ANCA by Emily Jackett

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

ANU School of Art public lecture

National Library of Australia Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Photographies: New Histories, New Practices with Gail Jones, Professor in Writing at the University of Western Sydney. Supported by The Australian National University College of Arts and Social Sciences.

4 to 5pm. Free event. Bookings essential: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

Contact: Helen Ennis helen.ennis@anu.edu.au

 

Opening event for 'Decade'

Café Woodworks at the Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, 18 Malbon Street, Bungendore, NSW

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Stan d’Argeaval gallery@bwoodworks.com.au or 02 6238 1682

Web site: www.bungendorewoodworks.com.au

 

Icon on icon: Iconic photographs projected on to the Memorial's iconic entrance

Australian War Memorial, front facade facing Anzac Parade, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

In association with the Icon and Archive exhibition, photographs will be projected on to the front of the main building, immersing the building in its photographic collection.

Dusk - 10pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Shaune Lakin shaune.lakin@awm.gov.au

 

13 July 2008

'Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific photography 1840s - 1940s' Curator's floortalk with Gael Newton

National Gallery of Australia: Temporary Exhibition Galleries, Parkes Place, Canberra

Join Gael Newton, Senior Curator, Photography and curator of the exhibition on a walk through introduction to this historical survey exhibition exploring aspects of the history of photography from the nineteenth century to the 1940's in the Asia-Pacific region from India through to the West Coast of North America.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Opening event for 'Out of the Camera, onto the Wall'

Strathnairn Homestead and Gallery, 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt, Canberra

Official opening of the Canberra Photographic Society members exhibition - a diverse display of superb images taken at home and overseas.

2pm. Free event. All welcome.

Contact: Ray Osmotherly rayosm@hotmail.com or 02 6254 2482

 

Icon on icon: Iconic photographs projected on to the Memorial's iconic entrance

Australian War Memorial, front facade facing Anzac Parade, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

In association with the Icon and Archive exhibition, photographs will be projected on to the front of the main building, immersing the building in its photographic collection.

Dusk - 10pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Shaune Lakin shaune.lakin@awm.gov.au

 

14 July 2008

Photography workshops for kids aged 8 to 15

National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton, Canberra

Explore Australian history through the camera lens with a National Museum of Australia photographer. Participants will be able view photographic equipment that spans a century, learn simple lighting techniques and take their own photographs of objects and Museum architecture. Participants will need to bring their own digital camera.

10am - noon. Ages 8-15. Cost: $15 per person; $12 for Friends of the Museum. Bookings essential.

Contact: 02 6208 5021

 

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

Images, history and invention

LG1 Theatre, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Join image makers, private collectors, national, state and regional picture curators in conversation on their passion for image collections. Find out about the collective image network that makes up Picture Australia and the opportunities for you to contribute. View exciting new artworks produced by creative Australians from the collections of key museums, galleries, libraries and archives across the country.

6.30pm. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

Contact: Fiona Hooton, fhooton@nla.gov.au

 

15 July 2008

Photography workshops for kids aged 8 to 15

National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton, Canberra

Explore Australian history through the camera lens with a National Museum of Australia photographer. Participants will be able view photographic equipment that spans a century, learn simple lighting techniques and take their own photographs of objects and Museum architecture. Participants will need to bring their own digital camera.

10am - noon. Ages 8-15. Cost: $15 per person; $12 for Friends of the Museum. Bookings essential.

Contact: 02 6208 5021

 

'Picture Paradise' talk by Edward Stokes: Hedda Morrison: Photographing Asia's People and Places, 1933 - 1967

National Gallery of Australia: Small Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Edward Stokes, photographer, writer and author of Hedda Morrison’s Hong Kong (2005), talks about Hedda Morrison, a pioneer woman photographer of Asia, who recorded its people, places and patterns of life for over three decades. This talk, illustrated with her images, will present her 1946 photographs of Hong Kong – and explore the creative connections with her earlier China, and later Southeast Asian, photography.

12.45pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

A DVD presentation of new work by Degree South: Australia's top photojournalists

The Finkel Lecture Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Building 131, Cnr Ward and Garran Roads, The Australian National University, Acton, Canberra

Degree South, a collective of Australia’s top photojournalists, is modelled on the idea that documentary photographers record what they see in a fair, truthful and informative way, creating images that will hopefully make a difference and go on to have historical significance. This one hour DVD presentation will provide an overview of some of Degree South's latest projects. Members Joyce Evans, Michael Coyne, Ben Bohane, Stephen Dupont and Tim Page will be present to provide first-hand insights into their work.

Noon - 1pm. Open to the public. Free.

Contact: Marianne Harris marianne_harris@optusnet.com.au, 07 3378 8546 or 0400 029 467

 

The Canberra launch of Degree South: the collective photographic exhibition of Australia's top photojournalists

Public entrance, reception room, ACT Legislative Assembly, London Circuit, Canberra City

Degree South, a collective of Australia’s top award-winning photojournalists, will be having an exhibition of their work at the ACT Legislative Assembly building and the John Curtin School of Medical Research. The collective is modelled on the idea that as documentary photographers, they record what they see in a fair, truthful and informative way, creating images that will hopefully make a difference and go on to have historical significance. They have covered every major event around the world over the last forty years, and have as an ‘Honorary Member/Absent Friend,’ Sean Flynn, who was captured and killed by the Khmer Rouge in 1970. The other members of Degree South are: Ben Bohane, Michael Coyne, Stephen Dupont, Joyce Evans, Tim Page, David Dare Parker and Jack Picone, most of whom will be present at the launch.

5.30pm for 6pm. This is a free event open to the public, but registration is necessary as places are limited.

Contact: For registration, contact Neal Baudinette neal.baudinette@parliament.act.gov.au. For information about Degree South, contact Marianne Harris marianne_harris@optusnet.com.au, 07 3378 8546 or 0400 029 467

 

Launch of Canberra Institute of Technology exhibitions by Minister Andrew Barr (TBC)

designspace@cit Gallery, F015, Reid Campus, Canberra Institute of Technology, Canberra

Canberra Institute of Technology will launch their 14 exhibitions with ‘Space’. This exhibition analyses landscape photography, in its broadest sense from wide open landscapes to cramped enclosures, by current and past CIT practitioners. Photographers include David Paterson, Brad Ferguson, Col Ellis, Lachlan Blair, Chris Palethorpe, Peter Raynard, Chris Morrison, Mark Mohell, Barb Smith, Lorna Sim, Rachael McCann, Karen Coombes, Brenton Colley, Oliver Geier and others. All are invited to attend.

6pm - 8pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Penny Boyer penny.boyer@cit.act.edu.au or 02 6207 3455

 

16 July 2008

Childrens Photographic workshops

Orientation Gallery, Australian War Memorial, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

Introduces children to good photographic techniques, camera operation, composition and printing. For children seven years and older.

10.30am and 2.30pm. $15, $10 Friends of Memorial. 

Bookings: 02 6243 4473

 

Photographic Narratives: Their Meaning, Development and Craft. A seminar presented by Edward Stokes

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

"Narratives can make us understand. Photographs do something more: they haunt us." (Susan Sontag)

How can photographs be woven together to create historical or social narratives, with their images and texts creating integrated stories? And how, through developing such narratives, can the deeper meanings of individual photographs be amplified? This seminar will address the 'whys' and 'hows' of crafting memorable photographic narratives. It is presented by Edward Stokes, a photographer, writer and publisher. His photographic narrative books include Hedda Morrison’s Hong Kong 1946 – 47, a recent work drawing on some remarkable postwar photographs (www.heddamorrison.com).  The aim of the presentation is to inspire practitioners and newcomers with the value, interest and satisfaction in creating photographic narratives – and publishing them in books, websites and other media.

2 - 5pm. Open to the public. Registration fee to be advised.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

 

Opening event for 'Three Days in the Gaspé'

CSIRO Discovery Centre Gallery, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, Canberra

Official exhibition opening by Michael Leir, Canadian High Commissioner.

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: David Paterson d.paterson@adfa.edu.au

 

Opening event for 'The Spirit of Sport'

Alliance Francaise Galllery, 66 McCaughey Street, Turner, Canberra

Opening by Dr Allan Hawke, Chancellor, Australian National University, 1965 NSW Lifesaving Iron Man Champion - swimming and running.

6pm - 8pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Gary Steer gary@wildvisuals.com.au or 02 9557 0823, or Marie-Jo Le Moal marijo@bigpond.net.au or 02 9953 2808

 

17 July 2008

Drawing with the Camera Obscura: a workshop for ages 12 and up

Brindabella Room, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

A workshop with artist David Hodges exploring uses of this unique drawing device, for children ages 12 to 18. Explore the technological advances in photography in the Library’s collection. The workshop includes examples and demonstrations, cameras and some materials supplied.

2 - 5pm. Bookings are essential. Cost: $90.00 (GST incl.)

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

 

Launch of 'Strike a Pose ... with Lee Lin Chin' at the National Archives of Australia

National Archives of Australia, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes, Canberra

CIT Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) students will parade their unique creations especially designed for Lee Lin Chin, who will open the exhibition. 5.45pm. Entry by invitation.

Contact: Rose Cahill, rose.cahill@naa.gov.au or 02 6212 3600

Web site: www.naa.gov.au

 

Opening event for 'Weaving in and out of time'

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, Level 1 180 London Circuit, Civic Square, Canberra City

6pm. Entry by invitation. Free.

Contact: Jas Hugonnet, jason.hugonnet@craftact.org.au, or 02 6262 9333

 

Opening event for 'Scenes Unseen'

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

Official opening by Penny Boyer.

6pm, Open to the public. Free.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

18 July 2008

ACMP Projections in Association with Sony '08

M16 Artspace, 16 Mildura Street, Fyshwick, ACT

Now in it's 5th year, Projections '08 is a nationwide competition run annually by Trampoline to find and showcase the very best emerging photographers in Australia.  The judges have made their decision and this year. Finalists will have their work shown with contemporary music on cinema screens in Melbourne and Sydney theatres, as well as at Vivid in Canberra. An event that showcases the latest photographers to keep an eye on and provides a night that is inspirational and entertaining.

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Joseph Falsone, office@m16artspace.com

Web site: http://www.theprojections.com/

 

Outdoor Projection of Photographic Images

National Library of Australia podium, Parkes Place, Canberra

A projection of photographic images by Beam Data Projection Group on to the external walls of the National Library building.

7 - 9pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Matthew Annett mannett@nla.gov.au

 

19 - 21 July 2008

The ProGear photographic trade show

National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton, Canberra.

The ProGear Show, a special three-day trade exhibition of professional imaging equipment and materials organised by the Australian Photographic Industry, is to be held at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. The ProGear exhibition will consist of 14 different displays featuring all the latest developments and trends in professional photography. It will be the largest and most comprehensive display seen in Canberra for more than two decades. The exhibition is aimed at all with a keen interest in image making, whether they be professional photographers, educationalists, students, marketing and advertising executives or keen amateur photographers. The ProGear Show  is organised by the Photo Imaging Council of Australia in association with The Australian Institute of Professional Photography and Photo Marketing Association International. Exhibitors will feature top-end equipment from the major camera manufactures and the new wide format ink jet printing systems. Commented Bruce Pottinger, the Professional Vice President of the Photo Imaging Council, “It has been many years since the industry has organised a presentation in Canberra and this will be a unique opportunity to catch up on all the latest trends in the fast moving world of digital imaging.” In conjunction with the ProGear Show, the AIPP is running a combined ACT & NSW Australian Professional Photography Awards judging at the same venue.

Saturday 18 July, 10am to 5pm; Sunday 20 and Monday 21 July, 9am to 4.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: David Paterson d.paterson@adfa.edu.au

 

Australian Institute of Professional Photography: Annual NSW and ACT awards exhibition and judging

National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton, Canberra.

A display of selected entries from AIPP members competing in the NSW and ACT awards.

Free event, open to the public.

Contact: David Paterson d.paterson@adfa.edu.au

 

21 July 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

22 July 2008

Magicians and Travellers: Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) Seminar

National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton, Canberra.

Presenters will include Peter Eastway, Urs Buhlman, Phil Kuruvita, Doug Spowart, Victoria Cooper and Phillip Andrews. Open to the public. Registration fee to be determined.

Contact: David Paterson d.paterson@adfa.edu.au

 

Opening event for 'Bougainville: then and now'

University of Canberra, Faculty of Design and Creative Practice, Building 7, Kirinari Street, Bruce, Canberra

6.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Stuart Miller stuart@corevisuals.com.au

 

Opening event for 'Fotografija: Croats in the National Capital'

Embassy of Croatia, 14 Jindalee Crescent, O’Malley, Canberra

Exhibition launch by Zed Seselja, leader of the ACT opposition.

6.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Mirjana Piskulic croemb@bigpond.net.au or 02 6286 6988

 

23 July 2008

Public talk for 'Sites of Convergence: Series #3' at The ANU School of Art

The Australian National University School of Art Lecture Theatre, Ellery Crescent, Acton, Canberra

1pm - 2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Peter Fitzpatrick peter.fitzpatrick@anu.edu.au

 

24 July 2008

Opening event for 'Australian Journeys'

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, corner of Cowlishaw and Reed Streets, Greenway, Canberra

5.30pm. Entry by invitation. Free.

Contact: Suzie Edwards suziee@tca.asn.au

 

'In First Person' Showcase Screenings

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, corner of Cowlishaw and Reed Streets, Greenway, Canberra

These screenings showcase digital stories created by ordinary Canberrans who have used still photographs to create short, autobiographical mini-movies. These will include diverse community groups including ageing Hungarian émigrés, young apprentices from the building trades and mums who have suffered from post natal depression - seven different groups altogether. Introduced by program facilitator Eulea Kiraly. Program details available on the Tuggeranong Arts Centre web site, www.tuggeranongarts.com

7.30pm. Open to the public. Admission $8.

Contact: Eulea Kiraly euleak@tca.asn.au or 02 6293 1443

 

Screening at the National Film and Sound Archive: 'VIVID Movements: Films by Australian Photographers'

National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra

Australia, 1972-1999, 99 mins, video/35mm, col./b&w, Eng. (unclassified 18+)

Moving imagery from Australia’s leading still photographers, including work by Tracy Moffatt, Carol Jerrems and Jeff Carter’s award-winning sketch of Coober Pedy’s rough and tumble,Jackpot Town (1972, 22’). Plus Tony Ayres’ (The Home Song Stories) collaboration with photo-performer William Yang in Sadness (1999, 52’), a remembrance of family cherished and friends lost to HIV.

7.30pm. For Arc screening programs and prices seewww.nfsa.gov.au

Contact: National Film and Sound Archive 02 6248 2000

Web site: www.nfsa.gov.au

 

25 July 2008

Outdoor Projection of Photographic Images

National Library of Australia podium, Parkes Place, Canberra

A projection of photographic images by Beam Data Projection Group on to the external walls of the National Library building.

7 - 9pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Matthew Annett mannett@nla.gov.au

 

26 July 2008

Floortalks for 'Scenes Unseen'

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

Floor talk by David Paterson at 2pm. Floor talk by Geoff Comfort at 3pm.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

27 July 2008

Artist's talk for 'Exposure'

Huw Davies Gallery @ Photo Access Arts Centre, corner Manuka Circle and New South Wales Crescent, Griffith, Canberra

Artist's talk by photographer and multimedia artist Rewa Nolan.

1.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: 02 6295 7810

Web site: www.photoaccess.org.au

 

28 July 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

29 July 2008

'Contemporary Photography in Peru – An overview and guided tour'  by Jorge Deustua

The Showcase Gallery, Commonwealth Place, Parkes, Canberra

Through his work, internationally aclaimed Peruvian phtographer Jorge Deustua will introduce us to the evolution of photography in Peru towards the 21st Century.

12 noon. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Agustin De Madalengoitia, Embassy of Peru amadalengoitia@embaperu.org.au or 02 6273 7351

 

30 July 2008

Opening event for 'Aqua La Femme'

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

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31 July 2008, 3.30pm

Seminar: Fade to grey...or yellow, red or blue

Menzies Room, National Archives of Australia, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes, Canberra

The popularity of digital photography has soared in the last 5 years and along with it the desire to print our photos at home. Colour photography has had a bad reputation for permanence in the past, but what is the situation with digital printing technologies, now? This seminar will look at the issues surrounding printing photographs at home, making them permanent and storing the information so that it can be retrieved in another 5 years. This seminar will look at the issues surrounding printing photographs at home, making them permanent and storing the information so that it can be retrieved in another 5 years.

3.30 - 4.30 pm. Free and open to the public, but bookings are essential.

Contact: events@naa.gov.au or 02 6212 3956

 

1 August 2008

Photowallahs, screening and talk with David and Judith MacDougall in association with the 'Picture Paradise' exhibition

(Film, 1991, 60 mins)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

In their 1992 film ‘Photowallahs’, David and Judith MacDougall showed how street photographers in the north Indian hill station of Mussoorie offered middle-class visitors an opportunity for fantasy and dressing-up as part of the tourist experience. David and Judith McDougall will speak about the subject of their film Photowallahs, followed by a screening of the film.

6pm. Free event, Open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Opening event for 'Mountain Huts by Night'

Café Woodworks at the Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, 18 Malbon Street, Bungendore, NSW

6pm. Entry by Invitation.

Contact: Stan d’Argeaval gallery@bwoodworks.com.au or 02 6238 1682

Web site: www.bungendorewoodworks.com.au

 

2 August 2008

Cyanotype workshop with Wendy Currie

G014, Photography Studio, Canberra Institute of Technology, Reid Campus, Constitution Avenue, Reid, Canberra

Learn how to make cyanotype prints on watercolour paper, rice paper and fabric. Cyanotype was one of the earliest photographic printing processes. This workshop is a totally engaging hands-on experience, involving the participant from the choice and preparation of paper, until the moment the image is revealed.  Wendy will also show you how to achieve a subtle variety of shades with various toning techniques. A basic knowledge of photographic printing is advantageous but not essential.

9.30am to 4.30pm. Registration open to the public. Cost: $225 (GST incl.) including lunch.

Contact: Wendy Currie wendy@curriephotography.com or 0414 328 520

Web site: www.curriephotography.com

 

Polaroid creative techniques workshop with Lynette Zeeng

G014, Photography Studio, Canberra Institute of Technology, Reid Campus, Constitution Avenue, Reid, Canberra

A polaroid creative techniques workshop with Lynette Zeeng. Learn how to make Polaroid transfers onto watercolour paper, rice paper and fabric. A basic knowledge of photographic printing is advantageous but not essential.

9.30am to 4.30pm. Registration open to the public. Cost: $225 (GST incl.) including lunch.

Contact: Lynette Zeeng 0419 871 068

Web site: www.zeengphoto.com.au

 

Darkroom Experiences for Kids: a workshop with Canberra-based artists Peter Firzpatrick and Belinda Reily

The Australian National University School of Art Photography and Media Workshop, 1st Floor, Building 105, Childers Street, Acton, Canberra

A one day workshop that introduces kids to the magical world of the analogue darkroom. Suitable for children aged 12-16. Participants will work with both colour and B&W materials to produce finished pieces of work. No previous photographic knowledge is necessary.

10am to 4pm. Material fee $50. Bookings essential.

Contact: Photomedia Workshop 02 6125 5815 or Peter Fitzpatrick peter.fitzpatrick@anu.edu.au

Web site: http://www.anu.edu.au/art/photomedia/

 

Floor talk at ANCA by Annette Fisher

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

2, 9 and 16 August 2008

Digital story telling workshops

Tuggeranong Arts Centre Media Lab, 137 Reed Street, Greenway, Canberra

Use your own iconic personal photographs to create a 3 minute autobiographical mini-movie using voice-overs, Photoshop and I-movie in a supported workshop environment. Six places only so enrolment is essential. Only basic computer skills are needed, but you must be able to attend all three sessions. Please contact TCA for costs and availability.

9am to 5.30pm. Open to the public, registration fees to be advised.

Contact: Eulea Kiraly euleak@tca.asn.au or 02 6293 1443

 

4 August 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

7 August 2008

Opening of the 'Recovering Lives' exhibition at ANU School of Art Gallery

The Australian National University School of Art, Ellery Crescent, Acton, Canberra

5.30pm. Entry by invitation.

Contact: ANU School of Art Gallery sofagallery@anu.edu.au or 02 6125 5841

 

9 August 2008

Screening at the National Film and Sound Archive: 'I'm No Angel'

National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra

Dir: Wesley Ruggles, USA, 1933, 87 mins, 35mm, b&w, Eng. (unclassified 15+)

Mae West’s first film in a surprisingly small (at least in filmography) body of work was a straight but by no means straight-laced re-creation of her notorious stage show. But West ain’t no ingénue: it’s got all the Pre-Code innuendo and Cary Grant a girl could want. And as star and scriptwriter it’s that rare occasion when a woman was very much in charge of a classic Hollywood feature.
See the legendary Mae West in a classic film still from I'm no Angel at the NFSA's new exhibition, Shooting Stars - Women from the Taussig Collection.

4.30pm. For Arc screening programs and prices see www.nfsa.gov.au

Contact: National Film and Sound Archive 02 6248 2000

Web site: www.nfsa.gov.au

 

10 August 2008

Artist's talk for 'Compressed'

Huw Davies Gallery @ Photo Access Arts Centre, corner Manuka Circle and New South Wales Crescent, Griffith, Canberra

Artist's talk by Canberra photographer and multimedia artist Chris Morrison.

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: 02 6295 7810

Web site: www.photoaccess.org.au

 

11 August 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

12 August 2008

Opening event for 'Iddid Djura'

CSIRO Discovery Centre Gallery, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, Canberra

Opening of 'Iddid Djura,' a photo-documentary of the life and stories of Big Bill Neidjie and the people and culture of West Arnhem, featuring a talk by photographer Sarah George.

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Sarah George sjgeorge@smartchat.net.au or Terese Falconer terese.falconer@csiro.au

 

13 August 2008

An engineer in the field: the Russ Ashton photographic collection

Conference room, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

The Library has acquired the personal photographic collection of Russ Ashton, 1925-2003. His photographs record his field trips for the Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Commission from the 1950s onwards, the living and working conditions of HEC employees, some ingenious modes of transport in rugged country, and the controversial Lake Pedder project from an engineer's perspective. Linda Groom, Curator of Pictures, will give an illustrated talk on the collection.

12.30pm to 1.30pm. Free event. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

Artforum talk

Lecture Theatre, ANU School of Art, Childers Street, Acton, Canberra

A talk by curator Ann McMahon.

1pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au, or 02 6247 8736

 

Opening event for 'Artists and Photography'

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au, or 02 6247 8736

 

14 August 2008

Master Class Lighting for Professional Photographers – Brett Odgers

G014, Photography Studio, Canberra Institute of Technology, Reid Campus, Constitution Avenue, Reid, Canberra

Enhance your professional lighting skills through this workshop.

Registration open to the public. Cost $75. Limited places.

Contact: Cathy Trevena, cathy@sunstudiosaustralia.com or 02 9641 5555

Web site: www.sunstudiosaustralia.com

 

Opening event for 'Landscape Photographs of South East Australia'

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, corner of Cowlishaw and Reed Streets, Greenway, Canberra

5.30pm. Entry by invitation. Free.

Contact: Suzie Edwards suziee@tca.asn.au

 

'In First Person' Showcase Screenings

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, corner of Cowlishaw and Reed Streets, Greenway, Canberra

These screenings showcase digital stories created by ordinary Canberrans who have used still photographs to create short, autobiographical mini-movies. These will include diverse community groups including ageing Hungarian émigrés, young apprentices from the building trades and mums who have suffered from post natal depression - seven different groups altogether. Introduced by program facilitator Eulea Kiraly. Program details available on the Tuggeranong Arts Centre web site, www.tuggeranongarts.com

7.30pm. Open to the public. Admission $8.

Contact: Eulea Kiraly euleak@tca.asn.au or 02 6293 1443

 

15 August 2008

Australian Photographic Society National Digital Awards Exhibition

The Burns Club, Kett Street, Kambah, Canberra

A projected exhibition of accepted and winning entries in the Australian Digital Photography Awards will be presented by the Australian Photographic Society.

7.30 - 10.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Brian Rope winfocus@ozemail.com.au or 02 6258 2131

Web site: www.adpa.org.au

 

16 August 2008

Floor talk for 'Artists and Photography'

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place (Corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

A talk by curator Ann McMahon addressing the relationship between artists and the photographic medium, with reference to work by ANCA studio tenants past and present.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

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18 August 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

19 August 2008

'Picture Paradise' lunchtime talk with Dr Isobel Crombie: Shashin: 19th Century Japanese Studio Photography

National Gallery of Australia: Small Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Dr Isobel Crombie, Senior Curator, Photography, National Gallery of Victoria, will discuss the fascinating development of the highly theatrical genre of shashin (photographs) taken in Japan in the mid 19th century.

12.45pm. Open to the public. Free.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Photography, Food, Wine and Charity Dinner

Forrest Hotel and Apartments, 30 National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra

The Photography, Food, Wine and Charity dinner will be held at the Sherwood Restaurant on 19 August. There will be with champagne and canapes from 6pm, followed by a chat about the wines from the producers and a discussion about the photograhpy from the artists. A silent auction will be held throughout the night, with all proceeds going to local charity Bosom Buddies. Please contact the Forrest Hotel and Apartments for bookings and further information.

6pm. For prices and bookings please contact Forrest Hotel and Apartments.

Contact: Fleur admin@forresthotel.com or 02 6295 3433

 

20 August 2008

Opening event for 'Pidgin'

Canberra Grammar School Gallery, Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, Canberra

6pm - 8pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Sean Davey pidgin@tpg.com.au or Trevor Dunbar trevor.dunbar@cgs.act.edu.au or 02 6260 9787

 

23 August 2008

'Picture Paradise' at the NGA: Asia-Pacific Film series.Filming Paradise: Martin and Osa Johnson's Pacific documentaries

Talk and screening: Dr Prue Ahrens, art historian and lecturer in Cultural History at University of Queensland

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Dr Prue Ahrens, art historian and lecturer in Cultural History at the University of Queensland, speaks about the American film-makers Martin and Osa Johnson who produced more than fifteen films of the Pacific and South-East Asia, including Among the Cannibal Isles of the South Pacific (1918), Jungle Adventures (1921) and Borneo (1937). Dr Ahrens will screen clips from the films, including Among the Cannibal Isles of the South Pacific (1918), which broke box-office records when it premiered in Broadway in 1918.  The Johnson's 'documentaries'combine dramatic tension, humour and danger with the ‘celebrity’ appearance of Osa Johnson, and the result is a somewhat glamorous view on islands of the South Pacific.

1.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

'Picture Paradise' photography workshop for 9-12 year olds

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Join Anna Russell and Adriane Boag for a tour of Picture Paradise followed by a photo/collage workshop. Combine an image of yourself taken during the workshop with a photograph from the exhibition to create your own paradise.

2pm - 4pm. Bookings essential. Cost: $20; $15 (members)

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

 

Artist's talk by Sean Davey for the 'Pidgin' exhibition

Canberra Grammar School Gallery, Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, Canberra

Sean Davey will present his motivation, methods and ideas behind Pidgin, and what led him to Papua New Guinea in 2005 for the 30th anniversary of Papua New Guinean independence. What began as a self-assigned photojournalistic assignment soon became a personal documentary project, which led to a wider body of work crentred around two of his best friends. Following Sean's presentation, Director of the Gallery, Trevor Dunbar, will open a discussion with Sean about personal documentary photography in relation to the exhibition.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Sean Davey pidgin@tpg.com.au or Trevor Dunbar trevor.dunbar@cgs.act.edu.au or 02 6260 978

 

Artist’s talk by John Tassie

Artists Shed: Gallery 1, 14 Foster St, Queanbeyan, NSW

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Margaret Hadfield artistsshed@grapevine.net.au or 02 6297 0336

 

'Picture Paradise' at the NGA: Asia-Pacific Film Series. I Married Adventure

(DVD, 1940. Not rated. 77 minutes. Black and white. Produced by Osa Johnson)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

This film stars Osa Johnson and follows the adventures shared with her husband Martin, as they flew and sailed to Borneo, Kenya and to the Congo, filming Simba and other popular nature movies.  Osa is portrayed in studio produced scenes cut with actual footage from her nine world expeditions taken in Africa, Borneo, and the South Seas.  From the best selling memoir of the same name which retraces their careers in rich detail.

3.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

24 August 2008

Photopolymer Printmaking workshop, presented by Fairfax Art

Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, Canberra Technology Park, 49 Phillip Avenue, Watson, Canberra

Explore the versatility of printing with photopolymer plates, a new technique offering a safe alternative to etching plates with acids. Led by South Australian Artist Dianne Longley, this introductory workshop does not require specific printmaking experience, and is ideal for artists, teachers and printmakers who want an introduction to this versatile and simple printmaking technique. The workshop expands upon traditional printmaking techniques and introduces participants to exciting new printmaking processes. Workshop participants will produce at least one intaglio plate translated from digital photographs.

10am to 5pm. Open to the public. Registration essential. Cost: $180 (GST incl.) which includes materials, lunch, tea and coffee.

Contact: For bookings or further course information please contact Colleen Miller colleen.miller@fairfaxart.com.au or 0421 624 081

 

'Picture Paradise' at the NGA: Asia-Pacific Film Series.Tabu: a Story of the South Sea

(Director: F.W. Murnau. Tahiti. 1931. 82 minutes. Black and white. Introduced by Dr Prue Ahrens)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Two lovers are doomed by a tribal edict decreeing that the girl is "tabu" to all men. While the lovers' flight from judgment and the ultimate power of the tabu are reminiscent of Murnau's expressionist films, ‘Tabu’ is all open air and sunlight, sparkling on the ocean and glistening on the beautiful young bodies of the native men and women. This cinematic landmark was the 1931 Academy Award® winner for Best Cinematography. Released in 1931, TABU showed the great director at the height of his creative powers -- exhibiting a sensuality and creative freedom unseen in his previous films.

1.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

'Picture Paradise' photography workshop for 13-17 year olds

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Join Anna Russell and Adriane Boag for a workshop based on the themes of Picture Paradise. Use an image of yourself, taken as part of the workshop, to reinvent one of the photographs in the exhibition using Photoshop.

2pm - 4.30pm. Bookings essential. Cost: $20; $15 (members)

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

 

'Picture Paradise' at the NGA: Asia-Pacific Film Series. Waikiki Wedding

(Director: Frank Tuttle. 1937. Rated G. 89 minutes. Black and white)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

A musical comedy, starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross, pokes fun at the myth of enchanted exoticism surrounding the Pacific in Hollywood cinema. A beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion. The songs included Sweet is the Word for You, In a Little Hula Heaven, Blue Hawaii, Okolehao, and Nani Ona Pua. Amongst the supporting cast was a young Anthony Quinn. The film is best remembered for the song Sweet Leilani with words and music by Harry Owens, which won an Oscar for Best Song in 1937.

3.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

25 August 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

29 August 2008

Stop, Look and Listen

The Octagon ArtSpace and Café Wood Works, Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, Kings Highway, Bungendore, NSW

Stop, Look & Listen, an intimate evening of photography and jazz with Australian Living Treasure Don Burrows and Kevin Hunt in concert. 

7pm. Tickets cost $67.50 (GST incl.) and include a three course meal at Café Woodworks. Bookings on 02 6238 1688

Contact: Stan d’Argeaval gallery@bwoodworks.com.au or 02 6238 1682

 

30 August 2008

Portfolio viewing session at the ANU School of Art open day

The Australian National University School of Art Photography and Media Workshop, 1st Floor, Building 105, Childers Street, Acton, Canberra

Some of the artists from the 'Surface Light' exhibition will be on hand at the School of Art Open Day on Saturday 30th August for a special portfolio viewing session. All prospective students and keen photography enthusiasts are welcome to attend this free event.

Contact: Photomedia Workshop 02 6125 5815

Web site: www.photomedia.net.au

 

Talking Vivid

Huw Davies Gallery @ PhotoAccess, Manuka Arts Centre, corner Manuka Circle and New South Wales Crescent, Griffith, Canberra

BYO cushion and join in a lively discussion of photography and the VIVID National Photography Festival with young photography enthusiasts Minh Ton-Nu and Jack Davidson, and Sydney-based photographer Peter Elfes. The discussion is followed by the opening of the Hang it Yourself exhibition.

12 - 2pm. Open to the public. Cost: $5

Contact: 02 6295 7810

Web site: www.artsaroundcanberra.com.au/claw

 

'Picture Paradise' at the NGA: Asia-Pacific Film Series. Legong: Dance of the Virgins

(Director: Henry de la Falaise. Bali. 1935. 65 minutes. Two-colour Technicolour)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Legong: Dance of the Virgins, filmed entirely on location in Bali in 1935, is a tragic tale of love denied. Poutou, a young girl who is a respected Legong dancer in her community falls in love with the young musician Nyoung. Her father is delighted with Poutou's choice and wants to help her to conquer Nyoung's heart. But Poutou's half sister Saplak wants Nyoungis also and when he chooses Saplak, Poutou drowns herself. Legong's real theme though is much more than melodrama: It is the delineation of Balinese culture. Henry de la Falaise captured religious rituals including frenetic dances and mystical parades, everyday dealings at the local marketplace, a cockfight (which was cut out of the British version) and, in the final scene, a mass cremation.

1.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Meet the artists at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery

The Octagon ArtSpace, Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, Kings Highway, Bungendore, NSW

Photographer/artist Robert Billington and writer Tim Gooding discuss how the arts of photography and storytelling were combined in their intriguing exhibition 'A photograph is missing.'

2.30 - 3.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Stan d'Argeavel 02 6238 1682

 

'Picture Paradise' at the NGA: Asia-Pacific Film Series. Shadow Magic

(Director: Ann Hu. DVD, 2001. Rated PG. 115 minutes)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

2001 Golden Horse Award

A debut film for director Ann Hu, tells the story of the culture clash in China , when a Westerner, a foreigner, Raymond Wallace come to introduces 'Shadow Magic' , the first silent movies to Imperial Peking. Set in the early 20th century as China was on the verge of Industrial Revolution and prior to destruction of Ching Dynasty, this movie is a  slightly fictionalized version of the difficulties of Liu, who was to become the first Chinese film maker.

3pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Opening of 'Counterpoint' and 'A Photograph is Missing' and Stop, Look & Listen

The Octagon ArtSpace and Café Wood Works, Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, Kings Highway, Bungendore, NSW

Don Burrows and Robert Billington open each other’s exhibitions, followed by Stop, Look & Listen, an intimate evening of photography and jazz with Australian Living Treasure Don Burrows and Kevin Hunt in concert.

7pm. Tickets cost $67.50 (GST incl.) and include a three course meal at Café Woodworks. Bookings on 02 6238 1688

Contact: Stan d’Argeaval gallery@bwoodworks.com.au or 02 6238 1682

 

31 August 2008

'Picture Paradise' at the NGA: Asia-Pacific Series. In the Land of War Canoes

(1914. 47 minutes. Black and white)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

This tribal story of love and revenge among the Kwakiutls showcases canoes, totem poles, costumes and dancing. Filmed by pioneer photographer Edward S. Curtis.

1.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

'Picture Paradise' at the NGA: Asia-Pacific Series. Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)

(16mm, 1956, India, 11min, rated G, Black and white, in Bengali with subtitles. Director and screenplay: Satyajit Ray)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Pather Panchali covers the childhood of Apu, a young boy growing up in rural Bengal, early in the 20th century.

3pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

1 September 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

2 September 2008

'Through the Asian lens' floortalk with Simeran Maxwell

National Gallery of Australia: Temporary Exhibition Galleries, Parkes Place, Canberra

Simeran Maxwell, Exhibition Assistant, speaks about indigenous Asian photographers in the exhibition.

12.45pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

4 September 2008

How to sell photographs to libraries

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Three curators talk about how to sell photographs to library collections: Madeleine Say, Pictures Librarian at the State Library of Victoria; Alan Davies, Curator of Photographs at the State Library of NSW; and Linda Groom, Curator of Pictures at the National Library of Australia.

12.30 - 1.30pm. Free event. Registration is essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

Web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

Feedback sessions for photographers

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Fifteen minute sessions at which professional photographers can receive individual feedback from small panels of photographic curators, educators, photo editors and industry leaders. Additional sessions will be held on 5 September.

2.30pm to 4pm. A free event but places will be limited. A proportion of places will be reserved for tertiary photography students. Registration is essential.

Contact: Linda Groom lgroom@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1395

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

Folio viewing evening

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Professional and student photographers will be able to set up table-top displays of their work at the National Library, for viewing by curators, others who purchase and commission photographs, and the general public.

4pm - 8pm. Free event. Viewing is open to the public; bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271. Photographers wishing to book display tables must register with Linda Groom lgroom@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1395.

Contact: Linda Groom lgroom@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1395

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

Opening Function for 'Blue Smoke in the Forest'

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, corner of Cowlishaw and Reed Streets, Greenway, Canberra

5.30pm. Entry by invitation.

Contact: Susie Edwards info@tca.asn.au

 

Opening event for 'Fathers, sons and fathers' and 'There You Aren't'

M16 Artspace, 16 Mildura Street, Fyshwick, Canberra

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Hilary Wardhaugh hilary@hwp.com.au or Joseph Falsone office@m16artspace.com

 

'In First Person' Showcase Screenings

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, corner of Cowlishaw and Reed Streets, Greenway, Canberra

These screenings showcase digital stories created by ordinary Canberrans who have used still photographs to create short, autobiographical mini-movies. These will include diverse community groups including ageing Hungarian émigrés, young apprentices from the building trades and mums who have suffered from post natal depression - seven different groups altogether. Introduced by program facilitator Eulea Kiraly. Program details available on the Tuggeranong Arts Centre web site, www.tuggeranongarts.com

7.30pm. Open to the public. Admission $8.

Contact: Eulea Kiraly euleak@tca.asn.au or 02 6293 1443

 

5 September 2008

Feedback sessions for photographers

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Fifteen minute sessions at which professional photographers can receive individual feedback from small panels of photographic curators, educators, photo editors and industry leaders. Additional sessions will be held on 4 September.

9am to 2pm. A free event but places will be limited. A proportion of places will be reserved for tertiary photography students. Registration is essential.

Contact: Linda Groom lgroom@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1395

web site: www.nla.gov.au

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6 September 2008

Hanging day and opening event for Galeria Bezdomna (Homeless Gallery)

ACT Australian Historical Railway Museum, Geijera Place (at the end of Cunningham Street) Kingston, Canberra

The 66th edition of Galeria Bezdomna - Canberra's first Homeless Gallery - will be held in two railway carriages at the ACT Australian Historical Railway Museum. All are welcome to hang their photographs, but given that space is limited we suggest you get in early on hanging day and restrict works to a reasonable size. Registration will commence at 9am Saturday 6 September, and close at 4pm or when all of the available space is taken. Works cannot be removed from the Gallery during the exhibition, but must be taken down between 4 - 6pm on Sunday 14 September. There are restrictions on the methods that can be used to hang prints as carriages are lined with laminate, so no pins, nails or screws are allowed. There are some fixing points where it may be possible to string a wire on which to clip prints. In most cases, blu tac or 3M command strips are probably the best method of fixing prints to the carriage walls, windows, and ceiling. An exhibition opening will be held from 4 to 6pm on hanging day. Please BYO guests and catering.

Hanging: 9am - 4pm. Opening event: 4pm - 6pm. Free event. Open to the public.

Contact: Jeff Moorfoot, homelessgallery@gmail.com

Web site: http://galeriabezdomna.tripod.com/

 

Artist talk for 'An Evolving Journey'

Intrique Gallery, 38 Robertson Rd, Wamboin, NSW

Join Nina Lange at Intrigue Gallery for coffee, home-made cakes and an artist's talk for 'An Evolving Journey.'

10am. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Nina Lange, nina@intriguephotography.com.au or 02 6238 3300

Web site: www.intriguephotography.com.au

 

Opening event for 'My favourite thing is to go where I have never been'

Blue Roof Gallery, 11 Johnson St, Tharwa, ACT

You are invited to join us for the opening of this intimate exhibition exploring the journey of three ACT photographers as they take their work to new levels, conceptually and creatively. Suzie Edwards, Lorna Sim and Payal Seghal Mahajan will present their work at the opening of 'My favourite thing is to go where I have never been' (Dianne Arbus)

2.30 pm. Open to the public. Free.

Contact: Suzie Edwards suzie_edwards@yahoo.com or 0413 876 330


6 - 7 September 2008

Explorations with Digital and Analogue Light with New Zealand artist Lloyd Godman

The Australian National University School of Art Photography and Media Workshop, 1st Floor, Building 105, Childers Street, Acton, Canberra

This two day workshop encompasses some of the many techniques internationally renowned artist Lloyd Godman has used during his 25 years of art practice. Participants will have the opportunity to work inside a huge pinhole camera, chase the luna light using digital cameras, light paint with portable flash, create photograms in the ANU's state-of-the-art darkroom facilities and output large digital prints of their works using the Inkjet Research Facility. During the weekend participants will also have an opportunity to have Lloyd critique their folio of previous works. Ages 16 and up.

Saturday 12 noon - 8pm; Sunday 10am - 4pm. Cost: full $280; concession $195. For more details please refer to www.photomedia.net.au

Contact: Photomedia Workshop 02 6125 5815

Web site: http://www.anu.edu.au/art/photomedia/

 

 

7 September 2008

Father's day coffee morning and Artist talk for 'Fathers, sons and fathers'

M16 Artspace, 16 Mildura Street, Fyshwick, Canberra

10.30am to noon. All welcome. This event will be a fundraiser for Barnardos, with donations taken for cakes and coffee.

Contact: Hilary Wardhaugh hilary@hwp.com.au or Joseph Falsone office@m16artspace.com

 

'Picture Paradise' talk and documentary screening: Watching First Contact

(Directors: Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson. DVD, 1983, Unrated, 52 mins)

National Gallery of Australia: James O Fairfax Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Dr Chris Ballard, Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU introduces the Academy award nominated documentary, First Contact, which recounts the discovery of a flourishing native population in the highlands of New Guinea in 1930s.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Opening event for 'Australia - just add water'

Strathnairn Homestead and Gallery, 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt, Canberra

Official opening of Australia - Just Add Water. Visually stunning photographs by Canberra photographer Joseph Cali.  

2pm. Free event. All welcome.

Contact: Joe Cali joe.cali@anu.edu.au or 0429 233 616

 

Closing event and mass artist talk for 'HIY' (Hang it yourself)

Huw Davies Gallery@PhotoAccess, PhotoAccess Arts Centre, corner Manuka Circle and New South Wales Crescent, Griffith, Canberra

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: PhotoAccess contact.us@photoaccess.org or 02 6295 7810

 

8 September 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

9 September 2008

Identifying Family Photographs

National Archives of Australia, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes, Canberra

Identifying the photographic processes and styles in your family collection can not only help determine appropriate storage, but also assists with pinning down dates and putting a name to a long-lost relative.

4pm to 5pm. All welcome. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: events@naa.gov.au or 02 6212 3656

Web site: www.naa.gov.au

 

Opening event for 'The Spirit of Sport'

Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, Crawford Street (behind the council chambers) Queanbeyan, NSW

6pm to 8pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Gary Steer gary@wildvisuals.com.au or 02 9557 0823, or Marie-Jo Le Moal marijo@bigpond.net.au or 02 9953 2808

 

11 September 2008

'Picture Paradise' exhibition floortalk with Robert Deane: Evolution of photography in Japan to 1940

National Gallery of Australia: Small Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Robert Deane, Senior Researcher at the NGA, will present an illustrated talk on the evolution of photography in Japan to 1940 looking at those aspects that were essentially Japanese in character and use.

12.45pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Opening event for 'Framed It'

Queanbeyan City Library, Crawford St, Queanbeyan

Exhibition opening by Dr Martyn Jolly.

5pm. Open to the public.

Contact: Carmel D’ambrosio chilli45@hotmail.com or 02 6298 4334

 

13 September 2008

Artist floor talk and opening event for 'Past and Present'

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place (Corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

4pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

'Shooting Stars' at the NFSA: Josephine Baker in Zou Zou (Marc Allegret, France 1934)

National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra

See our shooting stars in their cinematic splendour at the Arc cinema, in association with the exhibition 'Shooting Stars: Women from the Taussig collection'.

4.30pm. For Arc screening programs see www.nfsa.gov.au

Contact: National Film and Sound Archive 02 6248 2000

Web site: www.nfsa.gov.au

 

14 September 2008

Artist floor talk for 'Australia - Just Add Water'

Strathnairn Homestead and Gallery, 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt, Canberra

Canberra photographer Joseph Cali talks about the making of his exhibition and the relationship between water, environment and landscape.

2pm. Free event. All welcome.

Contact: Joe Cali joe.cali@anu.edu.au or 0429 233 616

Web site: http://www.joecali.com.au

 

15 September 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

19 September 2008

Opening event for 'Celebrity: Bungendore'

Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, Kings Highway, Bungendore, NSW

5.30 for 6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Stan d’Argeaval gallery@bwoodworks.com.au or 02 6238 1682

 

Canberra Youth Orchestra concert in association with 'Picture Paradise'

National Gallery of Australia: Exhibition Galleries Foyer, Parkes Place, Canberra

The Canberra Youth Orchestra, conducted by Dominic Harvey, presents new Australian works; a piano concerto by Neil Goodchild and a guitar concerto by Tim Hansen, and the premiere of an orchestral piece by Japanese composer, Kanako Okamoto. The 'Picture Paradise' exhibition will be open for the concert.

7 - 8pm. Cost: $15; $10 members or concession.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

20 September 2008

'Shooting Stars' at the NFSA: Veree Teasdale in A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Dieterle & Max Reinhardt, USA 1935)

National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra

See our shooting stars in their cinematic splendour at the Arc cinema, in association with the exhibition 'Shooting Stars: Women from the Taussig collection'.

4.30pm. For Arc screening programs see www.nfsa.gov.au

Contact: National Film and Sound Archive 02 6248 2000

Web site: www.nfsa.gov.au

 

Canberra Youth Orchestra concert in association with 'Picture Paradise'

National Gallery of Australia: Exhibition Galleries Foyer, Parkes Place, Canberra

The Canberra Youth Orchestra, conducted by Dominic Harvey, presents new Australian works; a piano concerto by Neil Goodchild and a guitar concerto by Tim Hansen, and the premiere of an orchestral piece by Japanese composer, Kanako Okamoto. The 'Picture Paradise' exhibition will be open for the concert.

7 - 8pm. Cost: $15; $10 members or concession.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

21 September 2008

Opening event for 'Doors of Queanbeyan'

Benedict House, 29 Isabella Street, Queanbeyan NSW

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Kate Shelton 17218@tpg.com.au or 02 6284 2868

 

22 September 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

24 September 2008

Opening event for ‘Simplicity’

Tuggeranong Community Arts Centre, corner of Cowlishaw and Reed Streets, Greenway, Canberra

5.30pm. Entry by invitation. Free.

Contact: Suzie Edwards, suziee@tca.asn.au

 

25 September 2008

Opening event for 'New York Muse'

ADFA Library, UNSW@ADFA, Northcott Drive, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

5.30pm. Entry by invitation.

Contact: David Paterson d.paterson@adfa.edu.au

 

Miller Street Soiree #3 - Remastered

National Library of Australia, Parkes, Canberra

Twenty Australian photographers present a one night only multimedia exhibition featuring photography and music, plus Photographic Print Raffle and People's Choice Award.

6pm to 8pm. Free event, open to the public. Bookings: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

Contact: Sean Davey pidgin@tpg.com.au or 0408 662 996

Web site: www.pidgin.com.au


Opening Event for 'Shot'

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

27 September 2008

Extreme Scanning with Canadian artist Lynne Heller

The Australian National University School of Art Photography and Media Workshop, 1st Floor, Building 105, Childers Street, Acton, Canberra

In this one day workshop media artist Lynne Heller will demonstrate how to get the most out of your desktop scanner. Participants will examine how scanners work and what they can expect of them when scanning real life objects at high resolutions. 'Extreme Scanning' introduces you to a new world of hyper detail and the illusion of shifting scale. Advanced scanning techniques and tips for working with and manipulation of large files in Photoshop will be covered in this workshop. Basic Photoshop Skills necessary. Ages 16 and up.

10am - 5pm. Cost: full $140; concession $80. Bookings essential.

Contact: Photomedia Workshop 02 6125 5815 or Peter Fitzpatrick peter.fitzpatrick@anu.edu.au

Web site: http://www.anu.edu.au/art/photomedia/

 

'Picture Paradise' exhibition floortalk:  Mundy's photographic magnum opus: Rotomahana and the Boiling Springs of New Zealand (1875)

National Gallery of Australia: Exhibition Galleries, Parkes Place, Canberra

New Zealand photo-historian John B Turner talks on Daniel Louis Mundy's 1860s-1870s landscape photography in New Zealand.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

'Shot' Floor Talk by Paul Murray and Penny Boyer

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place (Corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

A talk about work by staff of the Canberra Institute of Technology Faculty of Fashion, Art and Design. Each participant in this group exhibition has taken up an aspect of photography as an inspiration or focus for the work.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

'Shooting Stars' at the NFSA: Leni Riefenstahl in The Holy Mountain (Arnald Franck, Germany 1926) with live accompaniment by Mauro Colombis

National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra

See our shooting stars in their cinematic splendour at the Arc cinema, in association with the exhibition 'Shooting Stars: Women from the Taussig collection'.

7.30pm. A special event. For Arc screening programs see www.nfsa.gov.au

Contact: National Film and Sound Archive 02 6248 2000

Web site: www.nfsa.gov.au

 

28 September 2008

Shooting Strathnairn

Strathnairn Homestead and Gallery, 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt, Canberra

Come and photograph the landscape around Strathnairn with photographic artist Joe Cali.

Free event. Numbers limited - bookings essential (see website)

Contact: Joe Cali joe.cali@anu.edu.au or 0429 233 616

Web site: http://www.joecali.com.au

 

29 September 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

1 October 2008

Children's pin-hole camera workshop

Australian War Memorial: Orientation Gallery, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

Under the direction of Memorial photographers children will make their own pin-hole camera, learn basic principles of photography, then shoot and process their work. This two-and-a-half hour workshop is suitable for school-aged children years 6 and over.

10am and 2pm. Bookings essential and places are limited. Cost: $15 per person, $10 for Friends of the Memorial.

Contact: 02 6243 4473

 

2 October 2008

 

'Picture Paradise' exhibition floortalk with Robert Deane: Linnaeus Tripe, British photographer in Asia

National Gallery of Australia: Exhibition Galleries, Parkes Place, Canberra

Robert Deane, Senior Researcher at the NGA, will examine the contribution of Linnaeus Tripe to the photographic history of India and Myanmar.

12.45pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

3 October 2008

Sun prints children's workshop for 7 to 12 year olds

with Samantha Vawdrey in association with the exhibition 'Picture Paradise:Asia-Pacific Photography 1840s - 1940s'

National Gallery of Australia: Small Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Join Samantha Vawdrey, Manager, Public Programs, Monash Art Gallery, and learn how to use the suns rays and water to create a photographic print of plants and flowers to create your own botanical specimen.

10am to 12 noon. Open to children aged 7 to 12 years. Cost: $20: $15 (members) Bookings essential, after July 1.

Contact: 02 6240 6504 or 02 6240 6537

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Sun prints children's workshop

with Samantha Vawdrey in association with the exhibition 'Picture Paradise:Asia-Pacific Photography 1840s - 1940s'

National Gallery of Australia: Small Theatre, Parkes Place, Canberra

Samantha Vawdrey will introduce students to the process of making cyanotypes (sunprints). Students will be actively involved in the process from the mixing of chemicals, to coating the paper and exposing it to light, to finally produce a photographic print of flora to create their own botanical specimens.

1pm to 4.30pm Open to children aged 13 to 15 years. Cost: $20: $15 (members) Bookings essential, after July 1.

Contact: 02 6240 6504 or 02 6240 6537

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

Outdoor Projection of Photographic Images

National Library of Australia podium, Parkes Place, Canberra

A projection of photographic images by Beam Data Projection Group on to the external walls of the National Library building.

7.30pm - 9.30pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Matthew Annett mannett@nla.gov.au

 

Icon on icon: Iconic photographs projected on to the Memorial's iconic entrance

Australian War Memorial, front facade facing Anzac Parade, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

In association with the Icon and Archive exhibition, photographs will be projected on to the front of the main building, immersing the building in its photographic collection.

Dusk - 10pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Shaune Lakin shaune.lakin@awm.gov.au

 

4 October 2008

'Shot' Floor Talk by Sylvia Velez and Julian Stevenson

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place (Corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

A talk about work by staff of the Canberra Institute of Technology Faculty of Fashion, Art and Design. Each participant in this group exhibition has taken up an aspect of photography as an inspiration or focus for the work.

2pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

'Picture Paradise' exhibition floortalk with Gael Newton: The empire of plants

National Gallery of Australia: Exhibition Galleries, Parkes Place, Canberra

Gael Newton, Senior Curator, Photography and curator of the exhibition Picture Paradise.

12.45pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: National Gallery of Australia 02 6240 6502

Web site: www.nga.gov.au

 

'Shooting Stars' at the NFSA: Marlene Dietrich in Marlene (Maximillian Schell, West Germany 1984)

National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra

See our shooting stars in their cinematic splendour at the Arc cinema, in association with the exhibition 'Shooting Stars: Women from the Taussig collection'.

4.30pm. For Arc screening programs see www.nfsa.gov.au

Contact: National Film and Sound Archive 02 6248 2000

Web site: www.nfsa.gov.au

 

Icon on icon: Iconic photographs projected on to the Memorial's iconic entrance

Australian War Memorial, front facade facing Anzac Parade, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

In association with the Icon and Archive exhibition, photographs will be projected on to the front of the main building, immersing the building in its photographic collection.

Dusk - 10pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Shaune Lakin shaune.lakin@awm.gov.au

 

5 October 2008

My Top Three: an ethnographic photography forum

National Museum of Australia: Visions Theatre, Lawson Crescent, Acton, Canberra

Three photographs, three stories, three windows into other times, places and lives.

As part of the Vivid National Photography Festival and the exhibition A Different Time: The Expedition Photographs of Herbert Basedow 1903–1928, our panel of experts will each reveal three powerful photographs that have stayed in their memories. Along the way they'll discuss ethnographic photography, surprising uses of historic photographs, photography and contemporary Aboriginal communities, and the role of the photograph as a museum and archival object. This lively forum will be facilitated by historian and award-winning filmmaker Christine Hansen, with panel members: Dr Jane Lydon ( historian and archaeologist), Wayne Quilliam (commercial photographer), Dr Johanna Sassoon (photo-historian and collection manager), David Kaus (National Museum curator).

2 - 3.30 pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: info@nma.gov.au

Icon on icon: Iconic photographs projected on to the Memorial's iconic entrance

Australian War Memorial, front facade facing Anzac Parade, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

In association with the Icon and Archive exhibition, photographs will be projected on to the front of the main building, immersing the building in its photographic collection.

Dusk - 10pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: Shaune Lakin shaune.lakin@awm.gov.au

 

6 October 2008

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra

Behind the scenes tour of the National Library’s Photographic Collection. Take a tour with a curator from the Library’s Pictures Branch. See some of the 700,000 historic photographs in the collection, how they are stored and how they are cared for. The collection includes rare Daguerreotypes and albumen prints from the nineteenth century, photograph albums and exhibition prints – the beautiful, the weird and the wonderful. Tours will be run every Monday during the festival

11am - noon. Free event, open to the public. Bookings are essential.

Contact: bookings@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1271

web site: www.nla.gov.au

 

8 October 2008

Children's pin-hole camera workshop

Australian War Memorial: Orientation Gallery, Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra

Under the direction of Memorial photographers children will make their own pin-hole camera, learn basic principles of photography, then shoot and process their work. This two-and-a-half hour workshop is suitable for school-aged children years 6 and over.

10am and 2pm. Bookings essential and places are limited. Cost: $15 per person, $10 for Friends of the Memorial.

Contact: 02 6243 4473

 

Opening Event for 'A Chronicle of Quirks'

ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736

 

Opening of the 'Sixth LEICA/CCP Documentary Photography Award' exhibition at ANU School of Art Gallery

The Australian National University School of Art, Ellery Crescent, Acton, Canberra

6pm. Free event, open to the public.

Contact: ANU School of Art Gallery sofagallery@anu.edu.au or 02 6125 5841

 

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