Arts & Culture

A documentary made by a Batemans Bay filmmaker about keeping Australia's oldest show on the road is one of five shortlisted by SBS as part of its Australia Uncovered series exploring diversity and equality in contemporary Australia. The Carnival, directed by Isabel Darling, is a six-year labour of love that tells the story of Queanbeyan's Bell family which has run Bell's...

A feature film shot in Adaminaby, the Snowy Mountains, the Monaro plains and western Sydney in 2019 is to have its world premiere at the prestigious South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in the US, to be held ‘virtually’ in March 2021. SXSW, held in the city of Austin, Texas, is an annual film, music and digital festival that celebrates raw...

Very few people have literally changed the face of their old hometown, but Don Paull can lay claim to that achievement through his work on the Batemans Bay foreshore. Painting under the pseudonym Fangaroo, Don is the man behind the evolving new look of the iconic The Boatshed – also known as Innes' Boatshed. His work is transforming the shed's...

After 12 months as acting executive director of Eastern Riverina Arts, Dr Tim Kurylowicz has been permanently appointed to the role. The seasoned arts and cultural worker, who made the tree-change to the Riverina with wife Sophie in 2011, takes the reins of the local not-for-profit organisation following Scott Howie’s 10-year stint in the gig. Since relocating to the area, Dr...

Jasmin Durham's mother was mesmerised by ballet from the very first show she ever saw. That love of dance passed from mother to daughter, and now Jasmin, a former Canberra resident who was raised in the city from the age of three months but now lives in Melbourne, is one of six nominees in the 2020 Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards. Created in...

A whole lot of colour is being splashed around Harden-Murrumburrah right now and it’s difficult to miss. Anyone who has driven through the big-little twin towns in the NSW South West Slopes will know the sweeping hills delivering people from east and west, via Burley Griffin Way, provide a perfect asphalt carpet to one of the main attractions which had...

For nine days in between the Black Summer bushfires and the outbreak of COVID-19, SCULPTURE Bermagui was able to squeeze an exhibition of 129 sculptures into a drama-free gap in 2020. The exhibition went ahead in March, and the outdoor nature of most of it meant the event was COVID-19 safe. Now, this year's exhibition is shaping up to be...

An exhibition showcasing the work of Braidwood artist Jack Featherstone will open at Tuggeranong Arts Centre on Saturday, 6 February, 2021. Titled 'Jack, John and Kempsey', the exhibition features paintings from the artist’s private collection and the collections of family, friends and local collectors across a span of 62 years, between 1958 and 2020. Jack is a well known figure...

If art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life – as per the famous quote from Pablo Picasso – hopefully for the bushfire-ravaged residents of Snowy Valleys, an ongoing festival of art has provided some solace. A year on from the Dunns Road fire – which, for 50 days, tore through 333,940 hectares of farmland, bush and...

The most famous sunflowers in the world are on their way to Canberra in March 2021. Vincent van Gogh's 1888 still-life oil on canvas painting, simply titled Sunflowers, will undoubtedly be the drawcard of the exclusive Canberra season of 'Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London', which opens on 5 March at the National Gallery of Australia. Tickets went...

As Fanny Lumsden steps from the lush green lawns of Canberra’s Commonwealth Park onto Stage 88 for the 2021 Australia Day celebrations tomorrow, Canberrans will meet the freshly minted golden girl of Australian music. For the singer/songwriter, it will be in stark contrast to 26 January 2020 when she was still choking on smoke after three bushfires converged into a...

Are taking the Monday off and hitting the road for an extra-long-weekend? Here are a few exhibitions in southeast NSW where you can escape the heat and enjoy some art and culture. X Gallery, Bungendore Works by Kate Carruthers and Michael Warner in the current show at X Gallery, ‘The Fire and The Flood’. Kate Carruthers and her husband, Michael...

Accomplished film producer and scriptwriter Sue Milliken is taking a break from showing Australians themselves on the big screen. She is heading bush on another mission for the country. One of the chief creators of the 2018 hit movie Ladies in Black, Ms Milliken is busily working on several projects, including one close to her heart, a documentary about writer and...

After a freak accident in 2012 left 24-year-old Yass man Jade Roche paralysed from the waist down, he was at a loss for things to do in the regional NSW town. Jade was used to playing sport all of his life, but wasn’t aware of any sport in Yass for people with a disability, or other hobbies that provided disability...

Narooma Youth Theatre will hold a performance which explores the theme of renewal on Sunday, 24 January, at Quota Park in Narooma. Residents and visitors are invited to the immersive performance of Regeneration with actors from the youth theatre presenting their visions for the future and their advice for the present. Director Amy Spurgeon said it will be a show where dreams...

The historic Narooma Kinema will host a screening of the documentary, Yuwinj-Dhari Bulwal-Yuin Country Explored, on Australia Day, 26 January, 2021. The free documentary presents some of the important stories surrounding Captain Cook’s arrival in Her Majesty's Bark Endeavour along the NSW South Coast in 1770, and the past and present consequences for local Aboriginal people. Eurobodalla Shire Council’s arts coordinator,...