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Volume 6 Number 12 December 13 2010 - January 9 2011
Melbourne violinist Tessa Ho – a student at the University’s Conservatorium of Music – has won both the National and Victorian MBS Young Performer of the Year awards, and the Tallis Foundation $5000 cash prize.
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Volume 6 Number 12 December 13 2010 - January 9 2011
In the foreword to the book Art + Soul, published as a companion to the major ABC TV series, Hetti Perkins, author and distinguished Aboriginal art curator, writes: “I am proud that all our children are the inheritors of the world’s oldest continuous cultural traditions and one of its most dynamic art movements.” By Katherine Smith
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Volume 6 Number 12 December 13 2010 - January 9 2011
Audiences have the opportunity to review work by up-and-coming visual artists during December as the Victorian College of the Arts’ Southbank School of Art presents its ambitious 2010 Masters Exhibition, while at ACMI graduating filmmakers from VCA Film and TV premiere their short films.
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Volume 6 Number 11 November 8 - December 12 2010
Papua New Guinean culture, Celtic mythology and iconic architectures are interwoven elements of Tim Jones’ work in the exhibition Tim Jones: the phantom and the city at The Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne. By Katrina Raymond.
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Volume 6 Number 11 November 8 - December 12 2010
From James Cook onwards Europeans coming to Australia viewed it for its potential as a vast garden. Melbourne architect, historian and curator Richard Aitken unfolds the story in his new book The Garden of Ideas: Four Centuries of Australian Style (Miegunyah Press 2010). By Shane Cahill.
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Volume 6 Number 11 November 8 - December 12 2010
Can the multi-billion dollar fashion industry ever be sustainable? Tullia Jack, a Masters student from the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, told David Scott she thinks it’s possible.
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Volume 6 Number 11 November 8 - December 12 2010
Sunday 14 November is Cultural Treasures Day at the University of Melbourne from 10am–4pm. A free event, it offers the public a chance to explore the wonderful collections of the University, some of which are usually available only for learning and teaching, and scholarly research. By Katherine Smith.
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Volume 6 Number 11 November 8 - December 12 2010
After a seven-year closure and a $2.7million renewal program, the University’s Grainger Museum documenting the life, legacy and passions of Australian composer and performer Percy Aldridge Grainger has re-opened to the public. In the lead-up to the Cultural Treasures Day 2010 to be held this Sunday 14 November, Katherine Smith explored the reinvigorated museum.
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