Esperanza – Taking Action – Belinda Pratten

7th June 2010 | Exhibitions
From "Esperanza - Taking Action" - Belinda Pratten

From "Esperanza - Taking Action" - Belinda Pratten

Esperanza – Taking Action documents the activities of volunteer activists last August blockading two coal export terminals in Queensland. “Peaceful direct action is core to Greenpeace campaigns. But what actually happens as these actions unfold? And how do the activists feel when they’re on the frontline standing up for what they believe in?”

The exhibition opens at 6pm on Friday, 11th June at the Huw Davies Gallery, Manuka Arts Centre. Read the rest of this entry »

Watching You Watching Me – Holly Treadaway

29th May 2010 | Exhibitions

Untitled 6 - Holly Treadaway

Untitled 6 - Holly Treadaway


Holly’s exhibition of images from Malaysia, Laos and Vietnam, Watching You Watching Me, opens at 6pm on Friday 4th June at Cafe Yala, CIT, Constitution Ave, Reid.
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HobNob – Sarah Kaur

24th May 2010 | Exhibitions

Ballet Landscape - Sarah Kaur

Ballet Landscape - Sarah Kaur

Sarah Kaur is showing in the HobNob Group Show at M16 Artspace, Kingston. The opening is at 6pm, Thursday 27th May with the exhibition continuing to 13th June. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital printing myths

18th May 2010 | Technical

If you follow what you read in books or discussion groups you may think the way to get the best prints is to simply calibrate your monitor, select the best paper and obtain a good profile for it, choose the best printer you can afford and click Print. Or maybe you first soft-proof, make the appropriate corrections then click Print. Well I’m here to tell you it doesn’t quite work this way. Read the rest of this entry »

Period Piece – Margaret Kalms

17th May 2010 | Exhibitions

Womb - Margaret Kalms

Womb - Margaret Kalms

Margaret Kalms’ photographs explore an intimate part of what it is to be a woman. Her images are a statement of respect for women’s bodies, not a response to men’s fantasies. The subtle eroticism and sexuality are used to express what being a woman means and feels like, with a focus on menstruation in emotional and philosophically symbolic terms.

Period Piece opens at the Huw Davies Gallery, Manuka Arts Centre at 6pm on Thursday 20th May and continues to 6th June. Read the rest of this entry »

Connections – Brazil and Australia

24th April 2010 | Exhibitions
From "Connections - Brazil and Australia"

From "Connections - Brazil and Australia"

Initiated by the Embassy of Brazil and curated by Services for Art, Connections – Brazil and Australia parallels and contrasts, among other things, Griffin’s and Costa’s visions for Canberra and Brasilia respectively. “Take a journey through time to experience the connections between Brazil and Australia, from ancient Gondwana to an environmentally sound future.”

The exhibition opens at the Gallery of Australian Design, 44 Parkes Place, Parkes ACT at 5pm, Wednesday 5th May and continues to 19th June. Gallery hours are Wednesday to Saturday 10am-4pm. Read the rest of this entry »

Access All Areas 2010

24th April 2010 | Exhibitions

Chairs, Kingston - Stephen Best

Chairs, Kingston - Stephen Best

The PhotoAccess Members’ Show for 2010 opens at the Huw Davies Gallery, Manuka Arts Centre at 6pm on 29th April and continues until 16th May.

Artists represented with prints by Macquarie Editions include Richard Arculus, Richard Barwick, Stephen Best, Robert Burne, David Chalker, Dane Donaldson, Aart Groothuis, Bronwyn Jewell, Steve Lovegrove, Kate Luke, Payal Sehgal Mahajan, Belinda Pratten, Jack Roach, Barbie Robinson, Christine Rufflet, Richard Scherer, Lorna Sim, Tony Stewart, Sarah Swenson, Josh Wodak and the class of The Works.

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Glimpses of Cambodia – David Morrow

30th March 2010 | Exhibitions
David Morrow

David Morrow

David Morrow spent some time in Cambodia as a tour operator and guide and has collected here some of his personal views of less frequented sites, the people and their customs. His show, Glimpses of Cambodia, Images of Cambodian cultural icons & ceremony opens at the Collector Gallery and Bookshop, 22 Church Street, Collector at 2pm on 18th April and continues to 23rd May (Sundays only). Read the rest of this entry »

ACT AIPP Awards

30th March 2010 | News

Dan O'Day

Dan O'Day


Congratulations to Dan O’Day who won Professional Photographer of the Year, Wedding Photographer of the Year and Illustrative Photographer of the Year, and Hilary Wardhaugh who won Portrait Photographer of the Year in this year’s judging of the ACT AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photographers) Awards. Read the rest of this entry »

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23rd March 2010 | News

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