The mediaeval town of Hameln (Hamelin) in Germany is world-famous because of its legendary pied piper, but it also numbers among its native daughters one of Australia's (and Canberra’s) leading photographers – Heide Smith.
CAPO, the Capital Arts Patrons' Organisation is planning to paint the town red when it holds its 40th "ruby” anniversary gala at Albert Hall in mid-November.
Works of art by more than 160 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists have travelled from the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) to the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, where they will be on display until October 29.
Well-known identity in the Canberra arts community, David Whitbread has just been shortlisted in a national design award for his latest book, “The Design Manual.”
Design students from the Canberra Institute of Technology's (CIT) fashion school have been busy transforming discarded white sheets into a range of garments that they hope will redefine fashion's environmental footprint.
Visitors to ANCA Gallery in Dickson should leave their preconceived ideas of what a brooch is at the door when attending the "Pin 9” show, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"There are too many gatekeepers and not enough locksmiths opening doors,” director of the Canberra Writers Festival Beejay Silcox tells arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Sung with a quality not often heard – rich, warm, and full – her voice enveloped, licked and sealed me inside. I adored her." CASSIDY RICHENS reviews a concert by Miriam Lieberman.