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2011
07.12.2011 - Public Lecture - Discovering Australia’s Trees: Masterpieces of Design
Photography by Paul Wright
Presented by Associate Professor Brian Atwell,Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
An illustrated lecture which explores the tree's grand design and biological make-up using the latest scientific research in relation to the visual depiction of the tree by artists over time - from the colonial viewpoint to the contemporary.
Date: Wednesday 7 December, 2011
Time: 1-2pm
Cost: Free
Enquiries/bookings: Tel:(02) 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition, ARBOREAL
26 October - 15 December 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
07.12.2011 - Free guided walking tour – Macquarie University Arboretum & Sculpture Park
Explore Macquarie’s Arboretum; be amazed at the University Art Gallery’s new summer exhibition “Arboreal” and discover Macquarie’s impressive Sculpture Park all in one combined tour.
Duration: 1.5 hours including a tea or coffee break
Date: Wednesday 7 December, 2011
Time: 10am
Venue: Meet at the front entrance of Building E11A at 10am, Where to find us
Cost: Free
Enquiries/bookings: Tel:(02) 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition, ARBOREAL
26 October - 15 December 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
More about Macquarie’s Arboretum
More about Macquarie’s Sculpture Park
 Photography by Iain Brew |
 Labile Andrew Rogers 2005 300 cm height cast bronze Photography by Belinda Clark |
25.11.2011 - Free guided walking tour – Macquarie University Arboretum & Sculpture Park
Explore Macquarie’s Arboretum; be amazed at the University Art Gallery’s new summer exhibition “Arboreal” and discover Macquarie’s impressive Sculpture Park all in one combined tour.
Duration: 1.5 hours including a tea or coffee break
Date: Friday 25 November, 2011
Time: 10am
Venue: Meet at the front entrance of Building E11A at 10am, Where to find us
Cost: Free
Enquiries/bookings: Tel:(02) 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition, ARBOREAL
26 October - 15 December 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
More about Macquarie’s Arboretum
This walking tour will be held again on Wednesday 7 December, 2011More about Macquarie’s Sculpture Park
 Photography by Iain Brew |
The Way of the Sage Antone Bruinsma helidon freestone consisting of 4 pieces Photography by Belinda Clark |
23.11.2011 - Drawing Workshop
Join artist Patrick Shirvington exploring the natural environment on the University's beautiful parklands. Come along equipped with drawing materials, hat, sunscreen, insect repellent and a picnic lunch.
Date: Wednesday 23 November, 2011
Time: 10am-2pm
Venue: Meet at the University Art Gallery, Building E11A, Where to find us
Cost: $10
Enquiries/bookings: Tel:(02) 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition, ARBOREAL
26 October - 15 December 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
 Photography by Paul Wright |
 Photography: Courtesy Macquarie University |
 Photography by Helena Bolle |
16.11.2011 - Free guided walking tour – Macquarie University Arboretum & Sculpture Park
Explore Macquarie’s Arboretum - be amazed at the University Art Gallery’s new summer exhibition “Arboreal” and discover Macquarie’s impressive Sculpture Park all in one combined tour.
Date: Wednesday 16 November, 2011
Time: 10am
Venue: Meet at the front entrance of Building E11A, Where to find us
Cost: Free
Enquiries/bookings: Tel:(02) 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition, ARBOREAL
26 October - 15 December 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
More about Macquarie’s Arboretum
This walking tour will be held again on Friday 25 November and Wednesday 7 December, 2011More about Macquarie’s Sculpture Park
 Photography by Iain Brew |
 Photography by Belinda Clark |
07.11.2011 - Uncurated lecture by author and historian, Gregory Blaxell
Banjo Paterson (1864-1941)
Poet, ballad writer, journalist and horseman
Join us for a lecture about the life and times of Banjo Patterson, including poetry recitation.
Date: Monday 7 November, 2011
Time: 6pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A, Where to find us
Booking: contact 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Cost: Free
Enquiries/bookings: Tel:(02) 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition, ARBOREAL
26 October - 15 December 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
28.09.2011 - Spring Art Appreciation Lecture Series - Transformations: Georgia O’Keeffe and Shay Docking
Song of earth and sea
(Tribute to Gustave Mahler)
Photo by Effy Alexakis, Photowrite.
Courtesy of the artist's estate.
Join us for the Spring Art Appreciation Lecture Series
Rhonda Davis, curator Macquarie University Art Gallery
"Transformations: Georgia O’Keeffe and Shay Docking"
Date: Wednesday 28 September 2011
Time: 3pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
Booking: contact 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition
Song of Earth and Sea: Shay Docking 1955-1996
26 August - 14 October 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
21.09.2011 - Shay Docking Symposium
Ritual Place III (The Wave),
Environs of Sydney 1976
Photo by Effy Alexakis, Photowrite.
Courtesy of the artist's estate.
Dr Christopher Dean
"Shay Docking: A bridge between Australian and New Zealand Art"
The curators Rhonda Davis and Leonard Janiszewski in conversation with Gil Docking
Date: Wednesday 21 September
Time: 1-3pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
Cost: Free admission
Afternoon tea will be provided.
Enquiries: rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au or Tel: (02) 9850 7437
In association with the exhibition
Song of Earth and Sea: Shay Docking 1955-1996
26 August - 14 October 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
20.09.2011 - Drawing Plein Air with Darug artist Leanne Tobin
Shay Docking
High Tops, Volcanoes,
Warrumbungles, NSW, 1988
Explore Macquarie University’s Arboretum with Darug artist Leanne Tobin in a plein air drawing class.
Date: Tuesday 20 September
Time: 10am – 1pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
Cost: $10
Morning tea will be provided.
Booking: Book early as places are limited.
Materials: Bring your own pad, a range of pencils and drawing equipment
Enquiries: rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au or Tel: (02) 9850 7437
In association with the exhibition
Song of Earth and Sea: Shay Docking 1955-1996
26 August - 14 October 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
14.09.2011 - Spring Art Appreciation Lecture Series - Oh My God It’s Art! Looking at Paintings: Shay Docking
Tweed Volcano &
Caldera with River Valley
Photo by Effy Alexakis, Photowrite.
Courtesy of the artist's estate.
Join us for the Spring Art Appreciation Lecture Series
Leonard Janiszewski, curator Macquarie University Art Gallery
"Oh My God It’s Art! Looking at Paintings: Shay Docking"
Date: Wednesday 14 September 2011
Time: 3pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
Booking: contact 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition
Song of Earth and Sea: Shay Docking 1955-1996
26 August - 14 October 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
07.09.2011 - Spring Art Appreciation Lecture Series - The Luminous Eye: What do artists see?
Celebration of a summer,
Environs 1975
Photo by Effy Alexakis, Photowrite.
Courtesy of the artist's estate.
Join us for the Spring Art Appreciation Lecture Series
Dr Rod Pattenden is an art historian, curator and Chair of the Blake Prize.
"The Luminous Eye: What do artists see?"
Beginning with the drawings of Shay Docking this lecture will explore the process of looking and playful interpretation that goes on as artists observe the world. Considering the way artists use drawing, photography and other research techniques will give us insight into what artists see, what they leave out and what they invent, in an effort to respond to the world which they observe. Artists give us evidence of their wonder, anguish, humour and delight in seeing the world their eye inhabits.
Date: Wednesday 7 September 2011
Time: 3pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
Booking: contact 9850 7437 or rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
In association with the exhibition
Song of Earth and Sea: Shay Docking 1955-1996
26 August - 14 October 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
05.09.2011 - Shakin’ the World Over: The Greek-Australian Milk Bar
Katherine Crummer
(nee Aikaterini Georgia Plessos)
probably taken in Sydney, late nineteenth century
Photo courtesy R. and P. Crummer,
from the ‘In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians’
National Project Archives
History Week 2011 brings to the table the edible, appetising, tasty history of food. Who ate what and where? How did we cook and where did our food come from? History Week 2011 will be a smorgasbord of delectable delights.
EAT History is the theme of History Week 2011’s exhibitions, talks and dining experiences. Join chefs, gastronomers and food historians to discover the morsels of our past.
Milkshakes were originally a health food. Ingredients included fruit, cream, butter, eggs, chocolate, honey, caramel, malt, yeast, and rum. No ice cream or artificial flavours. According to Macquarie University historian, Leonard Janiszewski, milkshakes were popularised through milk bars, initially created in Sydney in 1932 by a Greek known as Mick Adams. Adams’ refreshment revolution became an Australian and international food-catering icon. Janiszewski’s lecture will explain how.
Presented by Department of Modern History, Macquarie University
Date: Monday 5 September 2011
Time: 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery Building E11A
Cost: Free
Booking: Bookings essential
Enquiries: Leonard Janiszewski leonard.janiszewski@mq.edu.au 9850 6886
Visit: http://www.austhistmuseum.mq.edu.au/greek/
In association with the exhibition
IN HER OWN IMAGE: GREEK-AUSTRALIAN WOMEN
A historical and contemporary insight
1 August – 12 August 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
02.08.2011 - Bracelet-making workshop presented by Darug elder Lexodious Dadd
Celebrate Diversity Week!
Bracelet-making workshop presented by Darug elder Lexodious Dadd
Art Gallery, E11A
Tuesday 2 August from midday – 2pm
Learn the traditional technique of plaiting using all natural materials sourced from Darug country in creating your own bracelet. The workshop will be presented by Darug elder Uncle Lex. All materials will be supplied. Book early as session places will be limited.
Contact Rhonda Davies at rhonda.davies@mq.edu.au or call (02) 9850 7437 to reserve your place.
01.08.2011 - Lecture: Photonics in Art and Cultural Heritage Conservation: Connecting David and the Dreaming
Celebrate Diversity Week!
Lecture: Photonics in Art and Cultural Heritage Conservation:
Connecting David and the Dreaming
Art Gallery, E11A
Monday 1 August from 5:30pm – 7pm
One of the many ways science serves art is by generating research-based knowledge for the diagnosis, preservation and conservation of art and cultural heritage. This lecture focuses on the photonic sciences in providing tools to diagnose and treat conservation problems. Examples include the laser scanning and laser cleaning of the statue of David, and early stage research on conservation problems in Aboriginal bark paintings and other artefacts unique to Australia being carried out at Macquarie University.
Professor Deb Kane from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been over a broad range of areas in laser physics, incoherent light sources, and the application of these lasers and sources in spectroscopy, optical metrology, communications and interactions with materials.
All welcome. Light refreshments available.
23.06.2011 - CURATOR'S FLOOR TALK - by Peter Fay
Image: From the series:
Hiding Strategies
Photography Mary MacDougall
Curator, Peter Fay will provide insights into the concept and outcomes of the "No Room to Hide" exhibiton.
Date: Thursday 23 June 2011
Time: 1pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
Enquiries: rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au or Tel: (02) 9850 7437
In association with the exhibition
No Room to Hide
15 June - 25 July 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
06.05.2011 - A practical icon workshop - directed by icon artist, Leonithas Ioannou
Leonard Brown
Vladmirskaya
Community members are invited to attend a workshop directed by icon artist, Leonithas Ioannou
Date: Friday 6 May 2011
Time: 10am-1pm
Venue: Building E11A, Art Gallery, Macquarie University
Cost: $25
Parking: Free parking (map)
RSVP: Wednesday 4 May 2011
Numbers are limited so register early by emailing the Art Gallery at artgallery@mq.edu.au
Workshop Director, Leonithas Ioannou, will talk about the history of icon painting and demonstrate the various stages involved in painting icons. There will be an opportunity for workshop participants to try their hand at painting an icon and learn about the techniques involved.
Whilst in the Art Gallery, participants will study the icons on display at the related exhibition titled: Painting in Gold: An Exhibition of Ancient and Contemporary Icons
More details about the exhibition
Enquiries: rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au or Tel: (02) 9850 7437
05.04.2011 - Lecture: "The Last Colonial: Secrets of the Short Story"
Date: Tuesday 5 April 2011
Time: 6pm
Venue: Building E11A, Art Gallery, Macquarie University
Cost: FREE
Parking: Free parking (map)
RSVP: Bookings are essential.
Please register online by
Friday 1 April
Sir Christopher Ondaatje, Macquarie University Writer in Residence, will speak on writing, drawing on his literary career and inspiration from Henry James, Guy de Maupassant and Ernest Hemingway. "The Last Colonial" is the title of his upcoming book.
Sir Christopher was born in Ceylon, educated in London and emigrated to Canada in 1956. He has worked at several magazines and newspapers, and in 1967 founded the Pagurian Press, which eventually became the enormously successful Pagurian Corporation. In 1988 he sold all his business interests and returned to the literary world.
He is the author of seven books including the best-selling Burton biographies "Sindh Revisited" and "Journey to the Source of the Nile". He was a member of Canada’s 1964 Olympic bobsled team, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. He lives in London, England.
04.04.2011 - Museum Studies "Uncurated" lecture - "Hemingway in Africa: The Last Safari"
Date: Monday 4 April 2011
Time: 5:30pm – 7pm
Venue: Building E11A, Art Gallery, Macquarie University
Cost: FREE
Parking: Free parking (map)
RSVP: Bookings are essential.
Please register online by
Friday 1 April
Sir Christopher Ondaatje, Macquarie University Writer in Residence will speak on his book "Hemingway in Africa: The Last Safari".
Africa was an obsession for Hemingway all his life, and Ondaatje, through several personal journeys into both physical and literary aspects of Hemingway’s safaris, has produced a startling and controversial documentary of the man and the myth. Sir Christopher Ondaatje was born in Ceylon, educated in London and emigrated to Canada in 1956. He has worked at several magazines and newspapers, and in 1967 founded the Pagurian Press, which became the enormously successful Pagurian Corporation.
In 1988, he sold all his business interests and returned to the literary world. He is the author of seven books including the best-selling Burton biographies "Sindh Revisited" and "Journey to the Source of the Nile". He was a member of Canada’s 1964 Olympic bobsled team, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. He lives in London, England.
16.02.2011 - India’s Secret Heritage - a Tale of Two Cities : Public Lecture
Anand Bhawan, the Nehru home in Allahabad symbolised a new power: the family's women often led protests.
PUBLIC LECTURE
by Visiting PROF. JANE CHAPMAN
Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
Date: Wednesday 16 February 2011, 5.30pm for 6pm
Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery Building E11A
RSVP: rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au or Tel: (02) 9850 7437
India’s Secret Heritage - a Tale of Two Cities
What is 'hidden history' and why is it so secret?
Prof. Jane Chapman, one of the curators of the Macquarie University Art Gallery exhibition India - Past , Present and Abroad talks about the aspects of India’s recent past that still need to be uncovered by historians, and how she and her team of researchers produced some of the findings presented in this exhibition.
Using a visual presentation, she will reveal why the two cities featured here were selected, what researchers found as part of their detective job, and why it is important for India today.
Her own experiences of finding out and writing about women’s history and how disempowered people used newspapers to communicate, will be explained within the context of wider issues not only about India, but about lessons from the past, the importance of heritage and archive conservation for future citizenship.
Light refreshments will be served.
In association with the exhibition
INDIA - PAST, PRESENT and ABROAD
24 January – 4 March 2011
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A
Produced in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
Effy Alexakis, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier and Jon Rhodes
Curators: Jane Chapman, Rhonda Davis and Leonard Janiszewski
This exhibition is supported by
Past
2010
16.12.2010 - Unseen Ways: Eight Sydney Artists - Curator and Studio Coordinator's Talk
Clarrice Collien
Autumn in the Park II, 2010
Acrylic wool on window wire
17 x 14 x 19.5 cm
© courtesy the artist
Curator: Hugh Nichols
1.00pm, Thursday 16 December 2010
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Exhibition:
Unseen Ways
Eight Sydney Artists
9 December 2010 - 14 January 2011
In collaboration with the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Social Inclusion, Macquarie University.
Art Gallery closed between 25 December 2010 - 2 January 2011
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
This exhibition is sponsored by Macquarie University Lighthouse Press (Printery).
Please check the art gallery website
for further information.
05.11.2010 - Gooch's Utopia: 'Imagining the Kangaroo' – Lecture presented by Prof John Simons, Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts
Kathleen Petyarre
Eastern Anmatyerr born c. 1940
Untitled (from the Utopia Suite) 1990
single block woodcut, 45 x 30 cm
Gift of Rodney Gooch (The Rodney Gooch Personal Collection)
Flinders University Art Museum 3668
© Kathleen Petyarre, Licensed by Gallerie Australis, Australia, 2008
Photography: Flinders University Multimedia
Illustrated lecture presented by Professor John Simons, Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University.
3.30pm, Friday 5 November 2010
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Exhibition:
Gooch’s Utopia: collected works from the Central Desert
14 October – 2 December 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Please check the art gallery website
for further information.
This exhibition is supported by
27.10.2010 - Gooch’s Utopia: A guided tour with the exhibition curator, Fiona Salmon
Billy Morton Petyarre
Alyawarr born c. 1930-2007
Untitled 1999
synthetic polymer paint on paper,
94.5 x 69 cm
Gift of Rodney Gooch (The Rodney Gooch Personal Collection)
Flinders University Art Museum 3666
© courtesy the artist
Photography: Flinders University Multimedia
27 October 2010
A guided tour with the exhibition curator, Fiona Salmon, Director, Flinders University Art Gallery
1pm, Wednesday 27 October 2010
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Exhibition:
Gooch’s Utopia: collected works from the Central Desert
14 October – 2 December 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Please check the art gallery website
for further information.
This exhibition is supported by
06.10.2010 - Our Choice: Public discussion with exhibition curators, Rhonda Davis and Leonard Janiszewski
Artist: Ian Fairweather
Merry-go-round
c.1955
Gouache on paper
Photography: Effy Alexakis
Presented by Senior Curator, Rhonda Davis and Leonard Janiszewski
1pm, Wednesday 6 October 2010
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
People are invited to contribute their responses to the exhibition in an open, relaxed discussion.
Afternoon tea will be served.
Our Choice: The Macquarie University Art Collection
10 September – 5 October 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Please check the art gallery website
for further information about the public programs.
25.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: 'Lasers in Art and Cultural Heritage Conservation'
Ann
2008
laminated hologram edition 3/3
80.0 x 107.0 cm
Commissioned Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 2008
Macquarie University Collection
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Paula Dawson, 2010
Photography Dean Beletich
Presented by Professor Deb Kane, Department of Physics, Macquarie University.
1pm, Wednesday 25th August
2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
24.08.2010 - Guided walking tour of Sculpture Park
Confidence, 1995
Calcium Sonata, 1998
Conducted by curator, Mr Leonard Janiszewski
The City of Ryde has added Macquarie University's Sculpture Park to its Free Guided Walks Program.
- Time: 10am - 12noon
- Meet: 9.45am, Waterloo Park playground, Waterloo Rd Marsfield
- Distance: 3km
The first walk begins with a walk through Waterloo Park followed by a guided tour of the University Sculpture Park. The guided tour of the Sculpture Park will be led by Macquarie’s Art Gallery curator, Mr Leonard Janiszewski.
The natural surroundings provide an opportunity for visitors to explore some of the 130 original sculptures by leading and emerging Australian and international sculptors. The collection contains a variety of styles, materials and techniques showing works in sandstone, limestone, concrete, steel, stainless steel, painted steel, bronze, copper and ceramics.
The Sculpture Park is a 'space of possibilities', where the environment and people interconnect through a process of discovery, enjoyment and learning.
Further information about the Sculpture Park guided walk and other guided walks can be found at Ryde Council’s website: http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/guidedwalks.
For bookings call City of Ryde Customer Service on 9952 8222.
20.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson in conversation with senior curator Rhonda Davis
Memory Theatre 1
1987
pseudo-colour rainbow hologram
Plate size 30.0 x 40.0 cm
Photography Terence Bogue
Scan Effy Alexakis
1pm, Friday 20th August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
19.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: 'Holographic Interferometry in the 1970's' presented by Prof. Stephen Thurgate
Mirror Mirror
Presentation by Professor Stephen Thurgate, Dean, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University
1pm, Thursday 19 August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
18.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: "Movement in Space in Paula Dawson's holography" by Dr Rebecca Coyle
Luminous presence
2007
digital holographic stereogram
95.0 x150.0 cm
Collection of the artist
Photography Oliver Strewe
Presented By Dr Rebecca Coyle, Director of Research and Research Training, School of Arts & Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia.
1pm, Wednesday 18th August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
17.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Exhibition tour by Lizzy Marshall
Are You There
1986
laser transmission hologram
95.0 x 150.0 cm
Collection Georgina Carnegie
Scan Effy Alexakis
Lizzy Marshall is an art critic and lecturer. She has lectured at The National Gallery of Ireland and Dublin City Gallery.
1pm, Tuesday 17 August 2010.
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
13.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Public talk by Dr Rod Pattenden
Pearls
Special event
A Light with no Shadow
Spirituality and Darkness
Public Talk by Dr Rod Pattenden, Chair of the Blake Prize for Religious Art.
1pm, Friday 13 August 2010
Exploring Paula Dawson’s use of dark light as a metaphor and conceptual frame for representing the unrepresentable. Obscurity, absence, darkness and the void allow the possibilities of the spiritual to appear in contemporary art.
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
11.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Public talk by Dr John Gage
Ann
2008
laminated hologram edition 3/3
80.0 x 107.0 cm
Commissioned Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 2008
Macquarie University Collection
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Paula Dawson, 2010
Photography Dean Beletich
Dr Gage is the former Head of the Department of History of Art at Cambridge University and Reader in the History of Western Art.
1pm, Wednesday 11th August
2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
07.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: The making of the hologram 'To Absent Friends'
To Absent Friends
1989
New Year’s Eve, 5.00pm, midnight, 3.30am
laser transmission holograms
3 glass artist’s proof plates
95.0 x 150.0 cm each
Macquarie University Collection
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Paula Dawson, 2005
Photography Irena Conomos
Floor talk by senior curator Rhonda Davis.
2pm, Saturday 7th August
2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
06.08.2010 - 27.08.2010- Virtual Encounters: Weekly exhibition tours with senior curator Rhonda Davis
Memory Theatre 1
1987
pseudo-colour rainbow hologram
Plate size 30.0 x 40.0 cm
Photography Terence Bogue
Scan Effy Alexakis
Exhibition tours with senior curator Rhonda Davis and the exhibition team
11am, Friday 6, 13, 20 and 27 August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
03.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Exhibition tour by Lizzy Marshall
Shrine
Lizzy Marshall is an art critic and lecturer. She has lectured at The National Gallery of Ireland and Dublin City Gallery.
1pm, Tuesday 3rd August
2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
16.06.2010 - Bus trip to Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
This event is being held in association with the Macquarie University Art Gallery exhibition, Bad Blood: Arthur McIntyre 1960-2000.
The Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre has kindly invited interested art lovers to a special viewing of works
that are not on display at Macquarie University. This will be a great opportunity to hear about McIntyre and his work from the curator,
Daniel Mudie Cunningham.
Wednesday 16 June 2010
- 10am - leave Macquarie University
- Morning tea and lunch will be provided
- Plus a guided tour of the exhibition by curator Daniel Mudie Cunningham
- Arrive back at Macquarie University at approximately 3.30pm
- Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
02.06.2010 - Bad Blood: Collage Workshop
Presented by artist Kate Hargraves
This event is being held in association with the Art Gallery exhibition, Bad Blood: Arthur McIntyre 1960-2000
- Date: Wednesday 2 June 2010
- Time: 10am - 2pm
- Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery
- Cost: $10
- Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
- Tel: 02 9850 7437
Learn the art of collage and assembling compositions. Within the art gallery setting,
participants will be inspired by the extensive display of collage work by the master artist Arthur McIntyre.
Materials will be supplied but please bring your own photographs, paper, fabric or anything else you wish to use.
12.03.2010-05.05.2010 - Silent Spaces: Special Events
Curators: Rhonda Davis and Leonard Janiszewski
Consultant: Peter Fay
Event
Artist talk with Rocket Mattler
1pm, Thursday 1 April 2010
Faculty of Arts Department of English
Poetry Reading
Dr Marcelle Freiman
Professor John Simons
1-2pm, Wednesday 21 April 2010
Faculty of Arts Seminar
Department of Media, Music, and Cultural Studies
Presentation on John Cage
Talk by Ruark Lewis
Performance by Mireille Astore
1-3pm, Wednesday 28 April 2010
Includes afternoon tea
Interactive floor talk with the curators and photographer Rocket Mattler
1pm, Wednesday 5 May 2010
‘What cannot be spoken is the space between visible and invisible, and public and private.’
Silent spaces existing in-between have been, and continue to be, the source of inspiration for many artists, philosophers, writers and scientists, whose work has relied upon its sustaining effects – to gather, ponder and think. Creative spaces are silent, they promise to liberate the mind and senses for reflection reaching towards new understandings. This exhibition will explore the intensity of silence in its various forms - silence as integral to healing, power and an understanding of the human condition and its relationship with nature. Furthermore, Silent Spaces will explore the mordant effects of the political silences that continue to hinder our society. Artists involved in the exhibition will be detailing silence through a variety of mediums and techniques evidencing the creative process between the unspoken and the known.
Fabian Astore, Mirielle Astore, Stephen Birch, Iain Brew, Jane Burton, Irena Conomos, Christopher Dean, McLean Edwards, Alex Gawronski, Christopher Hodges, Chris Langlois, Ruark Lewis, Rocket Mattler, Alexander McKenzie, Xavier Modoux, Hu Qinwu, Yuji Sone, Teong-Eng Tan, Hossein Valamanesh, Justine Varga and Jeremy Welsh.
Free admission to all events
Location: Macquarie University Art Gallery [view the Campus Map] [print the Campus Map]
Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Building E11A
tel: 9850 7437
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
2009
12.09.2009 - Artist's Talk (Stephen Copland)
- Date: Saturday 12 September 2009
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Artist's Talk: Stephen Copland
Meet the artist Stephen Copland, whose work
is currently featured at the
exhibition Raft: The Drifting Border.
11.09.2009 - Discussion Panel: "Voices, Songs and Stories"
- Date: Friday 11 September 2009
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Discussion Panel: "Voices, Songs and Stories"
12.08.2009 - Lunchtime Talk (Juliana O'Dean)
- Date: Wednesday 12 August
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Talk: A Vision of Two Rivers
- Presenter: Juliana O'Dean
06.08.2009 - Talk (Nathalie Hartog-Gautier)
- Date: Thursday 6 August
- Time: 10.30am - 11.15am
- Topic: Talk: Image, Place and Identity
- Presenter: Nathalie Hartog-Gautier
"Image, Place and Identity" is a Diversity Week (3-7 August) event.
29.07.2009 - Curators Eyeview: Remembering Paris
- Date: Wednesday 29 July
- Time: 10.30am
- Topic: Curators Eyeview: Remembering Paris
21.05.2009 - Lunchtime Seminar: Cadences
- Date: Thursday 21 May
- Time: 1.00pm - 2.30pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: Cadences
Artist, researcher Dr Yuji Sone will
present a lunchtime talk about the
exhibition Cadences.
Guest speakers include:
-
Professor Ross Harley, Head of School,
Media Arts, College of Fine Arts,
UNSW;
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Associate Professor John
Potts Department of Media, Music and
Culture Studies, Macquarie University.
06.04.2009 - Talk: Dealing with the Dragon - the EU and China (Dr Fraser Cameron)
- Date: Monday 6 April
- Time: 6.30pm
- Topic: Talk: Dealing with the Dragon - the EU and China
- RSVP: By Thursday 2 April to Gina Haggar (+61 2 9850 7915 or regina.haggar@mq.edu.au
Dr Cameron is the Director of the
EU-Russia Centre and a senior adviser at
the European Policy Centre and the
European Institute for Asian Studies in
Brussels; he is also the Innovative
Universities European Union Centre 2009
Distinguished Research Fellow.
05.04.2009 - Artist's Talk (Dr Fan Dongwang)
- Date: Sunday 5 April
- Time: 2.00pm
- Topic: Artist's Talk: Dr Fan Dongwang
- Contact: Kirri Hill (+61 (2) 9850 7437 or khill@vc.mq.edu.au
02.04.2009 - Chinese Brush Painting Workshop (Dongwang Fan)
- Date: Thursday 2 April
- Time: 9.30pm - 12.00pm
- Topic: Workshop: Chinese Brush Painting
- Cost: $10 (including kit)
- Bookings: regina.haggar@mq.edu.au (essential)
Two hour workshop for adults (no
previous art experience necessary) to
learn the basics of traditional Chinese
brush and ink painting, using simple but
expressive brush stroke on rice paper to
create a beautiful flower. Appreciate
Chinese philosophy and aesthetics
regarding nature. This elegant technique
is taught in a way that is easy to
understand, yet meditative, enjoyable
and relaxing.
A small kit for students will be
provided containing Chinese ink, brush
and rice paper, which are sufficient for
each student to use in the workshop.
Bookings essential – places limited
02.04.2009 - Talk: The Ancient Religions of the Silk Road (Dr Ken Parry)
- Date: Thursday 2 April
- Time: 10.30am
- Topic: Talk: The Ancient Religions of the Silk Road
- RSVP: By Tuesday 31 March to Gina Haggar (+61 2 9850 7915 or regina.haggar@mq.edu.au
Dr Parry's current research projects
include the Manichaean and Nestorian
Christian remains from Quanzhou, South
China. A book he has edited on art and
religion along the Silk Road is about to
be published.
18.03.2009 - In Conversation (Critical Dialogues II)
- Date: Thursday 18 March
- Time: 1.00pm
- Exhibition: The Sense of Touch
Curator, Anne Cranny-Francis speaks to
Effy Alexakis, Meredith Brice and Stefan
Popescu about their work in the current
exhibition, The Sense of Touch.
11.03.2009 - 5Curators Talk (Anne Cranny-Francis)
- Date: Wednesday 11 March
- Time: 1.00pm
- Exhibition: The Sense of Touch
Professor Anne Cranny- Francis will speak
about Ron Mueck's work in the context of
the current exhibition The Sense of Touch.
2008
10.12.2008 - Lunchtime Talk: Why We Need Science in the Art Gallery?
- Date: Wednesday 10 December
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: Why We Need Science in the Art Gallery?
- Presenter: Dr Andrew Simpson
Dr Andrew Simpson (Director of Museums
Studies, Macquarie University) will present
a talk titled: Why we Need Science in
the Art Gallery?
04.12.2008 - Lunchtime Talk: Talking with Seals: Understanding the Threatened Australian Sea Lion
- Date: Thursday 4 December
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: Talking with Seals: Understanding the Threatened Australian Sea Lion
- Presenter: Ben Pitcher
Ben Pitcher (PhD Candidate, Marine Mammal
Research Group, Graduate School of the
Environment, Macquarie University) will
present a talk titled: Talking with
Seals: Understanding the Threatened
Australian Sea Lion.
01.12.2008 - Primary School Program: Life in Antarctica
- Date: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
- Time: morning or afternoon session
- Duration: 2.5 hours
- Topic: Primary School Program: Life in Antarctica
- Cost: free
Join us to explore the majestic landscape
of the Antarctica. Yet this beautiful and
very special area of the world is on the
edge of environmental extinction caused by
the effects of global warming. However,
Macquarie University's Marine Science team
are working hard to ensure the
Antarctica's future existence.
Come meet one of the member's of the
Macquarie University's Marine Science
team. Enjoy the sights and sounds of
marine life by exploring the exhibition.
Tour and Worksheets
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Choose an animal that lives in the
Antarctica and describe their habitat.
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Find a photograph to present the
argument to government for saving the
threatened territories of the Antarctica
and or tropical reef areas.
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Build small craft clay models of seals,
whales and penguins based on photographs
in the exhibition. You will be able to
take your model home.
26.11.2008 - Lunchtime Talk: The Production of Beyond the Breakers
- Date: Wednesday 26 November
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: The Production of Beyond the Breakers
- Exhibition: Beyond the Breakers
- Presenters: Rob Harcourt and Effy Alexakis
Join Assoc. Prof. Rob Harcourt and Curator
Effy Alexakis for a floor talk following the
development and production of the
exhibition Beyond the Breakers.
13.09.2008 - History Week: On the Water's Edge
- Date: 13 September
- Time: 10.30am - 11.30am
- Venue: Berowra District Hall Lions Club, Berowra, NSW 2081 [map]
- Topic: History Week: On the Water's Edge
- Cost: free
- Enquiries: Lisa Featherstone (+61 (2) 9850 8875 or lisa.featherstone@humn.mq.edu.au)
- Presenter: Rhonda Davis
A haven for artistic expression - Berowra
Waters and its surrounds
On the waters edge traces the history of
visual artists that have been inspired by
the majestic vistas of the Berowra landscape
and its river. Varying accents on the
Berowra river and its surrounds emerges to
show how regionalism informs visual culture
over time. A number of artists will be
explored in this illustrated presentation
including well-known ones from the last
century such as George Collinridge, Lister
Lister, J.J.Hilder and Margaret Preston to
contemporary artists such as David Lever,
Mark Davis and Chris Kenyon living in
Berowra today.
09.09.2008 - History Week: Indigenous Art: Australia and the World
- Date: 9 September
- Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
- Topic: History Week: Indigenous Art: Australia and the World
- Cost: free
- Booking: contact us (essential)
- Presenter: Djon Mundine OAM
Djon Mundine OAM, the esteemed curator,
critic and historian will provide a national
picture of Aboriginal art in Australia -
both its reception and escalation to
international recognition.
04.09.2008 - Weaving Workshop
- Date: Thursday 4 September
- Time: 10.00am - midday
- Topic: Weaving Workshop
- Cost: $10/person (including material)
- Booking: contact us (essential)
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Telling stories through Weaving with the
Bawaka women from North East Arnhem Land.
03.09.2008 - Weaving Workshop
- Date: Wednesday 3 September
- Time: 10.00am - midday
- Topic: Weaving Workshop
- Cost: $10/person (including material)
- Booking: contact us (essential)
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Telling stories through Weaving with the
Bawaka women from North East Arnhem Land.
12.08.2008 - Lunchtime Talk: The Life of Granny Lock
- Date: Tuesday 12 August
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: The Life of Granny Lock
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Darug artist Leanne Tobin invites us into
the life of Granny Lock.
09.08.2008 - Morning Tea: The Life of Robyn Caughlan
- Date: Saturday 9 August
- Time: 11.00am
- Topic: Morning Tea: The Life of Robyn Caughlan
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Saturday morning tea at the Art Gallery.
The life story of fashion designer, textile
artist Robyn Caughlan.
07.08.2008 - Hip-Hop Performance (Shannon Williams)
- Date: 7 September
- Time: 10.30am
- Topic: Hip-Hop Performance
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
06.08.2008 - Lunchtime Talk (Keith Vincent)
- Date: Wednesday 6 August
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Historian curator Keith Vincent Smith will
present a lunchtime talk.
2002-2007
We do not have event archives for the 2002-2007 period.
You might want to visit the
exhibitions
instead.
16.12.2010 - Unseen Ways: Eight Sydney Artists - Curator and Studio Coordinator's Talk
Clarrice Collien
Autumn in the Park II, 2010
Acrylic wool on window wire
17 x 14 x 19.5 cm
© courtesy the artist
Curator: Hugh Nichols
1.00pm, Thursday 16 December 2010
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Exhibition:
Unseen Ways
Eight Sydney Artists
9 December 2010 - 14 January 2011
In collaboration with the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Social Inclusion, Macquarie University.
Art Gallery closed between 25 December 2010 - 2 January 2011
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
This exhibition is sponsored by Macquarie University Lighthouse Press (Printery).
Please check the art gallery website for further information.
05.11.2010 - Gooch's Utopia: 'Imagining the Kangaroo' – Lecture presented by Prof John Simons, Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts
Kathleen Petyarre
Eastern Anmatyerr born c. 1940
Untitled (from the Utopia Suite) 1990
single block woodcut, 45 x 30 cm
Gift of Rodney Gooch (The Rodney Gooch Personal Collection)
Flinders University Art Museum 3668
© Kathleen Petyarre, Licensed by Gallerie Australis, Australia, 2008
Photography: Flinders University Multimedia
Illustrated lecture presented by Professor John Simons, Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University.
3.30pm, Friday 5 November 2010
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Exhibition:
Gooch’s Utopia: collected works from the Central Desert
14 October – 2 December 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Please check the art gallery website for further information.
This exhibition is supported by
27.10.2010 - Gooch’s Utopia: A guided tour with the exhibition curator, Fiona Salmon
Billy Morton Petyarre
Alyawarr born c. 1930-2007
Untitled 1999
synthetic polymer paint on paper,
94.5 x 69 cm
Gift of Rodney Gooch (The Rodney Gooch Personal Collection)
Flinders University Art Museum 3666
© courtesy the artist
Photography: Flinders University Multimedia
27 October 2010
A guided tour with the exhibition curator, Fiona Salmon, Director, Flinders University Art Gallery
1pm, Wednesday 27 October 2010
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Exhibition:
Gooch’s Utopia: collected works from the Central Desert
14 October – 2 December 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Please check the art gallery website for further information.
This exhibition is supported by
06.10.2010 - Our Choice: Public discussion with exhibition curators, Rhonda Davis and Leonard Janiszewski
Artist: Ian Fairweather
Merry-go-round
c.1955
Gouache on paper
Photography: Effy Alexakis
Presented by Senior Curator, Rhonda Davis and Leonard Janiszewski
1pm, Wednesday 6 October 2010
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
People are invited to contribute their responses to the exhibition in an open, relaxed discussion. Afternoon tea will be served.
Our Choice: The Macquarie University Art Collection
10 September – 5 October 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Please check the art gallery website for further information about the public programs.
25.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: 'Lasers in Art and Cultural Heritage Conservation'
Ann
2008
laminated hologram edition 3/3
80.0 x 107.0 cm
Commissioned Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 2008
Macquarie University Collection
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Paula Dawson, 2010
Photography Dean Beletich
Presented by Professor Deb Kane, Department of Physics, Macquarie University.
1pm, Wednesday 25th August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
24.08.2010 - Guided walking tour of Sculpture Park
Confidence, 1995
Calcium Sonata, 1998
Conducted by curator, Mr Leonard Janiszewski
The City of Ryde has added Macquarie University's Sculpture Park to its Free Guided Walks Program.
- Time: 10am - 12noon
- Meet: 9.45am, Waterloo Park playground, Waterloo Rd Marsfield
- Distance: 3km
The first walk begins with a walk through Waterloo Park followed by a guided tour of the University Sculpture Park. The guided tour of the Sculpture Park will be led by Macquarie’s Art Gallery curator, Mr Leonard Janiszewski.
The natural surroundings provide an opportunity for visitors to explore some of the 130 original sculptures by leading and emerging Australian and international sculptors. The collection contains a variety of styles, materials and techniques showing works in sandstone, limestone, concrete, steel, stainless steel, painted steel, bronze, copper and ceramics.
The Sculpture Park is a 'space of possibilities', where the environment and people interconnect through a process of discovery, enjoyment and learning.
Further information about the Sculpture Park guided walk and other guided walks can be found at Ryde Council’s website: http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/guidedwalks.
For bookings call City of Ryde Customer Service on 9952 8222.
20.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson in conversation with senior curator Rhonda Davis
Memory Theatre 1
1987
pseudo-colour rainbow hologram
Plate size 30.0 x 40.0 cm
Photography Terence Bogue
Scan Effy Alexakis
1pm, Friday 20th August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
19.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: 'Holographic Interferometry in the 1970's' presented by Prof. Stephen Thurgate
Mirror Mirror
Presentation by Professor Stephen Thurgate, Dean, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University
1pm, Thursday 19 August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
18.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: "Movement in Space in Paula Dawson's holography" by Dr Rebecca Coyle
Luminous presence
2007
digital holographic stereogram 95.0 x150.0 cm Collection of the artist Photography Oliver Strewe
Presented By Dr Rebecca Coyle, Director of Research and Research Training, School of Arts & Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia.
1pm, Wednesday 18th August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
17.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Exhibition tour by Lizzy Marshall
Are You There
1986
laser transmission hologram
95.0 x 150.0 cm
Collection Georgina Carnegie
Scan Effy Alexakis
Lizzy Marshall is an art critic and lecturer. She has lectured at The National Gallery of Ireland and Dublin City Gallery.
1pm, Tuesday 17 August 2010.
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
13.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Public talk by Dr Rod Pattenden
Pearls
Special event
A Light with no Shadow
Spirituality and Darkness
Public Talk by Dr Rod Pattenden, Chair of the Blake Prize for Religious Art.
1pm, Friday 13 August 2010
Exploring Paula Dawson’s use of dark light as a metaphor and conceptual frame for representing the unrepresentable. Obscurity, absence, darkness and the void allow the possibilities of the spiritual to appear in contemporary art.
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
11.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Public talk by Dr John Gage
Ann
2008
laminated hologram edition 3/3
80.0 x 107.0 cm
Commissioned Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 2008
Macquarie University Collection
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Paula Dawson, 2010
Photography Dean Beletich
Dr Gage is the former Head of the Department of History of Art at Cambridge University and Reader in the History of Western Art.
1pm, Wednesday 11th August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
07.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: The making of the hologram 'To Absent Friends'
To Absent Friends
1989
New Year’s Eve, 5.00pm, midnight, 3.30am
laser transmission holograms
3 glass artist’s proof plates
95.0 x 150.0 cm each
Macquarie University Collection
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Paula Dawson, 2005
Photography Irena Conomos
Floor talk by senior curator Rhonda Davis.
2pm, Saturday 7th August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
06.08.2010 - 27.08.2010- Virtual Encounters: Weekly exhibition tours with senior curator Rhonda Davis
Memory Theatre 1
1987
pseudo-colour rainbow hologram
Plate size 30.0 x 40.0 cm
Photography Terence Bogue
Scan Effy Alexakis
Exhibition tours with senior curator Rhonda Davis and the exhibition team
11am, Friday 6, 13, 20 and 27 August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
03.08.2010 - Virtual Encounters: Exhibition tour by Lizzy Marshall
Shrine
Lizzy Marshall is an art critic and lecturer. She has lectured at The National Gallery of Ireland and Dublin City Gallery.
1pm, Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
Virtual Encounters: Paula Dawson - Holograms
9 July 2010 - 1 September 2010
Exhibition opening hours:
Mon-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-4pm (24 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August)
16.06.2010 - Bus trip to Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
This event is being held in association with the Macquarie University Art Gallery exhibition, Bad Blood: Arthur McIntyre 1960-2000.
The Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre has kindly invited interested art lovers to a special viewing of works that are not on display at Macquarie University. This will be a great opportunity to hear about McIntyre and his work from the curator, Daniel Mudie Cunningham.
Wednesday 16 June 2010
- 10am - leave Macquarie University
- Morning tea and lunch will be provided
- Plus a guided tour of the exhibition by curator Daniel Mudie Cunningham
- Arrive back at Macquarie University at approximately 3.30pm
- Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
02.06.2010 - Bad Blood: Collage Workshop
Presented by artist Kate Hargraves
This event is being held in association with the Art Gallery exhibition, Bad Blood: Arthur McIntyre 1960-2000
- Date: Wednesday 2 June 2010
- Time: 10am - 2pm
- Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery
- Cost: $10
- Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
- Tel: 02 9850 7437
Learn the art of collage and assembling compositions. Within the art gallery setting, participants will be inspired by the extensive display of collage work by the master artist Arthur McIntyre.
Materials will be supplied but please bring your own photographs, paper, fabric or anything else you wish to use.
12.03.2010-05.05.2010 - Silent Spaces: Special Events
Curators: Rhonda Davis and Leonard Janiszewski
Consultant: Peter Fay
Event
Artist talk with Rocket Mattler
1pm, Thursday 1 April 2010
Faculty of Arts Department of English
Poetry Reading
Dr Marcelle Freiman
Professor John Simons
1-2pm, Wednesday 21 April 2010
Faculty of Arts Seminar
Department of Media, Music, and Cultural Studies
Presentation on John Cage
Talk by Ruark Lewis
Performance by Mireille Astore
1-3pm, Wednesday 28 April 2010
Includes afternoon tea
Interactive floor talk with the curators and photographer Rocket Mattler
1pm, Wednesday 5 May 2010
‘What cannot be spoken is the space between visible and invisible, and public and private.’
Silent spaces existing in-between have been, and continue to be, the source of inspiration for many artists, philosophers, writers and scientists, whose work has relied upon its sustaining effects – to gather, ponder and think. Creative spaces are silent, they promise to liberate the mind and senses for reflection reaching towards new understandings. This exhibition will explore the intensity of silence in its various forms - silence as integral to healing, power and an understanding of the human condition and its relationship with nature. Furthermore, Silent Spaces will explore the mordant effects of the political silences that continue to hinder our society. Artists involved in the exhibition will be detailing silence through a variety of mediums and techniques evidencing the creative process between the unspoken and the known.
Fabian Astore, Mirielle Astore, Stephen Birch, Iain Brew, Jane Burton, Irena Conomos, Christopher Dean, McLean Edwards, Alex Gawronski, Christopher Hodges, Chris Langlois, Ruark Lewis, Rocket Mattler, Alexander McKenzie, Xavier Modoux, Hu Qinwu, Yuji Sone, Teong-Eng Tan, Hossein Valamanesh, Justine Varga and Jeremy Welsh.
Free admission to all events
Location: Macquarie University Art Gallery [view the Campus Map] [print the Campus Map]
Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Building E11A
tel: 9850 7437
Bookings by reply email to rhonda.davis@mq.edu.au
12.09.2009 - Artist's Talk (Stephen Copland)
- Date: Saturday 12 September 2009
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Artist's Talk: Stephen Copland
Meet the artist Stephen Copland, whose work is currently featured at the exhibition Raft: The Drifting Border.
11.09.2009 - Discussion Panel: "Voices, Songs and Stories"
- Date: Friday 11 September 2009
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Discussion Panel: "Voices, Songs and Stories"
12.08.2009 - Lunchtime Talk (Juliana O'Dean)
- Date: Wednesday 12 August
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Talk: A Vision of Two Rivers
- Presenter: Juliana O'Dean
06.08.2009 - Talk (Nathalie Hartog-Gautier)
- Date: Thursday 6 August
- Time: 10.30am - 11.15am
- Topic: Talk: Image, Place and Identity
- Presenter: Nathalie Hartog-Gautier
"Image, Place and Identity" is a Diversity Week (3-7 August) event.
29.07.2009 - Curators Eyeview: Remembering Paris
- Date: Wednesday 29 July
- Time: 10.30am
- Topic: Curators Eyeview: Remembering Paris
21.05.2009 - Lunchtime Seminar: Cadences
- Date: Thursday 21 May
- Time: 1.00pm - 2.30pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: Cadences
Artist, researcher Dr Yuji Sone will present a lunchtime talk about the exhibition Cadences.
Guest speakers include:
- Professor Ross Harley, Head of School, Media Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW;
- Associate Professor John Potts Department of Media, Music and Culture Studies, Macquarie University.
06.04.2009 - Talk: Dealing with the Dragon - the EU and China (Dr Fraser Cameron)
- Date: Monday 6 April
- Time: 6.30pm
- Topic: Talk: Dealing with the Dragon - the EU and China
- RSVP: By Thursday 2 April to Gina Haggar (+61 2 9850 7915 or regina.haggar@mq.edu.au
Dr Cameron is the Director of the EU-Russia Centre and a senior adviser at the European Policy Centre and the European Institute for Asian Studies in Brussels; he is also the Innovative Universities European Union Centre 2009 Distinguished Research Fellow.
05.04.2009 - Artist's Talk (Dr Fan Dongwang)
- Date: Sunday 5 April
- Time: 2.00pm
- Topic: Artist's Talk: Dr Fan Dongwang
- Contact: Kirri Hill (+61 (2) 9850 7437 or khill@vc.mq.edu.au
02.04.2009 - Chinese Brush Painting Workshop (Dongwang Fan)
- Date: Thursday 2 April
- Time: 9.30pm - 12.00pm
- Topic: Workshop: Chinese Brush Painting
- Cost: $10 (including kit)
- Bookings: regina.haggar@mq.edu.au (essential)
Two hour workshop for adults (no previous art experience necessary) to learn the basics of traditional Chinese brush and ink painting, using simple but expressive brush stroke on rice paper to create a beautiful flower. Appreciate Chinese philosophy and aesthetics regarding nature. This elegant technique is taught in a way that is easy to understand, yet meditative, enjoyable and relaxing.
A small kit for students will be provided containing Chinese ink, brush and rice paper, which are sufficient for each student to use in the workshop.
Bookings essential – places limited
02.04.2009 - Talk: The Ancient Religions of the Silk Road (Dr Ken Parry)
- Date: Thursday 2 April
- Time: 10.30am
- Topic: Talk: The Ancient Religions of the Silk Road
- RSVP: By Tuesday 31 March to Gina Haggar (+61 2 9850 7915 or regina.haggar@mq.edu.au
Dr Parry's current research projects include the Manichaean and Nestorian Christian remains from Quanzhou, South China. A book he has edited on art and religion along the Silk Road is about to be published.
18.03.2009 - In Conversation (Critical Dialogues II)
- Date: Thursday 18 March
- Time: 1.00pm
- Exhibition: The Sense of Touch
Curator, Anne Cranny-Francis speaks to Effy Alexakis, Meredith Brice and Stefan Popescu about their work in the current exhibition, The Sense of Touch.
11.03.2009 - 5Curators Talk (Anne Cranny-Francis)
- Date: Wednesday 11 March
- Time: 1.00pm
- Exhibition: The Sense of Touch
Professor Anne Cranny- Francis will speak about Ron Mueck's work in the context of the current exhibition The Sense of Touch.
10.12.2008 - Lunchtime Talk: Why We Need Science in the Art Gallery?
- Date: Wednesday 10 December
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: Why We Need Science in the Art Gallery?
- Presenter: Dr Andrew Simpson
Dr Andrew Simpson (Director of Museums Studies, Macquarie University) will present a talk titled: Why we Need Science in the Art Gallery?
04.12.2008 - Lunchtime Talk: Talking with Seals: Understanding the Threatened Australian Sea Lion
- Date: Thursday 4 December
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: Talking with Seals: Understanding the Threatened Australian Sea Lion
- Presenter: Ben Pitcher
Ben Pitcher (PhD Candidate, Marine Mammal Research Group, Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University) will present a talk titled: Talking with Seals: Understanding the Threatened Australian Sea Lion.
01.12.2008 - Primary School Program: Life in Antarctica
- Date: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
- Time: morning or afternoon session
- Duration: 2.5 hours
- Topic: Primary School Program: Life in Antarctica
- Cost: free
Join us to explore the majestic landscape of the Antarctica. Yet this beautiful and very special area of the world is on the edge of environmental extinction caused by the effects of global warming. However, Macquarie University's Marine Science team are working hard to ensure the Antarctica's future existence.
Come meet one of the member's of the Macquarie University's Marine Science team. Enjoy the sights and sounds of marine life by exploring the exhibition.
Tour and Worksheets
- Choose an animal that lives in the Antarctica and describe their habitat.
- Find a photograph to present the argument to government for saving the threatened territories of the Antarctica and or tropical reef areas.
- Build small craft clay models of seals, whales and penguins based on photographs in the exhibition. You will be able to take your model home.
26.11.2008 - Lunchtime Talk: The Production of Beyond the Breakers
- Date: Wednesday 26 November
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: The Production of Beyond the Breakers
- Exhibition: Beyond the Breakers
- Presenters: Rob Harcourt and Effy Alexakis
Join Assoc. Prof. Rob Harcourt and Curator Effy Alexakis for a floor talk following the development and production of the exhibition Beyond the Breakers.
13.09.2008 - History Week: On the Water's Edge
- Date: 13 September
- Time: 10.30am - 11.30am
- Venue: Berowra District Hall Lions Club, Berowra, NSW 2081 [map]
- Topic: History Week: On the Water's Edge
- Cost: free
- Enquiries: Lisa Featherstone (+61 (2) 9850 8875 or lisa.featherstone@humn.mq.edu.au)
- Presenter: Rhonda Davis
A haven for artistic expression - Berowra Waters and its surrounds
On the waters edge traces the history of visual artists that have been inspired by the majestic vistas of the Berowra landscape and its river. Varying accents on the Berowra river and its surrounds emerges to show how regionalism informs visual culture over time. A number of artists will be explored in this illustrated presentation including well-known ones from the last century such as George Collinridge, Lister Lister, J.J.Hilder and Margaret Preston to contemporary artists such as David Lever, Mark Davis and Chris Kenyon living in Berowra today.
09.09.2008 - History Week: Indigenous Art: Australia and the World
- Date: 9 September
- Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
- Topic: History Week: Indigenous Art: Australia and the World
- Cost: free
- Booking: contact us (essential)
- Presenter: Djon Mundine OAM
Djon Mundine OAM, the esteemed curator, critic and historian will provide a national picture of Aboriginal art in Australia - both its reception and escalation to international recognition.
04.09.2008 - Weaving Workshop
- Date: Thursday 4 September
- Time: 10.00am - midday
- Topic: Weaving Workshop
- Cost: $10/person (including material)
- Booking: contact us (essential)
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Telling stories through Weaving with the Bawaka women from North East Arnhem Land.
03.09.2008 - Weaving Workshop
- Date: Wednesday 3 September
- Time: 10.00am - midday
- Topic: Weaving Workshop
- Cost: $10/person (including material)
- Booking: contact us (essential)
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Telling stories through Weaving with the Bawaka women from North East Arnhem Land.
12.08.2008 - Lunchtime Talk: The Life of Granny Lock
- Date: Tuesday 12 August
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk: The Life of Granny Lock
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Darug artist Leanne Tobin invites us into the life of Granny Lock.
09.08.2008 - Morning Tea: The Life of Robyn Caughlan
- Date: Saturday 9 August
- Time: 11.00am
- Topic: Morning Tea: The Life of Robyn Caughlan
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Saturday morning tea at the Art Gallery.
The life story of fashion designer, textile artist Robyn Caughlan.
07.08.2008 - Hip-Hop Performance (Shannon Williams)
- Date: 7 September
- Time: 10.30am
- Topic: Hip-Hop Performance
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
06.08.2008 - Lunchtime Talk (Keith Vincent)
- Date: Wednesday 6 August
- Time: 1.00pm
- Topic: Lunchtime Talk
- Exhibition: Bennelong's River To Darug Insights
Historian curator Keith Vincent Smith will present a lunchtime talk.
We do not have event archives for the 2002-2007 period.
You might want to visit the exhibitions instead.