Two new Beaver shows
Two- and three-dimensional exhibitions are opening on November 5 at Beaver Galleries. Canberra artist Dianne Fogwell's Transient contains works on paper and paintings she describes as "a meditation on damage and loss with hope for regeneration of both place and spirit". She has long studied the effects of fire on the Australian landscape. Kelly Austin's Moments of darkness and of light looks at how an understanding of one object may influence the perception of another. The exhibitions are on until November 22, 2020. As with all galleries, COVID-19 restrictions apply. beavergalleries.com.au.
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c/o Craft ACT
The 2020 Craft ACT Members Exhibition showcases current trends in contemporary craft and design and illustrates how care underpins a maker's commitments. This year 75 artists submitted proposals and more than 80 works were chosen. The range of media includes glass, ceramics and jewellery and the exhibiting artists include Kirstie Rea, Belinda Jessup, Cathy Franzi and Rene Linssen. The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 5pm and Saturday from noon to 4pm. craftact.org.au.
Double vision
Tuggeranong Arts Centre presents Double Vision: Corin Dam Residency. The exhibition is the creative outcome of the 2019 Craft ACT Spring Residency. The recipients, Annika Romeyn and Elizabeth Paterson, offer two very different approaches to the Namadgi Landscape. Romeyn's early work was inspired by the pre-bushfire environment. Then the Orroral Valley fire burnt close to 80 per cent of Namadgi National Park and the difference in both the environment and her later work was stark. Drawings were layered over the "ghosts'"of earlier watercolour monotype prints, the aim to record some of what was witnessed - the impact of the fire and the changing seasons. Meanwhile, Paterson's practice focused on representing the special qualities of the Canberra environment, working with texture to create the feel of the place as much as the look of it. Working three-dimensionally with paper, cardboard and glue she plays with materials to discover what they can offer, as if she were drawing in space. To attend the launch of this exhibition, please register for one of the following timed sessions on Saturday, November 21: 2.30pm to 3.30pm or 3.30pm to 4.30pm via trybooking.com/BMKFK. Both sessions will feature a live musical response by Chris Stone.
CSO concerts
Spring Sojourn is a concert of works for strings by Brahms and Vaughan Williams, performed by CSO Chamber Players at Wesley Music Centre on November 13 at 7.30pm ($30-$52) and at Government House as a fundraiser on November 14 at 1pm (afternoon tea, concert at 1.45pm) and 3.15pm (concert, followed by afternoon tea at 4pm). Tickets $95. CSO: Live at Llewellyn marks the orchestra's return to the Llewellyn Hall main stage, albeit reduced in size. Simon Hewitt will conduct and Julian Smiles will be the cello soloist. The program contains Matthew Hindson's The stars above us all, Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. It's on November 25 and 26 at 6.30pm. Limited seating all all concerts. $30-$83. Bookings: cso.org.au or call CSO Direct on 02 6262 6772 (10am - 3pm, weekdays).
Songline's international tour
The National Museum of Australia exhibition Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters will be on display at the British museum and art gallery The Box in Plymouth from June to October 2021. It will then be shown at the Humboldt Forum in the newly reconstructed Berlin Palace, in Berlin, Germany, from late 2021 through to early 2022, and then move on to France's indigenous art and culture museum, the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, in Paris, in 2023.