Micro Strategies to Change the World
At the time in Liberia, staging a protest, even a protest in which women merely sang and held signs calling for the war to end was gravely dangerous and raised the ire of…
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Wednesday 16 May 2012
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Wednesday 9 May 2012
Another art history
These works are representative of many of the cultural groups within Queensland and reflect the diverse artistic heritages of Aboriginal peoples from this state. The work shown here epitomises the group and provides…
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Thursday 3 May 2012
You Are Here, with Michael Jackson, in Gary, Indiana
Shortly after ‘Social Networking’ opened in March I recorded this interview with Zanny Begg detailing You Are Here’s interest in the current social, political and economic challenges found in Gary, Indiana in the…
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Monday 30 April 2012
The potter and the dentist
Carl McConnell was one of the hundreds of thousands of American Servicemen who passed through Brisbane but made lasting ties when he met and married a local girl, Bernice (Bunny) Pearson. Carl and…
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Monday 23 April 2012
Follow the red dirt road
Inspired by the Gallery’s commission to paint for ‘the special place’ (the Gallery) the women of the Amata Community excelled themselves and consider these large-scale works to be their best ever. I visited Amata…
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Tuesday 17 April 2012
Contemporary Australia: Women in Film
The ‘Women in Film‘ program will kick off with a discussion on women in Australian film chaired by Margaret with three talented Australian women directors. We’re very pleased to announce these directors will…
