Art & About

Laneway Art continues until January 2012

Editor — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:45:12 +0000

Although Art & About is over for another year, hold back those tears cause we have some good news…Laneway Art continues until January 2012 – yay! So there is still time to see Art & About over summer.

To help you find your way why not take the iPhone app tour, a great way to navigate through the projects with all of the information in the palm of your hand.

Enjoy!

22 October: workshops, entertainment & activities for the whole family…

Editor — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:00:14 +0000

WHAT IF art and performance came to you, appearing in a venue that ‘pops up’ when you least expect, where you least expect?

Saturday, October 22 – Sandringham Gardens
11.30am-2.30pm
A three hour family program hosted by Johnny & Liesel and featuring…

Loose Canon Arts
11.30am, 12.30pm & 1.30pm

Deliciously eccentric and boldly unexpected, Johnny and Liesel from Loose Canon Arts are the hosts for Out of the Box for Kids and will take families on fantastic adventure off the beaten track of children’s entertainment.

Brett Campbell
12pm, 1pm, & 2pm

Brett Campbell brings his quirky, multi instrumental, LIVE show to Art & About’s Out of The Box. With popular songs like ‘Scary Monster’ and ‘Honk The Chicken’, bring your dancing shoes for a high energy romp through his very cool songbook.

Play-Doh Workshop
With Philippa Playford
11.30am – 2.30pm

Using Play-Doh, children of all ages can design and create the sculptures they would like to see in our CBD and surrounding villages.

S.E.A.T Exhibition
11.30am – 2.30pm

The S.E. A.T Exhibition raises funds for Indigenous literacy, and encourages community engagement. The exhibition is a social initiative that educates children in social values and sustainability.

Kids workshops & happiness at the Happy Talk House

Editor — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000

WHAT IF we became part of a conversation with our Pacific neighbours, building a house together to explore the inventive and resourceful ways Pacific Island communities approach design?

The final week at the Happy Talk House will be filled with a Lei Day workshop for adults & kids workshops too, to book please email artandabout@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au or call (02) 9265 9141

Lei Day
21 October: 12pm-2pm

Lei giving is a gesture of welcome. Materials supplied will include flowers, shells, ribbon abnd other found materials.

Poi Making
22 October: 11am-2pm
6-12 years

The art of Poi making will be explored with kids (and big kids too).

Sydney Architecture Festival
Kids Design Workshop
23 October: 11am-2pm
6-12 years

Join workshop leader Sam Marshall and weave materials to create one big cubby house in the park, and meet the architect of the Happy Talk House, Mano Ponnambalam.

Tsunami 1.26: Last week to see Janet Echelman’s incredible work

Editor — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:52:46 +0000

Powerhouse Museum and Art & About Sydney present Tsunami 1.26. by Janet Echelman.

If you havent already experienced this work then make some time to see it before the end of Art & About. The photos that have been shared from fans are beautiful with each one capturing a different light, colour or movement. Best seen after 7pm when the lights make Tsunmai 1.26 come alive, a truly spectacular experience & visually inspiring piece.

For more information visit the Art & About website.

Out of the Box for Kids

Editor — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:38:54 +0000

WHAT IF art and performance came to you, appearing in a venue that ‘pops up’ when you least expect, where you least expect?

Saturday, October 22 – Sandringham Gardens
11.30am-2.30pm
A three hour family program hosted by Johnny & Liesel and featuring…

Loose Canon Arts
11.30am, 12.30pm & 1.30pm

Brett Campbell
12pm, 1pm, & 2pm

Play-Doh Workshop
With Philippa Playford
11.30am – 2.30pm

Using Play-Doh, children of all ages can design and create the sculptures they would like to see in our CBD and surrounding villages.

S.E.A.T Exhibition
11.30am – 2.30pm

The S.E. A.T Exhibition raises funds for Indigenous literacy, and encourages community engagement. The exhibition is a social initiative that educates children in social values and sustainability.

A Day of Family Fun – Art & About @ The Tote

Editor — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:36:07 +0000

15 October
10am – 12pm
Tote Building – 100 Joynton Avenue Zetland

What If our City was a sculpture playground designed by children? This Play-Doh workshop will encourage children of all ages to design and create sculptures for our City centre, surrounding villages and the new Green Square development with Sydney artist Philippa Playford. Photographs of these Play-Doh works will be pinned onto their proposed location in a city map, creating a unique record of how Sydney’s children would like to see our City.

Information & bookings: 02 9288 5010

What if…God had a Twitter account? The Banner Gallery

Editor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:35:22 +0000

This year, Art & About Sydney put out a call, asking people across Australia to send us their responses, in ten words or less, to that one simple question – what if? – two words that put the power of imagining back on the agenda, and inspire us all to think beyond the here and now.

The answers came in from children as young as four, through to people in their eighties. We selected 100 of the most thought provoking, engaging and original responses, displaying them on street banners across our city and neighbouring villages. With words that are humorous, insightful, provocative and inspiring, The Banner Gallery calls on us to become part of this imagining…

Sydney Life: Last weeks to catch the exhibition amongst the trees!

Editor — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:31:49 +0000

Ten years ago, the first Sydney Life exhibition captured our city in a series of striking large-scale photographic images, on show in the beautiful central walkway of Hyde Park North. A decade later, Sydney Life is a much-loved annual event bringing friends and families to delight in images that look beyond the iconic. This year, 22 finalists bring their own unique vision of Sydney to this stunning exhibition.

The winner of Sydney Life 2011 is James Brickwood.

Sydney Life Tour – Saturday 15 October 2011, 2pm.
Take a free tour of this year’s entries with Sydney Life judge, Sandy Edwards. Meet at Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park North.

Michael Landy’s: Acts of Kindness

Editor — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:27:43 +0000

Kaldor Public Art Project Number 24

For the 24th Kaldor Public Art Project in partnership with Art & About, Michael Landy has created a major new work Acts of Kindness, for Sydney.

Acts of Kindness investigates the meaning of kindness in today’s fast-paced world, focusing on the simple everyday gestures of compassion and generosity that occur throughout the city streets and often go unnoticed. Stories of kindness have been collected from people across Sydney to form the basis for Landy’s ambitious new artwork. Visit lower Martin Placeto see Landy’s 13-metre installation, mapping the Sydney CBD and indicating where the 200 stories of kindness have been placed throughout the city streets.

To find out more, read stories, watch videos or send your stories of kindness, visit kaldorartprojects.org.au.

Faces of Sydney’s past visit Millers Point in Unguarded Moments

Editor — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:00:19 +0000

WHAT IF faces from the past were visible again, watching us in our streets and laneways? Sourced from archival documentary footage, intimate portraits of past residents and workers are projected onto the walls and buildings of Millers Point, capturing the fleeting nature of life and the dramatic changes that have occurred to this historic precinct.

Working closely with film archivists and the local community, creative studio Killanoodle, in collaboration with researcher and producer Sarah Barns, have sourced extraordinary portraits, accompanied by a fascinating blog. Wander through the area and then catch interviews with residents, oral histories and extended footage online www.unguardedmoments.com.au

To see the projections begin at Abraham Mott Hall, walk down Kent Street towards Walsh Bay and Windmill Steps, then along Hickson Road towards Sydney Harbour Bridge, where you’ll finish up at the roundabout near Pottinger Street.

As this project contains projections we recommend viewing after 5.00pm

For more information & locations please click here.