MESSAGE STICKS: INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL

Sydney Opera House
6 - 10 May
Works by indigenous photographers Ricky Maynard and the late Michael Riley will be on display at the Sydney Opera House in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of Message Sticks, Indigenous Film Festival. Featured in this exhibition are three of Maynard's Wik Elder portraits from acclaimed series Returning to Places that Name Us, 2000 and a selection from Riley's surreal cloud, 2000 series in which animals and objects float mid-air against a cloudy blue sky.

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THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Performance Space
Carriage Works, Sydney
23 May - 27 June 2009
Opening Friday 22 May 6pm
Brenda L Croft is a featured artist in There Goes the Neighbourhood, an exhibition exploring the effects of gentrification in urban spaces with a particular focus on the immediate surrounding area of Redfern. The exhibition is accompanied by a book and active public program, seeking to engage a broad community in debate and dialogue regarding the politics of space.

More information can be found at www.theregoestheneighbourhood.org

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TWELVE AUSTRALIAN PHOTO ARTISTS
PIPER PRESS PUBLICATION

Pat Brassington and Brenda L Croft are featured in this recently published book, with text by Blair French & Daniel Palmer. With beautiful reproductions and insightful discussion investigating the work, this publication surveys each artist's unique contribution to forwarding contemporary Australian photomedia practices.

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NARELLE AUTIO: YARRA'S EDGE BILLBOARD PROJECT

Mirvac Yarra's Edge Development
Southern Bank Yarra River, Melbourne
April 2009 - April 2010
As part of the Mirvac Urban Art Program, Narelle Autio's image Untitled #15 from the Not of This Earth series, has been transformed in scale to appear on a vast billboard within Melbourne's newly developed Docklands. This photograph was originally shot in from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, observing with a bird's eye view people at leisure in the parklands below.

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RICKY MAYNARD: PORTRAIT OF A DISTANT LAND

Cairns Regional Art Gallery
20 March - 3 May 2009
This touring exhibition curated by Keith Munro (curator, MCA), is Ricky Maynard's largest survey exhibition to date and features over 60 photographs spanning twenty years of his artistic practice. Included in the exhibition are the portraits of Wik Elders from his acclaimed series Returning to Places that Name Us, and his most recent and largely unseen series Portrait of a Distant Land.

Ricky Maynard has a solo exhibition at Stills in July.

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I THINK I SHALL NEVER SEE A BILLBOARD AS LOVELY AS A TREE

Hazelhurst Garden Billboards
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
28 March - 21 June 2009
Opening 6pm Friday 27 March 2009
Beverley Veasey's Habitats work features in the 5th billboard exhibition I think I shall never see a billboard as lovely as a tree, as one of 4 large scale photographic works presented within the context of the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery gardens. Habitats, was Veasey's 2008 series, depicting the artificial environments of animal enclosures. Photographed without the inhabitants we are left to gaze at the man made spaces created to replicate the wild.

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WINNER: POLIXENI PAPAPETROU
JOSEPHINE ULRICK & WIN SCHUBERT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2009

Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Surfers Paradise, Queensland
4 April - 17 May 2009
Congratulations to Polixeni Papapetrou who has been announced as the winner of the 2009 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert award for photography. The winning entry was the image Sisters Rocks, from the series Games of Consequence, which was exhibited at Stills gallery, Seoul International Photography Festival, and The National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan during 2008. There will be a chance to meet Papapetrou as part of the Art Gallery Society of NSW My Favourite Things series of artist talks, from 6.30pm, 15 July 2009, at AGNSW.

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WINNER - ANNE FERRAN
HIGASHIKAWA INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS PRIZE 2009

Higashikawa Photography Museum
Japan
Exhibition Dates 1 - 31 August 2009
Congatulations to Anne Ferran, who has been announced as the winner of the Higashikawa International Artists Prize, awarded as part of the Higashikawa Photo Festa 2009. As the recipient of the prize, the Higashikawa Photography Museum will present a solo exhibition of Anne Ferran's work in August 2009.

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MY FAVOURITE THINGS 2009 : POLIXENI PAPAPETROU

Art Gallery Society of NSW
Art Gallery of NSW
6.30 - 7.30pm Wednesday 15 July 2009
The ever popular My Favourite Things artist talks series returns for 2009, giving members of the public the opportunity to meet and mingle with photographic artists and hear them discuss what has influenced and informed their work - including anything from art to technological advancements to personal experiences. Polixeni Papapetrou has confirmed she will be giving a talk on 15 July. For bookings and enquiries contact the Art Gallery Society of NSW on 02 9225 1878

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