Saturday, November 2, 2024

Andrew Collis

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An anchor in life – an interview with Johannes Geppert (#2)

Johannes (Johnny) Geppert is a Surry Hills-based artist. His studio-gallery on Crown Street, Collage Atelier, is open for exhibitions as well as weekly workshops in drawing, painting and collage.

‘Feel Like Singing’ 

Read your mind to know ...

‘I just want to learn this trick!’ – an interview with Johannes Geppert (#1)

Johannes (Johnny) Geppert is a Surry Hills-based artist. His studio-gallery on Crown Street, Collage Atelier, is open for exhibitions as well as weekly workshops in drawing, painting and collage.

Shadows of familiar things

King Street Gallery on William was abuzz for the opening of Shadows, a new collection of paintings by Malabar-based artist and musician Peter O’Doherty.

‘Blues for Fred’ 

Worried about Fred ...

‘Something meaningful and fulfilling’ Artist Profile: Jacob Diamond

Jacob Diamond’s National Tour 2024 saw the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter at Midnight Special in Enmore on July 25.

‘Make It Home’ 

Make a home within the cosmos ...

Time for action on viral hepatitis

World Hepatitis Day was July 28. This year the message is clear: It’s time for action – get out, get tested, get cured and live your best life.

‘Stay Awhile’ 

He started writing poetry in jail ...

‘Let’s all eat well!’

NEWTOWN: Say It with Lentil on Australia Street (opposite Newtown Court House) is a new flexitarian eatery with cozy ambience.

New works grow and bloom

Sydney artist Danielle Joy Golding draws from expressionist, surrealist and modern realist traditions to create dark and idiosyncratic works, including portraits, landscapes and still lifes.

‘All Things Work Together for Good’ 

All things work together for good amid strife ...

Relatable fashion

EVELEIGH: Australian Fashion Week was celebrated May 13-17. Events were held at Carriageworks, with some shows held offsite.

‘Evil Does Not Exist’ 

This rock from this place ...

Native Foodways – ‘Baking is one part of what we do’

Native Foodways is a First Nations owned and led social enterprise partnering with people from communities across Australia.

‘Research and art practice inform each other’ Artist Profile: Konstantina

Gadigal artist Konstantina (Kate Constantine) has published an extraordinary book.

‘Easter 2024’ 

We write it out, we edit and collate ...

Healing and many other things Artist Profile: Sharon Smith

Sharon Smith is a descendant of the Wiradjuri people of western NSW. She was born in Erskineville in 1957, the fourth of Eleanor and Matthew James Smith’s five children. As a child, Sharon was very close to her extended family.

Locals bid fond farewell to family doctor

REDFERN: Locals crowded into the Redfern Hotel on Monday March 25 to farewell Dr Adrian Jones, retiring from medical practice after 47 years’ service. The popular General Practitioner had a surgery in Pitt Street for many years before moving into the Redfern Station Medical Centre on Redfern Street.

‘Any one of us can become a refugee any day’

The Palm Sunday peace rally took place on March 24. Around two thousand people met at Belmore Park before marching to Victoria Park in...

Art of intuition and composition Artist Profile: Hillary Monckton

Image-maker Hillary Monckton is newly enrolled in a visual arts program at the University of Sydney. “I feel I am more of an art student than an artist,” she says. “There’s so much reading to do!”

Sydney’s home of queer history and culture

A memorial to people who died during the AIDS epidemic and a museum celebrating Sydney’s queer history has opened to the public. Qtopia, Sydney’s...

‘A celebration of blackness by queer black artists’

Boomalli’s 2024 Mardi Gras exhibition, My Sovereign Black Body, explores First Nations identity “stripped back to the basics”.

‘Vancouver Weather’

I did not save the pieces ...

‘Starry Skies’

Country teaches you to draw ...

‘Crystal Set’

Citrine, turquoise, candle quartz ...

Fair to fund workshop teachers

WATERLOO: The inaugural Orchard Gallery Spring Fair was held at South Sydney Uniting Church (SSUC) on November 25. The event was a fundraiser for...

Three prayers for peace

Act for Peace is the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches Australia. Its focus is on assisting the most conflict- and disaster-affected...

Always a new challenge, every trail different

Recently appointed CEO of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE), Grant Cameron, is positive about the future. A Kamilaroi man with strong connections to Redfern, Grant says, “The NCIE is a unique cultural hub where people can come, learn and grow.

‘Lemon’

Brain like a lemon ...

Save the Cudgegong River

Last month, many churches, including South Sydney Uniting Church, marked the liturgical Season of Creation. September 24 was River Sunday, an occasion to give...

Community responds to Waterloo South – 50 per cent social and affordable

The 1,000-plus public housing residents of the Waterloo South public housing estate have recently learned of the new government’s plans to redevelop the estate. The...

‘At the Valkhaven’

My love for you, I trace it back ...

Big heart at Le Petit Tarte

GLEBE: Fan (pronounced “fun”) Zheng is a much-loved café owner and chef at Le Petit Tarte. The café is open seven days from 7.30am...

‘White Over Red On Blue’

After the epiphany ...

‘The drawings were made at lightning speed’

Bondi-based artist Danielle Joy Golding’s exhibition Ethical Expressions 2 opened at the Orchard Gallery in Waterloo on Saturday July 22.

‘Seven Pages (Song for Banjo)’

I sing the shearers’ strike, a woolshed fire ...

Mo-tivational baker, coffeemaker

REDFERN: Baffi and Mo Espresso on Redfern Street was established in 2001. Baffi is Italian for moustache and the mo-tif is celebrated by present...

‘Evelyn Says’

Evelyn says beware the drop bear ...

Workshopping community

WATERLOO: David Young has volunteered with the Waterloo Recycling Workshop (WRW) for more than 10 years. Located in a garage beneath the Turanga flats...

Community, food and service

REDFERN: Cafe Dreaming, established in 2022, is a First Nations-owned business. Located on the corner of Renwick and Redfern streets, opposite the bank, the...

‘Lonnie Holley’

Lonnie Holley knows ...

‘Make a Drawing’

Now make a drawing ...

Swifties in a spin

Established in 2007, Record Store Day (RSD) is an annual event held on the third Saturday in April to “celebrate the culture of the...

Remembering Father Bob

I remember when Father Bob Maguire (1934-2023) came to Sydney in 2010. He was the after-dinner speaker at Buon Gusto Italian restaurant in Darlington,...

‘Angry Man’

Bandana, crossbones, top hat ...

In line for fine threads

Established in 2009, ClothesLine Incorporated distributes donated clothing directly to those who need it most. The organisation supports homeless and disadvantaged people by providing...

Vale Ashley Montabello (1990-2023)

Ashley Anne-Maree Montabello was a kind person. Whenever we met – for lunch or coffee at Barn Doors Café on Redfern Street, with carers...

‘Human Tears’

We click, scroll and swipe ...

Dalara Williams announced as Balnaves Fellow

Belvoir has announced Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri actor and creative Dalara Williams as the 2022 Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow. The Balnaves Fellowship...