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Dyeing and stitching our way to sustainability

The shibori and boro items on display in The Intuitive Thread exhibition at the Japan Foundation Gallery in Central Park, Broadway, as part of Sydney’s Craft Week in October, reinforced my love of these ancient processes.

Happy ever after

October was Mental Health month. Here’s five things I did to boost mine.

The future’s Rosie …

Rosie Meader is 17 and heading into her HSC exams at the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts . She’s also just released her third CD.

Waterloo artist explores place amid displacement

Camden, Brooklyn, Waterloo is an exhibition about place – a challenging theme for an artist living in social housing and who has no idea...

Boundless plains to share?

Real Australian and Site of Passage are two exhibitions that show clearly why Australia’s diversity should be nurtured and celebrated.

Book – Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

What quickly becomes clear from these stories is the incredible diversity and remarkable resilience of Indigenous people.

Art inspires music inspires art

The paintings in Sydney Artist Andjana Pachkova’s first solo show shimmer with other-worldliness, and I’d visit that world again in a heartbeat.

Art helps survivors of domestic violence heal

Women have been finding hope and healing in the creation of large-scale paintings for an exhibition at MLC Gallery in Newtown.

On the road to reconciliation

Katie Beckett’s on the road again. She was up at sunrise, writing, and she’ll drive back to Adelaide tomorrow.

Five art attacks

When art is good it makes your heart beat faster …

Revoicing the stories of Aboriginal women who’ve died in custody

A possum-skin cloak covers a bed in a prison cell: the sole comfort in a room stripped of tenderness and care.

First lines that lure

When first lines are good they set the scene and lure you to read more. Here are five of my favourites for June.

Sydney’s word-fest power packed

Sydney Writers Festival (SWF) lit up Carriageworks in the heritage-listed rail yards in Eveleigh with its “The Year of Power” theme from April 30 to May 6.

Children’s Book – Sorry Day

20 years since the first Sorry Day author Coral Voss will launch her latest book for children.

Protecting pollinators will protect us too

The Queen of the Night is an orchid cactus that flowers between dusk and dawn, once a year, for a single night.

Flower Power exhibition pulses with energy

The power in Tamara Maximova’s flowers comes from her passion. “When I paint I don’t think. I feel,” she says. “Emotions. Emotions. Emotions.”

The ode well travelled

I read some great poems on #WorldPoetryDay (it’s also Harmony Day), March 21. Here are five petit fours.

Artists’ compulsions make compelling viewing

If you get to see Obsessed: Compelled to Make “live”, a short film of the exhibiting artists is on continuous loop beside their artworks. You put on headphones and hear their voices. You see them at work in their studios, or outdoors on their tribal lands, and when the film is finished you get to examine the fruit of their labours.

Intrepid women artists lured by the city of light

These intrepid women paved the way for new generations of Australian women artists.

‘In Your Dreams’ exposes global nightmares

Inequality has ballooned to “extreme levels” in some countries.

Every dog having its day

Sydney’s arts scene’s gone potty over pooches in the Year of the Dog with momentum building from Lunar New Year on February 16.

Chilling to Sydney’s summer sounds

Mozart – Our English houseguests are music lovers and come to visit us in Australia every two years. Somehow, though, they’ve never been to...

Did Lola hear a planet in distress?

What Lola Heard: Theatrical Sounds from Climate Change (Lola) played to a packed audience at the Sound Lounge at Sydney’s Seymour Centre on February 11 – just a few days after Penrith reached 47.3 degrees Celsius.

Summer reading roundup

I read some great books over the summer holidays. Here’s a taste.

Student writes his novella in a year

Alexander Lorenzon worked with Sydney Story Factory storytellers, peers, and editors throughout 2017.

‘Tell’ speaks deeply of Indigenous concerns

Tell: Indigenous Contemporary Photography runs until February 24.

Riding the storm of performance anxiety

Tim Rogers and Claudia Karvan share their insights about performance anxiety.

Music Review – Loene Carmen “Lovers Dreamers Fighters”

You could light a fire with Lo Carmen’s voice, it’s so flinty.

‘Handmade home’ a hit at Newtown Festival

Newtown Festival’s “Home is where the heart is” theme embraced by stall holders.

Young artist en pointe with Brett Whiteley win

How did it feel to win the scholarship just one day after opening your first commercial solo exhibition in Sydney?

Can writers help battle obesity?

Can our nation’s leading creative writers help ease the burden of obesity in Australia?

Walking with dinosaur plants

Angela Lober's Gymea lily featured in an exhibition of botanical art held in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens.

Shooting Sydney’s CBD Head On

“For my style of street photography the CBD is the best location in Sydney as there are always people walking around and events unfolding.”

Will money have the last word in Woolloomooloo?

Louis Nowra’s new book Woolloomooloo: A Biography, explores the history, people and streets of one of Sydney’s most notorious and eclectic suburbs.

Music – Goodnight City

It took me a while to play the record again. But the second time through it clicked. This was a virtuoso musician having fun...

Spend summer with these ’60s surfing greats

Four photographers Mal Sutherland, John Pennings, Barrie Sutherlands and Bob Weeks share their images and insights that make for a nostalgic trip down the...

Where can this family lay their heads?

It’s a tale made familiar to most of us through newscasts. Others, sadly, live these stories first hand. Too gritty for young children? If so,...

Stories chart Sydney’s changing suburbs

Sydney is rapidly changing. Suburbs are falling and rising. Land and houses are being reclaimed.

Artists urge: ‘Adopt a tree to save Sydney Park’

An eminent Australian photojournalist and two significant Sydney artists mounted a free exhibition in Stanmore last month to highlight the importance of Sydney Park and its trees, and to enlist support against its destruction by WestConnex.

Eclectic mix draws crowds to Artisans in the Gardens

 “Artisans is a lovely mix and quite eclectic. That’s what’s fascinating about it. Finding these amazing people. It’s just terrific.” One find was Jim...

Musos say ‘no more’ to offshore detention

One hundred and seventy musicians and an award-winning filmmaker donated their time and talents to say 'no more' to offshore detention.

Frankie gets blessed

I’m super excited to be on a play date with Frankie.

Book Review – The Australian National Dictionary: Australian words and their origins

The Australian National Dictionary: Australian words and their origins 2nd Edition Oxford University Press

Book Review – The Australian National Dictionary: Australian words and their origins

The Australian National Dictionary: Australian words and their origins  2nd Edition  Oxford University Press 

Chippo Beams with festival spirit

CHIPPENDALE: Tens of thousands of people flocked to Chippendale to catch the spirit of the Beams Arts Festival on September 17.