Lots on, lots to see and lots to do, check out the listing and artist opportunities below!
And as Rove McManus would say “Say hi to your mum for me!” Happy Mothers Day.
Lots of special posts coming up over the next couple of weeks… watch this space!
Emails to sydneygalleries@gmail.com
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Monday 13th May
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#DIYRAINBOW SYDNEY FLASH CHALK!!
http://www.facebook.com/DIYrainbowcrossings
When: 6-8pm
@ Sydney Town Hall – 483 George Street, Sydney
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Tuesday 14th May
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Hugh Stewart – Floral Portraits
Rina Vukobratovic – A Girl who sees the Lyrics
http://www.mickthegallery.com
When: 6-8pm
@ Mick Gallery – 44 Gurner Street, Paddington
Emma Thomson – Take Your Best Shot
http://www.galeriepompom.com
When: 6-8pm
@ Galerie Pompom – 2/39 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale
How Biennales Work
Julie Lomax (Australia Council for the Arts) and Marah Braye (Biennale of Sydney)
http://www.visualarts.net.au/nava/nava-nights
When: 6-8pm
@ NAVA – Level 2, The Gunnery, 43-51 Cowper Road, Woolloomooloo
Sibil’s Open Mic & Mouth & Zine Launch: “Loss of Sense of Loss”
http://www.facebook.com/thenewsagencyenmore
When: 6-10pm
@ The Newsagency – 375 Enmore Road, Marrickville,
Sappho’s Poetry Night w/ Chris Andrews, Elizabeth Campbell and Brook Emery, plus open mike
http://www.facebook.com/Sapphobooks
When: 7-10pm
@ Sappho Books Cafe – 51 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
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Wednesday 15th May
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SALLY CLARKE
http://www.factory49.blogspot.com
When: 6-8pm
@ Aurora Biscuit Factory, 44 Shepherd Street, Marrickville
Head on photo festival
Brett Ramsay – Leisure[E]scape
Jimmy Pozarik – A Year in the Life
Tom Goldner – Volta
Vlad Sokhin – Crying Meri
Philip Klaunzer – Mungo
http://www.globalgallery.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ 5 Comber gallery, Paddington
BG Sound Project – William Barton & Anthony Garcia – in concert
http://www.trinity.nsw.edu.au
When: 7:30pm
@ DELMAR GALLERY – Trinity Grammar School, 144 Victoria Street Ashfield
MICHAEL JOHNSON
http://www.olsenirwin.com
When: 6-8pm
@ OlsenIrwin Gallery – 63 Jersey Road, Woollahra
Elisabeth Cummings – A selection of works 1982-2013
http://www.kingstreetgallery.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ King Street Gallery on William – 177 William Street, Darlinghurst
it’s hip to be square – Photography Exhibition
http://www.facebook.com/exposureartsandmedia
When: 6:30-9:30pm
@ Exposure Arts and Media – Studio 19, 157 Crown St, Wollongong
Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb – Violet Isle: Two Visions of Cuba
http://www.reportage.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ 10×8 – Level 5/ 56-60 Foster, Surry Hills
FRAGMENTS OF MYTHOLOGICAL DREAMS” Skount
http://www.thetate.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ The Tate – 345 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
From Pakistan to Parramatta: the value of international residencies
Hear from Abdullah M.I. Syed, Adeel Uz Zafar (Pakistan) and Roohi S.Ahmed (Pakistan) as they discuss their current residency with Parramatta Artists Studios and the Cicada Press at COFA and give us insight to Pakistan’s cultural landscape.
http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/play/facilities/arts
When: 6-8pm
@ Parramatta Artists Studios – Level 1 & 2, 68 Macquarie St, Parramatta
Karageorgos | Platt | Haining | McMaster
http://www.firstdraftgallery.com/gallery/2013-05-15/
When: 6-8pm
@ Firstdraft gallery – 116—118 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills
Idea Bombing Sydney
http://www.alaskaprojects.com
When: 6-9pm
@ Alaska Projects – Level 2, Kings Cross Car Park, 9A Elizabeth Bay Road, E
Sibling Variations Opening Night!
http://www.siblingvariations.com
When: 6-9pm
@ M2 Gallery – 4/450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
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Thursday 16th May
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Contemporary Urbanism – 5 artists
http://www.artpharmacy.com.au
When: 6pm
@ Art Pharmacy – 118 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
Triangle between us – Mie & Claire Nakazawa
http://www.mienakazawa.com
http://www.clairenakazawa.com
When: 6-8pm
@ Chrissie Cotter Gallery – Pidcock street, Camperdown, Sydney,
JAMES POWDITCH
http://www.australiangalleries.com.au
When: 68pm
@ Australian Galleries – 15 Roylston Street, Paddington
EXPLODED TRANSFORMATIONS -ADDISON MARSHALL & MATHEW MCWILLIAMS
http://www.chalkhorse.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ Chalk Horse Gallery – 8 Lacey Street, Surry Hills
Photofile Relaunch
Celebrating the relaunch of Photofile magazine with the release of Issue #92. Photofile marks its thirtieth year in 2013 with new print and soon to be available digital editions.
http://www.acp.org.au
When: 6-8pm
@ Australian Centre for Photography – 257 Oxford Street Paddington
Home & Hosed – Gemma Messih, Nicole Kelly, Marc Etherington, Lynda Draper,
John A Douglas, Christopher Dolman & Anto Christ.
Ornamental (Royal National Park) – Marian Drew
http://www.hazelhurst.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ Hazelhurst Regional Gallery – 782 Kingsway, Gymea
Hugh Stewart – North South
http://www.mickthegallery.com
When: 6-8pm
@ Mick – 44 Gurner Street, Paddington
JULIE FRAGAR
TODD MCMILLAN
http://www.sarahcottiergallery.com
When: 6-8pm
@ Sarah Cottier Gallery – 23 Roylston Street, Paddington
Mark Elliot-Ranken, Bernadette Smith & Louis Ricaud – New contemporary abstraction
http://www.kaleidoscope-gallery.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ Kaleidoscope Gallery – 30 Oconnor Street, Chippendale
RON & KYLIE – Anonymous Seance and the Domes of Silence
http://www.alaskaprojects.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ Alaska Projects – Level 2 of the Kings Cross car Park, Kings Cross
Gallery 1: Alice Blanch – Box Brownie Colour Panoramas
Gallery 2: Anna Pogossova – H
Gallery 3: Marvi Lacar – This is a Love story
ARCADE 4: Katrina Stamatopoulos – In Vitro: Specimens of a Collective Condition
http://www.gaffa.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ gaffa – 281 Clarence Street, Sydney
PACT: The Passion & The Whimsy
http://www.pozible.com/project/20685
When: 11am – 5.30pm
@ PACT – 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville
GENTRIFY YOURSELF * New Artwork by Dirk Kruithof
http://www.darlielaundromatic.com
When:6-11pm
@ Darlie Laundromatic – 304 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst
MCA on The Rocks – Ideas shaken and stirred
http://www.mca.com.au/events/mca-rocks-16-may/
When: 6:30-8pm
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
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Friday 17th May
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SUSPENSE – Tyler Shields
http://www.mclemoi.com
When: 6:30-9pm
@ Mclemoi Gallery – 45 Chippen Street, Chippendale
Signs of Human Life – photographs – Sally McInerney
http://www.ginkgogallery.com.au/Sally McInerney
When: 6-8pm
@ GINKGO – 166 St Johns Road, Forest Lodge, Glebe
Andrew Quilty, Ingvar Kenne, Roberto Duran & William Yang
http://www.maunsellwickes.com
When: 6-8pm
@ Maunsell Wickes Gallery – 9 Glenmore Road, Paddington
Pigeon Auction
http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/
When: 6-8pm
@ 1 Powerhouse Road, Casula, (Enter via Shepherd Street Liverpool)
Head On Photo Festival 2013 and announcement of winners of the Head On Awards
http://www.headon.com.au
When: 6-8pm
@ Turner Hall, TAFE Sydney Institute – 695-731 Harris St Ultimo
Visions From The Ether
http://www.ambushgallery.com
When: 6pm
@ aMBUSH Gallery – 4a James Street, Waterloo
LAST RESORT – JD Reforma
http://www.jdreforma.blogspot.com.au
When: 6pm
@ Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre – 1 Casula Powerhouse Road, Casula
The Sleep Walker Show by Chas Glover – Opening Night
http://www.newsagencygallery.com.au
When: 6:30pm
@ Newsagency Gallery – 332 Stanmore Road Petersham, Sydney
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Saturday 18th May
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Reiner Spliedt – Bluescapes
http://www.kirstenspry.com
When:5-8pm
@ INDE Artspace – Level 4, 119 Kippax Street, Surry Hills
An Exhibition of Superhero Artwork Created For An Up and Coming Card Game!
http://www.adventurelandgames.com
http://www.johnd-c.com
http://www.packofheroes.com
When: 2pm
@ Sweets Workshop – Shop 4, 58-60 Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill
Paul Blackmore. New Beirut
http://www.paulblackmore.com
http://www.stanleystreetgallery.com.au
When: 3pm
@ Stanley Street Gallery, East Sydney
Three Australian Landscapes -Culliton, Chen and Furlonger
http://www.thehughesgallery.com
When: 4-6pm
@ The Hughes Gallery – 270 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills
Pyrmont Paintings past + present
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/explore/facilities/parks/major-parks/pirrama-park
When: 11am-4pm
@ Pirrama Park – Pyrmont, New South Wales
Emma Hack – Treasured Tiles and Blue & White exhibition
http://www.franceskeevilgallery.com.au
When: 3-5pm
@ Frances Keevil Gallery – Bay Village, 28-34 Cross Street, Double Bay
Roberto Duran
http://www.maunsellwickes.com
When: 4-7pm
@ maunsell wickes at barry stern galleries – 19 glenmore road, paddington
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Sunday 19th May
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Troubadours & Minstrels
When: 12-1pm:
@ The Rocks Square – Playfair Street, The Rocks, Sydney
Conor Ashleigh – Timor-Leste Moving forward, looking back
http://www.artest.com.au
When: 3-6pm
@ Art Est. Art School – 67 Lords Road, Leichhardt
DOOR OPENING #2″ Susan Bui (Balance)
Artist in residence Susan Bui is opening doors
http://www.susanbui.com
When: 3-6pm
@ Poulet’s – 19 Grove st (entry via Frede lane), Marrickville
Object: Contemporary Wet Plate Collodion Portraiture is an exhibition featuring works by Christopher Getts and Pania Newport that are produced using 19th Century photographic processes
http://www.headon.com.au/event/object-contemporary-wet-plate-collodion-portraiture
When: 4-7pm
@ Studio 1A Sydney – studio, 1a/10 Carrington Road, Marrickville,
Figure It In – Sydney Life Drawing Sketch Club
http://www.eragallery.com.au
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Era-Gallery/303541936415309
When: 6-9pm
@ Era Gallery – Studio 1, The Compound 19-23 Wellington Street, Chippendal
GB presents – No More Queens
http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/galley-burlesque-presents-no-more-queens/64938
When: 7pm
@ The Standard – Level 3, 383 Bourke St Surry Hills, Sydney
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THINGS OF INTEREST and Artist opportunities
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SYDNEY FRINGE
http://www.us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a84fa7a6746f304957bfcf3fe&id=61d3da53e9&e=1ea8efaa7b
Just a quick reminder that there is only 4 days left of Artist Registration for the 2013 Sydney Fringe Festival. We are crazy excited by the callibre of wacky, sexy and vibrant new shows and events already signed up with us so far and the more the merrier so NOWS your chance to get involved.
You don’t need a fully formed production company or show, all you need is a solid idea and you can register online and begin your Fringe experience!
The deadline is this Friday the 10th May at 5pm, so get awn’ it!
If you have any troubles, we’re always here- give us a buzz on (02) 9550 6087 or shoot us an email to hq@sydneyfringe.com.
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CALL OUT TO EMERGING ARTISTS
Centrehouse/Gallery Lane Cove invites artists to submit entries to the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Awards and exhibition. This year’s exhibition will be held in the architect designed Gallery Lane Cove.
The award is open to Australian artists between the ages of 18 and 30 years with works in painting, drawing or printing. Applications are available from Gallery Lane Cove or on our website: http://www.gallerylancove.com.au
There are three prizes available to artists in 2013
1. Lane Cove Council Acquisitive Prize of $5,000 and the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the recently opened Gallery Lane Cove
2. Highly Recommended Prize to the value of $1500 sponsored by the Lane Cove Art Society
3. Commended Prize of $1000
Dates to Remember:
Applications close: Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Delivery of Artworks: Monday, 19 August 2013
Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening: Friday, 23 August 2013 from 6pm.
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, 24 August – Saturday, 14 September 2013
Collection of non-acquired works: Monday, 16 September 2013
Please send an email enquiries to info@gallerylanecove.com.au or call 02 9428 4898
There is some more background information about the prize on our website here
Centrehouse Arts Centre & Gallery Lane Cove
Centrehouse: 178 Longueville Road, Lane Cove NSW 2066
Email: centrehouse@bigpond.com
http://www.centrehouse.org.au
http://www.facebook.com/centrehouse
http://www.centrehouse.blogspot.com
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Sydney Art Galleries and Art Community 