July Art After Hours events are inspired by TAISHÔ CHIC: Japan in the 20s & 30s and feature Akira Isogawa and Asako Izawa. There are also special events celebrating NAIDOC week. The BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 08 is now open with the work of over 50 international artists. 

CELEBRITY TALKS 6.30pm
23 July Akira Isogawa, fashion designer, in discussion with Deborah Cameron, ABC Radio 702 presenter, in association with Taishô Chic.
30 July Ben Hills, author of Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne
6 August Deborah Cheetham, Indigenous Soprano, actor and author of the internationally acclaimed play, White Baptist Abba Fan
13 August Daniel Browning in conversation with Tony Albert, artist in assocation with Living Black

CELEBRITY PERFORMANCES 6.30pm
2 July Riley Lee, shakuhachi master, with fellow artists, performs music of Japan in conjunction with Taishô Chic
9 July Mark Olive (a.k.a "Black Olive") demonstrates cooking with Indigenous products, in association with NAIDOC week

EXHIBITION TALKS 5.30pm
9 July Laddie Timbery, local Aboriginal historian, in association with NAIDOC week
16 July Kathryn Hunyor, arts consultant, on Taishô Chic
23 July Peter McNeil, professor of design history, University of Technology Sydney in association with Taishô Chic
30 July Elaine Russell, artist and author of 'A is for Aunty' and 'The shack that dad built'
6 August Clarence Slockee, Aboriginal education officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens
13 August Grant Saunders, filmmaker and Producer for Message Stick on ABC TV

FREE MUSIC IN THE ARTBAR 7.30pm
2 & 23 July Asako Izawa in association with Taishô Chic
9 July Emma Donovan in association with NAIDOC week & Living Black

FILM PROGRAM 7.15pm

EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW IN JUNE
TAISHÔ CHIC: Japanese modernity, nostalgia & deco - until 3 August
ADAM CULLEN: let's get lost - until 27 July
HAROLD CAZNEAUX: artist in photography - opens 10 August
BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 08 - until 7 September
LIVING BLACK - until 16 November
GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE - until 16 July
JUDY CASSAB: landscapes from the collection - until 31 August

Weekly program information at www.artafterhours.com.au
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