August Art After features free celebrity talks and musical performance together with jazz and blues in the Artbar in association with LIVING BLACK. Exhibitions on view include the BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 08 and WAR: The prints of Otto Dix, which opens on 22 August. CELEBRITY TALKS 6.30pm 6 August - Deborah Cheetham, Indigenous soprano, actor and author of the internationally acclaimed play, White Baptist Abba Fan, in association with Living Black 13 August - Daniel Browning, in conversation with Tony Albert, artist in Living Black 27 August - Patrick Johnson, national 100 metre and 200 metre sprint champion and Olympian, talks with Rhianna Patrick from the Speaking Out program on ABC local radio. CELEBRITY PERFORMANCES 6.30pm 20 August - Vic Simms, musician and winner of the Deadly award for Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music takes you down memory lane, highlighting his 52-year musical career. EXHIBITION TALKS 5.30pm 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 20 August - Keith Munro, curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander programs, Museum of Contemporary Art 27 August - Brenda L Croft, senior curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island art, National Gallery of Australia FREE MUSIC IN THE ARTBAR 7.30pm Marlene Cummings, singer and saxophonist in association with Living Black FILM PROGRAM 7.15pm EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW IN AUGUST Harold Cazneaux: artist in photography - until 10 August Biennale of Sydney 08 - until 7 September Living Black - until 16 November Judy Cassab: landscapes from the collection - until 31 August Kate Beynon: Auspicious Charms for Transcultural Living - opens 7 August WAR: The Prints of Otto Dix - opens 22 August Weekly program information at www.artafterhours.com.au Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney 2000 National toll free 1800 679 278 Media partner Media Information Susanne Briggs Art Gallery of New South Wales Images and Interviews available on request Telephone: 02 9225 1791 Email: susanneb@ag.nsw.gov.au |