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FIFTH AUSTRALIAN PRINT SYMPOSIUM
place made
2–4 April 2004
program subject to change
FRIDAY 2 April
10.00
 Registration, viewing of gallery exhibitions, morning tea    
11.15
 Welcome to Ngunnawal land — Matilda House, Ngunnawal Community Representative
Official welcome to the National Gallery of Australia — Rupert Myer, Council Member, National Gallery of Australia		    
11.30 Keynote Speaker
Cultural responsibilities past and present — Banduk Marika
Banduk Marika, a senior Yolngu woman from Yirrkala, has been active in land issues through the Northern Land Council and the Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation. She established the Gamarrwa Nuwal Landcare and won the Northern Territory Landcare Program Individual Landcarer Award in 2001. In that year she was also honoured with the Australia Council’s Red Ochre Award for her outstanding contribution to indigenous art and culture. Her linocuts, which she has produced since 1982, are in major collections both in Australia and overseas.
12.30 Lunch
    
1.30 WORKSHOPS
the professional environment
 

 
 

From small things, big things grow — Anne Virgo
Anne Virgo is the Director of the Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.

Reproduction for profit and pleasure — Michelle Perry
Sydney based Michelle Perry has printed for artists as diverse as Peter D. Cole, Bernard Ollis, Robyn Gordon, Guy Warren and Salvatore Zofrea.

Megalo, the latest edition — Peter Zanetti
Peter Zanetti is the Director of Megalo Access Arts, Canberra, Australia.

  
2.45 Afternoon tea    
3.15–4.30

ARTISTS
the workshop experience
  
 


 

The copper road to Fitzroy — Aida Tomescu
Aida Tomescu has worked extensively with John Loane at the Australian Print Workshop and later at Viridian Press, Olinda, Victoria, Australia.

I am not a printmaker — David Sequeira
David Sequeira, artist and museum professional, was awarded a residency at Megalo Access Arts, Canberra, Australia, in 2003.

Title to be announced — Sally Smart
Sally Smart, artist and the recipient of a Collie Trust Print Education Program scholarship at the Australian Print Workshop in 1995.

  Evening events
5.00–7.00 Drinks, book launch and viewing of exhibition place made: Australian Print Workshop
Foyer, National Gallery of Australia
7.00–8.30 Drinks and viewing of the exhibitions Through the valley, recent stencil prints by Robin White and Body press. Print media works by Barbara Campbell, Kate Lohse and Patsy Payne (25 March – 25 April)
Helen Maxwell Gallery
           
SATURDAY 3 April
10.00 OFF CENTRE, LOOKING BEYOND THE EAST COAST
 

Regional printmaking in Australia — Dimity Phillips
Dimity Phillips is a doctoral candidate in Art History at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Her thesis addresses issues of access and equity facing contemporary women printmakers, with a particular focus on women practising in regional Australia.

The Punttu portrait print project — Alison Alder
Alison Alder lived and worked inTennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994–2003. She coordinated the Punttu portrait project for the Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre.

What is happening in the West — Susanna Castleden
Coordinator Printmedia, Art and Design Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
11.00 Morning tea
11.30 PRINTMAKING IN THE REGION
 

Contemporary printmaking in India — Chaitanya Sambrani
Chaitanya Sambrani studied Economics and Art Criticism at the Maharaja Sayajireo University, Baroda, India. He presently lectures in Art Theory at the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University.

Printmaking in Singapore Now — Joyce Fan
Joyce Fan is Assistant Curator at the Singapore Art Museum and wrote her thesis on printmaking in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s.

Contemporary printmaking in Papua New Guinea — Daniel Waswas
Daniel Waswas has studied and worked in PNG and Aotearoa New Zealand. A printmaker and painter, he has recently established GALLERYPNG in Boroko.
12.30 Lunch
1.30 WORKING OFFSHORE, AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS WORKING IN THE REGION
    
 

Learning from the Chinese — Ruth Burgess
Ruth Burgess is a Sydney-based woodblock artist, who first travelled to China in 1988. She has made eight subsequent visits.

Working in Nagasawa — Brent Harris
 Born in Aotearoa New Zealand, Brent Harris has lived in Australia since 1981. A painter and printmaker, Harris was residency at the Nagasawa Art Park, Awaji Island, Japan in 1999.

Collaborations in Vietnam — Russell Craig
Russell Craig is Senior Lecturer in Printmaking at Griffith University, Queensland. He has worked in Vietnam and collaborated with Vietnamese printmakers.

2.45 Afternoon tea        
3.15–4.30 ON THE WALL, PRINTED IN THE STREETS
 

Stencils of urban dis placement — Din Heagney
Din Heagney is a Melbourne-based freelance writer and artist working with groups including Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, (niche): and Swinburne New Media.

Stencil art: a fresh medium — James Dodd
James Dodd is a Melbourne-based stencil artist. His work was included in the 2002 Primavera, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.

The art of gettin' up: Citylights and the CBD insurrection — Andrew Mac
Andrew Mac is a Melbourne-based artist and founder/Director of public lightbox gallery, Citylights.
  Evening events        
5.00–7.00 Exhibition opening Contour, Megalo artists-in-residence exhibition and workshop viewing
Megalo Access Arts
6.00 Exhibition openings Studio One Workshop proofs, the CMAG collection and Jorg Schmeisser: Breaking the ice (Works from Antarctica 1998–2003)
Canberra Museum and Art Gallery
7.00 Exhibition opening Place original face down to copy and Beam, site specific projections
Canberra School of Art Gallery
8.00 to late Symposium Dinner ($35 pre-purchased tickets essential)
Drinks not included (Chats bar will be operating)
Chats Cafe, ANU Canberra School of Art
 
SUNDAY 4 April
10.00 KEEPING IN TOUCH
sharing information
Please contact Roger Butler if you wish to speak briefly (5 mins) in this session
10.45 Morning tea
11.15 THE ART OF CONSTANT REARRANGEMENT
 

Still contemporary, Joshua McClelland Print Room — Philippa Kelly
Phillipa Kelly is an independent art writer and was formerly Editor of Art Monthly Australia.

Back to my own work — Franck Gohier
Franck Gohier is a Darwin-based artist and was former director of Red Hand Prints.

Teaching an old dog new tricks, new print initiatives at Port Jackson Press — Belinda Fox
Belinda Fox, artist and printmaker, is Workshop Manager of the recently relocated workshop of Port Jackson Press.

 
 

END OF SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

 
  Afternoon events
12.45 Launch of the gift of the Silk Cut Foundation Collection to the National Gallery of Australia
Foyer, National Gallery of Australia
2.00–4.00 Artist’s talk, to be confirmed
Performance by Barbara Campbell
Helen Maxwell Gallery
2.00–4.30 Megalo Access Arts print workshop opened for viewing
3.30 Drinks and viewing of Art from the collection of Ruth Prowse
Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University
   
COMPLEMENTARY EVENTS
MONDAY 5 April
10.00–4.00
 Works of art on paper curators forum
Convenor: Roger Butler
Small Theatre
National Gallery of Australia
Contact Roger Butler on +61 2 6240 6414 or Anne Chivas on +61 2 6240 6417 for further enquiries.
   
EXHIBITIONS IN CANBERRA DURING SYMPOSIUM
(Exhibitions which include prints have titles bolded)
 

ANCA Gallery
1 Rosevear Place, Dickson (+61 2 6247 8736)
to be announced

ANU School of Art
Canberra School of Art Gallery (+61 2 6247 8736)
Place original face down to copy (31 March – 24 April)

ANU Drill Hall Gallery
Kingsley Street, Acton (+61 2 6125 5832)
Art from the collection of Ruth Prowse (1 April – 3 May)

Beaver Gallery
81 Denison Street, Deakin (+61 2 6282 5294)
Contemporary Australian prints including work by Graham Fransella, Dean Bowen, Belinda Fox, Marina Ky and Christina Cordero (1–23 April)

Botany Bay Prints
by appointment only (+61 2 6247 9751)

Canberra Contemporary Art Space
Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon (+61 2 6247 0188)
David McDowell, Passenger (26 March – 1 May)
The good room. Installation by Vivienne Miller (26 March – 1 May)

Canberra Contemporary Art Space 3
19 Furneaux Street, Manuka (+61 2 6295 3112)
Bevan Honey and Linda Rice (1–11 April)

Chapman Gallery
31 Captain Cook Crescent, Griffith (+61 2 6295 2550)
Stewart MacFarlane (12 March – 4 April)

Canberra Museum and Art Gallery (+61 2 6207 3968)
Jorg Schmeisser : Breaking the ice (Works from Antarctica 1998–2003) (27 March – 23 May)
Studio One Workshop proofs, the CMAG collection (3 April – 18 July)

Geelong Street Antique Centre
4 Geelong St, Fyshwick (+61 2 6280 7005)
Stock exhibition of prints 1900–1980

Helen Maxwell Gallery
42 Mort Street, Braddon (+61 2 6257 8422)
Through the valley, recent stencil prints by Robin White (25 March – 25 April)
Body press. Print media works by Barbara Campbell, Kate Lohse and Patsy Payne (25 March – 25 April)

The Hive
25 Lonsdale Street, Braddon (+61 2 6257 9700)
The year of the dragon: prints by Jackie Gorring

National Gallery of Australia (+61 2 6240 6411)
place made: Australian Print Workshop (29 January – 11 April)
Project Gallery, level 1
After image: screenprints of Andy Warhol (6 September 2003 – 4 April 2004)
Orde Poynton Gallery, entrance level
The Edwardians: secrets and desires (12 March – 14 June)
Temporary exhibition space, entrance level
Selected prints form the Silk Cut Foundation Collection
Foyer, entrance level
Focus: Neil Emmerson, Brent Harris and Ralph Hotere
Gallery 6, level 1

National Library of Australia (+61 2 6262 1111)
Sublime: 25 Years of the Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art
Foyer Gallery (12 February – 26 April)

National Portrait Gallery
Old Parliament House (+61 2 6273 4723)
The making of portraits, 5 years of NPG commissions
NPG at Old Parliament House (6 March – 27 June)
Australians in Hollywood
NPG at Commonwealth Park (13 November 2003 – 12 April 2004)

Nolan Gallery
Tharwa Drive, Lanyon (+61 2 6237 5192)
For the term of his natural life. 31 drawings by Sidney Nolan (12 March – 2 May)

Megalo Access Arts
49 Phillip Avenue Watson (+61 2 6249 6086)
Contour, Megalo artists in residence exhibition (22 March – 11 April)

Solander Gallery
 10 Schlich Street, Yarralumla (+61 2 6285 2218)
30th anniversary exhibition. 50 years of Australian art (30 March – 15 April)

Stephanie Burns Fine Art
 107 Strickland Crescent, Deakin (+61 2 6161 9138)
3rd Anniversary exhibition includes works on bark, paper and canvas (6 March – 18 April)