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ON IN SYDNEY…

Sally Simpson. A selection of sculptures from her exhibition, 2016 DARLINGHURST, SYDNEY… Sally Simpson. Objects for an Unknown Future Museum Until 01 October 2016 If you missed the Opening last week, don’t worry, just be sure to visit on another day – less people and you see the show much better anyway. I love the sculptures of Sally Simpson. It is a strange joy to see them 3D – they are bigger and more engagingly endearing than you can imagine. If you have kids – take them too – kids love these beautiful odd figures. Sally also has another exhibition just Opened at Benalla Art Gallery (in Victoria) of earlier work – only a 2hour drive from Melbourne. She also recently won the 2016 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Art Awards & is a Finalist in the 64th (2016) Blake Prize Award. To see more check out her website below and these story links: Brag Magazine South Sydney Herald September 2016 Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst www.stanleystreetgallery.com.au l www.sallysimpson.com.au _______________________________________________ LINK TO FULL VERSION OF SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER – there is a whole lot more!

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May Pop-Up Arts… Hi everyone. Here is my skip-April-and-straight-to-May newsletter to let you know about a few good things around town. Head-On Photo Festival is well underway, the Sydney Writers’ Festival is about to kick off next week and then another of my favourite Festivals is Vivid which gets going by the end of the month. I am loving the extended warm autumn and managed to get some veges planted out in my newly built raised garden bed. Not sure there will be baskets of produce at the end of it all, but so far so good. Have a good arty month and be sure to get out of town if you can – a break from the city is always a nice thing. So until June… Cassie ON NOW IN SYDNEY… Andjana Pachkova. The Outback through my European Outlook (mixed media on pastel paper). ROZELLE, SYDNEY… Andjana Pachkova. Disintegration Anxiety Until 20 May 2016 Landscapes painted from around the artist’s home and many little bays of the northshore, others from the western plains of NSW, between Bathurst and Dubbo and others imagined Australian landscapes and contours. The Australian landscape seen through the eyes of this Ukrainian-Russian-American artist are beautiful – rich in colour, texture, movement and life. A most delightful gallery space in Rozelle. Link to Brag Magazine article Paper Plane Gallery, 727 Darling Street, Rozelle www.andjanapachkova.com

December Arts Pop-Up Newsletter… The end of 2015 and the first month of summer.  I love all the seasons, but the summer months of swimming and frangipanis, picnics and lingering light, bbqs and holiday drives are a marker in the year.  Thank you to all the wonderful artists I have worked with this year, the galleries and curators, the supportive media and all of you who bother to read my monthly postings. I hope someone out there got to know about a new artist, visit a fab exhibition, find a new bar, or see a film I have mentioned here.  Best of wishes for the Christmas holiday season and I hope to be back in January with more art ideas, stories and a few secret places to discover.  Until 2016!  Cassie

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Two current Sydney Exhibitions…

Photograph by Angus McDonald

ON NOW IN SYDNEY…
Angus McDonald. India’s Disappearing Railways
Until 22 January 2016
The soul of India is sometimes said to be found on their railway system.  Australian photojournalist and travel writer Angus McDonald (1962-2013) spent many years travelling on India’s trains. In this personal odyssey, he shares all the colour and life and small human details that make such journeys rich.  It is also a stunning book with an endorsement by fellow traveller, Michael Palin.
Customs House Library, Ground Floor & Level 2, 31 Alfred Street Circular Quay
www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au

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A selection of coiled pandanus baskets – natural fibre with bush dyes.

LAST FEW DAYS IN SYDNEY…
A Coo-ee Christmas.
Until 23 December 2015. 
The annual colourful Coo-ee Christmas show is on.  What a great excuse to visit the gallery if you haven’t been – one of my Sydney favourites – and buy some artwork for yourself or a friend of course.  There are baskets, paintings, crafted toys, sculptures, mimi spirit poles.  Big and small artworks. Under $100 or test your credit limit.  To see the collection click and what is still available click here.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Ave (cnr Chambers Ave), Bondi Beach
www.cooeeart.com.au

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Both exhibitions only recently closed but lovely to finish off the year…

The Elisabeth Cummings catalogue on my desk with notes. Portraits in catalogue courtesy of Roller Photography.

RECENTLY CLOSED IN SYDNEY…
Elisabeth Cummings. New Paintings
17 November  – 19 December 2015. 
This is a most beautiful​ collection of new paintings by one of Australia’s most influential living painters.   Imagine how many artists she has influenced in her creative lifetime?​  Elisabeth is also one of the artists exhibiting as part of the Destination Sydney Exhibition.
Read a review on Elisabeth’s solo exhibition by Patricia Anderson for the Australian Financial Review
King Street Gallery on William, Darlinghurst
http://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/elisabeth-cummings/

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Michael Keighery holding the original diary of his Great Uncle Frank.  The diary is all written in Pitman Shorthand.  On the right are three of Michael’s ceramic sculptures made from the template of artillery shells, in the style of ‘Trench Art’.  Dead Man’s Penny by Michael Keighery.

RECENTLY CLOSED IN SYDNEY…
Michael Keaghery.  Dead Man’s Penny
26 November – 20 December 2015
An exhibition dedicated to the memory of Michael’s great uncle, Frank Keighery, who died at Gallipoli in 1915 at the age of 21.  The families of all British and Australian soldiers killed during WWl received a medallion from the British Government.  Ironically it became known as the Dead Man’s Penny.
Listen in to ABC RN Life Matters Interview with Michael from 03 December.
View Micheal talking about his work and a guide around his studio on YouTube.
Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
www.janetclaytongallery.com.au
www.keighery.com

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Thank you to all the fab artists and galleries I worked with this year.
2015 has been a year of colour and stories!

Sample images from 2015 Exhibitions. Left to Right, Top to Bottom

Margarita Sampson. Infectious Desires. 25 Feb – 14 Mar 2015. Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst.
wwwmargaritasampson.com
Tom Carment & Michael Wee. Seven Walks: Cape Leeuwin to Bundeena.  New book release.
www.sevenwalks.com
Asher Milgate. Survivors. 07 Mar – 10 May 2015 Western Plains Regional Gallery; 01-29 Aug 2015 Macquarie Hall, Wellington; Acquisition Meeting arranged with the State Library NSW.
www.survivors.com
Helen S. Tiernan. Farming without Fences.  29 Nov 2014 – 17 Jan 2015.  Coo-ee Gallery, Bondi.
www.helenstiernan.com.au   http://www.cooeeart.com.au/aboriginal_exhibition/138/artworks
Sally McInerney. Nauru Diary. Curated by Sandy Edwards. 30 Sept – 11 Oct 2015. Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington
www.sallymcinerney.com
White Rice & Red Ochre: Warli Tribal Art of Western India. 27 Jun – 18 Jul 2015 Coo-ee Gallery, Bondi
http://www.cooeeart.com.au/aboriginal_exhibition/149/artworks
The Great Apron Show. Curated by Carol Ruff. 26 Nov – 06 Dec 2015.  Gallery East, Clovelly
www.galleryeast.com.au
Ronnie Heng. Dive Into My World. 27 Jun – 10 Jul 2015. Blankspace Gallery, Darlinghurst.
www.ronnieheng.com

Sample images from 2015 Exhibitions. Left to Right, Top to Bottom

Kim Carpenter. Art for the Theatre. 14-25 April 2015 (Danks Street ll Gallery + Acquisition Meetings established with the State Library NSW + The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney).
www.theatreofimage.com.au
Luke Hardy. Patina. 14-25 Oct 2015. Curated by Sandy Edwards, Arthere.  Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington
www.lukehardy.com
Michael Keighery. Dead Man’s Penny. 26 Nov-20 Dec 2015. Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington.
www.keighery.com
Patricia Casey. Murmur.  09-27 September 2015. Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington
www.patriciacasey.com.au
Berylouise Mitchell.  The Birdsville Cup. 14-25 Oct 2015. Curated by Sandy Edwards, Arthere.  Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington
www.berylouise.com
Vedat Acikalin. Gallipoli Then & Now: Bonds Forged by War. A national Touring exhibition to Hobart (Aug), Sydney (Aug-Oct), Perth (Oct), Melbourne (Nov) & Canberra (Dec).  Curated by Sandy Edwards.
www.vedatacikalin.com
Rodney Schaffer. Luna.  18-29 August 2015. 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne.
www.rodschaffer.com
Elisabeth Cummings. New Paintings. 17 Nov-19 Dec 2015. King Street Gallery on William, Darlinghurst.
http://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/elisabeth-cummings/

Arthere, Sandy Edwards  www.arthere.com.au
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery  www.cooeeart.com
Customs House Library, Sydney  www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au
Janet Clayton Gallery  www.janetclaytongallery.com.au
King Street Gallery on William  www.kingstreetgallery.com.au

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BEST OF SYDNEY’S OUTDOOR SUMMER FILM FESTIVALS…

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FAVOURITE CAFE OF THE MONTH…
Brickfields
Nothing goes wrong here – the bread, pastries, coffee, salads and the staff! The best cake has to be the Persian Love Cake – it has everything you want in that little package.  I love this pic with the giant Vegemite and Kraft Peanut Butter tubs.  It can get crowded with not many seats inside, but what the hey. Sit outside.  Here’s Time Out Sydney’s review.
Brickfield’s Bakery, 206 Cleveland Street, Chippendale
www.brickfields.com.au
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October has had me so busy I nearly missed getting this out at all. But there are some really good shows still going and others just about to open. A great month for photography, with Sandy Edwards curating a selection of handpicked artists at the newly relocated Janet Clayton Gallery to Oxford Street. If you missed the recent Sally McInerney show, Nauru Diary: Impressions of an Island, there is certainly plenty of great coverage to find online.I love October with the longer evenings, the sun warmer, leaves almost back on all those sleepy winter trees and jacaranda flowers are budding. So until next month. Cassie
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & ARTISTS I AM WORKING WITH…

Patina Vll, 2014. Photograph by Luke Hardy. ON NOW IN SYDNEY Until Sunday 25 October… Photographs by Luke Hardy. PATINA 14 – 25 October 2015 PATINA is a new body of work by Sydney photomedia artist Luke Hardy. His two series, Yuki Onna (2009) and Dragonfly (2011), reveal his romance with Japan and Japanese ghost stories. PATINA brings with it much more sensuality and eroticism. Japanese aesthetic is at the core of Hardy’s passion. Alongside this is the presence of the male body, says curator Sandy Edwards in her essay on Luke Hardy. Luke Hardy’s work lies somewhere between narrative and mystery, always exploring the thin line between the sensual and the spiritual. He has said of his work, I am forever drawn to the downcast glance; it draws us in and holds us at an intimate distance Janet Clayton Gallery, 406 Oxford Street, Paddington. Curated by Sandy Edwards, Arthere www.lukehardy.com / www.janetclaytongallery.com.au _____________________________________________________________________________________________ From the series The Birdsville Cup.  Photograph by Berylouise Mitchell ON NOW IN SYDNEY extended until 03 November… Berylouise Mitchell. The Birdsville Cup – Photographs & Book Release 14 – 25 October 2015 A documentary photo essay (also a book) shot on b&w film over two visits to the Birdsville Races in 1989 and 1990. The series covers every aspect of the races including the Calcutta Auction, the trainer of the ‘Birdsville’ horses during the early morning training sessions, the bookies, the punters, the races themselves and the crowds who come to party and take part in the event that swells the town’s normal population of 100 to over 6,000. Mitchell recently returned from a two week road trip Sydney to Birdsville and back.  She and her husband drove the distance in their little Ford Focus hatchback – with only one tyre puncture the whole trip – not a 4WD like almost every other car on the road.  There was no other way to get the books to Birdsville but to take them myself…Freight is all by road and very expensive and would take two weeks to deliver.   I didn’t have time for that.  It took us three days to get there, says Mitchell. The State Library of Queensland have bought 43 images for their public collection, as excellent examples of outback Queensland and Australian life.  The book is alos part of the National Library of Australia public collection. Link to a sample of the book, The Birdsville Cup, published through Momento Press 2015 Janet Clayton Gallery, 406 Oxford Street, Paddington (in the upstairs Salon) Gallery open Wed-Sun Curated by Sandy Edwards, Arthere www.berylouise.com   /   www.janetclaytongallery.com.au ___________________________________________________________________________________________ The oldest Australian Anzac, John Malcolm McCleery of Perth, visiting the Lone Pine Memorial on his 103rd birthday, on 25 April 1990.  McCleery said at the time he felt sad as he read the names of fallen comrades from the 11th Battalion.  McCleeery landed on Gallipoli on his 28th birthday. We landed at 4:30 a.m. in the darkness under heavy musketry and machine-gun fire, recalled Sergeant McCleery, We stormed the cliffs, pushed back the Turks, dug in and stayed there ten days till we made the second attack on Gaba Tepe that was when I was hit on the arm. Sergeant McCleery lived on to become “the Oldest Anzac “ at the 75th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landing. He visited Gaba Tepe in 1990 with the help of the young Diggers. He was very emotional remembering the twenty-five mates killed on that attack. I lasted only ten days here, said the 103-year-old veteran, My left arm was shattered by a Turk dum dum bullet. Sergeant McCleery lived eight more months after the 1990 Gallipoli pilgrimage. SYDNEY Closes Sat 24 Oct at Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney. FREE + ONE DAY Exhibition Event Sat 31 Oct at the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque.  FREE MELBOURNE OPENING 10 November… Vedat Acikalin. Gallipoli Then & Now: Bonds Forged by War www.vedatacikalin.com TOURING NATIONALLY to 5 Australian cities: Sydney, Hobart (closed), Perth (recently closed), Melbourne (10-27 Nov), Canberra (Dec). This exhibition has also been touring in Turkey, recently closing in Istanbul. A documentary series 30 years in the making. This poignant collection, photographing veterans and their families, depicts strong bonds and deep friendships, stemming from connections between the Australians, New Zealanders and the Turks. The Touring Exhibitions to Hobart, Perth, Melbourne and Canberra are curated by Sandy Edwards of ARTHERE. Customs House, Sydney  www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/whatson Auburn Gallipoli Mosque Open Day Event  www.gallipolimosque.org.au Rahmi M. Koc  Museum, Istanbul, Turkey  www.rmk-museum.org MEDIA  The West Australian Newspaper  The Fremantle Herald  The Parramatta Advertiser ABC online  Sydney Morning Herald  Australian Photography Magazine  Daily Mail online ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (l) Rodney Schaffer, Crocodile from LUNA series for Primavera 2015 (r) Silvi Glattaur, Altiplano-Vl for Primavera 2015 OPENING NEXT WEEK IN SYDNEY… Primavera 2015 at Black Eye Gallery 27 October – 15 November  Presenting their annual Spring show with a diverse selection of unique works, by new and established artists.  Artists include Rodney Schaffer (and a fine selection from his LUNA series, shown earlier this year in Melbourne), Silvi Glattauer, Nick De Lorenzo, Albert Son and more TBA. Black Eye Gallery, 138 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst (right next door to Film Club, the best DVD Movie Store in town) www.blackeyegallery.com.au   www.rodschaffer.com  ____________________________________________________ MY FAVOURITE MOVIE/DOCO OF THE MONTH… What Happened, Miss Simone? Directed by Liz Garbus This fabulous documentary isn’t just about music, or an incredible jazz singer and extraordinary pianist. It’s also about history and the civil rights movement and the power of music. She ain’t called the “High Priestess of Soul’ for nothing. Great footage and totally recommend everyone, all ages to see it. Review at www.forbes.com OFFICIAL TRAILER __________________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE CITY BAR OF THE MONTH… The Swinging Cat (Sydney CBD) I love discovering cool new little bars around town. Ones with good music, good lighting, not so loud you have to shout at your friends right next to you and really nice service. Recently I discovered this one…and not just because one of my daughters works here. For a moment you might think you are heading into Subway, but take a turn down the stairs and you will be in a little-bar haven. The Swinging Cat, 44 King Street, Sydney CBD (below street level) Review on Broadsheet Sydney www.theswingingcat.com