ACT

June 2013 Listings

Art Almanac is the essential guide to Australia’s art galleries – a monthly magazine listing the exhibition schedules of over 550 art galleries throughout Australia, packaged in an easy-to-use format, supported by gallery maps, an artist index, and profiles of current art exhibitions. ACT art galleries and their June 2013 exhibition schedules are listed below, for listings of art galleries in other Australian states please use the links above.

ANCA Gallery at Dickson
1 Rosevear Place, Dickson 2602.
(02) 6247-8736.
info@anca.net.au
www.anca.net.au
Wed-Sun 12.00 to 5.00.
To June 2 PINup an exhibition of artist-made brooches, showcasing miniature wearable works by local and interstate artists.
June 5 to 23 Differing Perspectives new work by Dean Butters and Natalie Mather.
June 26 to July 14 Gesalt – the coming together by Canberra artists and School of Art Alumni. Artists: Elisa Crossing, Colin Grant, Felicity Green, Philippa Hofgartner, Gerald Jones and Andrew Kaminski.

ANU Drill Hall Gallery
Kingsley Street (off Barry Drive), Acton 2601.
(02) 6125-5832.
dhg@anu.edu.au
dhg.anu.edu.au
Director: Terence Maloon.
Free entry.
Wed-Sun 12.00 to 5.00.
To June 23 Wolfgang Buttress: UNA.
June 28 to Aug 11 eX de Medici: Cold Blooded.

ANU School of Art Gallery
Main Gallery and Foyer Gallery
Cnr Ellery Crescent and Liversidge Street, Acton 2601.
(02) 6125-5841.
sofagallery@anu.edu.au
Tues-Fri 10.30 to 5.00, closed Sun and public hols.
Subscribe at soa.anu.edu.au
Foyer Gallery: June 3 to 15 Nonverbal Cues by Michelle Marti.
June 18 to 29 Unsafe Havens by Hazaras in Afghanistan.

Beaver Galleries
81 Denison Street, Deakin, Canberra 2600.
(02) 6282-5294, F (02) 6281-1315.
mail@beavergalleries.com.au
www.beavergalleries.com.au
Directors: Martin & Susie Beaver (member of ACGA).
Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 9.00 to 5.00.
Canberra’s largest private gallery featuring regular exhibitions of contemporary paintings, prints, sculpture, glass and ceramics by established and emerging Australian artists.
To June 11 water studies prints by Sophia Szilagyi, and cluster sculpture and small paintings by Dean Bowen.
June 13 to July 2 Encounters paintings and works on paper by Marc Rambeau, and studio glass by Nicole Ayliffe.

Canberra Glassworks
11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston 2604.
(02) 6260-7005.
www.canberraglassworks.com
Free entry.
Wed-Sun 10.00 to 4.00.
To June 20 Digest sculpture and glass by Alex Asch, Giles Ryder, Lucio Auris, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro.

CGS Gallery
Canberra Grammar School
40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill 2603.
(02) 6260-9787.
www.cgs.act.edu.au
June 1 to 22 (opening Sat June 1, 4pm) cenTENary Exhibition – paintings, textiles, prints, ceramics and sculpture. 10 Canberra artists celebrate the city’s 100th birthday – Susan Banks, Bev Bruen, Dianna Budd, Dianne Firth, Monika Leone, Andrea McCuaig, Ayako Saito, Kerry Shepherdson, Gabrielle Soulsby and Aria Stone.

M16 Artspace
21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith 2603.
(02) 6295-9438.
office@m16artspace.com
www.m16artspace.com
Wed-Sun 12.00 to 5.00.
May 30 to June 16 Political: Gallery 01: Where Will the Children Play? by Marc Rayner. A brief look at some of the reasons for shrinking and damaged environs and the effects this potentially has on childrenís abilities to interact and play.
Also, Bird Hide and Bunker by Catherine Evans and Caroline Phillips, an exhibition of photographs and sculpture that documents and responds to the parallels between two different man-made structures: the bird hide and the military bunker. Gallery 02: Just Kiddiní by Barak Zelig, a surreal exhibition using metamorphosis. It is a timely exhibition that questions human behaviour and dualism in society. Gallery 03: 2013 M16 Artists Exhibition Series – M16 Studio Artists. The display showcases artists who work around the themes of politics, environmental and social issues, and human responsibility.

Margaret Hadfield Gallery & Studio
4/35 Curtin Place, Curtin 2605.
(02) 6282-3886.
hadfieldgallery@gmail.com
www.hadfieldgallery.com
Tues-Sat 10.00 to 6.00.
An artist-owned gallery/studio and art school.

National Gallery Of Australia ñ NGA
Parkes Place, Canberra 2600.
(02) 6240-6411.
information@nga.gov.au
www.nga.gov.au
Admission to the permanent collection is free. Children 16 years and under free. Free parking.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
To June 16 Kastom: Art of Vanuatu presents the unique collection of arts from Vanuatu held by the National Gallery of Australia. Upright slit drums Atingting hewn of entire tree trunks topped with big-eyed faces and sculptures of otherworldly beings in wood, tree fern, clay and stone all feature alongside one of the oldest scientifically dated works from Vanuatu – a rare mask known as Chubwan.
To June 23 Stars in the River: The prints of Jesse Traill celebrates the artistic career of one of Australia’s most important printmakers of the 20th century. Embracing the medium of etching in the early 1900s, Traill forged a radical path for printmaking in Australia depicting the beauty of the natural environment alongside dynamic images of industry, showing a profound understanding of the dilemma which requires nature to be sacrificed in order for the modern world to progress.
From June 1 Turner from the Tate: The Making of a Master provides a comprehensive overview of the artistic development of J. M. W. Turner (1775ñ1851), offering extraordinary insights into his working life and practices. The exhibition includes early works such as ‘Buttermere Lake, with part of Cromackwater’ (1798) and the spectacular ‘The fall of an avalanche in the Grisons’ (1810), as well as remarkable paintings of Turnerís late career including Venice, ‘The Bridge of Sighs’ (1840).

National Portrait Gallery
King Edward Terrace, Parkes 2600.
(02) 6102-7000.
www.portrait.gov.au
Free entry, disabled access.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
To June 16 First Ladies: Significant Australian Women 1913-2013.
May 31 to Aug 11 Paris to Monaro: Pleasures from the studio of Hilda Rix Nicholas.

Strathnairn Gallery, Café and Shop
90 Stockdill Drive, Holt 2615.
(02) 6254-2134.
info@strathnairn.com.au
www.strathnairn.com.au
Fri-Sun 10.00 to 4.30.
May 31 to June 16 Across the Border – unique handcrafted silver jewellery.
June 21 to July 14 Ernabella – ceramics and paintings.