Modern messages in traditional prints

Woodblock print titled Catfish Envy by Masami Teraoka… National Gallery, September 21-March 2.

Here’s the latest Arts in the City column by HELEN MUSA, a weekly roundup of all-thing-arts in Canberra.

Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka has adopted the traditional visual vocabulary of 17th-19th century Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints to look at contemporary themes such as globalisation, collisions between Asian and western cultures, and the AIDS crisis. National Gallery, September 21-March 2. 

Known for their striking puppetry, innovative physical and visual theatre company Erth is performing a show, ARC, that introduces audiences to rare and exotic animals. It’s been written by Aussie playwright Alana Valentine and has come from a creative residency at Healesville Sanctuary, focusing on the conservation of Leadbeater’s Possums. The Playhouse, September 26-28.

Green Oak Theatre company, established in 2020, is rehearsing for its fourth production, Play Me Something, a compilation of four original short plays by Canberrans. Belconnen Community Theatre, September 26-28. 

In a change of pace, Llewellyn Choir will host a “light and fun” concert with a cocktails theme featuring jazz standards, opera choruses and some more serious pieces. Polish White Eagle Club, Turner, September 27. 

The National Gallery, the Netherlands embassy and the Wereldmuseum in Leiden, which holds the largest collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in Europe, have awarded Tina Baum, senior curator of First Nations Art at the gallery as the first recipient of their Nguluway Dhuluyarra Fellowship. Ms Baum will travel to the Netherlands in October.

A fun-filled event for children, full of arts, crafts, gardening and exploration activities will take place at Lanyon Homestead on September 28. 

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