‘LOOKING GLASS’ AT MILDURA ARTS CENTRE

Looking Glass – Judy Watson and Yhonne Scarce.

An exhibition of works themed on the monumental elements of earth, water, fire, and air by Aboriginal artists Judy Watson and Yhonne Scarce is now open at Mildura Arts Centre organised by Ikon (Birmingham U.K) and Tarra Warra Museum of Art with curator Hetti Perkins and toured by NETS.

Looking Glass represents both a love song and a lament for Country, a fantastical alchemy pf elemental materiality, through paintings, video and sculptural works.

Exhibition closes August 6. Mildura Arts Centre

199 Coreton Rd, Mildura

Top portraits

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

Now in its 15th year, the annual exhibition draws entries from entries submitted by amateur and professional photographers from across Australia. In 2022 50 finalists were selected from more than 2400 entries.

The Winner, Highly Commended, Art Handlers, and People’s Choice Awards were announced in Canberra prior to the exhibition tour.

Wayne Quillim’s portrait Silent Strength , 2021, depicts Aurulun man E ric Yunkaporta in ceremonial headwear, won the 2022 National Photographic Portrait Prize. Quilliam won $50,000 in prozes, cash from the National Portrait Gallery and $20,000 worth of Canon equipment thanks to imaging partner Canon Australia.

Arthur Ferguson won the Highly Commended prize and received a Colour Edge CG2730 Monitor courtesy of E120. The Art Handlers Award recipient was Adam Haddock, who received $2000 cash from IAS Fine Art Logistics and Luther Cora won the $5000 People’s ChoiceAward supported by the David Roche Foundation.

Exhibition opened June 8 and closes Sunday September 3.

Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

35 – 37 Castella St, Lilydale.

At Ballarat

The Chase – Jon Brack

The Arts

‘lives body experience’ as a method of deconstructing queer expressions of self.

Exhibition closes Saturday July 8.

G3Artspace 64Parkers Rd. Parkdale (Shirley Burke Theatre)

Metaverse

Welcome to your local Metaverse. Experience Kingston’s first augmented reality artworks, Mentone Arts designed by LuXvr at the Old Mentone Station and surrounds.

The installation consists of five works, including digital sculptures that blend in with the tangible environment to blur between reality and illusion.

It also features gallery spaces that showcases the work of local photographic artist Tiziana Borghese.

Injury prone Johnny Depp

The Art Gallery of Ballarat is proud to announce the acquisition of a significant painting by Australian artist John Brack (1920 – 1999) donated to the Gallery by the artist’s family.

The painting The Chase (1959) is being exhibited in the Gallery’s permanent collection offering the rare opportunity for visitors to appreciate one of Australis’s most iconic artists.

The Chase is a classic Brack piece, featuring the artist’s own daughters running in a playful manner.

This energetic and important painting is a familiar, everyday subject that simultaneously depicts the fun and simplicity of childhood games while alluding to the darker side of human nature in the ‘shadows of anxiety’ that are cast by the running girls.

The painting was shown in the watershed Antipodean exhibition on Melbourne , where Brack asserted the importance of the figure in art in defense of advancing American abstract expression.

Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St, Ballarat

G3 Artspace

I Just Want To Do

My Silly Little Paintings explores the concept of identity, encouraging the viewer to reflect on their own. Billie Drood examines

The artwork comes to life with your smartphone device through the ‘Over the Reality’ app, which can be downloaded for free.

To access Mentone AR-T a click on the QR code to LuXvr’s official Mentone3194 website.

Kingston Arts

Venue: Old Mentone Station Cnr Balcombe Rd. & Como Pde W. Mentone - Peter Kemp

Live crew

■ Steve Dimopoulos, Victorian Minister for Creative Industries, has announced a $190,000 grant for CrewCare to roll out their A Pathway to Jobs in Live Music: The Weasle Eicke Scholarship program.

A Pathway to jobs in live music: The W easle Eicke Scholarship 2023, is a revised initiative of the 2022 program delivered by CrewCare based on the successes and response of last years’ program.

Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $100 per day for each of the 10 training days. For our regional students, they will also receive $100 per night towards their accommodation costs while attending the training days in Melbourne. Whilst undertaking work experience, trainees will receive relevant award rates.

■ Just when everything appeared back on track, Johnny Depp's life turns pear shaped once again. This time JD has a painful leg injury causing postponent of his European tour with the Hollywood Vampires rock band.

5 college degrees for 12-y-o

■ Starting at Fullerton College, California at the tender age of nine, Clovis Hung recently graduated with no less than five degrees, all in the humanities group. Clovis an exceptional , yet humble youngster, plays basketball, loves travelling , with no particular profession in mind, at this stage. What a record-breaking achievement for Clovis. aged 12.

Spanish Film Festival

■ This season’s Spanish Film Festival is up and running, June 15 - July 5 with 32 Spanish and Latin American films rotating over four venues in Melbourne.

AWW turns 90

■ Australian Woman's Weekly is an institution despite having its challengers throughout the 90 years of publishing. Originally published weekly, the Weekly revamped to a monthly , and the circulation kept on spiralling. One of the most memorable milestones includes the largest selling issue with Princess Di on the cover selling three million copies.

From kitch to cooking the best of the Weekly is on display in a free exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery starting May 27 -August 27. What a wonderful way to spend a hour, or three, rekindling past memories.