Culture Guide 22-28 April

April 23rd 2019
Tuesday 23 April

Pool Lament: Randy Smeros & Julie Smeros

Bankstown Arts Centre is excited to present the works of artists Randy Smeros and Julie Smeros in our Incubate Gallery over the month of April.

WHAT: Exhibition
WHEN: Until 30 April
WHERE: Bankstown Arts Centre
HOW MUCH: Free, more details here

Art Express at the Armory

ARTEXPRESS has returned to Sydney Olympic Park!
Join us at Newington Armory as we celebrate a collection of young Australian artists from the 2018 HSC visual arts examination.

WHAT: Exhibition
WHEN: Until 25 April
WHERE: Armory Gallery
HOW MUCH: Free, more details here

Wednesday 24 April

Where are you from?

Join us for the launch of Where are you from? Sydney Storyboard curated by Sabina with photos by Chris Loutfy. WAYF Sydney will share a new collection of 25 stories and portraits in an exhibition at Goodspace gallery in Chippendale.

WHAT: Exhibition opening
WHEN: Wednesday 24 April, 6-9pm
WHERE: Good Space
HOW MUCH: Free, more details here

Kudos Live: Intimate Circulation - Audience Sign Up

CELESTE STEIN, JUNE MISKELL, LEO TSAO, MENG-YU YAN and MIKA BENESH will send work addressing the theme ‘intimate circulation’ to an audience via email or mail.

WHAT: Art Experiment
WHEN: Wednesday 24 April
WHERE: Kudos Gallery
HOW MUCH: Free, register here

Thursday 25 April

Stucco Presents: tApIOcA

Tapioca’s first comedy and music combined night!
We will have open mic session for anyone who wants to have a go at making the audience laugh with their musical senses or just musical senses!

WHAT: Comedy & Music Night
WHEN: Thursday 25 April, 6:30-10pm
WHERE: Stucco Housing Co-op
HOW MUCH: Free, more details here

Fault Lines

A multidisciplinary group exhibition at Gaffa Gallery by UNSW masters students.

WHAT: Exhibition Opening
WHEN: Thursday 25 April, 6pm
WHERE: Gaffa Gallery
HOW MUCH: Free, more details here

Friday 26 April

SAMO is DEAD

A brand new play by 20-year-old playwright Jodi Rabinowitz, SAMO IS DEAD is a recipient of the University of Sydney Union (USU)’s Bright Ideas – USU Grant. Inspired by the life of the tragically infamous artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, this play explores life, art, legacy and the meaning of it all – that is, if there even is one.

WHAT: Play
WHEN: Friday 26 April, 7-9:30pm
WHERE: Seymour Centre
HOW MUCH: $25-$30, get tickets here

PAM Store Sydney High Summer 19 Launch

Join the team at PAM for their summer launch party.

WHAT: Fashion launch
WHEN: Friday 26 April, 6-9pm
WHERE: PAM Store Sydney
HOW MUCH: Free, more details here

Saturday 27 April

Warm Computer Workshop

WARM COMPUTER is a code poetry workshop by generative text partners, Two Leaves. It considers the intimacies of human-computer-human relationships. WARM COMPUTER will introduce you to Tracery, a JavaScript library by Kate Compton, and show you how to write a program that will build poetry with the words you give it.

WHAT: Poetry Workshop
WHEN: Saturday 27 April, 12-3pm
WHERE: Kudos Gallery
HOW MUCH: Free, RSVP here

Keynote Lecture: Marcel Duchamp

Enhance your visit with this lecture on opening day, which includes entry to the exhibition. Discover the life and art of Duchamp (1887-1968), from his beginnings as an artist, his engagement with cubism, his decision to abandon painting, his female alter ego, and his paradoxical celebrity after WWII.

WHAT: Lecture
WHEN: Saturday 27 April, 2-3pm
WHERE: Art Gallery of New South Wales
HOW MUCH: $30-$35, get tickets here

Sunday 28 April

Jamali Maddix: Sydney Comedy Festival

Critically acclaimed comedian and host of Viceland’s Hate Thy Neighbour, Jamali Maddix is embarking on his first world tour. He’ll be bringing brutally honest and unflinching material on the state of society along with personal tales from his travels around the world of hate and moral confrontation.

WHAT: Comedy Show
WHEN: Sunday 28 April, 7:15-8:15pm
WHERE: The Factory Theatre
HOW MUCH: $30-$34.15, get tickets here

Make Your Own Zero Waste Tee

Come to our brand new St Peters factory for a few hours of crafty goodness (plus wine and cheese!) to celebrate Fashion Revolution Day Aus NZ 2019 and create your very own handmade Zero Waste Tee valued at $149.

WHAT: Fashion Workshop
WHEN: Sunday 28 April, 3-6pm
WHERE: Citizen Wolf Factory
HOW MUCH: $79, get tickets here

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