Moonah Arts Centre Aug + Sep + Oct Program 2023

WELCOME TO MAC

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

Glenorchy City Council acknowledges the muwinina people as the Traditional Owners of this Land. We recognise the Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the original Owners and continuing Custodians of the land and waters of this island, lutruwita. We pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders, past and present. We commit to working in a way that welcomes and respects all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

MAC is full of warm, welcoming spaces for artists, audiences and visitors. Meet, connect and engage with your community at MAC.

We support regional arts and cultural development by providing a platform for artists and local communities to own, express and share their stories.

Our exhibitions change regularly and entry to the galleries is free.

CONTACT US: 03 6216 6316

mac@gcc.tas.gov.au

@MoonahArtsCentre

OPENING HOURS:

Tuesday to Friday: 10am to 5pm

Saturday: 10am to 2pm

MAC FOR HIRE: Need a space? Hire one of MAC’s purpose-built creative spaces.

Please contact: mac.bookings@ gcc.tas.gov.au | 03 6216 6316

VISIT: www.moonahartscentre.org.au 23-27 Albert Rd Moonah TAS 7009

Top image: Over a period of time (exhibition) Imelda Rose and Lyell Hoskinson, 2023

Cover image: Matthew Stolp, Caterpillar, 2023, digital collage. Courtesy of the artist.

MAESTRO KOKO + ROADHOUSE RAVENS

MAC presents a double act of deep narrative songwriting and transcendent performance for one night only, featuring Tasmania’s own Maestro Koko and Roadhouse Ravens.

Maestro Koko will bring their captivating blend of modern psychedelic garage rock to MAC via a four-piece ensemble. They will transport you on a mesmerizing journey through mystical themes and musical landscapes.

Roadhouse Ravens are a group of musicians with a wealth of life experience between them. They write songs about nature, war, spiritual experiences, drinking and sorrow, as well as resilience and hope.

8PM FRIDAY 11 AUG | TICKETS $15-$20

MOONAHARTSCENTRE.ORG.AU/MAESTRO

Image: Ben Stephenson

ONE APIECE

ADELPHIE HE, ALEXEY YEMTSOV, CAROLYN WIGSTON, CHANTALE DELRUE, DONNA LOUGHER, GLEN MURRAY, JASMINE PROUST, KATE MARSHALL, LAURA PURCELL, MAHDI CHANDLER, MIRANDA ROGERS, NICOLE OTTREY, NICOLE ROBSON, OLIVIA BOWMAN, SISTERS AKOUSMATICA (JULIA DROUHIN + PIP STAFFORD), TARA BADCOCK

PRESENTED BY INVISIBLE PRACTICE

EXHIBIT: FRIDAY 11 AUG – SATURDAY 2 SEP

One apiece invited Tasmanian artists working in a range of media to experiment with textiles, creating an artwork beyond what is familiar to them, exploring how each artist’s primary practice might influence or inform the making of a quilt. These works sit within the realm of what is often considered domestic arts – a sphere marked by intimacy that reflects ideas of home – but these works speak of a broader world.

Image: Nicole Robson

WORD WORKS KERYN FOUNTAIN

EXHIBIT: FRIDAY 11 AUG – SATURDAY 2 SEP

Words are symbols, shapes and sounds that communicate meaning. Word Works considers the ‘language’ that surrounds us in our natural world, whether it is flickering calligraphic light, static black brushlike strokes of inverted light shadows, curling spent grass stems or peeling bark from gum trees. Word Works is a conversation with the often unseen and unnoticed elements within the garden and bushland around the artist’s home, translated into a visual, poetic narrative.

Image 1: Keryn Fountain, Form-1 (Form Is Series) 2021, Acquatint.

Image 2: Keryn Fountain, Is-1 (Form Is Series) 2021, Acquatint.

THE STORYTELLERS

ESTHER TOUBER + HANNAH BAEK WHA

EXHIBIT: FRIDAY 11 AUG – SATURDAY 2 SEP

In this exhibition, two artists come together to tell the tales of female strength, nuance and wisdom through a collection of multimedia works. Esther Touber and Hannah Baek Wha are guided by the ongoing evolution of folklore from Western Europe and Korea, contributing to these mythologies through their own contemporary perspectives. In doing so, the artists find solidarity in sharing their social and cultural identities through the act of storytelling, seeking to understand and reflect on their place in the world.

Image: Hannah Baek Wha, ancient ancestor of lake baikal, 2021, photographic work. Photographer: Esther Touber.

GIRL POWER

Three of Tasmania’s best-loved Divas (Allison Farrow, Blythe Tait and Nicole Simms-Farrow) unite to create the ultimate girl group, Swoon .

Get set for a triple-strength dose of Girl Power, celebrating the best of female music throughout the ages. Featuring songs by the likes of Madonna, Kylie, Lady Gaga, P!nk, Taylor Swift and more, Swoon will also pay tribute to famous girl groups throughout history, from The Andrews Sisters and The Supremes, to Destiny’s Child and the Spice Girls.

Supported by a skilful band of marvellous men, Swoon welcomes everyone to celebrate the glorious music made from girl power, all with Swoon’s signature vintage jazz styling, close harmonies and an abundance of glamour.

8PM FRIDAY 15 SEP | TICKETS $15-$20

MOONAHARTSCENTRE.ORG.AU/SWOON

Image: Peter Robey

JOY

DOMINIC COLLEGE VISUAL ART EXHIBITION 2023

EXHIBIT: THURSDAY 7 SEP – SATURDAY 9 SEP

An exhibition of artworks by Dominic College students from Kindergarten through to Year 10. This exhibition showcases the creativity, imagination and innovation of our students.

Image: Year 4 Artwork, Face Creation Painting

I FOUND HIM ENSCONCED IN A THIN COCOON MATTHEW STOLP

EXHIBIT: 15 SEP – 14 OCT

The Avago space becomes a magnifying glass, revealing the repetitive labor of an ordinary caterpillar as he builds his cocoon for an unsuspected transformation. See him at work at 5pm on Fridays throughout the exhibition and gather for the revelation of his metamorphosis at 5pm, Friday 13 October. Who knows what will emerge from his flimsy cocoon. Bring the kids!

Performances: 5-6pm Fri 15-29 Sep: Caterpillar at work. 5-6pm Fri 6 Oct: Entering the cocoon. 5-6pm Fri 13 October: Eclosion.

Image: Matthew Stolp, Cocoon, 2023, digital collage.

ABSTRACT TRUTH

SURVIVORS OF AUSTRALIA’S CHILD REMOVAL PRACTICES

EXHIBIT: FRIDAY 15 SEP – SATURDAY 14 OCT

Babies taken from their mother’s arms at birth. Fragmented, prememory imprints of confusion and loss. Abstract Truth is an exhibition of abstracted works that share the multilayered complexities and personal courage to reframe the deepest identity injury, the survival of child removal practices. These artworks were created through the Trauma Focused Art Therapy Group developed by Trauma Therapist, Angela Reeve, with the expert assistance of Practitioner, Eliza Hart, under the auspices of Relationships Australia and the Find and Connect Program.

Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

Image: “Childhood memories, marble moment” Phillip Benjamin

STORIES FROM HERE, THERE AND IN BETWEEN

ARTISTS FROM THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTRE TASMANIA COMMUNITY

EXHIBIT: FRIDAY 15 SEP – SATURDAY 14 OCT

Stories from here, there and in between is an exhibition of works made by community members of the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania. The artworks, created during workshops facilitated by artist Nicole O’Loughlin, include collage, painting, drawing, clay and textiles. The exhibition shares the perspectives of people who have a lived experience of being a migrant and/or refugee and their cultural strengths and knowledge. The works and individuals who created them add to the rich interwoven narrative of lutruwita/Tasmania.

Image: Painting from Friday Village Group, 2022, acrylic on paper, Photo by Nicole O’Loughlin

WORKSHOPS + FAMILY FUN OPEN DAYS

TUESDAY 3 OCT –

FRIDAY 13 OCT

Keep young minds and hands busy during the school holiday and nurture your child’s creativity and love for performance and visual arts. Check out our full program of creative workshops, including dance, circus, puppetry, drawing, sculpting and more!

FREE FAMILY FUN OPEN DAYS

Chigwell Barn & Bucaan Community House

11AM – 1PM THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER

Join us for a day of fun, music, movement and arts and crafts in partnership with our friends at Bucaan Community House.

Moonah Arts Centre

10AM – 1PM FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER

Have a go at various circus skills, don a pair of headphones (provided by us) and dance in the silent disco! Enjoy arts and crafts activities and more.

THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT GABRIELLE RISH + RICHARD LANGLEY

EXHIBIT: FRIDAY 15 SEP – SATURDAY 14 OCT

The Engineering Department is an exhibition of sculptural and 2D works exploring the ceaseless ingenuity of engineering. Wielding maths, mechanical pencils and measuring devices, engineers negotiate with monumental natural forces like wind, water, electromagnetism and gravitation. The local incubator of this technical boldness is the University of Tasmania’s engineering department. Housed in a building completed in 1959, the engineering department exemplifies the post-war belief that engineering would solve the world’s problems, from its classical geometry-inspired architecture through to the precision equipment in its laboratories. In collaborative play, Gabrielle Rish and Richard Langley report* back from this strange, purposeful environment on the wonders within, including the 500-tonne crusher, the plywood jet engine and the enigmatic foot candle.

*Not peer-reviewed

The artists thank the University of Tasmania College of Sciences and Engineering and the Engineering Technical Team for their support.

ALW AYS TOMORROW

Always Tomorrow brings the work of several Tasmanian and Australian artists together to explore speculative imaginings for the future. In this future world, or worlds, uncertainty reigns supreme. Here, the stage is set for utopian and dystopian visions to unfold. This exhibition explores the possibilities and contrasting effects of hope and despair, the tangible and unknown, comedy and tragedy, dreams and nightmares, collapse and renewal, looking towards the future where the end is not the end.

EXHIBITS:

FRIDAY 20 OCT – SATURDAY 11 NOV >

AMBER KOROLUK-STEPHENSON, DAVID GREENHALGH, DYLAN SHERIDAN, JULIA DROUHIN, LEIGH RIGOZZI, LISA SAMMUT + SIMON CROSBIE

Image above: Julia Drouhin, Bed Bug Bouncy Castle, 2020, video loop, headphones, 00:15:02

Image right: Svenja Kratz, Imaging the Invisible, 2023, Layered fluorescence images of primary fibroid cells in culture.

TRANSFORMATION STUDIES

SVENJA KRATZ, JO-MAREE COURTNEY + BRAD SUTHERLAND

Transformation Studies is an art-science exhibition of experimental mixed-media works. The show forms part of an ongoing series of creative outputs that consider the potential of cell culture and genetic engineering technologies to acquire an alternative genetic legacy. This instance reflects on the process of transforming the artist Svenja Kratz’s blood cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) – cells capable of becoming any other cell type and able to selforganise and form 3D multicellular structures such as embryoids. The resulting cells are envisaged as unconventional offspring for dissemination and proliferation via global research networks.

The ANAT Synapse program is supported by ANAT (Australian Network for Art and Technology) and is made possible through the generous support of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

KLATKA

CHERIE O’MEARA

Cages symbolise the invisible barriers that agoraphobia creates, making it challenging for me to venture beyond my boundaries. The cage emphasises

the sense of being trapped and isolated within one’s own fears. Home represents a safe and secure space. It is a place providing refuge. My house acts as a sanctuary, shielding me from the potential triggers and uncertainties that exist beyond its familiar walls.

EXHIBITS: FRIDAY 20 OCT –

SATURDAY 11 NOV

JOURNEY TO THE FAR SOUTH

ANNA ARDEN-WONG

Fate has led me from a dusty urban environment to the clear bushlands of the Far South of Tasmania. Here, in Lune River I have discovered the most mesmerizing beauty of the edge of the world and a historical jewel.

By the river, history

and memories of the past seem to be slowly fading away. The ghostly remains of the old sawmills that once thrived here have become part of the landscape. The rusty railroads covered by Tasmanian wild bush flowers leading to nowhere, strange remains of stone structures and the river… The river that knows and remembers everything.

Image: Anna Arden-Wong, The Hunting fields, 2022, acrylic on canvas.

Image courtesy of the artist

VAN RAMSEY

AND THE DOGS OF REST

One of Australia’s most promising rock exports of the 80s and 90s, Van Ramsey brushed with superstardom in Japan, Scandinavia and Russia, before leaving the music scene at the turn of the millennium for an almost twenty-year hiatus. In his absence, a cult following developed of this eccentric glam-rock musician and his band, The Dogs of Rest.

Van Ramsey’s triumphant return to the stage last year, kicked off in his hometown of Hobart and concerts are selling out across Australia.

Hobart’s glam rock prodigal son will be supported by HK and The Rear Admirals . Known for their fabulous costumes and vibrant aesthetic, this group of talented musicians are making waves with their infectious energy and unique musical style.

8PM FRIDAY 20 OCT | TICKETS $15-$20

MOONAHARTSCENTRE.ORG.AU/GLAMROCK

Image: Rebecca Thompson

COMMUNITY SILENT DISCO

7-9PM FRIDAY 25 AUG + FRIDAY 13 OCT

The beloved Community Silent Disco returns to MAC! Dust off your disco attire, because this is your chance to immerse yourself in pure dance floor magic for two upcoming shows.

Get ready to lose yourself in your preferred music channel, expertly curated by three sensational local DJs. Whether you’re into heartthumping basslines, soul-stirring melodies or infectious pop anthems, we’ve got you covered!

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

COMING UP NEXT PROGRAM:

MACABARET

MACabaret is returning to Moonah Arts Centre this November!

THE RIDONCULOUS FAMILY SHOW

11AM + 2PM SATURDAY 11 NOV

A cabaret extravaganza for the whole family, The Ridonculous Family Show presents a hilarious and breathtaking line-up of performers. Laugh, gasp and cheer along with clowning, comedy, circus and more!

CIRQUE DE VAUDEVILLE

7.30PM FRIDAY 10 + SATURDAY 11 NOV

We invite you to enjoy a night of fabulous and daring cabaret, including burlesque, adult circus, comedy and more.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO PRESENT YOUR ART AT MOONAH ARTS CENTRE.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS, PERFORMERS AND TEACHERS.

Image: Pandora by Felicity Horsley at MACabaret November 2022