New Lines of conversation and inquiry is the theme for this year’s Addi Road Writers Festival. Founder, and Co-director Mark Mordue, provides us with an insider perspective to the program. We preview the upcoming Broadway musical of An American in Paris with Melbourne performance artist Mark Ward, who performs Henri Baurel. We celebrate the great Bard, Shakespeare on his 457th birthday, using a very different spotlight on the visual arts, with Gregory Brett’s BardCode Project.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Playlist

Ben Marc :: Sometimes Slow Glass EffectLondon, UK
Flora Purim :: Open Your Eyes You Can Fly Open Your Eyes You Can FlyRio De Janeiro, Brazil
Byard Lancaster :: Dahomey Dance Soul UnityKosmos Jazz, Paris France
Asha Puthi :: Space Talk The Essential Asha PuthiMr Bongo, UK
Daniel Maunick :: A Second Chance PersistenceLondon, UK
Funder and Co-Artistic Director, The Addi Road Writers Festival :: Interview: Mark Mordue Saturday, 14 May 2022Addison Road Writers Festival, addiroad.org.au
Charles Webster :: The Spell (Mark E Remix) Decision Time Remix EPMisorecords, London UK
The Smile :: The Smile The Smokethesmiletheband.com
Jasmine Myra :: New Beginnings SingleLeeds, UK
An American in Paris :: Interview: Mark Ward theaterroyalsydney.com/events/season-2022/an-american-in-paris/Dates from end-of April
Benito DiFonzo :: Suburban Bukowskis Performing at the Townie, Newtown Saturday, 22 and Thursday 28 April at the Hollywood Hotel@suburbanbukowski
The Bardcode Project exlplained: https://apothecaryarchive.com/bardcode-projects :: Sweet Forme by Gregory Betts, published by Apthecararchive https://apothecaryarchive.com/Responses to BardCode by Matthew Ellis, can also be viewed and listened to HERE: https://apothecarya
7pm Wednesday 27 April 2022 :: Will Do! Celebrate Shakespeare with all who share a passion for his work, his mind and his talent The Shakespeare Hotelpoetrysydney.org

No time to Spare is the title of an annual exhibition that was started in 1961 by the Women’s Committee, and commissioned by Max Dupain at the David Jones Art Gallery.  The exhibition featured 34 buildings identified in the National Heritage Trust’s category of A items worthy of preservation. The aim of the 60th anniversary exhibition is to focus the publics attention to the fate of our heritage and inspire conversation about the future. What do we want our world to be like, how do we tell ours stories, what will we pass on to the next generation? Jill Auld, from the National Trust’s Women’s Committee, and oral archivist provides us with insight. The exhibition is currently at the Leichhardt Library and then tours regionally. To purchase a catalogue, or to make a donation visit HERE

We take a gallery walk with the accomplished figurative Australian artist Steve Lopes, for his survey exhibition, Encountered on at S.H.Ervin Gallery. Interview by the Art Addict, John Feitelson, who is owner of Artist Profile magazine, which features Steve on the cover of its upcoming issue.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.