PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery

As the ACT and region’s centre for photography, film-making and media arts, PhotoAccess presents changing exhibitions showcasing local, Australian and international emerging and established photo-media artists.

30 Manuka Circle, Griffith ACT, Australia

02 6295 7810

www.photoaccess.org.au

Tues to Sat, 10–4pm

Art fairs and festivals are back in action

Several major art fairs and festivals are upcoming across Australia, from Sydney to Cairns to Darwin to South Australia—some of which are returning for the first time in several years. Whether it’s Indigenous art fairs or exciting showcases of art and performance, here’s our guide on what to see.

Barnaby Smith

Boldly Feminine: Michelle Ussher’s Afterburner in pictures

Traversing sculpture, painting and sound Afterburner reveals Michelle Ussher’s quest to represent and challenge understandings of femininity—particularly the shapes, expressions and actions that are associated with feminine artistic expression. View, in pictures, Ussher’s vibrant and evocative works at STATION gallery (Sydney).

Art Guide Australia

Five Indigenous art centres celebrate Country in the city: “We are connected to our Country more than ever”

The concept of Country, as defined by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, is not only a reference to landscape, waterways and seas: Our Country at Brunswick Street Gallery explores what Country represents for Indigenous artists working from five art centres in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Barnaby Smith

Loss and hope: How Lismore’s arts community is recovering from the floods

When the recent floods hit Lismore in February, artist Claudie Frock endured a terrifying night. She was lucky to survive after she, her partner and dog were rescued by the SES. Everything Frock knew was engulfed in floods: her home, her studio/gallery and her workplace at Lismore Regional Gallery. Now, amid extreme disaster recovery, we speak to Lismore arts locals about where to next.

PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery