Community Billboard 14 May – 21 May 2019
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Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2019
Australia’s most extraordinary art event
The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes is an annual exhibition eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike.
The Archibald Prize, first awarded in 1921, is Australia’s favourite art award, and one of its most prestigious. Awarded to the best portrait painting, it’s a who’s who of Australian culture – from politicians to celebrities, sporting heroes to artists.
The Wynne Prize is awarded to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery, or figure sculpture, while the Sulman Prize is given to the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project in oil, acrylic, watercolour or mixed media.
Each year, the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW judge the Archibald and Wynne, and invite an artist to judge the Sulman.
Visit the exhibition to vote for your favourite portrait in the ANZ People’s Choice award and see the work of budding artists aged 5–18 on display in the Young Archies.
Where: Art Gallery of NSW
Art Gallery Road, Sydney
When: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays to Sundays, 10am to 5pm
Wednesdays, 10am to 10pm
Now until Sunday 8 September 2019
Cost: TBC
Table Read
Hollywood's greatest movies re-staged by a bunch of comedians
Alexei Toliopoulos and Aaron Chen are a pair of film-tragics mad enough to re-stage Hollywood’s greatest movies live on stage for Hollywood Table Read; four one-night only readings of some of Hollywood’s great and weirdest scripts by a cast of comedians.
Where: Giant Dwarf
199 Cleveland Street, Redfern
When: Sunday 19 May 2019 from 3pm to 5.30pm
Sunday 26 May 2019 from 3pm to 5.30pm
Sunday 2 June 2019 from 3pm to 5.30pm
Sunday 16 June 2019 from 3pm to 5.30pm
Cost: Adult: $30.00
Concession: $25.00
Evening Talk: Environmental justice
The Pacific region is at the front line of Climate Change. Can literature help raise awareness and inspire activism?
Join award-winning Craig Santos Perez from the University of Hawaiʻi, as he reflects on the vital role of Pacific literature and poetry in environmental justice movements across the region.
Enjoy a drink and nibbles as Craig Santos Perez, a Chamoru scholar, poet, educator and environmentalist performs his award-winning Pacific Eco-Poetry and shares his involvement with a range of humanities projects aimed at raising environmental literacy.
Where: Australian Museum
Cnr William & College Streets, Sydney
When: Tuesday 14 May 2019 from 6pm to 7.30pm
Cost: Adult: $25.00
Concession: $22.00
Museum Member: $20.00
Eurovision Sydney Party 2019
Shalom Tel Aviv, this is Sydney calling!
Join us for the biggest, spangliest, most camp-tastic Eurovision Party in the southern hemisphere. We’ll fill the Oxford Art Factory with the most enthusiastic fans for the grand final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest!
Hosted by Eurovision mega-fan James Breko, join us to watch the SBS broadcast across 3 massive screens to find out if Kate Miller-Heidke can bring home the crown.
For the first time ever, this event is free! Come early and grab the best seats in the house! Don’t forget to tag your photos with #SBSeurovision to get on the broadcast, with the best Eurovision outfit taking home the much-coveted Disco Ball Trophy!
5pm Doors open
5.30pm Pre-show of previous Aussie contestant performances and past Eurovision winners
7pm Best Dressed Competition
7.30pm SBS broadcast of the Eurovision Grand Final 2019.
Where: Oxford Art Factory
38-46 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
When: Sunday 19 May 2019 from 5pm to 11.30pm
Cost: Free
Head On Landscape Prize
Featuring finalists in the NSW Parliament Landscape Photography Prize
This year the Head On Photo Festival is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. The Parliament welcomed the Head On Landscape Prize back to the Fountain Court.
The exhibition will also feature finalists in the NSW Parliament Landscape Photography Prize; a prize awarded to the best photograph of a landscape within NSW.
The Head On Landscape Prize and NSW Parliament Landscape Photography Prize was launched in 2013 to encourage a new perspective of an old genre to push creative boundaries and promote work that is informed, but not limited, by traditional practices.
Where: 6 Macquarie St, Sydney
When: Every day, 9am to 5pm
Now until Thursday 30 May 2019
Except Saturday 18 May, Sunday 19 May, Saturday 25 May and Sunday 26 May
Cost: free