Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

Cunt11111ad from p ,1ga 33 BRISBANE A SURVEY of the summer arts in the Sunshine State once again establishes that Queensland's celebrated sun and surf inevitably '!'he Na t ion a l Times 23-2 9 Dece mb e r 198 3 become the main attraction for artlover and practitio– ner alike. Ho wever truly stalwart members of the culture club will not be left totally in the cold. Queensland Art Gallery until January 15, is a worthy artistic (and air - conditioned) diver– sion. It will be followed on January 23 by an exhibition of "One Hundred Images" in international photography. For those with a craft bias, an exhibition of works by the Alice Springs-based Eurn n– bella Arts Inc opens at the, Craft Council Gallery on January 20, and the Potters Gallery will be mounting its own mixed exhibition from January 9 to 31. Elsewhere in town, photo– graphs from the Tasmanian Wilderness will be featured at the Queensland College of Art Gallery from January 18. The door to the Queensland Museum will remain open for visitors as well, the Brisbane Civic Art Gallery and Museum with its Edith Holmes/ Dorothy Stoner - Two Retrospectives which concludes on January 20. On January I 5, the Brisbane Community Arts Centre invites more active involve– ment from the public in its highly successful Sundays At The Centre program. Young and old arc able to participate in a smorgasboard of multi -arts activities and entertainment at little or no cost, and if cinema is an interest, the centre is also premicring Phillip Adams's feature-length animated film Grendel, Grendel, Grendel with day and evening screen– ings from December 28 to January 23. Dance and musical comedy lovers are catered for through– out January by the Arts Theatre with Cowardy Cus– tard featuring the vibrant tones of Matt Foley (among others), and the premiere season of the Austral ian Youth Ballet production uf Alice In Wonderland at the Twelfth Night Theatre from January 10 to 21. Concert and musical high– lights this summer include the Brisbane Ci t, Council's Frecps programs in the Botan– ical Gardens. The pick of these should be the "Tributes to Johnny O'Keefe and Buddy Holly" to be staged on Janu, ary 8 and 29 respectively. The excellent Steeleye Span appears at Mayne Hall on January 21, and at the Twin Towns from January 17 to 22. There is an opportunity to hear Johnny Mathis with backing fr om a JO-piece orchestra. Finally the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, with Marcia llincs·, Doug Parkinson and Trevor White puts Christ back into Christmas at the Seagull from January 3 to ·22. - BRUCE DICKSON •