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Building Our Very Own Guantanamo Bay Prison On Christmas Island…

A public meeting presented by the Refugee Action Collective, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Christian World Service (Vic) National Council of Churches.

...800 beds (includes a children’s compound). $360 million. Proposed opening: mid 2007...

Find out about Australia’s secretive new high security prison for refugees.

It’s being built right now, 1000kms off the Australian mainland. …Where no one can hear you scream.

7pm, Wednesday 28 March

RMIT Kaleide Theatre. 360 Swanston St Melbourne.

Featuring:

• Julian Burnside QC, refugee and human rights advocate

• Guy Coffey, Foundation House - Victorian Foundation for the Survivors of Torture

• Sister Brigid Arthur, Brigidine Sisters Asylum Seeker Project

• Anna Samson, NSW refugee advocate, recently returned from Christmas Island

ACT NOW

Download a copy of the petition demanding an immediate halt to construction of the facility - visit www.rac-vic. org. Please collect as many signatures as possible, and return to RAC by May 31.

Join the fight for justice for refugees - the Refugee Action Collective meets at 6pm on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month @ Trades Hall (cnr Lygon and Victoria Sts). e:refugeeaction@ hotmail.com p: 0438 399 973

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> just a quick spam to let you all know about two
> projects i'm involved at the
> moment.
> One is a residency in Bundanon (arthur Boyd's) where
> i'm focusing on weeds
> and blogs (see www.weedyconnection .com/blog )
> the other is a show i'm part of in Newtown,
> AtTheVanishingPoint -the show to
> launch the space.
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> comment, an the show is going
> to open on Thursday 5th of April, 6-8pm, 565 king
> st, newtown.
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You are invited to attend the opening of gaffa's re-launch show

Where to...?

Opening Thursday 5th April 6-10pm
(Exhibition runs until the 25th)

@New location 1/7 Randle Street
(Corner of Elizabeth and Randle)

The title is a play on words
representing
the recent moving process as

well as the theme for the show which focuses on the on-going discussion

about the relationships between art, design, craft, ornament,

functionality, the original and the infinitely reproducible. The title

poses a question to encourage an open dialogue . The exhibition 

features a

group of artists from a diverse range of backgrounds who’s practices 

are

concerned with these issues. There will be plenty of innovative and 

unique

work to see, as well as being one hell of a house warming!

Artists Include ~ E. Armanious, Ben Pearce, Nicollete Skobier, Sian

Edwards, Emily Hunt, Raquel Welch, Rosary Coloma, Mark Wotherspoon, 

Naomi

Waller and David Gustafson

~Curated by Kelly Robson~

~To be opened by Sheridan Kennedy~

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Newly situated just behind Central Station, we remain committed to

providing an accessible creative space for emerging artists in the

inner-city. We accept proposals from artists and designers from all

disciplines and our gallery, with its professional fit-out, can cater 

to a

variety of needs.

Our motivation is to provide a platform for new emerging talent - to

nurture an environment in which the artists and the audience can feel

comfortable interacting. Having come from an object based background

ourselves, we are particularly dedicated to raising the profile of this

area which includes the art of glass, metalwork, plastics, ceramics and

more. Object art and design is an area in which so many innovative and

playful things are occurring, but one that is frequently under exposed. 

As

well as the main gallery we also have g2 which is our permanent display

section featuring a range of local as well as overseas artists and

designers –a great opportunity to access affordable, new and exciting

work. This collection is updated regularly and many of our artists are

also happy to take custom orders. The g2 collection is a must to be

investigated by those appreciative of quality workmanship and original

design.

Please feel free to browse www.myspace.com/gaffagallery and view 

pictures

of our past events, learn about our upcoming exhibitions or find out 

how

to submit a proposal

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ALSO opening on the 5th 6-8pm

Coast Gardes

A group of artists from New Zealand trained in the art of stone-cutting 

@

Metalab {Studio & Gallery}, 10b Fitzroy Place, Surry Hills

(10 minute walking distance)

www.metalab.com.au

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Coming up in May

Make-Off!

An Eclectic Collective of Artists, Makers and Practitioners

~An exhibition by the staff of Object Gallery~ (3rd - 15th)

Artists include: Melinda Young, Michele Morcos, Kristy Toepfer, Gino 

Ho,

Phil Young, Amelia Ramsden, Andy Stevenson, Virginia Mayer, Gabe Clark,

Joe, Honor

Freeman, Emily Howes, Kennie Ward, Chantal Sneddon, George Plionis, 

Aaron

Seeto

~Profile Week: Edition 5~ (17 - 29th)

Showcasing our very own local emerging artists and designers

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June

~Ecology Matters~

Bevan Dally, Rachel Carroll, Leonel Sanchez Sanchez, Steve Lewis, Soma

Garner, Sam Glasheen

This exhibition combines the work of six Sydney artists, each exploring

their ideas, philosophies and experiences related to ecology. Including

sculpture, drawing, painting and photography. The theme of ecology is

surmised as “(the study of) the pattern of relations of plants, animals

and people to each other and to their surrounds”

~Glass Art & Design~

Six leading industrial designers and glass artists come together to

present their take on the medium of glass.

Adam Goodrum, Trent Jansen, John Baskett, Nick Karlovasitis, Sarah 

Gibson

and Andrew Simpson

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July

~ Mutation & Imagination ~ Solo exhibition by Claude Jones

Returning from a Postgraduate Exchange at the Nova Scotia College of 

Art

and Design in Canada, Claude's solo show - Mutation & Imagination 

explores

the potential transcendence of the monstrous to the marvelous, the

grotesque to the sublime.

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August

~To Have and to Hold~

Luiza Milewicz, Nicole Bannerman, Sylvie Markovina

To Have & To Hold is an exhibition that explores the handbag from the

perspective of a jewellery object rather than being limited solely to 

its

conventional connotation as a fashion accessory.  The handbag is a

portable container for all of the ephemera of private and public life, 

and

so its significance is determined also by its contents.  Three

contemporary artists bring together their individual styles to 

interpret

the handbag and its contents as reflected by their backgrounds in

jewellery and fashion.

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Please stay tuned for further 07 program details

~This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through 

the

Australian Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body~

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gaffa

7 Randle Street

Surry Hills

NSW 2010

www.gaffa.com.au

www.myspace.com/gaffagallery