Arts National

A Photographic Odyssey in August traces Shackleton’s 1914 Endurance expedition to Antarctica and dramatic rescue operation through the lens of Australian photographer Frank Hurley. There is a Coffs Harbour connection, too.

Frank Hurley’s twin daughters Adelie and Toni made a splash in their adopted city as ambassadors for the 1980s Banana Republic tourism campaign.

Memorably portrayed by Kate Winslet in the film Lee, Antony Penrose will focus on Lee Miller’s wartime photography. Penrose’s November lecture, Lee Miller’s War, draws on the extensive visual archive his mother, Lee Miller, left behind.

Later in November, ArtsNational Coffs Coast joins Coffs Harbour Music Society and the City of Coffs Harbour to deliver Yarrila Alive Spring Festival. Award-winning cinematographer, Pieter de Vries, headlines a day of film, music and ideas. Creatures and Concertos, a survey of his cinematographic career with a particular focus on the film 4, depicts Vivaldi’s Four Seasons across four continents. The day concludes with an exciting concert.

When Lucy goes through the wardrobe into Narnia, when Harry Potter opens his letter and when Nemo takes the red pill, they all discover that the worlds they thought they knew are only part of the truth. Celebrating imagination and storytelling, British broadcaster and creative writing educator, Mary Sharp, presents Is This Real Life? How writers and artists have challenged our perceptions of reality.

The Japanese love of nature and the changing seasons has manifested itself in paintings and in intimate and grand-scale gardens surrounding aristocratic palaces and Buddhist temples. In September, Professor Marie Conte-Helm will delight audiences with Art of the Japanese Garden: From Tradition to Modernity.

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Image: Film 4. de Vries “Spring’ in Japan.