August Art After features free celebrity talks and musical performance together with jazz and blues in the Artbar in association with LIVING BLACK. Exhibitions on view include the BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 08 and WAR: The prints of Otto Dix, which opens on 22 August. CELEBRITY TALKS 6.30pm
6 August - Deborah Cheetham, Indigenous soprano, actor and author of the internationally acclaimed play, White Baptist Abba Fan, in association with Living Black
13 August - Daniel Browning, in conversation with Tony Albert, artist in Living Black
27 August - Patrick Johnson, national 100 metre and 200 metre sprint champion and Olympian, talks with Rhianna Patrick from the Speaking Out program on ABC local radio. CELEBRITY PERFORMANCES 6.30pm
20 August - Vic Simms, musician and winner of the Deadly award for Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music takes you down memory lane, highlighting his 52-year musical career. EXHIBITION TALKS 5.30pm
6 August - Clarence Slockee, Aboriginal education officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens
13 August - Grant Saunders, filmmaker and producer for Message Stick on ABC TV
20 August - Keith Munro, curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander programs, Museum of Contemporary Art
27 August - Brenda L Croft, senior curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island art, National Gallery of Australia FREE MUSIC IN THE ARTBAR 7.30pm
Marlene Cummings, singer and saxophonist in association with Living Black FILM PROGRAM 7.15pm EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW IN AUGUST
Harold Cazneaux: artist in photography - until 10 August
Biennale of Sydney 08 - until 7 September
Living Black - until 16 November
Judy Cassab: landscapes from the collection - until 31 August
Kate Beynon: Auspicious Charms for Transcultural Living - opens 7 August
WAR: The Prints of Otto Dix - opens 22 August Weekly program information at www.artafterhours.com.au
Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Susanne Briggs
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Images and Interviews available on request
Telephone: 02 9225 1791 Email: susanneb@ag.nsw.gov.au | 
