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Karen Dahlstrom

Sophia Dounoukos, bound, 2004, intaglio. In Life bites at Megalo Print Studio and Gallery until 16 October. Call 02 6241 4844 or visit www.megalo.org.

The perfect fit

At the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery is an interesting exhibition of the materials and objects collected by the late Neil Roberts (1954 – 2002) for his diverse art practice. Waiting for the perfect fit: Collected materials of Neil Roberts offers a sincere memorial for this treasured local artist who died in an accident in 2002. On 21 October, performance artist, Barbara Campbell, will discuss her late husband, Neil Robert’s process of developing the material he collected into works of art at the CMAG Theatrette. Until 28 November, for more info visit www.neilroberts.com.au.

And the winners are….

There have been a few lucky winners of art prizes in the ACT lately. Madeline Donovan, who graduated from the ANU School of Art in 2003, won the 2004 Artists’s Society of Canberra’s (ASOC) Travelling Scholarship for her unusual photo impressions taken at the late Arthur Boyd’s Shoalhaven property, Bundanon. She plans to take her money and run away to Barcelona to photograph ‘mounds’ of people in circus performances … And the winner of the CCAS Members Prize is Steven Holland with his mixed media work, Still life. The $500 prize money was kindly donated by Bates and Pickering Accountants … Congratulations to Yvonne Boag for winning the $20,000 Canberra Art Prize, sponsored by the Italo Club, with her oil on canvas work Lockhart horses. The $500 People’s Choice Award went to Leanne Crisp with Echo … And the ACT would like to congratulate Kate Murphy for winning the $40,000 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship for her work Britney Love. Murphy is a University Medallist and graduate from the ANU School of Art. (And not the Kate Murphy who was the previous Managing Editor of AMA, but the other one!)

Six sculptures for ANU

There’s been a lot of sculpting going on at the ANU School of Art, with local and visiting artists beavering away in their studios. The University’s Public Artworks Program has commissioned six new sculptures for the ANU that will be unveiled on 7 October. The artists are Angela Duffy, Anne Ferguson, Anne Neil, Dadang Christanto, Greg Johns and Hossein Valamanesh. The new sculptures will grace the ANU International Sculpture Park, and other buildings around the ANU, including the HC Coombs Building, the ANU Medical School and the Australian Phenomics Facility (I don’t know what that is, either!).