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FILM WINE & SUPPER: 1st Thursday of the month

Refreshments @ 6pm, film screening @7pm - $15/$10* (*full/members) for wine and supper

Thursday, January 5 2012

Please note that there is no film night scheduled due to the holiday period.
 

Thursday, February 2 : Smart’s Labyrinth Australia (2010)

A portrait of one of Australia's most important post war painters, Jeffrey Smart. Beginning at Smart's enchanting villa at Urbino in Tuscany, he is embarking on a portrait of fellow painter Margaret Olley. Progress of this painting is traced throughout the film. He talks illuminatingly about his distinctive style and subject matter and the meaning behind it. Although his paintings of lonely figures set in bleak industrial landscapes under dark brooding skies suggest early 21st century decay Jeffrey, on the contrary, sees the post industrial society as a thing of great beauty.
 

Thursday, March 1 : Kitchen Stories Norway (2003)

Inspired by actual Scandinavian post-WWII "home science" studies that tried to chart housework efficiency through in-home observation. Swedish number cruncher (Tomas Norstrom) camps out in the kitchen of a passive-aggressive Norse curmudgeon (Joachim Calmeyer). He observes silently, concocting flow charts every time his subject makes a cup of tea. Gradually the two men break the rules of scientific purity and begin to relate to each other. Inspired minimalism, colour perfect 1950's set design and expert pacing yield a sweet, goofy story that celebrates human connection, even in so unlikely a setting.
 

Thursday, April 5 : Dr Plonk Australia (2007)

Set mainly in 1907, this time-travelling satire tells the story of Dr Plonk, a scientist and inventor, calculates that the world will end in 101 years unless immediate action is take. He must get to the future to warn the PM in his ramshackle time machine. Assisted by Mrs Plonk, his deaf mute assistant Paulus and Tiberius the dog, Dr Plonk might just be able to do it. But just what proof of the future ahead will convince Prime Minister Stalk? Directed by Rolf de Heer and starring Magda Szubanski, this black and white, silent comedy is shot with a hand-cranked camera and brims with romance, action and slapstick comedy – not to be missed!
 

ARTspeak: exhibition, floor talks and forums

Held monthly at the Gallery on Wednesdays @ 12 noon
entry fee, gold coin donation - bookings appreciated

Wednesday, January 18 @ 12 noon - featuring the winner of the Bega Art Prize, Margaret Dimoff.
 

Wednesday, February 22 @ 12 noon -  featuring a panel of members of the Bega Valley Art and Craft Society.
 

Wednesday, March 28 @ 12 noon - featuring Matthew Jones, recipient of the Far South Coast Living Artist Project’s 2011 scholarship.
 

Wednesday, May 16 @ 12 noon - featuring local artist Craig Cameron.
 

If you have any queries regarding Public Programs at BVRG, please contact Leah Szanto on (02) 6499 2268 or email gallery@begavalley.nsw.gov.au