Arts
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Icons in the new age: Combining digital art and centuries of tradition
There is always something enchanting when you step foot into an Orthodox church or monastery. Walking by, pew by pew, saints overlook their devout followers from the walls and the …
Documentary looks at migrants’ role in developing Australian football
The undisputed fact that the roots of Australian football are intimately tied with the migrant communities is highlighted in a new documentary shown on Optus Sport. The documentary titled “Football …
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‘Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes’ features objects on loan from the British Museum to showcase physical prowess in antiquity
A major exhibition, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes from the British Museum featuring 180 iconic objects that have never toured the southern hemisphere, is coming to the National Museum …
Greek-Canadian multicultural hero brings the bouzouki power to China
When George Sampson Sapounidis PHD, thought to learn a traditional Chinese folk song and then perform it before a Chinese audience in Ottawa, Canada, where he worked as a federal …
GACL unveils its Kids’ school holidays program
Term 2 of the GACL (Greek-Australian Cultural League) Kids online art and culture program kicks off during the school holidays on 29 June with a paper weaving activity. Penelope and …
GACL extends submission date for literary competition and Antipodes periodical
The date for submissions to the Greek Australian Cultural League’s (GACL) Literary Competition and for its periodical Antipodes has been extended to Friday, 23 July. The literary competition comprises of …
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A different type of veteran: New Zealand film maker John Irwin on the ANZAC trail in Greece
In 1989, New Zealand filmmaker John Irwin travelled to Athens and Crete to visit former Greek classmates from the London International Film School. The visit ‘to see a couple of …
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Metamorφosis with a phi, Greek Australian artistry in flux on the streets of Mebourne
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal’s body structure through cell growth …
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Melburnians take a shine to Metamorphosis exhibition
On Wednesday, the Greek Australian Cultural League (GACL) went on to the streets of Melbourne to gauge people’s reactions to this year’s Antipodean Palette 2021 exhibition entitled “Metamorphosis” which is …
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Metamorphosis exhibition takes to Melbourne’s streets on Tuesday
For two weeks this month, the work of 14 artists are set to adorn Duckboard Place – a centrally located space within the street art trails of Melbourne’s CBD -as …