Season 1
33 episodes · May 5, 2021
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S1E1Uncle Jack Charles, Atong Atem & Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran
May 5, 202127mIn the very first episode of Art Works, host Namila Benson throws a pot with actor Uncle Jack Charles and interviews artist Atong Atem, while sculptor Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran explains his unusual sources of inspiration.
S1E2Race and Representation, Ziggy Ramo & Airi Ingram
26mNamila Benson has a much-needed conversation about race and representation with Indigenous hip hop artist Ziggy Ramo and attempts to master the garamut drum with Airi Ingram.
S1E3Opera Australia & Mary Quant
May 19, 202128mDeni Todorovic looks at the career of fashion designer Mary Quant, developer Siobhan Reddy talks about the storytelling potential of video games and Soprano Natalie Aroyan offers a peek behind the scenes of Opera Australia.
S1E4Museum of Contemporary Art & ABC Classic 100
May 26, 202127mTwo perfect strangers go on a blind date to the MCA, Curator Kimberley Moulton and director Bruce Gladwin talk about how collaboration enhances creativity and presenter Alice Keath on ABC Classic's annual countdown.
S1E5Miss First Nation & the Ramsay Art Prize
Jun 2, 202129mWe head backstage at Miss First Nation, the national competition for Indigenous drag queens. Musician Eric Avery talks about playing the violin for self-expression and we go behind the scenes of the Ramsay Art Prize.
S1E6Archibald Prize & Archie 100
Jun 9, 202130mArt Works deep dives into the 2021 Archibald Prize. We meet 1985 Archibald winner and the subject of Peter Wegner's winning entry, Guy Warren - who turns 100 this year, just like the prize itself.
S1E7Kate Just & the Great Woy Woy Tea Cosy Showcase
Jun 16, 202128mArtist Kate Just teaches Namila Benson how to knit while explaining her feminist art practice, before we visit the Great Woy Woy Tea Cosy Showcase. We also head to Bendigo to go looking for junk with sculptor Andre Sardone.
S1E8Hilma af Klint & Incognito Art Show
Jun 23, 202131mArtist Katy B. Plummer takes us to the Hilma af Klint exhibition where she and co-curators Sue Cramer and Nicholas Chambers explain the Swedish artist's work and influence. We also visit the Incognito Art Show in Sydney.
S1E9Dark Mofo 2021
Jun 30, 202126mArt Works heads to Dark Mofo festival to hear from Tasmanian First Nations artists about the Union Flag controversy and how the fallout shaped the 2021 festival.
S1E10NAIDOC Week 2021
Jul 7, 202131mWe meet the creators of documentaries Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra and My Name Is Gulpilil; plus Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual artists including Megan Cope, Richard Bell, Brian Robinson and Toby Cedar.
S1E11Just Not Australian Touring Exhibition
Jul 14, 202128mArt Works explores the impact of the film and drama industry moving into Byron Bay. Artists Fiona Foley and Abdul Abdullah speak about the touring exhibition Just Not Australian.
S1E12Arts Access Victoria Amplify Festival
Jul 21, 202127mStreet artist Heesco shares the ethos behind the large-scale mural project Heesco Town in regional Victoria; and we meet the musicians and artists from Arts Access Victoria's Amplify festival.
S1E13Science Gallery in Melbourne
Jul 28, 202128mWe meet Maree Clarke, the first living Victorian Aboriginal artist to have a solo exhibition at the NGV, before Namila Benson visits the newly opened Science Gallery in Melbourne.
S1E14Brisbane Comedy Festival
Aug 4, 202129mNgugi artist Elisa Jane Carmichael introduces us to the revived traditional art of weaving and Brisbane Comedy Festival continues despite lockdowns and border closures.
S1E15Malthouse Theatre's Because the Night
Aug 11, 202129mNamila Benson talks to Yorta Yorta soprano, composer and educator (and national treasure) Deborah Cheetham and we wander through Malthouse Theatre's Because the Night, an ambitious theatre work based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
S1E16Mo'Ju, Vipoo Srivilasa & The Wellness Deity Project
Aug 18, 202130mWe meet with award-winning Wiradjuri and Filipino musician Mo'Ju, before going foraging for driftwood with artist Pete Rush. Artist Vipoo Srivilasa turns a design from Namila Benson into a porcelain wellness deity.
S1E17Maxine Beneba Clark, New Writers Collective & Alex Lahey
Aug 25, 202127mWe visit writer Maxine Beneba Clarke in her studio; get to know the New Writers Collective for teen women, trans and non-binary playwrights; and meet musician Alex Lahey, whose call for industry funding made headlines.
S1E18NATSIAA, Ishmael, Stone Country, Ida Sophia
Sep 1, 202127mWe check out the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards; a space-age reimagining of Moby-Dick; wearable art from Lorraine Kabbindi White; and the durational work of performance artist Ida Sophia.
S1E19Kylie Bracknell, Lucy Irvine, Demolition
Sep 8, 202127mLearn about the first feature film to be dubbed in an Australian Aboriginal language; Canberra-based Scottish sculptor Lucy Irvine; Hobart artist and fundraiser Janelle McMillan; and feminist performance-makers Polytoxic.
S1E20Boy Swallows Universe, Murrniny, Ngaiire
Sep 15, 202128mMeet the creators of the theatre adaptation of award-winning novel Boy Swallows Universe, the Yolngu artists from the remote Northern Territory repurposing abandoned metal into art, and R&B singer-songwriter Ngaiire.
S1E21Daniel Lafferty, The Rivers Sing
Sep 22, 202127mDaniel Lafferty fires up his kiln for the first time since the 2019/20 bushfires; Deborah Cheetham reflects on The Rivers Sing; Sami Shah speaks about confronting racism; and a mum and daughter solve a terrazzo tile mystery.
S1E22Brenton E. McKenna, Mick Turner, Bukjeh
Sep 29, 202129mBrenton E. McKenna shares his lifelong love of comics; Mick Turner from the Dirty Three talks about the art of the album cover; the migrant community art project Bukjeh; and a virtual show at Melbourne's Comedy Republic.
S1E23Claire McArdle, Voices of Colour
Oct 6, 202126mClaire McArdle takes jewellery making into the streets; meet the Voices of Colour arts collective; David Moran shows us unconventional ways to play a cello; and head to Adelaide Zoo for an illuminating animal installation.
S1E24#KnowMyName
Oct 13, 202130mMeet artists Lisa Waup, Sally Rees and Yhonnie Scarce, as well as the artistic directors of some of Australia's most celebrated major performing arts companies, Nicolette Fraillon, Lee Lewis, Dalisa Pigram and Rachael Swain.
S1E25Muster, Terrapin, Dale Woodbridge-Brown
Oct 20, 202127mWatch participatory dance work Muster; marvel at the craftsmanship of Terrapin; meet 13-year-old Bronte as she auditions for Ballet Theatre Queensland; and hear from "Kamilaroi cowboy", acrobat Dale Woodbridge-Brown.
S1E26First Nations Fashion and Design
Oct 27, 202129mStrut the catwalk with First Nations Fashion and Design; have a stickybeak inside Sam Leighton-Dore's home; share a cuppa with latte art champ Caleb Cha; and meet a few artists exhibiting at the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial.
S1E27Ausmusic Month
Nov 3, 202131mArt Works celebrates Ausmusic Month by talking to musicians, Bukhu Ganburged, and Vika and Linda Bull; and artist and graphic designer Jonathan Zawada, the creator of a number of iconic Australian album covers.
S1E28Art in the Vines, Patricia Piccinini
Nov 10, 202125mArt Works visits the new Art in the Vines sculpture exhibition at a winery in regional Victoria. Also meet artist Patricia Piccinini; musicians Jackie and Dean Newcomb; and the artists behind Dungarri Nya Nya Ngarri Bi Nya.
S1E29OzAsia Festival, Koolbardi wer Wardong
Nov 17, 202128mArt Works heads to OzAsia Festival in Adelaide; Maclagan Squeezebox Festival in regional Queensland; and to see West Australian Opera's world-first opera in Noongar language. We check out a youth circus program in Broome.
S1E30Neo Teen Takeover, Wendy Mocke, Fiona Lee
Nov 24, 202129mTeens curate a bimonthly event at AGSA; Papua New Guinean artist Wendy Mocke talks about empowered Black womanhood; how Fiona Lee turned the remnants of her bushfire-ravaged home into art; and the books to read this summer.
S1E31Jazz Money, Tarnanthi, Serwah Attafuah
Dec 1, 202128mMeet poet/artist Jazz Money and artist Serwah Attafuah and see how the first interrogates colonial spaces, and the latter toys with digital reality. We head to two exhibitions, Tarnanthi in Adelaide and SOUL fury in Bendigo.
S1E32Transformation, Time Pass, Baai
Dec 8, 202129mHear from young people reclaiming their own narratives: by celebrating South Sudanese culture; and creating work by and about the queer and disabled communities. Plus, check out exhibitions Transformation and Time Pass.
S1E33La Mama Theatre, Stella Prize
Dec 15, 202132mWe visit the newly reopened La Mama Theatre in Melbourne; see how Aboriginal artists are using a colonial statue as a canvas in Hobart; meet past winners of the Stella Prize; and talk to artist and choreographer Amrita Hepi.