Design Canberra Festival Shine Dome: reimagined: Opening event – Design Canberra Festival

Julie Bradley, Shine 2017, mixed media work on paper -gouache and collage. Photo: Brenton McGeachie
Julie Bradley, Shine 2017, mixed media work on paper -gouache and collage. Photo: Brenton McGeachie
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Shine Dome: reimagined: Opening event

Opening event

Shine Dome: reimagined is a signature DESIGN Canberra exhibition inspired by the spirit of Modernism – a celebration of the creativity and experimentation for which Canberra’s mid-century architecture is acclaimed. Contemporary craft artists and designers were invited to interpret Roy Grounds’ iconic Academy of Science, also known as the Shine Dome or Martian embassy.

Featuring work by: Michael Ashley, Julie Bradley, Zoe Brand, Jodie Cunningham, Sophia Dounoukos, Elizabeth Faul, Sue Hewat, Ruth Hingston, Maret Kalmar, Mary Kayser, Rene Linssen, Jenny Manning, Patricia Parker, Dr Fanke Peng and Cuiyu Yang, Narelle Phillips + Harriet Schwarzrock, Jing Shen, Sophi Suttor, Annie Trevillian, and Daniel Trevino Quiroz, Jennifer Trimble and Peter Quinn.

Opening words by award-winning photographer Darren Bradley.