NaN/100 votes#1 - Uncle Jack Charles, Atong Atem & Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2021
In 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#2 - Race and Representation, Ziggy Ramo & Airi Ingram
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired Unknown
Namila 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#3 - Opera Australia & Mary Quant
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2021
Deni 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#4 - Museum of Contemporary Art & ABC Classic 100
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/26/2021
Two 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#5 - Miss First Nation & the Ramsay Art Prize
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/2/2021
We 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#6 - Archibald Prize & Archie 100
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/9/2021
Art 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#7 - Kate Just & the Great Woy Woy Tea Cosy Showcase
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/16/2021
Artist 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#8 - Hilma af Klint & Incognito Art Show
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/23/2021
Artist 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#9 - Dark Mofo 2021
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/30/2021
Art 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#10 - NAIDOC Week 2021
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/7/2021
We 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#11 - Just Not Australian Touring Exhibition
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/14/2021
Art 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#12 - Arts Access Victoria Amplify Festival
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/21/2021
Street 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.
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Writer: Zoe Norton Lodge
NaN/100 votes#13 - Science Gallery in Melbourne
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/28/2021
We 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.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Brisbane Comedy Festival
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 8/4/2021
Ngugi artist Elisa Jane Carmichael introduces us to the revived traditional art of weaving and Brisbane Comedy Festival continues despite lockdowns and border closures.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Malthouse Theatre's Because the Night
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/11/2021
Namila 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.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - Mo'Ju, Vipoo Srivilasa & The Wellness Deity Project
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/18/2021
We 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.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Maxine Beneba Clark, New Writers Collective & Alex Lahey
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/25/2021
We 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.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - NATSIAA, Ishmael, Stone Country, Ida Sophia
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/1/2021
We 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.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Kylie Bracknell, Lucy Irvine, Demolition
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/8/2021
Learn 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.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - Boy Swallows Universe, Murrniny, Ngaiire
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/15/2021
Meet 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.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Daniel Lafferty, The Rivers Sing
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/22/2021
Daniel 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.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Brenton E. McKenna, Mick Turner, Bukjeh
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/29/2021
Brenton 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.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - Claire McArdle, Voices of Colour
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/6/2021
Claire 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.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - #KnowMyName
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/13/2021
Meet 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.
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NaN/100 votes#25 - Muster, Terrapin, Dale Woodbridge-Brown
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/20/2021
Watch 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.
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The Best Episodes of Art Works Season 1
Every episode of Art Works Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Art Works Season 1!
With in-studio segments, behind-the-scenes stories, interviews, playful explainers and deep-dive field reports from locations across Australia, this docuseries puts the spotlight on creativity as an...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Uncle Jack Charles, Atong Atem & Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran" is the best rated episode of "Art Works" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Zoe Norton Lodge, it aired on 5/5/2021. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Race and Representation, Ziggy Ramo & Airi Ingram".