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ABC Sunday Arts
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Sunday Arts
ABC
TV is delighted to present Sunday Arts, a weekly one-hour,
all-Australian arts program for art lovers, art enthusiasts,
for the keen amateur and the deeply vocational.
Sunday
Arts offers new ways of seeing and experiencing art
and culture; searching out exciting contemporary work
and presenting fresh perspectives on the traditional
to engage artists and arts audiences alike.
Hosted
by performer Michael Veitch and featuring in-depth
interviews by award-winning broadcaster Virginia Trioli,
Sunday Arts is a studio-based show, incorporating
filmed stories, performance and discussion. All forms
of creative expression, and the issues and ideas surrounding
them, are up for discussion and debate, including
music, film, the visual and performing arts, literature,
design and architecture.
Executive
Producer Charlotte Seymour says: "I'm privileged
to be part of a long tradition of arts programming
on ABC TV, working on a show that will explore the
processes of making and experiencing art for an Australian
audience in surprising and illuminating ways. Michael
Veitch brings warmth, humour and genuine enthusiasm
to the host role and, alongside him as our regular
interviewer, Virginia Trioli brings wit, grit and
rigour to one-on-one interviews and group discussions
with some of Australia's most intriguing artists and
thinkers."
Michael
Veitch, an experienced performer, broadcaster and
publisher, started his career in TV comedy on legendary
shows such as The D-Generation and Fast Forward. He
worked as theatre critic for The Age The Australian
and The Herald Sun and spent four years on ABC radio
alongside Jon Faine on The Conversation Hour. More
recently, Michael has turned his attention to stage
work and writing, with a lead role in the Broadway
musical version of The Full Monty, and several roles
with the Melbourne Theatre Company. Michael also contributes
regularly to the Melbourne Age and is currently writing
a book on Second World War aviation.
Two-time
Walkley Award winner, Virginia Trioli has an established
reputation as a news reporter, features writer and
columnist (The Age) with a strong independent voice
on politics, social issues and the arts. Virginia,
an honours graduate in Fine Arts of the University
of Melbourne and La Trobe University, is the author
of Generation F: Sex, Power and The Young Feminist
published in 1996. In 1995 she won Australian journalism's
highest honour, the Walkley Award for her business
reporting and in 2001 Virginia won second Walkley
for her interview with the former Defence Minister
Peter Reith over the notorious Children Overboard
issue. In 1999 she won the Melbourne Press Club's
Best Columnist award, The Quill. Virginia recently
moved to Sydney and will soon be heard, weekdays,
on ABC Radio.
Executive
Producer Charlotte Seymour is a highly regarded producer
with an inspiring track record in driving unique documentary,
feature and TV projects, including many indigenous
projects. Her credits include the AFI award winning
telefeature Queen of Hearts and documentaries including
The What-If Man, about sci-fi encyclopaedist Peter
Nicholls, Remembering Country, about the mission children
of Croker Island and A Walk with Words about poet
Romaine Moreton. (Credit:
ABC Sunday Arts).
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