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ausculture newsletter November 2002

Welcome to Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal Newsletter for November/December 2002

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Snippets from our What's New page for November/December 2002
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/

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Picasso - The Last Decades
In his last 20 years Picasso was as prolific, intense and provocative in his achievements as he had been in his earlier life. He was determined to evolve beyond what he had done before and a new and younger generation found fresh inspiration in his works. The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney will be exhibiting artworks produced by Pablo Picasso from 1953 to 1973 - his last 20 years. Picasso - The Last Decades includes more than 80 paintings and works on paper selected from museums around the world as well as from private international collections. The exhibition runs from 9 November 2002 to 16 February 2003.

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REVelation Film Festival - Call for entries
The call for entries into the 6th REVelation Perth International Film Festival is on! If you're a filmmaker and you would like to showcase your work, get your entry in to the Festival by 11 April 2003.

Over 10 days in 4 venues, REVelation is on from 19 - 29 June 2003 in Perth, Western Australia. It showcases the best of what international independent cinema has to offer and highlights progressive and inventive works.

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Exhibitions at the National Museum of Australia
Visit the National Museum of Australia website to see some of the great events and exhibitions on show at the Museum in the nation's capital, Canberra.

Among other items on offer, see the Cartoons 2002: Life, Love and Politics exhibition from 6 December 2002 - 17 March 2003. Formerly Bringing The House Down, this popular National Museum exhibition of the best political cartooning for the year brings to light the world of 2002 though the pens of our cartoonists. The Cartoons 2002 Conference is also being held at the Museum on Saturday 7 December 2002.

The Deserts Conference called 23 Degrees South: The Archaeology and Environmental History of Southern Deserts reviews and compares the archaeology and environmental history of these desert regions and is being held from 15 - 18 January 2003.

The Hickory Dickory Dock exhibition celebrating Playschool, the ABC's most enduring children's television show loved by young and old across Australia, is on from 18 July 2002 - January 2003.

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For further details of these and other Australian cultural and recreational news items visit our regularly updated What's New page at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/.

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Christmas is almost upon us once again and we thought you might be interested in having a look at our Christmas article - with all the trimmings! It looks at the changing face of Christmas, it's origins, it's traditions and it's future, and the variety of ways in which Australian's celebrate Christmas. Go have a look at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/christmas/. We hope your festive season is full of fun, family and friends.

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Following on from our What's new snippet about the Cartoons 2002: Life, Love and Politics exhibition, come along and see our article on Australian political cartooning - a rich tradition at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/cartoon/.

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