eLanka Newsletter – 23 Sept – 8th edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Dean Jones – Sri Lanka’s friend indeed-by Rex Clementine “BRITSPEAK” – By Des Kelly Sri Lanka- Over 280 passengers arrive from Australia Annual General meeting of the S.Thomas’ College Old Boys’ Association, New South Wales Branch Inc Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo S.P. Balasubrahmanyam succumbs to COVID-19 Bible Rock – landmark in Colombo – Kandy Road: By Arundathie Abeysinghe Your fingernails may give clues to underlying disorders-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Aussie Brewer Joins With Dilmah To Launch Tea-Infused Ale WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CREATING ART FOR PUBLIC SPACES-Anoma Wijewardene The Jetliners–courtesy of Patrick Ranasinghe THE 8TH RECTOR – VERY REV. FR. JOE WICKREMASINGHE Living in the Present – by Oscar E V Fernando Niro Cooke appointed to CWEIC Board GENTLEMAN, FRIEND & TALENTED MUSICIAN: Ricky ...

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WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CREATING ART FOR PUBLIC SPACES-Anoma Wijewardene Source:Artra Art inspires and uplifts, and in big cities with concrete buildings and urban living, art influences. Port City, along with ARTRA as Official Partner commences its first Design Competition and opens doors to artists around the island for an opportunity to showcase their perspective and their vision into new cities and cityscapes. Anoma Wijewardene takes her place as an official judge on the panel of esteemed intellectuals to choose the winning sculpture for Port City’s Design Competition. What should art do in new cities and how can artists influence urbanscapes? We explore the dimensions and criteria of this competition and how its influence to this new city will enlighten and uplift the lives of individuals. From the capacity to impact that art carries to its ability to portray an artist’s envisioning of new cities and their stance to stimulate, this design ...

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Anoma Wijewardene – ARTWORK   Over the past twenty years Sri Lankan artist, ANOMA WIJEWARDENE’s oeuvre has consistently grappled with crucial issues of our time. Her art practice has centred around themes of sustainability and inclusivity; with particular focus on the earth’s climate crisis, and ever-present issues of coexistence, diversity and unity. The works in Kintsugi II embody the artist’s passionate concern and provide a metaphorical response to these global, yet deeply personally felt issues. ANOMA celebrates rather than disguises the flawed and the broken through a flurry of layered materials and imagery. She contends that her work is a response to the increasing normalization of unconscionable intolerance, hatred and the crises unleashed by war, poverty and climate crisis, when she writes: “As the desperate seek security and survival, societies are wounded, people are broken physically, emotionally, psychologically. We all yearn for healing whether it is in Sri Lanka, Christchurch, ...

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Anoma Wijewardene – Kintsugi II ( 3 March – 28 March 2020 ) Over the past twenty years Sri Lankan artist, ANOMA WIJEWARDENE’s oeuvre has consistently grappled with crucial issues of our time. Her art practice has centred around themes of sustainability and inclusivity; with particular focus on the earth’s climate crisis, and ever-present issues of coexistence, diversity and unity. The works in Kintsugi II embody the artist’s passionate concern and provide a metaphorical response to these global, yet deeply personally felt issues. Kintsugi (“golden joinery”, also known as Kintsukroi, “golden repair”) is based on the Japanese art of pottery restoration by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Similar to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi (an embracing of the flawed or imperfect), Kintsugi treats breakage and repair as a part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. ANOMA ...

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eLanka Newsletter: March 2020 1st edition: Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter The Royal College Old Boys Association in NSW & ACT Dinner Dance February 2020 – The Valentine’s Ball “MY ANIMAL KINGDOM” – By Des Kelly GOOD SHEPHERD CONVENT PAST PUPILS ASSOCIATION, NSW SESQUICENTENNIAL GALA 8TH FEBRUARY 2020 Photos from the Ceylon Society of Australia – Quarterly Meeting with Guest Speaker Dr Raja C.Bandaranayake ANOMA WIJEWARDENE | Kintsugi II Cricket: Highlights – West Indies vs of Sri Lanka February 2020 Kerrigan Labrooy – The new Album Health & Views –March 2020 – 1st issue By Harold Gunatillake Screen Australia announces development funding for 22 new projects Click below for events ...

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    ANOMA WIJEWARDENE | Kintsugi II MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANOMA WIJEWARDENE | Kintsugi II 3 March – 28 March 2020 Opening Saturday 7 March, 3 – 5 pm Over the past twenty years Sri Lankan artist, ANOMA WIJEWARDENE’s oeuvre has consistently grappled with crucial issues of our time. Her art practice has centred around themes of sustainability and inclusivity; with particular focus on the earth’s climate crisis, and ever-present issues of coexistence, diversity and unity. The works in Kintsugi II embody the artist’s passionate concern and provide a metaphorical response to these global, yet deeply personally felt issues. Kintsugi (“golden joinery”, also known as Kintsukroi, “golden repair”) is based on the Japanese art of pottery restoration by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Similar to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi (an embracing of the flawed or imperfect), Kintsugi ...

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