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Tonight is the Opening Night of 2012 Gold Coast Film Festival with the Australian Premier of ‘Iron Sky’ being a SELL OUT. There is a repeat screening Saturday 28 April so get your tickets and find out what all the buzz is about. The full program of films, docos, masterclasses and workshops can be downloaded at www.gcfilmfestival.com. Here are just some of the events I’ll be attending: TONIGHT Opening Night ‘Iron Sky’ Australian Premier 20 April FRI 1pm Alan Dean Foster Screen Writing Masterclass USA 2.45pm Anime voice actor & director Masterclass w…
Read MoreJames and Oliver Phelps ”the Weasley Brothers” will introduce Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 thanks to Supanova Pop Culture Expo, a cultural partner of the Gold Coast Film Festival, running April 21-22 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. The film screens at Birch Carroll & Coyle Australia Fair Cinemas in Southport on Saturday 21 April at 8.30pm. Tickets are $12 and can be bought under the Australia Fair session times at www.eventcinemas.com.au The screening is set to sell out fast, with fans encouraged to come in Harry Potter themed costumes to celebrate the film and the Harry Potter…
Read MoreJohn waited thirty seven years for this film to be released and he loved it! The film is based on the novel “A Princess of Mars” written by “Tarzan” author Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1917. John read the novel, and the entire 11 book series, when he was 15 and spent the company’s entire marketing budget for 2005 building a 15 ft Tars Tarkas thark to show the then proposed director that the proportions were not quite right, unless John Carter was going to fight with, and talk to, the thark’s groin the whole time. www.johncox.net/public-art/john-carter-of-mars Many proposed directors and script treatments…
Read MoreYou are the first to find out about our 2 Day Weekend Workshop being held Saturday 31 March & Sunday 1 April. The 2010 Workshops sold out within days so don’t miss out! You’ll make flexible moulds, learn about new products, discover sculpting in the digital age and get valuable portfolio feedback during one on one time with Australia’s leading visual effects guru – John! More info will soon go up on our website at www.johncox.net. Email julie@johncox.net or call +61 (0)7 5564 9992 to book your place.
Read MoreHow to Make a Monster has opened at Waikato Museum in Hamilton, New Zealand. John and Steve ventured to the North Island for the unveiling and were frighteningly impressed with the monsters dreamed up by the kids of NZ on display in the gallery. Looks like they will all be having lots of fun. Tell all your kiwi pals not to miss it!
Read MorePop Up Art Galleries, Music, Vintage Surfboard Swap Meet and Neverland Beach Party are all on this weekend at Currumbin & Coolangatta. Most events are free so log on and check them out. www.bleachfestival.com.au There is significant girl power amongst the organisers of this event, as shown at the ‘Gold Spaces’ project Opening we attended last weekend. This is a creative and dynamic way of breathing energy into unused spaces. Find out more at www.goldspaces.org.au
Read More2011 Gold Coast Film Festival saw the Australian premiere of the Japanese Anime ‘Children who Chase Voices from Deep Below’. Here to introduce the film on the opening night and to deliver a free public seminar was the films producer Mr Noritaka Kawaguchi. It was great to catch up again with Noritaka, we gave him a tour of JCCW last year. Nominated for an APSA award, he was presented with a replacement for his 2007 APSA award which was smashed during the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. Gold Coast Film Festival 2012 will be here soon as the date has…
Read MoreJohn & Julie helped celebrate the Queensland Museum’s 150th Birthday at a grand re-opening on Friday evening. The Museum was affected by floods which inundated the basement and reeked all sorts of havoc. It proved a good excuse to give the old girl an overhaul and now she is looking better than ever. The Museum was established just 2 years after Queensland became a State so it has been documenting, profiling and educating us right from the start. I will never forget when I was in grade 5 gasping when seeing a mummified child’s hand wearing a gold ring on display at…
Read More2 Danks Street, Surry Hills, Sydney was a hive of artistic expression Wednesday evening as the 8 galleries opened their latest exhibitions. Friends and family joined us, and fellow art lovers, to take in the array of work on display. Julie Anderson, John Cox, ‘Rising Tide’, Brit & Dan Carlisle and Arthur Spink @ Sculpture 2012 Brenda May Gallery Kerrie Guinane, John Cox & Ethan Cox @ Sculpture 2012 Brenda May Gallery Art teacher Rebecca Chapman (right foreground) and driftnet artist Carmel Wallace (middle left) @ Sculpture 2012 Brenda May Gallery
Read MoreIf you are in Sydney this Wednesday 18 January we invite you to join us for the opening of ‘Sculpture 2012’ at Brenda May Gallery, 2 Dank Street, Waterloo 6-8pm. A number of the Dank St Galleries will be open so it sounds like a fun art event. John was invited to exhibit ‘Rising Tide’. Hope to see you there.
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