HELEN MUSA lists arts everywhere around the town and beyond in her latest Artsweek column.

An exhibition of 10 Gurindji freedom banners tell the Gurindji account of the famous walk-off led by Vincent Lingiari AM with Gurindji, Ngarinyman, Mudburra, Bilinara and Walpiri workers from Wave Hill Station in 1966. ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, until March 28.

The Indonesian embassy will hold a public batik day part of the Indonesia Modest Fashion Week Melbourne, supported by eight well-known Indonesian designers. Wisma Indonesia, 16 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, February 15.

ArtsNational Molonglo Plains have Robert and Catherine Ketton for a session on the Life and Times of JMW Turner. Robert talks about Turner while Catherine takes to the easel. C3 Auditorium, Monaro Street, Queanbeyan, February 13. Bookings 0427 625 860.

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and the Canberra Writers Festival will partner once again for a series of linked screenings and discussions, kicking off with Jurassic Park and a discussion with Chris Flynn, author and critic Dinosaurs brought to Life from Ancient DNA. NFSA, February 16.

Dr Pat O’Grady and Prof Samantha Bennett, of the ANU School of Music, will launch O’Grady’s book Bee Gees, Process and Latent Elements in Music Production, Wig & Pen, ANU School of Music, February 19.

Heartbeats@The Hive  is a live music celebration of love at The Yellow House, Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, until midnight,  February 14.

Stage

• Tinderella is a one human comedy cabaret, created and performed by Alyce Fisher. The show exploring real-life tales of contemporary app dating culture. Tuggeranong Arts Centre, February 14.
• Queanbeyan Players are presenting Bubble Boy, a 2008 musical about a boy raised in a bubble-room for his own protection. Belconnen Community Theatre, February 14-23.

Galleries

• NatureArt Lab’s exhibition Resonance: Art as the Voice of Nature is now showing at Canberra Museum and Gallery. Until July 27.
• Sylvia Curley: Woman on a Mission is also showing at CMAG, looking at the story of a trailblazing woman who influenced generations of Canberra nurses. Until May 18.
• Jonas Balsaitis: Analogue is a survey exhibition of paintings, prints, and experimental films by Australian artist Jonas Balsaitis from 1968 to 2001, curated by Oscar Capezio. ANU Drill Hall Gallery, February 14-April 13.
• Nature artist Sharon Field is showing her world-famous scrolls featuring of drawing of plants and animals that we’re at risk of losing due to climate change. At Belconnen Arts Centre, February 7-March 23.
• Al Munro’s work spans painting, drawing and textile media to explore the connections of colour and pattern to art, craft and design and their links to geometry. ANCA Gallery, Rosevear Place Dickson, February 19-March 9.
• Moonsnake by Steven Holland shows yellow snake dream drawings with a selection of bronze serpent sculptures, alongside Studio and Table, a celebration of two years of collaborative art making together and John Brooks’s show Unconditional. Tuggeranong Arts Centre until April 5.

Concerts

• Ayse Göknur Shanal (voice), Matthew Tsalidis (violin), Karella Mitchell (cello) and John Martin (piano), with be joined by tango dancers Karina and Fabian Conca for a Valentine’s Day tango showcase. Smith’s Alternative, February 14.
• Fred Smith has a show called Domesticity. It draws on his 2020 album Domestic, which dealt with love and home life. Smith’s Alternative, Civic, February 14.
• The first Art Song Canberra concert for the year will feature soprano Jane Sheldon, joined at the piano by Jack Symonds. Wesley Music Centre, Forrest, February 16.
• Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics series celebrates Valentine’s weekend with Folk Melodies. Albert Hall, February 16.
• Stephanie Jones, a virtuoso of the classical guitar now based in Germany, will perform Australian music, classics, Piazzolla and even bossa nova, Albert Hall, February 17.
• Soprano Rachel Mink performs with The Ellery Quartet in the next Wednesday Lunchtime Concert at Wesley Music Centre, February 19.