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Opera House 50th Birthday Par-Tea with Anney Bounpraseuth

29 October 2023

In the Centre for Creativity

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Ages 7-11 | This October, the Sydney Opera House turns 50 years young and you are warmly invited to be a special guest at our Knee-high Tea Party! 

Creativity is the way I share my soul with the world.

Brene Brown, Professor & Lecturer

You're invited to our Birthday Party!

This October, the Sydney Opera House turns 50 years young and you are warmly invited to be a special guest at our Knee-high Tea Party! To celebrate, we are making a very special birthday suit- a spinning teacup and saucer party hat with a floating teaspoon, plus a giant bow tie and some face paint. Then, we’ll boogie to some iconic party anthems. Hip, hip, hooray!

Sydney Opera House Presents

 

Anney Bounpraseuth

Anney Bounpraseuth is an Australian-born artist of Laotian heritage who reinterprets matriarchal traditions through painting, textiles, and sculpture to assert self-determined identity.

Bounpraseuth describes her kitsch, vivid and intensely patterned aesthetic as Cabracadabra or ‘South East Asian mum-style’ in honour of her mother Chockeo who came from Laos to Australia as a refugee migrant, raising her family in Cabramatta, a suburb of South West Sydney. Bounpraseuth cites her mother's clashing wardrobe and interior decorating style with fake flowers, imitation antiques and mismatched textiles as her main artistic influence.

Bounpraseuth has been featured on ABC TV and iView, ABC Radio National, FBI Radio’s Canvas program and Frankie Magazine. In 2019, she was a finalist for the Hidden Rookwood Sculpture Exhibition and Prize. She has presented in various galleries across NSW with solo exhibitions at Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery and Bankstown Arts Centre. In 2018, she curated the February ARTBAR at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

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