

CZECH AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR ARTS & SCIENCES
PAST EVENTS 2024
CZECH ADVENT TRADITIONS
Art by Lída Pěnková and the children of
the Czech and Slovak School of Sydney
A private event organised with the Czech and Slovak School of Sydney - an exhibition of rustic vignettes based on Czech and Slovak traditions by Czech American artist Lída Pěnková; Christmas gift (card, orange pomander and advent wreath) making; carols; Christmas treats.
SATURDAY
30 November 2024, 10 am - 1 pm
Juanita Nielsen Community Centre
31 Nicholson St, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
CONCERT: Thieves of Dreams
Performance by Lenka Lichtenberg at the Sydney Jewish Museum
We are delighted to invite you to a concert by JUNO-winning Czech Canadian singer and composer Lenka Lichtenberg, who we have co-invited to Australia with the Sydney Jewish Museum to close their inaugural 2024 Musical Portraits series.
THURSDAY
5 December 2024, 6 - 8 pm
Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
PAST EVENTS 2023
BOOK LAUNCH
Josef Čapek
In my Brother Karel's Wake
Selection of Poems from a Concentration Camp
30 March 2023
Studio W Gallery Woolloomooloo
CASAS LAUNCH
Czech Australian Society for Arts & Sciences
16 September 2023
Studio W Gallery Woolloomooloo
EXHIBITION
Old Town Square
1934 Lithographs by the Hollar Collective of Czech Graphic Artists in Prague
9 December 2023
Studio W Gallery Woolloomooloo
COLLABORATION WITH PROJECTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
EVENT
Concert and book launch - a performance by Lenka Lichtenberg from her 'Thieves of Dreams' album and a bilingual recital of Josef Čapek's 'Poems from a Concentration Camp'.
12 June 2024
Museum of Czech Literature
Prague, Czech Republic
EXHIBITION
A panel presentation of the Čapek brothers' work on the theme of robots facilitated by CASAS with the Karel Čapek Memorial to the Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics (FQMT) Conference.
21-27 July 2024
Prague, Czech Republic
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the spirit of reconciliation, CASAS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia & their connections to land, sea & community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present & emerging, & extend that respect to all Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples today.