Talks & Exhibitions

List of Talks Showcasing Des’ Changi Artwork by Keith Bettany

(requests for talks can be made through ‘contact tab’ on this site)

Coming Soon:

  • 22/5/13             Adelaide City Evening VIEW Club (phone 0417 894 554)
  • 28/5/13             Rotary Club, Blackwood (Phone: 0401 148 658)
  • 4/6/13                Resthaven School for Seniors Westbourne Park
  • 26/6/13             National Seniors North West (Phone: 0409 280 749)
  • 19/6/13             Seacliff Uniting Church Mens’ Group (8381 2943)
  • 19/8/13             24 RAAF  SQN Association, Adelaide
  • 26/8/13             Legacy Club, Glenelg
  • 7/11/13             Probus Men’s Blackwood, Masonic Hall Blackwood (Phone: 8278 2607)

 

Completed:

  • 15/2/12             Ministry of Education & Heritage, Singapore
  • 15/2/12             Elias Park Primary School, Singapore
  • 16/2/12             Infant Jesus Catholic School, Singapore
  • 3/4/12               Willunga Hills Art Group
  • 2/6/12               Faith Lutheran Men’s Breakfast
  • 8/8/12               Brighton History Association
  • 13/2/13            Camden Park Community Ctre
  • 13/2/13            Lions Aberfoyle Pk
  • 19/2/13            Nation Seniors of Australia (SA)
  • 6/3/13               Rotary: Victor Harbour
  • 2/4/13               Probus Kingston Park
  • 9/4/13              Amazing Greys Home Group (Willunga)
  • 18/4/13            Clarendon Agriculture Bureau
  • 25/4/12           Mid North  Community Men’s Shed Gathering, Burra (88426500)

 

A selection of Des’s artwork is currently being exhibited at the following locations:

“From Changi to SA – the cartoon legacy of POW Bettany”

In 1974, artist Des Bettany retired as Acting Principal of the oldest art school in Australia, the SA School of Art, now within the University of SA. His journey to Australia began in the cruel setting of Changi – the Japanese POW camp, where he gained respect and affection for Australian prisoners, recording shared experiences in a fascinating cartoon legacy.

Tuesday 7 May 2013 – Wednesday 29 May 2013

Kerry Packer Civic Gallery Exhibitions

Gallery open weekdays 9am – 5pm

Location: UniSA City West campus,

Hawke Building Level 3,

50-55 North Terrace,

Adelaide, South Australia
(Cnr Fenn Place/North Tce) Click here for location map

Phone 8302 0371

 

 The Des Bettany Collection:

Army Museum of Australia
Keswick Barracks
Anzac Highway, Keswick, Adelaide South Australia

(Main Gate (Gate 2), Keswick Barracks Bus Stop 2, Anzac Highway)

Open – Sundays 12:00pm – 4:00pm Group tours by arrangement

Admission – By donation

Phone: (08) 8305 6374
Fax: (08) 8305 6393

 Williamstown Library’s Heritage Anzac Display

Based in Victoria, this venue is featuring a sample of Des’ POW works

Open from 19/4/13 in preparation for Anzac Day

 

The Logan City Historical Museum:

70th Anniversary of The Fall of Singapore (the triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity)

Official opening of the exhibition will occur on 1st February 2012

Kingston Butter Factory, Milky Way, Kingston. QLD. 4114

Open between 10:00am and 4:30pm daily

Phone: 07 3208 3943

Email: lchms@hotmail.com

 

‘Their Past Is Your Future’

an exhibition of unseen Prisoners of War art is on display at

The Museum of Lancashire,

Stanley Street,

Preston,

until July 23, 2012

United Kingdom

Phone: (+44) 01772 534061

Email: Museums.Enquiries@lancashire.gov.uk

 

 Shrine of Remembrance

‘Japan’s Entry into the Second World War (1939 – 45)’

Birdwood Avenue

South Yarra

Melbourne, Victoria

From: 15th Feb to 3rd June 2012

Ph: 61.3.9661 8120

Fx: 61.3.9662 9411

 

 “Four Days in February: Adam Park the Last Battle”

8 February 2012 – 24 June 2012

10.00 am – 9.00 pm

Level 10 National Library Building

National Library Gallery, Singapore.

Tel: 6332 3255

For more updates on the exhibition, please visit: http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg

For more information on the 70th Anniversary of the Battle for Singapore, 1941 – 1942, please visit: http://www.nhb.gov.sg/battleforsg/

 

“Images Of Internment: The Eye & Art Of William Haxworth”

8 February 2012 – 24 June 2012
National Library Building, Level 10,
National Library Gallery, Singapore.

Tel: 6332 3255

For more updates on the exhibition, please visit: http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg

For more information on the 70th Anniversary of the Battle for Singapore, 1941 – 1942, please visit: http://www.nhb.gov.sg/battleforsg/