Wahroonga Friends Bulletin - 15 April 2026
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Wahroonga Friends Bulletin - 15 April 2026
Banksy Limitless: Decades Of Iconic Street
Art Steps Off The Wall At The Rocks
Somewhere between a funhouse and a political rally, Banksy Limitless pulls one of the world’s most elusive artists’ work off the wall and into an immersive world of holograms, installations and reconstructed spaces. After a sold-out run in London, the exhibition, presented by Muse Entertainment with Fever, is taking over one of Sydney’s oldest precincts this autumn with a gallery of provocation.
A face that’s never been seen and work that’s instantly recognisable, the London-based street artist has spent decades holding up a mirror to the world with quiet fury and colourful wit. Starting on the streets of Bristol in the nineties, his stencilled figures and revolutionary slogans spread across city walls, conflict zones and auction houses (we all remember where we were when Girl With A Balloon went down), turning anonymous ‘vandalism’ into one of the most discussed and debated practices in contemporary art.
Banksy Limitless brings together 250 of those moments, from certified originals to carefully sourced reproductions, including the Shoreditch Rat, Cinderella’s Carriage and murals painted on the rubble of Ukraine—all curated to pull audiences through one of culture’s most subversive artists images, ideas and impact.
The Infinity Room and three dimensional renditions keep that momentum going, and a full recreation of the Walled Off Hotel lobby, his most brazen real-world provocation, a functioning hotel built directly facing the West Bank barrier in Bethlehem, stops it dead in the best possible way.
Kemal Gurkaynak, Managing Director of Muse Entertainment, says Sydney was a deliberate choice. “This is not just about art. It’s about stepping inside Banksy’s world and experiencing the message, the humour, and the urgency of his work in a way that has never been done before.”
Running through the show is the Louise Michel, the French Navy vessel Banksy bought and painted in response to the Mediterranean refugee crisis, still out operating today and partly supported by exhibition proceeds. Whether Banksy is already a religion, or just a name you’ve seen pop up in headlines and wondered about, this exhibition pulls you in with the jokes, and leaves you reckoning with its bite. Banksy Limitless is on from April 9 to May 31 at The Rocks. Banksy Limitless: Decades Of Iconic Street Art Steps Off The Wall At The Rocks 22 April - Picnic for Peace
Friends
In light of us feeling pretty negative one way or another by what is taking place in the world right now, we are hoping to start a movement that is simply quietly standing in solidarity with one another and to let everyone know "I feel it too and you are not alone."
As a committee member for Picnic for Peace, we are asking that ahead of April 22nd, your team does the following:
- Fold an origami dove (instructions attached)
- Take a group photo
- Invite picnicforpeacesydney to be a collaborator
- Schedule post for April 22 nd for any time that day
If you need assistance with this, let me know!
The only thing that you will need for this is a square piece of paper, but you can achieve the same results by chopping up an A4 piece.
In the meantime, we also ask that you share the attached flyer with your wider network and invite them, on April 22nd, to post to Instagram with their origami dove (in their hand is fine) in a place that symbolises peace to them. It would be great, if possible, to get some schools involved.
I have provided an Instagram friendly version for this too.
I am grateful for your assistance on this and continued cooperation with Picnic for Peace.
Let me know if you have any questions! 😊
Warm regards,
Cailey SharpCai...@sydneycatholic.org
Social Justice Facilitator & Internship Coordinator
Justice and Peace Office | Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
Penola House | 38 Renwick St, Leichhardt NSW 204012.30 pm 3 May - Joyce Ajlouny Visit @ Sydney City Quaker Meeting Please come at 12.30 pm 3 May and hear a fascinating speaker on Quaker advocacy, peace around the world and challenging militarism. Joyce Ajlouny joined American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) as general secretary in 2017. As a Quaker, Palestinian American, Joyce started her career working in international development in Palestine, focusing on minority and refugee rights, gender equality, economic development, and humanitarian support.
Joyce has previously worked in senior roles with Oxfam and UN bodies. Prior to joining AFSC, Joyce served as the director of the Ramallah Friends School, a leading K-12 Quaker school in Palestine, for 13 years, where she led a diverse staff to transform the school academically, physically and financially.
The American Friends Service Committee is a unique organisation, working in both advocacy and international development, founded in 1917 by Quakers as an alternative to military service in WW1. The organisation’s motto is that “We bring together people of all faiths and backgrounds to challenge injustice and build peace around the globe”. They are a powerful force inside the USA in advocating a range of issues, as well as funding a great range of peace programs around the world.
Ramallah Friends School began in 1869 with a number of small schools for girls. A Boys Training Home was founded in 1901 at the urging of the local community and classes became mixed in 1902. Over 1000 children now attend the school with campuses in the Palestinian towns of Ramallah and El Bireh on the West Bank. The School has carried on through decades of violence, even at times being the target of attacks, and yet has continued to thrive. The life of the school is based on Quaker principles: excellence in education, helping each per-son recognise his or her responsibility to society as a caring member of the school, community, nation and global family and Equality. A light lunch will be served prior to 12.30 pm.
See - Zelie Gross moves from Cynic to Being a Follower of Jesus Through Worshipping with Quakers in WalesZelie Gross tells me about her journey from an atheist and cynical background into Quakerism and how that changed as she matured. We discuss her role on Quaker Life Central Committee and Nominations and the shift into Continuing Yearly Meeting of Quakers in Britain. Even though we are both in South Wales Quakers we have not had a chance to get know each other prior to this engaging conversation. See it here Zelie Gross moves from Cynic to being a FollowerApril QBC -
Margaret Fell's "Women's Speaking Justified"
in Modern English
The April QBC (Quaker Book Club) selection is Margaret Fell's "Women's Speaking Justified" in Modern English.Written in the prison of Lancaster Castle in 1666 (appended in 1667), Margaret Fell's Women's Speaking Justified by Scripture stands out in world history as the first sustained exegetical defense of women in public ministry. Noting the facts that the God of Israel used women time and time again to challenge kings and other societal leaders in Hebrew Scripture and that the Apostle Paul ministered alongside women in his mission, Fell applies a compelling approach to understanding what the Bible is really saying, what it is not, and within its historical contexts, why. Introduced, annotated, and translated into modern English, Paul N. Anderson has rendered this classic and historic texts in a readable form, highlighting the biblical passages referenced and also expanding upon how the universal ministry of all believers can be understood more fully and meaningfully, as followers of Jesus seek to live into their spiritual callings with personal clarity and corporate support. Author: Margaret Fell, translated and annotated by Paul N. Anderson. Publisher: Barclay Press, 2026 Obtain a copy here Margaret Fell's "Women's Speaking Justified" in Modern English : Paul N Anderson (translator) : 9781594982118 : Blackwell's
e - Wahroonga Send news of f/Friends and newsletter items to quiver...@yahoo.com.au Agenda items for Business Meeting should be emailed at wmnwah...@quakersaustralia.info or handed to a co-clerk. Visit us at "Our Home" First days (Sunday), 9.30 am Meeting for Worship - Wahroonga Friends Meeting, your local peace church. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 59 Boundary Road Wahroonga NSW 2076 Email:wmnwah...@quakersaustralia.info Web: Wahroonga Local Meeting | Australia Yearly Meeting A Zoom meeting occurs 9.30 am Sundays Meeting link Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting 918 558 7747 Passcode: 554662 Phone: 02 8015 6011 Please contact Paul Carter if you have any problems.
Banksy Limitless: Decades Of Iconic Street
Art Steps Off The Wall At The Rocks
Somewhere between a funhouse and a political rally, Banksy Limitless pulls one of the world’s most elusive artists’ work off the wall and into an immersive world of holograms, installations and reconstructed spaces. After a sold-out run in London, the exhibition, presented by Muse Entertainment with Fever, is taking over one of Sydney’s oldest precincts this autumn with a gallery of provocation.
A face that’s never been seen and work that’s instantly recognisable, the London-based street artist has spent decades holding up a mirror to the world with quiet fury and colourful wit. Starting on the streets of Bristol in the nineties, his stencilled figures and revolutionary slogans spread across city walls, conflict zones and auction houses (we all remember where we were when Girl With A Balloon went down), turning anonymous ‘vandalism’ into one of the most discussed and debated practices in contemporary art.
Banksy Limitless brings together 250 of those moments, from certified originals to carefully sourced reproductions, including the Shoreditch Rat, Cinderella’s Carriage and murals painted on the rubble of Ukraine—all curated to pull audiences through one of culture’s most subversive artists images, ideas and impact.
The Infinity Room and three dimensional renditions keep that momentum going, and a full recreation of the Walled Off Hotel lobby, his most brazen real-world provocation, a functioning hotel built directly facing the West Bank barrier in Bethlehem, stops it dead in the best possible way.
Kemal Gurkaynak, Managing Director of Muse Entertainment, says Sydney was a deliberate choice. “This is not just about art. It’s about stepping inside Banksy’s world and experiencing the message, the humour, and the urgency of his work in a way that has never been done before.”
Running through the show is the Louise Michel, the French Navy vessel Banksy bought and painted in response to the Mediterranean refugee crisis, still out operating today and partly supported by exhibition proceeds. Whether Banksy is already a religion, or just a name you’ve seen pop up in headlines and wondered about, this exhibition pulls you in with the jokes, and leaves you reckoning with its bite. Banksy Limitless is on from April 9 to May 31 at The Rocks. Banksy Limitless: Decades Of Iconic Street Art Steps Off The Wall At The Rocks 22 April - Picnic for Peace
Friends
In light of us feeling pretty negative one way or another by what is taking place in the world right now, we are hoping to start a movement that is simply quietly standing in solidarity with one another and to let everyone know "I feel it too and you are not alone."
As a committee member for Picnic for Peace, we are asking that ahead of April 22nd, your team does the following:
- Fold an origami dove (instructions attached)
- Take a group photo
- Invite picnicforpeacesydney to be a collaborator
- Schedule post for April 22 nd for any time that day
If you need assistance with this, let me know!
The only thing that you will need for this is a square piece of paper, but you can achieve the same results by chopping up an A4 piece.
In the meantime, we also ask that you share the attached flyer with your wider network and invite them, on April 22nd, to post to Instagram with their origami dove (in their hand is fine) in a place that symbolises peace to them. It would be great, if possible, to get some schools involved.
I have provided an Instagram friendly version for this too.
I am grateful for your assistance on this and continued cooperation with Picnic for Peace.
Let me know if you have any questions! 😊
Warm regards,
Cailey SharpCai...@sydneycatholic.org
Social Justice Facilitator & Internship Coordinator
Justice and Peace Office | Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
Penola House | 38 Renwick St, Leichhardt NSW 204012.30 pm 3 May - Joyce Ajlouny Visit @ Sydney City Quaker Meeting Please come at 12.30 pm 3 May and hear a fascinating speaker on Quaker advocacy, peace around the world and challenging militarism. Joyce Ajlouny joined American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) as general secretary in 2017. As a Quaker, Palestinian American, Joyce started her career working in international development in Palestine, focusing on minority and refugee rights, gender equality, economic development, and humanitarian support.
Joyce has previously worked in senior roles with Oxfam and UN bodies. Prior to joining AFSC, Joyce served as the director of the Ramallah Friends School, a leading K-12 Quaker school in Palestine, for 13 years, where she led a diverse staff to transform the school academically, physically and financially.
The American Friends Service Committee is a unique organisation, working in both advocacy and international development, founded in 1917 by Quakers as an alternative to military service in WW1. The organisation’s motto is that “We bring together people of all faiths and backgrounds to challenge injustice and build peace around the globe”. They are a powerful force inside the USA in advocating a range of issues, as well as funding a great range of peace programs around the world.
Ramallah Friends School began in 1869 with a number of small schools for girls. A Boys Training Home was founded in 1901 at the urging of the local community and classes became mixed in 1902. Over 1000 children now attend the school with campuses in the Palestinian towns of Ramallah and El Bireh on the West Bank. The School has carried on through decades of violence, even at times being the target of attacks, and yet has continued to thrive. The life of the school is based on Quaker principles: excellence in education, helping each per-son recognise his or her responsibility to society as a caring member of the school, community, nation and global family and Equality. A light lunch will be served prior to 12.30 pm.
See - Zelie Gross moves from Cynic to Being a Follower of Jesus Through Worshipping with Quakers in WalesZelie Gross tells me about her journey from an atheist and cynical background into Quakerism and how that changed as she matured. We discuss her role on Quaker Life Central Committee and Nominations and the shift into Continuing Yearly Meeting of Quakers in Britain. Even though we are both in South Wales Quakers we have not had a chance to get know each other prior to this engaging conversation. See it here Zelie Gross moves from Cynic to being a FollowerApril QBC -
Margaret Fell's "Women's Speaking Justified"
in Modern English
The April QBC (Quaker Book Club) selection is Margaret Fell's "Women's Speaking Justified" in Modern English.Written in the prison of Lancaster Castle in 1666 (appended in 1667), Margaret Fell's Women's Speaking Justified by Scripture stands out in world history as the first sustained exegetical defense of women in public ministry. Noting the facts that the God of Israel used women time and time again to challenge kings and other societal leaders in Hebrew Scripture and that the Apostle Paul ministered alongside women in his mission, Fell applies a compelling approach to understanding what the Bible is really saying, what it is not, and within its historical contexts, why. Introduced, annotated, and translated into modern English, Paul N. Anderson has rendered this classic and historic texts in a readable form, highlighting the biblical passages referenced and also expanding upon how the universal ministry of all believers can be understood more fully and meaningfully, as followers of Jesus seek to live into their spiritual callings with personal clarity and corporate support. Author: Margaret Fell, translated and annotated by Paul N. Anderson. Publisher: Barclay Press, 2026 Obtain a copy here Margaret Fell's "Women's Speaking Justified" in Modern English : Paul N Anderson (translator) : 9781594982118 : Blackwell's
e - Wahroonga Send news of f/Friends and newsletter items to quiver...@yahoo.com.au Agenda items for Business Meeting should be emailed at wmnwah...@quakersaustralia.info or handed to a co-clerk. Visit us at "Our Home" First days (Sunday), 9.30 am Meeting for Worship - Wahroonga Friends Meeting, your local peace church. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 59 Boundary Road Wahroonga NSW 2076 Email:wmnwah...@quakersaustralia.info Web: Wahroonga Local Meeting | Australia Yearly Meeting A Zoom meeting occurs 9.30 am Sundays Meeting link Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting 918 558 7747 Passcode: 554662 Phone: 02 8015 6011 Please contact Paul Carter if you have any problems.
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