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A message from the Minister for Arts
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November’s Awards season is well and truly underway. What a terrific celebration at the SA Music Awards last week - congratulations to all the recipients. Anticipation is certainly building for the Ruby Awards this week; further congratulations to all the nominees and I look forward to the event. In other awards news, I was thrilled to see that South Australian Emily Steel received national recognition from Australian Writers’ Guild at the AWGIES for her work Euphoria, which was developed in collaboration with Country Arts SA and State Theatre Company; and our own Restless Dance Theatre has won a CINARS International Collaboration Award for its collaboration on Ècoute Pour Voir – Listen To See. All these awards are a tremendous way to acknowledge the contribution and achievements of our wonderful artists and the sector that enables them.
In recent weeks, Adelaide has played host to significant national forums, including the first face-to-face meeting of Australia’s Cultural Ministers in three years, and the Australia Council’s Purrumpa - First Nations Arts and Cultural National Gathering. As principal partner of Purrumpa we were proud to put the spotlight on South Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts workers, including Carclew’s youth program of music, visual arts, podcasting and more throughout the event. First Nations artists, organisations and communities are invited to keep up to date and follow the journey to Purrumpa by joining Australia Council for the Arts dedicated mailing list.
We are delighted that the next round of See it LIVE vouchers is now open, driving more opportunities for live music. Read on for more detail, as well as other news and opportunities for artists and creatives.
Andrea Michaels
Minister for Arts
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Heather Croall, CEO and Director, and Ella Huisman, Executive Director Audience, Adelaide Fringe accepting their award. Photo: Joel Roosa Photography
Arts excel at state tourism awards
Congratulations to the arts and cultural organisations that were successful category winners in the South Australian Tourism Awards, announced on 3 November.
Delivered annually by the Tourism Industry Council South Australia, the Tourism Awards recognise those businesses and individuals who have demonstrated business excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in the South Australian tourism industry.
Well done to the winners and medallists from the South Australian arts sector:
- Category winner Adelaide Fringe and silver recipient Illuminate Adelaide 2021 in the Major Festivals and Events category
- Category winner, The Cedars, Hahndorf, in the Cultural Tourism category
- Category winner, Sky Song, Adelaide Fringe, and silver recipient Adelaide Guitar Festival in the Festivals and Events category.
Arts South Australia continues to engage and support arts and cultural tourism, through its partnership with the Tourism Industry Council of South Australia, to deliver a pilot Arts and Cultural Tourism Business Capability Program which addresses strategic goals from the state government’s South Australian Arts and Cultural Tourism Strategy 2025.
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Warlpiri men gathered at Yuendumu for the return. Photo: Courtesy of South Australian Museum.
Sacred objects returned to where they belong
The South Australian Museum has returned 15 sacred objects to the Warlpiri people of Yuendumu in the Central Desert Region of the Northern Territory.
The museum worked collaboratively to bring sacred cultural materials out of its care and back into the care of their true custodians – a process that has involved two and half years of consultation and visits from the Warlpiri community to the museum.
Warlpiri elders visited the cultural collections five times working alongside Jamie Jungarrayi Hampton, Indigenous Collections and Repatriation Officer and John Carty, Head of Humanities at the South Australian Museum to identify and research the objects.
The return of sacred objects to Country is important for knowledge sharing with young people and future generations of Warlpiri.
Read more about the repatriation program at the South Australian Museum website.
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Photo: Courtesy State Theatre Company South Australia
AWGIE win for South Australian playwright
Congratulations to South Australian playwright Emily Steel who was recognised at the 55th annual Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Awards last week, winning a prestigious AWGIE in the Community and Youth Theatre category for her work Euphoria.
Developed through Country Arts SA, Euphoria brings to life a South Australian regional community, full of love, pain, complexity and humour, with two actors playing a range of idiosyncratic characters. A nuanced depiction of regional life, the show is embarking on a national tour in 2023.
The AWGIE Awards recognise and reward the outstanding achievements of Australian screen and stage writers and their contribution to Australia’s cultural landscape – and are the only industry awards given by writers to writers.
For full details of all of this year’s award winners, visit the Australian Writers Guild website.
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An audience at MOD listen to Chamber Music Adelaide performer. Photo: Claudio Raschella
Chamber musicians unite on the terrace
Did you miss Chamber Music Adelaide’s incredible takeover of North Terrace earlier this month? Audiences were treated to more than 36 performances in nine of North Terrace’s most beautiful cultural and creative spaces over the weekend of 12 and 13 November.
Despite the looming thunderstorms on Saturday, patrons participated in a moving feast of chamber music, making their way through the Samstag Museum of Art, JamFactory, Nexus Arts, ACE and MOD. Sunday saw audiences visit the Art Gallery of South Australia, South Australian Museum, Migration Museum and State Library of South Australia.
The weekend included a fusion of Persian, jazz and western traditions from The Crossing, being transported to 19th century London by the Adelaide Baroque Trio, and the first public performances of five new chamber music works in response to MOD.’s INVISIBILITY exhibition.
On the Terrace is a free public event offering the chance to hear performances by Adelaide’s most-loved chamber musicians, rising stars and special guests, and was supported in part by a grant from Arts South Australia.
View highlights from the event at the Chamber Music Adelaide website.
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