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Welcome to the March 2023 edition of the Arts South Australia Bulletin.
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A message from the Minister for Arts
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What a wonderful time to be in South Australia! There’s a palpable sense of excitement and creative energy that only our arts and creative sectors can create right across our state.
It’s been incredible to see our South Australian artists shine in the Adelaide Fringe.
The State Government has ensured the work of our home-grown creatives takes centre stage in our magnificent Fringe Festival - the largest arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere. We are also proud to support the broad range of artist services provided by the Adelaide Fringe including the renewed focus on export and the return of international programmers to the Honeypot marketplace.
The Adelaide Festival has also begun including world premiere seasons from our world-class companies Windmill Theatre, Slingsby and ADT.
The remarkable Andy Warhol exhibition exclusive to the Art Gallery of South Australia opened last week, Writers’ Week is in full swing and WOMADelaide is about to begin.
Meanwhile, I am thrilled that two South Australian-made films have won top awards at Berlin International Film Festival last month. The Survival of Kindness won the prestigious FIPRESCI Jury Prize, and short film Marungka Tjalatjunu/Dipped in Black took home the coveted Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) and the Teddy Award for Best Short Film. Read all about it on the SAFC website.
South Australia is the festival state and our extraordinary artists and creatives are well and truly putting on a show for us this month!
Andrea Michaels
Minister for Arts
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Pictured: Adelaide Fringe Artist and Venue team members, Lee and Sarah. Photo: Marina Sartoretta.
Artist development fundamental at Adelaide Fringe
Did you know Adelaide Fringe has dedicated artist development and support that goes on year-round in the background?
The Adelaide Fringe Professional Development Series runs from April to January and breaks down the artist journey from concept, to development, to registrations, to Fringe season. With monthly offerings from experts, it is a great opportunity to learn all throughout the year while building skills, strengthening industry knowledge through peer-to-peer learning and creating thoughtful conversations. Topics include budgeting, grant writing, touring, pitching, marketing, and so much more.
AVR, the Adelaide Fringe’s registration platform for venue and event registrations, is also host to a large library of resources providing information all about taking part in Adelaide Fringe. Resources cover everything from registration assistance, information portal, industry opportunities, contacts and tutorials.
The Adelaide Fringe Arts Industry Collaboration program supports small to medium arts organisations to work together, combining resources in order to build new audiences, work with experienced practitioners, and create opportunities for artists in South Australia. Projects include mentoring, residencies, new developments and program support. The program’s aim is to create a strong, vibrant, connected arts community, collaborate with arts organisations and to fulfil Adelaide Fringe goals including thriving venues, fulfilled artists, engaged audiences and adding the WOW element to events. The Adelaide Fringe Arts Industry Collaborations are co-funded by the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation and the Adelaide Fringe Foundation.
During the Festival (February and March) Adelaide Fringe provides an active workspace for artists to utilise called FringeWORKS. The Fringe team works directly from FringeWORKS from 10am to 8pm daily and facilities include hot desks, Wi-Fi, printing, laminating, aircon and meeting spaces.
Honeypot is Adelaide Fringe’s International Arts Marketplace that takes place over 4 weeks during the Fringe and is an invaluable opportunity for artists to connect with international presenters and programmers through tailored networking and connections. In 2023, international delegates are back in full force, and the Honeypot is buzzing!
For more information about Adelaide Fringe, visit the Adelaide Fringe website.
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Pictured: Karl ‘Winda’ Telfer providing a Welcome to Country at the launch of the latest CreaTech City Challenge Project ‘The Cookie’, presented by experience design studio Sandpit, in the Adelaide Central Markets.
Glimpse the future with latest Adelaide CreaTech City Challenge project
Visitors to the Adelaide Central Market can now interact with a large, interactive fortune cookie as part of Adelaide’s CreaTech City Challenge, a joint initiative funded by the Department for Industry, Innovation and Science, the City of Adelaide and the Adelaide Economic Development Agency.
Presented by award-winning experience design studio, Sandpit, The Cookie gives the public a chance to see into the future thanks to this one-of-a-kind digital artwork.
Powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, this interactive piece utilises creative technology to predict the future, from the personal to the global, using an AI-based text generator.
The free art installation, when activated, will ‘dispense’ a digital fortune unfurling from a giant cookie along a curved, paper-shaped LED screen.
The Cookie is an example of the kind of interactive and engaging artistic experiences that can result from bringing together technology and creativity and will be open during Adelaide Central Market trading hours.
The CreaTech City Challenge brought together collaborative projects to combine creativity and technology to engage audiences, support business growth and encourage investment in Adelaide’s public realm.
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Pictured: Ali Gumillya Baker, Elizabeth Yanyi Close and Fiona Salmon at Flinders University Museum of Art, 2022. Photo: Brianna Speight, FUMA.
In_Site First Nations curator selected
Elizabeth Yanyi Close has been selected as the next In_Site: Emerging First Nations Curator.
A Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara woman from the APY Lands in Central Australia, now based in Adelaide, Elizabeth is a contemporary visual artist whose dynamic, multi-disciplinary visual arts practice speaks to her personal connection to Country, and the concept of connection to place and space more broadly.
In_Site is a collaboration between Nexus Arts and Flinders University Museum of Art co-led by Mirning artist and academic Dr Ali Gumillya Baker.
An innovative and immersive capacity building program, In_Site enables emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curators based in South Australia to independently research, develop and commission works for a cross-disciplinary exhibition.
Nexus Arts and its In_Site program are supported by Arts South Australia.
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Art set to inspire action to tackle climate change
The Adelaide Festival is inviting young South Australians to express themselves artistically as part of a new endeavour, Create4Adelaide.
The year-long project encourages young people to develop their creative skills while engaging with local climate change priorities.
In February, young people were invited to vote on their climate change priorities in Adelaide and South Australia, with these priorities set to be revealed during this month’s Adelaide Festival.
Students will then be invited to create art that offers ideas to address these priorities and inspire action from next month, with artworks later to be selected for the 2024 Adelaide Festival.
Create4Adelaide offers a new way of using art to empower our younger generations to become activists against global warming. Find out more at Create4Adelaide.au
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Programs and opportunities
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Entries open for health art prize
Entries are now open for The Hospital Research Foundation Group – Creative Health Art Prize, which recognises and promotes the important role of art in health and wellbeing. The prize is open to South Australian-based artists over the age of 18, for 2 and 3-dimensional works responding to themes of Healing. The non-acquisitive award is open in three categories: Main Prize ($40,000), Emerging Artist ($5,000) and Veterans and Emergency First Responders ($5,000). A People’s Choice Prize ($1,000) is also offered. Entries close on Monday 29 May 2023. For more information, visit the Creative Health website.
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Submissions open for South Australian writing fellowship
Emerging and established South Australian writers are invited to apply for the annual Deep Creek Residency Fellowship.
Offered by Matilda Bookshop in partnership with Writers SA and in association with Ultimo Press, the fellowship provides support (time, writing space and mentoring) for an author to work on a project of literary merit.
The fellowship includes a one-week residency in Deep Creek in October 2023, mentoring with best-selling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams, and consultation and manuscript assessment with Ultimo Press.
Submissions close on Saturday 1 April 2023. For more information and to download the residency information brochure, visit the Writers SA website.
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Support Act sessions for the music industry
Registrations are now open for two upcoming events focusing on the mental health and wellbeing of South Australian artists and musicians.
Delivered by Support Act in partnership with MusicSA, the upcoming workshops and seminars are:
- Monday 20 March – Sound Minds: Meet Ups for the Music Community
- Tuesday 21 March – Creative Minds 1-day workshop.
These sessions, part of a broader series, are available thanks to a $250,000 grant provided by the South Australian Government as part of the See it LIVE package.
To find out more and to register, visit the Support Act website.
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Expressions open for PROFILE
PROFILE is an opportunity for contemporary performing artists and companies to start a conversation about their work through an online pitch presentation.
Selected artists will be supported to present pitches of up to five minutes for performance projects spanning theatre, contemporary dance, circus, physical theatre, hybrid or experimental works, sound art, multi-artform, and works for multigenerational audiences.
Pitches – either for a work that has already premiered or for an idea in development – will be heard at the upcoming Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) Gathering at RISING this June.
Applications close on Friday 10 March 2023. For more information, visit the APAM website.
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Public art opportunity at Alawoona Reserves
The City of Marion Council is seeking expressions of interest from experienced South Australian based artists and artistic teams to create public artwork for the redevelopment of Alawoona Reserves, Mitchell Park – to help create an identity for the community and this gateway to the Tonsley Innovation District. Expressions of interest close on Tuesday 14 March 2023. To find out more and view the detailed artist brief, visit the City of Marion website.
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E-vouchers available to support live music in SA
South Australian venues, including pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants and cafes, can register for e-vouchers worth up to $2,000 to host live music acts.
Eligible venues can register for a single e-voucher valued at $400 or a five-pack of e-vouchers worth $2,000 (five $400 vouchers for a total value of $2,000).
For more information about the e-vouchers and the South Australian Government’s See It LIVE music package, visit the Business SA website.
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Quick response grants available for country artists
Grants are currently available through Country Arts SA’s Quick Response grants program. The program supports regional artists to access professional arts development and training opportunities, or organisations/community groups with small project opportunities that arise at short notice. Applications for the latest round close on 31 March 2023, covering projects taking place from April to mid-June 2023. More details and eligibility requirements are available from the Country Arts SA website.
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Applications now open to attend Artlands 2023
If you’d like to bring your own voice to the national voice for the arts in regional Australia, now’s the time to submit your application to attend Artlands 2023.
Part symposium, part think tank and part workshop, Artlands will bring together 80 practitioners from across Australia to actively participate in three days of facilitated gathering and networking events. This is an opportunity to contribute to strategic conversations that will guide the next decade of regional practice.
Artlands 2023 will be held at the National Gallery of Australia on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country from 6 to 8 September 2023. Selected participants will be supported to attend with accommodation and travel to Canberra provided.
Applications close Monday 13 March 2023. For more information, visit the Artlands 2023 website.
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Maitri Cultural Partnerships grants now open
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has a new grant program available to support greater collaboration between Australian and Indian creative industries. Through the inaugural Maitri Cultural Partnerships grants round, grants are available in the areas of Major Programs, Visual and Performing Arts, and Collaboration. Applications close Monday 3 April 2023. For full details, visit the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website.
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Arts Industry Council’s National Cultural Policy webinar
Earlier this year, Arts South Australia Director Jennifer Layther joined Jimblah, Tully Barnett, Becc Bates, Alysha Herrmann, and Kate Larsen at the Arts Industry Council of South Australia and Festival City Adelaide’s webinar to discuss the implications of the National Cultural Policy Revive on South Australian artists and arts workers. If you missed this session live, you can now watch the recording via the Arts Industry Council of SA’s YouTube.
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Share your thoughts on the news and information you want in this Bulletin by emailing suggestions or feedback to ArtsCommunications@sa.gov.au.
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