Update Issue 53 - Helpmann Academy

THE
OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE HELPMANN ACADEMY FEATURING NEWS AND EVENTS FROM ITS PARTNER SCHOOLS
arts magazine
| NO 4
ISSUE 53
| OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2006
SKYLINE QUARTET Jason Thomas (violin), Holly Bennett (violin), Neil Thompson (viola) and Kim Worley (cello)
Photograph: Heidi Linehan
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Cover Image...
Skyline Quartet
ith their dynamic
energy and crisp
blend of sounds
Skyline Quartet aim towards
new heights in the art of string
quartet.
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Sharing a passion for chamber music
and a vision for outstanding ensemble
playing, the Skyline Quartet made their
debut performance in 2005. The group
is formed from Elder Conservatorium
of Music graduates: Jason Thomas
(violin), Holly Bennett (violin), Neil
Thompson (viola) and Kim Worley
(cello).
This year as part of the Optus
Mentorship Scheme the group
began working with Jeremy Williams
former viola player of the Australian
String Quartet and soon-to-be
member of the new Grainger
Quartet. Through the scheme the
Skyline Quartet meet regularly for
sessions that Williams has designed
specifically to make the group play
as an ensemble rather than four
separate musicians.
Jason Thomas says, “The mentorship
is going well! The quartet has had a
number of sessions with Jeremy in
the form of tutorials to work towards
helping us with our current works and
to produce the optimum ensemble
sound.”
Index
Skyline Quartet
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SALA Awards
3
Border Crossings
4
Vizarts - Moving On
4
The 'Academy' Awards
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With an interest in ongoing study
and development the group recently
had the opportunity to attend the
Australian Festival of Chamber
Music in Townsville as part of the
Elder Conservatorium Winterschool
program. They participated in
numerous masterclasses with
distinguished artists from Australia
and abroad.
Foundation Front Partners
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Sunday Spectrum at AFC
6
Baby Face at Choreolab
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Mozart's Vesperae
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Directional Debut - Two
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The Skyline Quartet is focussed on
creating regular public performance
opportunities for the group and
will be performing on Sunday 15
October at the Pilgrim Church as
well as Sunday 21 January as part of
the Sunday Spectrum program at the
Adelaide Festival Centre.
See page 6 for more on the Sunday
Spectrum program and page 8 for the
Optus Mentorship Scheme including its
recent AbaF win.
Optus Mentorships Awarded
8/9
AC Arts Graduate Showcase
10
Norway.Today
10
The Sum of Everything
11
Luke Harrald in Paris
11
Dancing in the South-East
12
Elder Evening Concerts
12
Adelaide Central Gallery
13
Hometown Musical
13
Partner Schools
14
Board/Foundation Members
14
Helpmann Sponsors
15
Diary Dates
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The Helpmann Academy
Update Arts
Magazine
Update Arts Magazine is published
five times a year by the Helpmann
Academy. The magazine features
news on Helpmann Academy
partner school staff, students and
recent graduates.
Submission of articles is welcome.
Please send articles of no more than
300 words in MS word format and
an image (300dpi) as a jpg or tif via
email to Lynda Allen:
lallen@tafe.sa.edu.au
Executive Director
Libby Raupach Phone: (08) 8463 5014
Support is provided through individual
and collaborative grants, awards,
visiting artist grants, mentorships
and special projects, along with free
publicity for events and exhibitions.
Marketing and PR Manager
Lynda Allen Phone: (08) 8463 5015
Throughout the year the Helpmann
Academy holds numerous events
to raise funds in order to provide
support to its partner schools. Funds
are also raised through individual and
corporate sponsorship.
Project Officer
Edward James Phone: 0421 971 517
Administrator
Pam French Phone: (08) 8463 5013
Executive Assistant
Margo Ongley Phone: (08) 8463 5014
Wednesday 11 October - The Business of Art
Next Issue
No 54 Dec 06/Feb 07
Deadline Friday 3 Nov 06
Lynda Allen
Editor, Update Arts Magazine
PO Box 8037, Station Arcade,
Adelaide SA 5000.
Tel: (08) 8463 5015
Fax: (08) 8463 5016
Email: lallen@tafe.sa.edu.au
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Helpmann Academy Staff
Upcoming Helpmann Academy Events & Deadlines
Articles may be edited.
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The Helpmann Academy is a not
for profit organisation that provides
support to its partner school staff,
students and recent graduates.
A C A D E M Y
The Friends of the Helpmann Academy present an enjoyable and informative evening to discover
the success of local artists and how they ‘made it’. Unravel the mystery of collecting, buying and
selling art. 6.30pm for 7.00pm start at Peter Walker Fine Art Gallery, 101 Walkerville Terrace,
Walkerville. Refreshments and finger food will be served. Limited to 60 guests. Tickets Members
$10, Non-Members $40 (includes a 12 month Friends membership).
RSVP Pam French (08) 8463 5013 or email: pfrench@tafe.sa.edu.au
Friday 17 November 2006 - Optus Mentorship Deadline
Opportunity for arts graduates to be mentored by a professional artist. Contact the Helpmann
Academy for an applicaton form.
Need more information? Contact (08) 8463 5013
or go to: www.helpmann.edu.au
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Artists Emerge with SALA Awards
By Lynda Allen
oung and emerging
artists were recognised
for their talents at this
year’s South Australian Living
Artist Festival.
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The award winning SALA Festival is
a great opportunity for students and
graduates to showcase their work
to a wide audience. This year recent
graduates from Helpmann Academy
partner schools were recognised for
their talents with wins in a range of
SALA Award categories.
Acknowledged for her outstanding
photography, South Australian School of
Art Honours graduate Bethany Ashley
received two awards for her work
Ruru (tied together) at Higher Ground:
the Duckpond Award for photo-based
artwork and the Centre for Creative
Photography Emerging Artist Award.
Inspired by her Maori background,
Bethany’s experimental photography
involved attaching gel mediums of old
black and white family portraits to glass,
with an image from a travel brochure
placed behind it to create a second
layer. The work depicts the layers
involved in Bethany’s search to piece
together her family history which she
began researching during her Honours
year.
“When I began researching I realised
there were lots of holes in my
documented family history and I
wanted to fill in these gaps,” says
Bethany. “The travel brochures show
the places where I have been able to
trace my ancestors back to, and portray
the way researching my Maori family
history from Australia makes me feel
like I am a tourist to my own culture.”
A second Duckpond award was
presented to Adelaide Central School
of Art graduate Kveta Deans. The award
in the category of 'All non-photographic
mediums' was awarded to Kveta for her
work presented at the twinBEE Studios.
The Print Now Award was presented
to Vizarts, O’Halloran Hill photography
Grandpa xo by Bethany Ashley
student Scott James. Based on the
submission of images for this year’s
SALA program, Scott’s photograph of
a fellow student was exhibited in A
Sparrow in Hand exhibition at Bruce
Wilson Gallery. The image was also
included on the cover of the SALA
program.
The award is worth $500 of printing at
Print Now which Scott says he will save
for the photographs he includes in his
graduating exhibition next year.
Registrations for the 10th SALA
Festival from 3-19 August 2007
are already open. To help raise
funds for the 2007 Festival come
along to the annual SALA Arts
Ball on Friday 20 October at the
Masonic Hall. Featuring a 10-piece
band and a delicious menu of food
and drinks it will be a night of
partying, fun and absolute swing!
Contact the SALA Festival Office
for registrations and SALA Ball
tickets (08) 8218 8450 or email
office@salafestival.com
Artist Call for the 2007 Adelaide Fringe
Registrations are now open to all artists for the 2007 Adelaide Fringe Festival. The first annual Adelaide Fringe will be
held from 8-31 March and provides artists with the opportunity to show their work to a wide audience.
The open access event celebrates all art forms, and encourages experienced and emerging artists or those just
wanting to have a go at performing, to register their involvement on the Fringe website: www.adelaidefringe.com.au
Artist registrations close on Friday 27 October 2006.
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Partner Schools Cross Borders
ith the assistance
of a Helpmann
Academy grant,
printmaking students from
Adelaide Centre for the
ARTS and Adelaide Central
School of Art recently had
the opportunity to travel to
Melbourne to soak up the
local art scene and attend
a print workshop. The two
partner school groups bonded
quickly to become the ‘Border
Crossings’ group.
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alongside professional printmakers such
as Ray Arnold and Martin King.
The location of the Australian Print
Workshop proved convenient for
visiting speciality art supply shops and
many of us stocked up on materials
not available in Adelaide. Of course the
surrounding boutiques and cafes were
thoroughly explored as well!
While we were in Melbourne we also
had the opportunity to attend the biannual Melbourne Art Fair featuring
over 80 national and international
galleries. At the Art Fair we were
treated to a comprehensive look at the
contemporary art scene and a valuable
overview of commercial galleries.
“We came by land, sea and air, well not
by sea, but we all found our own way to
Melbourne. ‘We’ are ten students from
Adelaide Centre for the ARTS and the
Adelaide Central School of Art along
with lecturer and excursion supervisor
Dianne Longley.
On Monday 31 July we met at the
National Gallery of Victoria to see the
Picasso Love and War lecture, which
gave us valuable background knowledge
with which to view the associated
exhibition.
Border Crossers L-R: Anna Austin, Di Longley,
Beth Evans, Liam Sankey and Mei Sheong Wong
The next day we began our project at
the Australian Print Workshop in Fitzroy.
Dianne had previously photographed
the Royal Melbourne Exhibition Building
and we worked to divide the image
and reproduce it as a collaborative dry
point. The two and a half day workshop
gave us the opportunity to work
Photograph: Lynda Allen
Our ‘Border Crossing’ excursion
gave us new skills in collaborating
in a professional access workshop
and inspiration from the latest
contemporary art. However, I think the
most valuable aspect of the excursion
was the friendships that were made
between students from different partner
schools.”
Beth Evans
Printmaking Student
Adelaide Centre for the ARTS
Vizarts Students on the Move
izarts, O'Halloran Hill
graduating students
present their final
showcase of work.
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Symbolising the transition from
graduating student to emerging artist
Moving On is the graduating exhibition
by Bachelor of Visual Art & Applied
Design students at Vizarts, O’Halloran
Hill.
To celebrate their graduation the
students have curated the exhibition
which features a diverse range of works
including drawing, printmaking, jewellery,
photography and painting. The work is
the completion of at least three years
of intensive study, and the emotive
search to find a place in the world of
professional artists.
Many of these talented students have
exhibited successfully during their time
at Vizarts and viewers will be delighted
with the high standard of works
presented in Moving On.
I Will Meet You in 5 Minutes
by Jeremy Piert
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Moving On opens at Gallery M on
Friday 13 October and will continue
until Sunday 5 November 2006.
Gallery M is at 287 Diagonal Road,
Oaklands Park. Gallery hours:
Monday to Friday 11am-4pm,
Saturday 12-4pm and Sunday 14pm. For more information contact
Mary Pulford 0414 361 817.
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I Like Barbies by Karin Walker
Silicon, Sequins, Botox and Barely there Frocks
By Lynda Allen
ith a bevy of sequins
and sparkling tiaras
The ‘Academy’
Awards was recently
presented at Higher Ground
by the Helpmann Academy’s
Foundation Front.
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The Foundation Front’s annual
showcase event The ‘Academy’ Awards
was a farcical evening of performances,
film, music and more by talented
performing and visual artists from the
Helpmann Academy’s partner schools.
With a theme based on the trashy and
ludicrous side of award events such as
the Academy, Logies and MTV Awards,
actors, singers, dancers, visual artists
and musicians created an alternative
awards extravaganza.
Welcomed by a red carpet and cohosts Lori Farmer and Tim Solly who
looked like they’d just stepped off a
plane from the real thing, guests were
treated to a night of highs and lows
of awards night entertainment. With
a large sprinkling of inflated egos,
disheveled clothing, sexual taboos
and sparkling tiaras the event was a
successful part of the South Australian
Living Artists Festival.
Prizes were awarded to the three best
acts on the night with the top prize of
$1,000 from the Adelaide City Council
awarded to Flinders Drama graduate
Alirio Zavarce. The Tits Out Tango
performed by AC Arts acting students
Renee Gentle, Ruth Buttery and Emily
McMahon received second prize of
$300 from the Helpmann Academy. A
slightly altered but highly entertaining
operatic rendition of We are the
Champions by Queen won third prize
for Elder Conservatorium of Music
Honours graduate Sky Ingram.
A visual art exhibition in the foyer of
Higher Ground was also a feature of
the night, with awards presented to
the four artists. First prize of a $200
voucher from STA Travel, Rundle Street
was awarded to AC Arts Screen Student
Nick Eades for his moving image work
Beneath it all: What’s done is done. AC
Arts jewellery graduate, Sun Woong
Bang’s intricate silver brooches won
the second prize of a $50 Dark Horsey
book voucher, with third and fourth
visual art prizes going to Lorelei Siegloff
and Catherine Edgell.
Dressing up for the 'Academy' Awards
Photograph: Keren Asser
competition won by the Helpmann
Academy’s very own Pam French.
The ‘Academy Awards’ is an initiative
of the Foundation Front committee,
the student/graduate body from the
Helpmann Academy’s partner schools.
To join Foundation Front or find out
more go to www.helpmann.sa.edu.au/
FoundationFront
But on the night of nights, sparkles
were the outright winner with the tiara
Join the Front!
Formed by visual and performing arts students and recent graduates from the Helpmann Academy’s partner schools, the Foundation
Front is a great way to connect with other art students and graduates and to access vital career information on grants, mentorships
and gaining exposure. Becoming a member of the Foundation Front also means you’ll get discounts at its partner organisations
including:
Dark Horsey Bookshop
> 15% off the cost of the special book title of the month (see website for monthly titles).
> 50% discount off the same book to the 20th Foundation Front customer each month.
Sprouts Vegetarian Restaurant
> 15% off the cost of food and drinks.
Higher Ground
> 15% discount at the Higher Ground café.
> $5 entry fee to any Supermegafashion! event at Higher Ground.
STA Travel Rundle Street
> 5% discount on tours and accommodation within Australia.
> Up to 5% discount on International Flights.
> A FREE Student (full time)/ or Youth to 26yrs/ or Teacher (full time) card - when booking an international
flight with STA (this card entitles holders to a wide range of further discounts in Australia and overseas i.e.
galleries/accommodation).
3Ply Events
> 15% discount on services provided (art direction, styling, make up & hair, costume & set designs)
Irving Baby!
> 10% discount on full-price clothing and accessories at both Irving Baby! stores.
For more information including locations, hours and contacts go to www.helpmann.sa.edu.au/FoundationFront
If you are a current student or graduate (finished study at the end of 2002 or sooner) then you can join the Foundation
Front by sending an email to: helpmann@tafe.sa.edu.au with your: name, address, Helpmann Academy Partner School,
course, current level of study/year graduated.
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A Spectrum of Great Music
park up your Sunday
afternoons with a
spectrum of great music
featuring outstanding musicians
from the Elder Conservatorium
of Music.
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Beginning on 8 October and continuing
every Sunday afternoon, Sunday
Spectrum at the Adelaide Festival
Centre will present a diverse mix
of fine music and visual art. The
themed program of exhibitions and
performances includes a range of
emerging musicians from the Elder
Conservatorium of Music eager to
showcase their talents on a new stage.
“With such a wide variety of musical
styles in a short, sharp and shiny hour,
and at such an accessible price the
Spectrum program will be fantastic,”
says opera singer Sky Ingram. “I’m
really looking forward to being part of
the program because it’s such a great
project with the potential to continue
for a number of years.”
Sky Ingram recently won the State
Final and Vocal Prize of the MBS Young
Performers’ Award and will compete
for the national honours in November.
As part of the Colour My World theme
on Sunday 15 October Sky will perform
a selection of songs from comedy
to opera and sexy French numbers
with spicy, snappy and soothing
sophistication.
In the Cultural & Music Interpretations
program the talented Jamie Adam
will perform Japanese and European
compositions on the marimba. Jamie
was the winner of this year’s Adelaide
The Kshema Flute Quartet performing on Sunday 10 December
Bank Award for the top arts graduate
and the runner up in the first ever
international concerto competition for
marimba players held in Slovenia in
2005.
On 10 December the Kshema Flute
Quartet will perform an eclectic mix of
musical genres portraying the nature of
the human spirit, including the ethereal
musing of Schocker’s Nymphs and
the discord of Mower’s Fictions. The
uniquely expressive vocalising of the
Kshema Flute Quartet will portray the
soul’s journey through despair, joy,
suffering and ultimately to tenacious
survival.
Award winning Jazz artists from the
Elder Conservatorium are also a feature
of the Sunday Spectrum program with
the Jonathan Hunt Trio (17 December)
and Brendan Lim and Sam Zerna
(14 January), mixing their individual
styles into new musical collaboration
and original works. And when you’re
looking for something to enjoy on
a Sunday in late January the Skyline
Quartet will entertain you on 21
January with their passion for chamber
music, dynamic energy and vision for
outstanding ensemble playing.
From 8 October throughout
summer the Sunday Spectrum
program will be held in the
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
(via upper plaza) from 2.30-3.30pm
with fine wine and antipasto plates
available for purchase from 2pm.
Tickets $15 Adult/$10 Concession.
Book at BASS 131 246 or at the
AFC BASS counter on the day. For
the full program of performances
contact (08) 8216 8557.
European Experience for Baby Face
and transition as, during one moody day
at high school, the lives of the students
are altered forever.
delaide Centre for the
ARTS Dance graduate
Kelly Alexander is
currently choreographing a new
work for Fresh Bred, the SA
Youth Dance Ensemble.
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From 2004 Kelly Alexander spent
18 months in Europe, where she
performed in numerous dance theatre
works throughout Germany, Spain,
Hungary and Finland. During this time
she was also privileged to undertake
a professional attachment with
Tanztheatre Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
Kelly now brings her European
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Baby Face features music by local
composer Adam Page with rehearsal
assistance from Veronica Shum. The
work is supported by the South
Australian Youth Arts Board.
Kelly Alexander
experiences to the creation of her new
work titled Baby Face. The performance
explores the nature of courage, change,
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Baby Face will be presented at
7.30pm in Ausdance’s new Atrium
Studio, Level 3, Station Arcade, 136
North Terrace, Adelaide from 1921 October, as part of Choreolab.
Tickets $10/$5. Bookings through
Ausdance SA on (08) 8212 0825 or
email sa@ausdance.org.au
New Collaboration to Honour Mozart
n 28 October the St
Peter’s Cathedral
Choir and Adelaide Art
Orchestra (AdAO) will combine
for the first time to celebrate
the 250th anniversary of
Mozart’s birth with Vesperae.
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Elder Conservatorium graduate
Anthony Hunt recently won the
prestigious Geoffrey Parsons Award
and is a featured performer in the 2006
Cathedral Series as an organist, pianist
and director.
The performance which will include
Mozart’s Solemn Vespers and Exultate,
Jubilate, will be conducted by the
Adelaide Art Orchestra’s Artistic
Director Timothy Sexton as part of the
2006 Cathedral Series of concerts.
The Choir and Orchestra are made
up of musicians from a variety of
backgrounds, including a number of
students and graduates from the Elder
Conservatorium of Music, both Anthony
and Jessica, and AdAO Concertmaster,
Carolyn Lam, all of whom are first-class
honours graduates.
“The Cathedral Choir is one of the
state’s oldest musical institutions,
while the AdAO is Adelaide’s newest
orchestra,” he said. “It’s also exciting
to have performers like Anthony Hunt
(organ) and Jessica Dean (soprano)
featured.”
Timothy Sexton, himself a graduate
of the Conservatorium, notes the
importance of mixing young musicians
with experienced talent. “For the young
trebles in the Cathedral Choir, working
with singers like Jessica and seeing
professional orchestral players at work
is an experience they will never forget,”
he said.
The Cathedral Choir and director
Leonie Hempton were recently
featured in a recording of a Service of
Nine Lessons and Carols for ABC TV, to
be broadcast nationally on Christmas
Eve to an estimated audience of one
million people. Later this year the choir
will release its fifth CD before setting
off on its inaugural overseas tour to
England.
Vesperae will be performed on 28
October at 7.30pm in St Peter’s
Cathedral, North Adelaide. Tickets
$25/$20 primary school students
free. Bookings can be made online
www.stpeterscathedralchoir.org/
book with ticket sales at the door.
Two beers, two blokes, two chicks…
By Lynda Allen
n her professional debut
as an independent theatre
director Two by Jim
Cartwright will be directed by
Flinders Drama graduate Toni
Main.
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Set in a pub owned by an endlessly
bickering couple Two is a sharp and
touching slice of life. Over the course
of a night a range of strange and
wonderful characters drop into the
pub for a drink but leave their mark in
humour and sadness with the audience.
A little boy is left behind by his father,
a young couple search for meaning in
their lives, an old man still talks to his
dead wife and of course the publican
and his wife bring their own issues
to life on the pub stage as they move
towards reconciliation.
Just four actors skillfully weave fourteen
characters into story: Tanya Kaploon,
Scott Fraser, Margot Politis and Tim
Lucas - all graduates of Flinders Drama
Centre. Costume design is by AC Arts
design graduate Giovanna D’Angelo and
for a real-life pub feel Rick Foster has
composed music for a live band.
“I read Two while I was studying
and loved the beautiful study of
relationships and of individuals,” says
Director Toni Main. “The play portrays
a community that has fallen together, a
community that is taken for granted but
may in fact be just the support system
the characters need.”
Toni Main graduated with Honours in
Directing at Flinders University Drama
Centre in 2005. She directed Out of the
Boot with Urban Myth in July this year
and in June was Assistant Director for
Windmill’s production of Two Weeks
with the Queen. This performance will
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mark her debut as an independent
theatre director in Adelaide and the
beginning of her professional career.
Two is supported by the Helpmann
Academy and SAYAB.
Two will be performed at 7.30pm
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Saturday 11-22 October 2006
(preview Tuesday 10 October, all
tickets $12) at the Wheatsheaf
Hotel, 39 George Street,
Thebarton. Tickets $18 Adult/$12
Concession. Bookings 0402 301 710.
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The Helpmann Academy's Optus Mentorship Sch
By Lynda Allen
However, the flexible nature of the
scheme allows some mentorships to
run as an intensive period over one
week, or from interstate and overseas
- depending on the needs of both the
mentor and mentoree.
upporting young and
emerging artists, the
Optus Mentorship Scheme
has now been recognised with a
Giving Award from AbaF.
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Going from strength to strength since
2002 the Optus Mentorship Scheme
has established 55 partnerships
between emerging artists and mentors.
The program assists emerging artists
to gain the necessary support and
networks to further their career in the
arts by placing them into meaningful
professional partnership relationships
with established leadership artists and
arts industry professionals.
Now in its fifth year the Optus
Mentorship Scheme was recently
awarded the Giving Award by the
Australian Business Arts Foundation in
the South Australian state finals of their
annual awards. The Mentorship Scheme
is now in the running for a national
AbaF award.
“The Mentorship Scheme is a success
due to the flexible and individual nature
of the mentorship relationships and
also a result of the ongoing support and
involvement of individual patrons, Optus
and Arts SA,” says Libby Raupach,
Executive Director Helpmann Academy.
“Through the mentorships the
emerging artists have received
encouragement and support, increased
their professional networks and
received valuable real world survival
tips as well as artistic feedback,” says
Libby.
Printmaker Anna Austin
(mentored by Bill Young)
Feedback from both the mentors
and mentorees in the scheme has
almost universally been positive, and
the mentor is often challenged and
inspired as much as the mentoree. Many
relationships established during the
scheme have continued past the official
mentorship period and developed into
working together on larger projects.
Photograph: Heidi Linehan
Once selected for the program
the emerging artist nominates a
professional artist they would like to be
mentored by. The Helpmann Academy
then brings the mentor and mentoree
together to discuss the mentorship
arrangement which usually consists of a
minimum of 20 hours over 12 months.
This year the Optus Mentorship
Scheme will run a second round.
Applications close Friday 17
November. Forms are available
from the Helpmann Academy (08)
8463 5013 or www.helpmann.sa.edu.
au/services/mentorships
Mentor Amanda Phillips with Alison Currie
Photograph: Heidi Linehan
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cheme Wins AbaF Award
Mentorship Provides a 2 Tiered Opportunity
n Optus Mentorship
team now has the
opportunity to exhibit
together.
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During November the Contemporary
Art Centre of South Australia will
present an exhibition featuring three
mentorship teams based in Adelaide,
in Mentor Mentored2. Aimed at
providing both the exhibitors and the
audience with valuable insights into the
approaches, techniques, and concerns
of emerging and established artists, the
exhibition includes photographic artists
Mark Kimber and Aurelia Carbone.
In 2005 Adelaide photographer Mark
Kimber and South Australian School of
Art Honours graduate Aurelia Carbone
embarked on an Optus Mentorship.
Their time spent together through
the mentorship scheme has provided
Aurelia with the opportunity to develop
her digital photographic work. Over
the past year she has had work in a
range of exhibitions but the upcoming
Mentor Mentored2 exhibition at CACSA
will be the pièce de résistance of her
mentorship.
hone my skills as a visual artist,” says
Aurelia Carbone. “Mark has encouraged
me to enter competitions to promote
my work and we have outlined a plan
of attack for me to find an interstate
exhibition venue and we are working
steadily towards that goal.”
“The mentorship with Mark was an
overwhelmingly positive experience.
It’s remarkable to have such a
knowledgeable person to help me
The Mentor Mentored2 exhibition,
conceived and curated by Alan
Cruickshank, is the second exhibition
at CACSA to feature emerging artists
Aurelia Carbone with mentor Mark Kimber
Photograph: Toby Richardson
who have support from key figures in
the South Australian visual art industry.
A catalogue essay will accompany the
exhibition.
Mentor Mentored2 will be held at
the Contemporary Art Centre of
South Australia from 3 November
to 10 December. CACSA is at 14
Porter Street, Parkside. Gallery
hours: Tuesday to Friday 11am-5pm
and weekends 1-5pm.
Shifting the Horizon
rom undertaking a
Helpmann Academy Optus
Mentorship to working
on two major collaborations
this year, dancer and emerging
choreographer Alison Currie is
taking the right steps.
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In 2004 Alison Currie was awarded an
Optus Mentorship from the Helpmann
Academy to work with independent
South Australian choreographer Amanda
Phillips. The mentorship has created
many successful performance outcomes
and seen their working relationship
continue over the last three years
– beyond the usual time frame of the
mentorship scheme.
“The mentorship has given Alison the
opportunity to work closely with me
and has also provided me with a twoway exchange to nurture and research
my choreography with a dedicated
performer,” says Amanda Phillips.
“Alison and I now work together as a
continuum of our mentorship because
we believe in each other. There’s a
passion and drive for what we do and
what we want to achieve here in South
Australia.”
Shanghai, China, for her program of
Shifting Horizons a performing arts
cultural exchange between China and
Australia. Held between October
and December this year, the program
includes international workshops,
lectures and performances.
In October Alison will perform Crush,
a new work co-directed by Amanda
and Frances d’Ath, as part of the I
Hear Motion Festival at Golden Grove
Arts Centre. In this project Alison will
perform with Lisa Griffiths, Gala Moody
and Adam Synnott all currently working
with Leigh Warren and Dancers. The
work will bring together the unique
collaboration of Amanda Phillips and
Alexander Mitchell, a current Masters
in Composition student at the Elder
Conservatorium of Music.
“Amanda has allowed me to explore
creative and performance opportunities
that are now taking me internationally.
She has always given me inspiration,
support and direction to pursue
new career outcomes and new and
innovative approaches to performance,”
says Alison.
Alison and Alexander will also be part
of the team working with Amanda in
H E L P M A N N
The premiere of Crush will be
performed at 7.30pm Thurs-Fri
12-13 October at Golden Grove
Arts Centre, Cnr The Golden Way
and Tenison Place, Golden Grove.
Tickets $18/$12. Bookings (08)
8289 5111.
A C A D E M Y
U P D A T E
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The End of the Student Journey…
delaide Centre for
the ARTS visual art
students present
their end of year graduating
exhibitions.
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At least three years of hard work and
dedication for Adelaide Centre for the
ARTS Bachelor of Visual Arts & Applied
Design students will culminate in two
exhibitions in the Light Square Gallery
during October and November.
The Road Less Travelled and Merge will
showcase the graduating students’ work
and depict their diverse journeys at AC
Arts.
The Road Less Travelled
26 October to 9 November
Opening 6pm Wednesday 25 October
Merge
16 to 30 November
Opening 6pm Wednesday 15 November
The exhibitions will feature a range of
disciplines including painting, drawing,
photography, ceramics, jewellery,
printmaking and sculpture. Each artist
will exhibit work from their major
discipline, representing years of intense
learning, practice and conceptual pursuit.
Kate by Alice Potter
from the Merge exhibition
“From this exhibition our artistic paths
may diverge but we all hope that they
will, at times, cross over again to allow
future collaborations,” said graduating
student Talia Wignall.
Sediment Lines by Erin Lykos
from The Road Less Travelled exhibition
The exhibitions will be held at Light
Square Gallery, Adelaide Centre
for the ARTS, 39 Light Square,
Adelaide. Gallery hours: Monday to
Friday 9am-5pm. Gallery contact
(08) 8463 5032.
Norway.Today
cting graduates portray
the search for the
meaning of life in
Norway.Today.
A
magazine about a 24-year Norwegian
looking for someone to commit suicide
with. Through an Internet chat-room
he found a young Austrian girl and ten
days later they both jumped off the
Norwegian Prekestolen Rock into a
600m deep revine. Based on the shock
of this premise Bauersima has written
his play as an investigation of how an
event like this could even occur and
how their relationship could evolve
throughout their endgame.
Antje Gunther and Nathan O’Keefe
will perform the Australian premiere
of Norway.Today by Igor Bauersima
at Bakehouse Theatre from 3-18
November. Translated from German by
Dr Marlene J. Norst the performance
is directed by Justin McGuiness with
sound and lighting design by Peter
Neilson and Nic Mollison.
Julie (played by Flinders Drama graduate
Antje Gunther) from Germany is
looking for someone to join with her in
a suicide pact, and through her website
meets August (AC Arts graduate
Nathan O’Keefe) from Australia.
Julie proposes that he meet her on a
mountain in Norway equipped with a
tent, food and video camera. They are
two people from different continents
who come together, fall in love and say
goodbye.
Julie and August suffer from a form of
post-modern illness that has emerged
from a lack of meaning and purpose
in their lives. They are reacting against
an empty middleclass existence where
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H E L P M A N N
A C A D E M Y
Norway.Today examines the tensions
between what is real and what is
fake, what defines a sense of identity
between a virtual reality and the reality
of being alive. A teen angst cliffhanger
for the twenty first century.
nothing is easy, because everything has
always been too easy. They long to feel
something real and intense and on the
edge of the cliff from which they plan
to jump they catch a glimpse of what’s
missing and what life could be.
Igor Bauersima’s play was inspired by a
newspaper article in the German Spiegel
U P D A T E
Norway.Today will be performed
at 8pm Wednesday to Saturday
from 3-18 November at Bakehouse
Theatre, 255 Angas Street,
Adelaide. Tickets $18/$14 Adults/
Concession & Fringe Benefits.
Bookings (08) 8227 0505.
An Electronic Summer in Paris
between sonic and visual artists. These
discussions allowed me to share my
own experiences in this area, as well as
learn some other strategies which may
work well in the future.
ith the assistance
of a Helpmann
Academy grant Elder
Conservatorium of Music PhD
student Luke Harrald spent the
European Summer in Paris for
the CCMIX Summer Intensive.
The centre for electronic and
computer music was a hotbed
for Luke’s creativity. Here he
writes about the experience.
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A highlight of the course was
a presentation of films by the
experimental American filmmaker Stan
Brakhage. The late filmmaker’s wife,
Marilyn Brakhage, presented these from
the original prints at a local cinema.
Brakhage’s films are predominantly
silent as he considered them ‘visual
music’. Brakhage studied with John
Cage and Edgard Varese in order to
gain deeper insight into music, with
musical ideas featuring prominently in
the structures of his films. Viewing the
films in their original format, shown as
he intended, was a rare experience.
“The Centre de Création Musicale
Iannis Xenakis (CCMIX) is a centre for
new music founded by the composer
Iannis Xenakis in 1985. Established to
promote Xenakis’ research, the centre
has become a key hub for electronic
and computer music in France, and is
now known the world over.
The month long CCMIX Summer
Intensive included nine international
students from: Australia (me!), Greece,
Ireland, Malta, Taiwan, the UK and the
USA.
I met several internationally renowned
composers including, Gerard Pape,
Horaccio Vaggione and Trevor Wishart,
and had the opportunity to work with
the UPIC system. UPIC is a visual
electronic music system developed by
Xenakis (there are only three left in
the world and the only one of these
Luke Harrald in Paris
in public use is at CCMIX). As an
electronic musician, using the UPIC was
very interesting in that it interprets
graphic scores created by the composer
and turns them into sound waves.
The main emphasis of the summer
intensive was the combination of
sound and visuals. There were many
lively discussions on the successes
and difficulties of collaboration
The main goal of the course was the
creation of new work so the intensive
culminated in a concert. I created an
audio/video work entitled Monuments
which paid homage to the architecture
of Paris, something I found extremely
foreign and inspiring at the same time.”
Luke Harrald
PhD Student
Elder Conservatorium of Music
A Picture Paints a Thousand…
By Lynda Allen
hile ‘A picture paints
a thousands words’
could be true, Prue
Gramp discovers that words
can paint a thousand pictures.
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In The Sum of Everything exhibition
South Australian School of Art Honours
student Prue Gramp looks beyond
the conventional meanings of language
to delve into the similarities between
writing and drawing, to compare their
quality of process, gesture and imagery.
“I have been investigating illegible writing
and exploring work that distances
writing from reading and its function as
a visual semiotic,” says Prue Gramp. “It
is the process of writing and its power
to represent the desire to communicate
that I am interested in, rather than
works which centre on communicating
particular ideas or meanings in the text.”
Showing elements of transition,
movement, decay and destruction, the
work in The Sum of Everything has been
created through Prue’s development
of an experimental technique. The
technique involves painting with ink
and mixed media in the bottom of
cardboard boxes and on the back of
canvases which are then cast with
plaster to lift an image from the original
surface.
“The process involves the decay and
destruction of the legibility of the
original ‘drawing’ and has links with
different systems in the history of
painting, drawing and writing,” says Prue.
Supported by the Helpmann Academy,
the South Australian Youth Arts Board,
Fox Creek Wines and Urban Cow
Studio the exhibition also includes
some experimental works on paper.
H E L P M A N N
Untitled by Prue Gramp
The Sum of Everything will be held
until 22 October at Urban Cow
Gallery, upstairs 11 Frome Road,
Adelaide. Gallery hours: Monday to
Thursday 10am-6pm, Friday 10am–
9pm, Saturday 10am–5pm, Sunday
12–5pm. Gallery contact (08) 8232
6126.
A C A D E M Y
U P D A T E
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Dancing in the South-East
By Lynda Allen
delaide Centre for the
ARTS dance graduate
Gavin Clarke is working
to increase awareness of
contemporary dance in the
South East.
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Spurred on by his successful dance
classes for boys at Mount Gambier
High School in 2005, Gavin Clarke has
returned to his hometown once again
to develop a new dance work and
present a series of workshops to high
school-aged students.
With the assistance of an Arts SA grant
and the South-East School’s Dance
Network Gavin will present a series
of 16 workshop programs from late
September to October.
The workshops will be presented by
dancers and choreographers from
national dance companies, including Zac
Jones (former Qld Ballet, Expressions),
Tim Harvey and Alistair MacIndoe
(Balletlab) and local dancers Jose
Gonzalez, Kelly Alexander and Carlie
Angel. Through the students’ access to
these professional dancers Gavin aims
to increase awareness and interest in
dance in the South-East.
“Growing up in the South-East I wasn’t
exposed to much dance performance,
the focus was really on sport,” says
Gavin. “But through the workshops I
would really like to bring to the region
a more ‘rough and tumble’ style of
Dancing in the South-East L-R Gavin Clarke, Carlie Angel and Kelly Alexander
Photograph: Tim Harvey
dance – something which the local kids
can relate to.”
The workshops will include elements
from contact improvisation and
contemporary dance, along with
material derived from Gavin’s
experience of dance growing up in a
rural area, and will culminate in a public
showing.
and get excited about it.”
Working with Mt Gambier High School
to successfully implement dance classes
for boys as part of their curriculum,
Gavin continues to promote dance to
boys through example, with many of the
workshops run by male dancers.
To find out more or to get involved
contact Gavin Clarke on 0410 627
769.
“By involving the students in the
process of creating a dance performance
from start to finish we hope that the
community will feel part of the event
Elder Evening Spring Concerts
Spring marks the end of the 2006 Elder Evening Concerts Series.
On 14 October Tribute showcases the acclaimed Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra conducted by Robert
Hower. The works in this program are all Australian premières commissioned by the doyen of wind orchestra,
conductor Timothy Reynish, in memory of his son William. Tributes include Dances from Crete by Adam Gorb,
Symphony for William by Derek Bourgeois and Song of Lir by Fergal Carroll.
The Finale concert for the year on 25 November will present the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra
under the baton of Keith Crellin performing Rachmaninov’s sensational Symphony No.2, while rising star second year
Bachelor of Music student Louise McKay will perform the Dvorak Cello Concerto, one of the greatest concertos in the
cello repertoire.
Beginning at 6.30pm the Elder Evening Concerts are held in Elder Hall, University of Adelaide,
North Terrace, Adelaide. Tickets $22/$17/$12 are available from Bass outlets or by phoning 131 246.
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H E L P M A N N
A C A D E M Y
U P D A T E
Records of Affection
at Central Gallery
By Margot Osborne
ortraits, landscapes
and still lives feature in
exhibitions at Adelaide
Central Gallery during October
and November.
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Rob Gutteridge is exhibiting a large
body of new work Records of Affection
at Adelaide Central Gallery until 14
October. His latest paintings and
drawings continue his focus on body
portraits and landscape but introduce a
new experimental orientation in use of
colour.
In a series of landscapes of the view to
Mount Lofty from North Adelaide the
colours shift from muted greys to vibrant,
almost fluorescent mauves and yellows.
Similarly in the figurative paintings we
see a transition from tonal realism and
montage to use of non-naturalistic
colour and a pared-back abstraction
of composition. Gutteridge has a
highly analytical approach to figuration,
underpinned by meticulous attention to
anatomical accuracy.
From 20 October to 11 November
fifteen artists from Central Studios will
be exhibiting in a group show, simply
titled Red. The studios which were
moved from Norwood to a large old
Bowl with Lemons and Spoon, still life by Don Rankin
building near the Central Markets in 2003
have an enduring and close relationship
with Adelaide Central School of Art.
Artists who currently have studios there
and who will be taking part in Red include
Christopher Orchard (current chair), Lisa
Young, Nona Burden, Kirsty Martinson,
Laima Politis, Laura Wills,Yve Thompson,
Andreas Christensen, Paul Limpus, Areti
Devetzidis, Mervyn Cole, Monica Majzoub
and Raels Shearer.
Opening on 17 November, Still Lives
features three quite different approaches
to the still life genre with paintings by
Lisa Young and Don Rankin and ceramics
by Gerry Wedd.
Adelaide Central Gallery, 45 Osmond
Terrace, Norwood is open 9am-5pm
Monday to Friday and 11am-4pm
Saturday. For more information
phone (08) 8364 2809.
Hometown Musical
rooke Johnson’s lifetime
dream to stage her own
musical is finally taking
shape in her rural Victorian
hometown.
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Based on Brooke Johnson's own
experiences of growing up in a separated
family The Woods of Rosedene musical
will be performed in November in the
surrounds of her family’s restaurant The
Rusty Nail near Warracknabeal, Victoria.
Growing up in rural Victoria, Brooke
gained a vocal scholarship at Queens
Anglican Grammar School. While there
she toured New Zealand as lead and
sole singer of 18-member band Stage
Band. She later managed Ballarat and
Queens Chapel Choir before completing
a Music Foundations course through
Box Hill TAFE. Then followed a Bachelor
of Music at the Elder Conservatorium
of Music in 2003 and the start of her
career as a singing teacher.
Last year she returned home
determined to write a musical, take on a
few singing students and also work with
her father at The Rusty Nail restaurant.
With an overwhelming response from
the local community to be involved
and to support the musical, Brooke is
looking forward to presenting five nights
of entertainment in early November.
Initially set inside the restaurant, further
scenes will be performed outside the
restaurant with a backdrop of large gums
and the dry Yarriambiack Creek. The
Woods of Rosedene uses fantasy, colour
and magic to send a positive message to
young people brought up in separated
families.
“The musical is based on the events of
people in my life who have lived as part
of a broken or combined family,” Brooke
said. “It’s also based on the lives of all
children who have believed in something
magical and beautiful and sends a
positive message of faith and courage.”
With an original musical score The
Woods of Rosedene is a humorous fastmoving musical with a cast of seven main
characters and almost 30 minor roles.
H E L P M A N N
Brooke Johnson outside The Rusty Nail
restaurant near Warracknabeal, Vic
The Woods of Rosedene will be
performed from 8-12 November
2006 at The Rusty Nail restaurant,
Warracknabeal. For tickets or more
information contact: (03) 5398 1154.
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U P D A T E
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Partner Schools
The Business of Art
Join the Friends of the Helpmann Academy
for The Business of Art on Wednesday 11
October.
The Helpmann Academy was incorporated in November
1994. The not for profit organisaton was established as a
support organisation for its partner schools:
The Friends of the Helpmann Academy invite you to
an enjoyable and informative evening at Peter Walker
Fine Art Gallery.
Discover the success of local artists and how they
‘made it’. Unravel the mystery of collecting, buying
and selling art. Work out why it is a good idea to
start an art collection earlier rather than later...
Adelaide Centre for the ARTS
Vizarts, O'Halloran Hill
Tafe SA
Adelaide Central School of Art
Elder Conservatorium of Music
University of Adelaide
6.30pm for 7.00pm start at Peter Walker Fine
Art Gallery, 101 Walkerville Terrace, Walkerville.
Refreshments and finger food will be served. Limited
to 60 guests. Tickets Members $10, Non-Members
$40 (includes a 12 month Friends membership).
Flinders Drama & Screen Centres
Flinders University
RSVP Pam French by 3 October, (08) 8463 5013 or
email: pfrench@tafe.sa.edu.au
South Australian School of Art
University of South Australia
2006
Mentorship Patrons
Helpmann Academy Board and
Foundation Board
Helpmann Academy Board
of Governors
Helpmann Academy
Foundation Board
Patron: Her Excellency The Governor,
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC, CVO, MBE
Patron: Scott Hicks, Film Director
Board Members
Foundation Board Members
Ms Christie Anthoney
Director, 2007 Adelaide Fringe
Mr Michael Abbott QC
Professor Michael Innes
Executive Dean, Faculty of Humanities &
Social Sciences, University of Adelaide
Professor Richard Maltby
Head, School of Humanities
Flinders University
Professor Michael Rowan
Pro Vice Chancellor
Div. of Education, Arts & Social Sciences
University of South Australia
Mr Daryl Stillwell
Managing Director, Stillwell Management
Consultants Pty Ltd
Ms Ginger Taylor Fitzpatrick
Chair, Helpmann Academy Foundation
Board
Dr Geoff Wood
Representing DFEEST
H E L P M A N N
Mr Albert Bensimon
Managing Director, Transworld Jewellery
Mr James Bruce
Director, Bonhams & Bruce Auction House
Mr Ollie Clark AM
Christopher Menz
Director, Art Gallery of South Australia
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Chair: Ms Ginger Taylor Fitzpatrick
A C A D E M Y
Ms Annette Coleman
Friends Committee
Ms Nicky Downer AM
Arts Consultant
Mr Thomas Gleghorn OAM
Artist
Ms Diana Jaquillard
Director, Graphic Language Design Pty Ltd
Ms Liz McGrice
Publisher, Advertiser Enterprises
Mr Daryl Stillwell
Managing Director
Stillwell Management Consultants Pty Ltd
U P D A T E
Michael Abbott and Sue Crafter
Ross Adler
James and Diana Bruce
Christopher and Margaret Burrell
Libby Dunsford
Envestra
Barry Fitzpatrick
Alan Greig
David Griffiths
David Hall
Michael and Kathy Harbison
Kerry Heysen-Hicks
John Irving
Diana and Philippe Jaquillard
Peter and Rebecca Kennedy
Carla Kertesz
Emma Lardner
Brian Lynch
Rosemary Michell
Chris and Julie Michelmore
Rainer and Hilda Mohaupt
Bill and Margot Phillipson
Judy and George Potter
Lyn and Sue Punshon
Arthur Raftopoulos
David and Janet Rice
Tim and Judy Rogers
Roger Sexton
Mark Sheppard
Michael Silberling
Ezekiel Solomon
John and Gale Spalvins
Jane Stillwell
Peter Walker and Caroline Webber
Graham Walters
Malcolm and Gail Wicks
Adam Wynn
Corporate Sponsors
– Platinum Sponsor
Members and Supporters of the Academy
The following individuals and organisations are supporting talented South Australian emerging artists...
Sponsors
Donors
Foundation Front
Adelaide Convention Centre
Adelaide Research and Innovation P/L
Baron Partners
Billy Hyde - John Reynolds
Coriole
dB Magazine
Document Services, UniSA
Edenhall
Eden Valley Wines
Envestra
Graphic Language Design
Heathvale
Henschke
Hill Smith Gallery
Irvine
Karl Seppelt
Linehan Scott Design
Motown Media
Peter Walker Fine Art
Rann Communications
Stillwell Management Consultants P/L
The Rolling Pin
Woodside Cheeses
Yalumba
M Abbott QC
Barry Alderson
S Beaumont
A Bensimon
Judge David and Charlotte Bright
Nicky Downer AM
T and E Gleghorn
Diana Jaquillard
A Kidman
Sue and Keith Langley
B Lynch
Sir Keith Michell
Hon Justice Kemeri Murray AO
Matthew O'Shaughnessy
J Phillips
Judith Roberts AO
Richard and Trish Ryan
Mary Lou Simpson
Jeffrey Smart
Tony and Helen Stacey
Ginger Taylor Fitzpatrick
Judith Wainwright
Tracey Whiting
P Williams
Roger Zubrinich
Patron: Kate Kendall, Actor
H E L P M A N N
Graduate Representative:
Anna Goodhind
Friends Committee
Annette Coleman - Coordinator
Kali Hunter Constantine
Nicky Downer AM
Beth Greiner
Sue Herald
Diana Jaquillard
Catriona MacLachlan-Lester
Andrew Steinwedel
Trish Storer
Margie Strathearn
Support young and emerging
artists by joining the Friends of
the Helpmann Academy.
Download a form from:
www.helpmann.sa.edu.au/friends
Or contact the Helpmann
Academy on (08) 8463 5013.
A C A D E M Y
U P D A T E
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DIARY DATES October - November 06
DANCE
ADELAIDE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
4-9 December - Graduating performance by
3rd Year Dancers. Choreographed by Lina
Limosani. Main Theatre, AC Arts, 39 Light
Square, Adelaide. Tickets $10/$5. Bookings
(08) 8463 5005.
AC Arts related dance
19-21 October BABY FACE choreographed
by Kelly Alexander will be presented as part
of Choreolab, 7.30pm Ausdance, Level 3,
Station Arcade, 136 North Terrace, Adelaide.
Tickets $10/$5. Bookings through Ausdance
SA on (08) 8212 0825 or email sa@
ausdance.org.au.
DRAMA
ADELAIDE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
8, 9, 11, 12 December - Graduating
performance by 3rd Year Actors. Directed by
Rosalba Clemente. Xspace, AC Arts, 39 Light
Square, Adelaide. Tickets $10/$5. Bookings
(08) 8463 5005.
Flinders Drama Centre related drama
11 to 22 October - TWO directed by Toni
Main a slice of life and community spirit set
in a pub. 7.30pm on Tues-Thurs and Sats at
the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street,
Thebarton. Tickets $18/$12. Bookings 0402
301 710.
3,4, 8 to11,15 to18 November – NORWAY,
TODAY directed by Justin McGuiness. A
comedy about the meaning and meaningless
of life; a suicide story that gives hope.
Featuring Nathan O’Keefe (AC Arts) and
Antje Guenther (Flinders) 8pm in Bakehouse
Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide.
Bookings (08) 8227 0505.
MUSIC
ELDER CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC
The University of Adelaide, North Terrace,
Adelaide. Ph. (08) 8303 5995.
Elder Evening Concerts Elder Hall, North
Terrace, Adelaide. Tickets $22/$17/$12 book
at BASS 131 246.
Saturday 14 October 6.30pm - TRIBUTE
showcasing the Elder Conservatorium Wind
Orchestra conducted by Robert Hower.
The works in this program are all Australian
premières commissioned by the doyen of
wind orchestra, conductor Timothy Reynish,
in memory of his son William.
Saturday 25 November 6.30pm - FINALE
will present the Elder Conservatorium
Symphony Orchestra under the baton of
Keith Crellin performing Rachmaninov’s
sensational Symphony No.2, while rising
star second year Bachelor of Music student
Louise McKay will perform the Dvorak Cello
Concerto, one of the greatest concertos in
the cello repertoire.
FRIDAY LUNCH HOUR CONCERTS
1.10pm in Elder Hall, North Terrace,
Adelaide, tickets $5 at the door. More info
(08) 8303 5925.
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H E L P M A N N
A C A D E M Y
Elder related performance
28 October - VESPERAE St Peter's Cathedral
Choir & Adelaide Art Orchestra/Timothy
Sexton 7:30pm, St Peter’s Cathedral, North
Adelaide. Tickets $20/$25 Primary School
Students FREE. Bookings can be made online
www.stpeterscathedralchoir.org/book with
ticket sales at the door.
VISUAL ART
ADELAIDE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART
Adelaide Central Gallery, 45 Osmond
Terrace, Norwood (08) 8364 2809. Hours:
9am-5pm Monday to Friday and 11am-4pm
Saturday.
Until 14 October – RECORDS OF
AFFECTION exhibition of paintings by Rob
Gutteridge.
20 October to 11 November – RED Central
studios exhibiton in the Main Gallery, with
YVE THOMPSON exhibition in the Studio
Gallery.
17 November to 6 December – STILL LIVES
exhibition of works by Lisa Young, Don
Rankin and Gerry Wedd in Main Gallery,
with DI LONGLEY exhibition in the Studio
Gallery.
ARTIST TALKS - Adelaide Central School
of Art presents Artspeak a regular series
of fortnightly artist talks on Wednesday
evenings from 6-7pm.
ACSA related exhibitions
Until 29 October - LA VIE EN ROSE
exhibition featuring glass and sculpture
by Jenny Pedlar, Jacqueline Coates, Jane
Smeets and Lincoln Kirby-Bell. Artistic
License Gallery & Studio, 48 Melbourne
St, North Adelaide. (08) 8367 0174, www.
artisticlicense.com.au
2 to 24 November - THE COOL SLOW
is an exhibition of new works by Adelaide
based artist Anton Hart that will explore
the condition of contemporary painting and
architectural space.
29 November to 3 December – BACHELOR
OF VISUAL ARTS GRADUATE EXHIBITION
Showcasing over 90 graduating students
from the South Australian School of Art.
SASA related exhibitions
Until 22 October -THE SUM OF
EVERYTHING an exhibition by Prue
Gramp who looks beyond the conventional
meanings of language. Urban Cow Gallery,
Upstairs, 11 Frome Road, Adelaide.
VIZARTS O'HALLORAN HILL
Bruce Wilson Gallery. Majors Road
O'Halloran Hill. Ph. (08) 8177 3481.
Hours: 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
13 October to 5 November – MOVING
ON - graduate exhibition by Vizarts,
O’Halloran Hill students. GALLERY M,
Marion Cultural Centre, 287 Diagonal Road,
Oaklands Park. Hours Mon-Fri 11-4pm, Sat
12-4pm, Sun 1-4pm. More info (08) 8377
2904
HELPMANN ACADEMY EVENT
11 October – THE BUSINESS OF ART. The
Friends of the Helpmann Academy present an
enjoyable and informative evening to discover
the success of local artists and how they
‘made it’. Unravel the mystery of collecting,
buying and selling art. 6.30pm for 7.00pm
start at Peter Walker Fine Art Gallery, 101
Walkerville Terrace, Walkerville. Refreshments
and finger food will be served. Limited
to 60 guests. Tickets Members $10, NonMembers $40 (includes a 12 month Friends
membership). RSVP Pam French (08) 8463
5013 or email: pfrench@tafe.sa.edu.au
ADELAIDE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
Light Square Gallery, 39 Light Square,
Adelaide Ph. (08) 8463 5032. Hours: 9am5pm Monday to Friday.
Until 19 October – CALENTURE an
exhibition by Chris De Rosa, Michelle Nikou,
Marcin Kobylecki and Gerry Wedd.
26 October to 9 November – THE ROAD
LESS TRAVELLED Bachelor of Visual Arts &
Applied Design Graduating Exhibition.
16 to 30 November – MERGE Bachelor of
Visual Arts & Applied Design Graduating
Exhibition.
SA SCHOOL OF ART
SASA Gallery, Cnr Hindley Street and Fenn
Place, Adelaide. UniSA, City West Campus,
Adelaide. Ph. (08) 8302 0380. Hours: 11am5pm Tuesday to Friday and 1-5pm Saturday.
12 to 26 October - SURFACE, GIVEN THE
FACE exhibition will explore relationships
between surface, appearance and meaning.
Features work by John Barbour, Linda Lou
Murphy, Andy Petrusuvics, Katie Moore, Akira
Akira, Aldo Iacobelli, Angela Valamanesh.
U P D A T E
OTHER
3 to 13 October - I HEAR MOTION
- Dance Performances and Workshops
including local choreographer Amanda
Phillips and Melbourne’s Frances d’Ath’s
new-work CRUSH featuring some of
Adelaide’s brightest and talented dancers
on 12 & 13 October. Golden Grove Arts
Centre, cnr The Golden Way & Tenison
Place, Golden Grove. For complete program
and bookings (08) 8289 5111. Come watch,
learn and participate!
HIGHER GROUND - You need culture? In
just one building we’ve got music, dance,
visual arts, theatre, cabaret, concerts, films,
discussion groups, workshops, multimedia
projects, games nights... Pick up a program or
check the website: www.higherground.org.au
for upcoming events. You need to relax? Get
a bite to eat at The Culture Cafe, a drink
from The Buddha Bar, take in an exhibition,
or just read the paper.
Diary Dates compiled by
Pam French (08) 8463 5013