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EXHIBITION 2023
Throughout the month of August
Adelaide Arcade is home to a range of SALA exhibitions celebrating the work of South Australia artists.
The exhibitions are located within Adelaide Arcade and Gay’s Arcade at:
Bearded Dragon Gallery
COLOUR
Have You Met Charlie?
SMALL VESSELS
Zu design - jewellery + objects CONSIDERED
T’Arts - Textile & Arts Collective
FOLIAGE
REFLECTIONS IN GLASS
MEET THE ARTIST
Kennedy Parker NOT ALONE
Orchard Bookshop
ROSS MORGAN - PICTURE BOOK ARTIST
Terry Gasson Bespoke Tailor
BRYDIES BIRDS
Centre of Adelaide Arcade
WEARABLE ART
Two-Bit Villains AFTER GIVERNEY - A REFLECTION
Join us as we the amazing SALA Exhibitions with a special event on Friday 11 August 5pm - 9pm
Visit our retailers and explore the exhibitions, meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments and nibbles* All welcome.
*At selected exhibitions
See back page for map
COLOUR
Bearded Dragon Gallery
Shop 2G Gay’s Arcade
5pm - 9pm
Meet the makers, enjoy non-alcoholic drinks plus contribute to our collaborative art piece.
SMALL VESSELS
Have You Met Charlie?
Shop 12 Adelaide Arcade
5pm - 9pm
Meet the artists Lauren Kathleen plus free goodie bags and exclusive mini print free with the purchase of any Lauren Kathleen item sold at Have You Met Charlie? (including exhibition pieces)*.
*While stocks last
CONSIDERED
Zu design - jewellery + objects
Shop 102G Balcony Level, Gay’s Arcade
6pm - 8pm
Celebrate the ‘Considered’ exhibition and meet some of the makers.
FOLIAGE, REFLECTIONS IN GLASS & MEET THE ARTIST
T’Arts - Textile & Arts Collective
Shop 10G Gay’s Arcade
5pm - 7pm
Meet the artists and enjoy nibbles and refreshments.
NOT ALONE
Kennedy Parker Shop 12G Gay’s Arcade
5pm - 9pm
Enjoy drinks and nibbles and meet the photographer Dave Nettle plus hear from John Mannion the CEO of Breakthrough Foundation.
ROSS MORGAN
PICTURE BOOK ARTIST
Orchard Bookshop Shop 26 Adelaide Arcade
6pm - 8pm
Ross will be in store to sign his books. A selection will be for sale or bring your own.
BRYDIES BIRDS
Terry Gasson Bespoke Tailor
Shop 111G Balcony Level, Gay’s Arcade
5pm - 9pm
Join us for Kies Wines tastings with cheese and nibbles with artist Brydie Wilkin.
AFTER GIVERNEYA REFLECTION
Two-Bit Villains
Shop 150 Balcony Level, Adelaide Arcade
5pm - 9pm
Meet the artist Selena Smith.
COLOUR
Eight South Australian artists living with disability or mental health barriers
1 - 31 August 2023
Bearded Dragon Gallery
Shop 2G Gay’s Arcade
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday - Sunday Closed
In the creative world, how does colour inspire you through everyday life?
This year’s Bearded Dragon Gallery
SALA exhibition, titled Colour, incorporates works from eight South Australian artists living with disability or mental health barriers. Each artist uses art as an emotional release and form of self-expression to overcome lived experiences and personal barriers. These artists share a passion for sharing feelings and making connections with others through a visual language.
This exhibition explores how colour is an important part of artistic expression, as it can be used to convey emotions and capture the real or surreal.
In artist Dan Withey’s words, “When I think of colours, it usually takes the shape of its brightest and most pure form. Colour has always been something I have been fascinated with throughout my life and career as an artist. I find it hard to limit my pallet when painting. But I find it fun to challenge myself by working with the limitations of a singular colour and lino prints as a medium lends itself well to conveying a powerful image with a single colour.”
These artists come from different backgrounds and artistic inspiration but have one thing in common – they have a love for art. While some are more established in their careers, we also wanted to give emerging artists an opportunity to showcase their skills and build their confidence. We hope you will embrace them all, in Colour.
Lauren Kathleen (she/her) is an emerging artist from Adelaide, South Australia whose inspiration for her work centres around nature and connection. ‘Small Vessels’ features a body of work exploring relief printing that places elements of nature and the human body together, finding shapes, lines and forms that mimic each other, serving as a reminder of the life that flows within our human vessel.
These pieces are hand printed and presented both as wall hangings on calico, and on thrifted denim jackets, exploring a way to make art wearable, creating a walking exhibition that doesn’t end when the art is taken off the walls.
This work represents a return to nature and a return to self, and encourages us to find pieces of our human forms in even the smallest vessels for life. In a flower, in the ocean, in a tree. In the eye, the hand, the bones. There is a oneness to the world if you choose to look.
SMALL VESSELS
Lauren Kathleen
1 August - 31 August 2023
Have You Met Charlie?
Shop 12 Adelaide Arcade
Monday - Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm
CONSIDERED
Various SA Artists
4 - 31 August 2023
Zu design - jewellery + objects
Shop 102G Balcony Level, Gay’s Arcade
Monday - Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday - Closed
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 6.30pm
Saturday - Sunday Closed
Zu design’s SALA exhibition will showcase work responding to the title ‘Considered’. Contemporary jewellers/ makers, highlighting significant skills and the individuality of each piece.
Makers/jewellers are propelled by a curiosity of technique, problem-solving, and making to challenge and extend their skill level. Each piece created informs another, and with each idea, more desire to stretch abilities and build skills. Considered is an exhibition highlighting the diversity of our makers and the unique techniques they have perfected over years of making.
BLYFIELD Julie
BOWDEN Jane
BARRIE Danielle
DARE Jess
DYMOND Polly
ERVIN Jess
FURNO Lisa
GAI Susannah
GIULIANI Angela
GRIGORIS Zoe
INGLIS Kath
KELLY Michelle
LORRAINE Sue
LOWNSBOROUGH Simon
MATTHEWS Leslie
McCONCHIE Kristy
TRUMAN Catherine
VICKERY Briony
WELCH Andrew
WESTBROOK Leonie
WILLIAMS Simon
WILLIAMS Vanessa
ZHENG Jialei
Meandering plants, deep greens and bursts of colour; ‘Foliage’ is an exhibition of landscapes on canvas, boldly painted pots and decorative boxes.
Inspired by the love of gardens and the fascination of the endless variety of foliage, Debby draws from different landscapes and plant types around Australia. With the use of acrylics, stencils and a sense of whimsy, Debby layers shapes and patterns to create a lush and imaginary world.
Mostly known for her colourful and imaginative style, Debby likes to portray fun and happiness through various printmaking techniques and paintings. Primarily a figurative and more illustrative artist, Debby’s work is constantly evolving. Since moving to the Adelaide Hills, South Australia in 2007, an interest in exploring landscapes, abstraction and mixed media has developed. Debby’s appreciation of Australia’s unique countryside and wildlife are a great source of inspiration and is expressed with a sense of imagination and bold design.
FOLIAGE
Debby Haskard-Strauss
31 July - 26 August 2023
T’Arts - Textile & Arts Collective Shop 10G Gay’s Arcade
Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday Closed
Plus a revolving ‘Meet the Artist’ window display of T’Arts artists with the opportunity to meet them in store
After a career as a scientist and geologist, Dave Nettle found himself in an unexpected place in life in 2020battling a brain injury after surgery to remove a tumour. This surreal experience caused him to reflect on his mental health and that of those around him, themes that are reflected in his “Not Alone” photographic exhibition as part of the SALA Festival.
“It was shocking to realise that my mental health post-recovery was better than before my diagnosis.” David said.
“I felt more connected to myself and those around me than I did before, and it made think a lot about mental health and how we need to talk about it more.”
Dave’s street photography depicts human life in an urban landscape and explores the isolation we can feel, even while sharing city spaces.
“Through the camera lens I really see people and I want to express ideas about the city spaces we share and how we connect with each other”.
Dave now spends his time volunteering with homeless organisations, in addition to capturing images of people on the streets of Adelaide.
NOT ALONE
Dave Nettle
4 - 31 August 2023
Kennedy Parker Shop 12G Gay’s Arcade
Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday Closed
From delicate earrings to bold statement necklaces, each piece has been meticulously crafted by Julie Frahm.
As an artist who specialises in glass bead jewellery, Julie finds endless inspiration in the intricate patterns and vibrant colours that can be achieved with this medium. Each bead is a tiny canvas, waiting to be transformed into a unique piece of wearable art.
In this exhibition, “Reflections in Glass,” Julie invites you to explore the many facets of her work. From delicate earrings to bold statement necklaces, each piece has been meticulously crafted using a variety of techniques and materials. Some feature intricate patterns, while others showcase the natural beauty of the glass itself. But all of them share a common thread: a deep love for the art of glass beadmaking.
As you peruse this collection, Julie hopes you will find something that speaks to you. Whether it’s a piece that catches your eye or a pattern that resonates with your soul, her hope is that these works will inspire you to see the world in a new way. Because just like the glass beads that adorn these pieces, life is full of light, colour, and endless possibility.
REFLECTIONS IN GLASS
An exhibition of glass bead jewellery
Julie Frahm
1 - 31 August 2023
Grenfell Street Display Cabinet
Monday - Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday - Sunday 9am - 5pm
Brought to you by T’Arts - Textile & Arts Collective
Ross Morgan is an award winning fine artist and illustrator from Adelaide, South Australia. From an early age growing up in the mid–north of South Australia, Ross enjoyed exploring the rural environment filled with creatures, abandoned structures, and objects of yesteryear. He also practiced drawing, painting, and arts and crafts projects encouraged by his mother at the kitchen table. These early experiences have been key in establishing his life-long interest in drawing and painting.
The love of the visual narrative led Ross on the path of wanting to create illustrated books. In 2019 he won the ‘Raising Literacy Australia’s Emerging Author and Illustrator Mentoring Project’. Through this initiative he completed his first illustrated book ‘Molly Moores has a House Like Yours’ written by Kaliah Tsakalidis in 2020. In 2021 he was shortlisted for the SCBWI Australian Picture Book Illustrator Award as Emerging Illustrator and has since been contracted to illustrate a number of books for some of Australia’s leading picture book publishers.
This SALA Exhibition will be a showcase of personal artworks and picture book illustrations. It includes a series of original paintings, drawings and preliminary sketches from recently published picture books, as well as a selection of his books.
ROSS MORGAN PICTURE BOOK ARTIST
Ross Morgan
1 - 31 August 2023
Orchard Bookshop
Shop 26 Adelaide Arcade
Monday - Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday Closed
Brydie is an emerging artist who takes her inspiration from her great love of animals and nature around her. Photography has been her role for some years and she has also worked with animals in her career. She has based this exhibition on birds of Australia and was driven to start painting birds when she rescued her Galah “ Cosmo”. He’s quite a character around her home that she shares with her partner Mitchell adding cheerfulness and colour.
This exhibition will be her first in the unusual space of a Tailors studio. Mixed amongst the old artifacts and making implements, cloth and cottons, shears and tape measures, it gives light and colour to an otherwise very conservative space.
BRYDIES BIRDS
Brydie Wilkin
1 - 31 August 2023
Terry Gasson Bespoke Tailor
Shop 111G Balcony Level, Gay’s Arcade
Monday - Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday Closed
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday - Sunday Closed
WEARABLE ART -
Bachelor of Creative Arts (Costume)
Tafe SA Students
7 - 21 August 2023
Centre of Adelaide Arcade
Monday - Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday - Sunday 9am - 5pm
This is a display of amazing work from current second and third-year Bachelor of Creative Arts (Costume) students. These pieces have been created as part of their studies and show the dedication and hard work of the students.
Examples of previous exhibitions shown here.
AFTER GIVERNEYA REFLECTION
Selena Smith
1 - 31 August 2023
Two-Bit Villains
Shop 150 Balcony Level, Adelaide Arcade
Tuesday 11.30am - 3pm
Wednesday - Thursday
11.30am - 3pm / 5.30 - 8pm
Friday 11.30am - 9pm
Saturday 11.30am - 8.30pm
Colour and texture in the masters style of abstract expressionism reflects Selenas garden and her district.
Selena works in colour and textured paint abstracting her surroundings into shapes that you can explore from afar and near creating your own imagined garden scenes.
Using acrylics on canvas she has reflected upon her time in Monets garden in Giverney merged with her art and horticulture training at home in her garden studio creating expressions of her limestone Coast garden this is an Adelaide girl gone country with colour and paintings you’ll want to touch.
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