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Grant writing workshop @ Good Bank

Are you interested in learning how to enhance and develop your skills in writing funding applications? Want to gain a range of insights and leave with a practical toolkit to draw from? This 2-hour grant writing workshop will offer participants practical information in how to frame your ideas and give you the best chance at success.

Paul Gazzola, Artistic Director of OSCA – Open Space Contemporary Arts will share his extensive experience in applying for funding as well as outlining some clear and direct ways in which he seeks to develop a successful convincing argument in the application process.

When: Saturday 13th June or Saturday 27th June, 1pm - 3pm
Where: 141 Main Rd McLaren Vale, SA
More info: https://events.humanitix.com/grant-writing-paul-gazzola

Upcoming event: Exposure by Branch Nebula
Presented by our friends

Tarps down, goggles on and gloves off. Two women in their 50s bathe in deep pits of domestic detritus to investigate the body’s relationship to systems of power.
Slicked with oil and lit by microwave buzz, Exposure is an ugly-beautiful piece by acclaimed performance artists, Latai Taumoepeau and Mirabelle Wouters, who upend endless struggles of everyday expectation.

Steel bedframes dangle and scrape. Toxins ooze and whitegoods clank. In the world of Exposure, the ageing female body is lain bare as a site of force and resilience as the duo submit themselves to an increasingly surreal states of material force and environmental instability.

First developed at Adhocracy 2024, Vitalstatistix is thrilled to present the Adelaide premiere of this incredible work, straight after their runs in Melbourne at RISING 2026 (as part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale), and Sydney at PACT Theatre.

When: June 11–14
Where: Waterside Workers Hall, 11 Nile Street, Yartapuulti/Port Adelaide

NAIDOC WEEK KINGSTON WEAVING SESSIONS

Come along to .arts during NAIDOC week in July to learn traditional weaving techniques by First Nations artists of the Southeast - Suzy, Sonya and Sarah Smith. Have a yarn and find out about the Kingston Weaving project - an ongoing state-wide sculpture project by the artists and collaborators Deb Twining and Tony Hannan.

Focusing on the cultural representation of animal totems in connection to the local environment, a series of large-scale community created sculptures will premiere in Kingston, Southeast, SA as part of the 2026 Nature Festival.

During the workshop Suzy, Sonya and Sarah will show you how to weave the pieces that will become the animal totem exterior cladding. This is a great opportunity to get involved and be part of this extraordinary project of enduring cultural significance as it begins to take shape.

When: 11 July, 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm
Where: Old Woollen Mill, 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal SA 5241
Cost: Free
Registrations: See link in bio

Supported by Create SA, Creative Australia, Stand Like Stone Foundation, Fabrik Arts + Heritage, Nature Festival, FRRR, Kingston District Council and Creative Partnerships Australia.

You can now donate to Kingston Weaving via Give SA!

Kingston Weaving is a First Nations led project by Southeast artists Sonya, Sarah and Suzy Smith, developed with Open Space Contemporary Arts (OSCA). Through weaving, storytelling and sculpture, it explores the return of water to the Kingston region and its significance for community, culture and Country.

In the lead-up to the 2026 Nature Festival, we’re planning free weaving workshops across South Australia. Open to all, these sessions invite people to learn traditional techniques while contributing to a large-scale public artwork.

Each piece created will form part of a striking outdoor installation, unveiled at a two-day event at Pioneer Park in Kingston. This will be a moment for the community to come together and experience the work, and to recognise the shared effort behind it.

At its heart, Kingston Weaving is about connection. It brings people together, shares First Nations knowledge, and deepens our understanding of the environment and Country.

We’re inviting you to be part of this. A donation of any size will directly support the artists, community workshops and the final installation event.

You can donate via the link in our bio - we appreciate your support.

Kingston Weaving part of OSCA’s state-wide artist commissioning initiative, Projects of the Everyday and supported by Create SA, Creative Australia, Stand Like Stone Foundation, Kingston District Council, Fabrik - Lobethal, Hahndorf Academy, Nature Festival, FRRR and OSCA.

Oh what a night!

Thanks to everyone who made it to on-site last Thursday. If you missed it, here is just a taste of the evening, thanks to photographer Sia Duff.

Huge gratitude to the artists and curators who made it happen.

Commissioned performances by artists: Valerie Berry & Ben-Hur Winter, Jesse Budel, Saluhan Collective, Jazmine Deng & Helium, Ellen Steele, Astrid Pill & Jason Sweeney

Screenings by national and international film makers: Razan AlSalah, Bryce Kraehenbuehl, Komtouch Napattaloong, Ben Russell & Malena Szlam.

Curators: Kim Munro, Yusuf Ali Hayat and Alice McCool.

This project is part of OSCA’s state-wide artist commissioning initiative - Projects of the Everyday - that seeds, develops and presents artist-led projects in innovative spaces of creativity, making and experimentation. Supported by Create SA, The City of Adelaide and OSCA.

Meet the people bringing the on-site vision to life. The curatorial team.

Kim Munro is a documentary maker living and working on unceded Kaurna land. Her practice includes film, sound and installation, many of which involve close work with communities. Her films have been screened on television and at local and international film festivals, as well as galleries.

Yusuf Ali Hayat is committed to social justice. He has worked in leadership roles for several international non-government organisations across social housing, social support and Emergency Relief. As an artist, Yusuf’s work integrates photography, video, painting and architectural approaches to sculptural form. He has undertaken artist residencies at the British School at Rome and Nexus Arts, Adelaide.

Alice is an artist, curator, writer and producer born in South Korea, living on unceeded Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide). Her recent research is centred on transnational and transracial adoption - an undertheorised perspective that critically engages with notions of belonging beyond nationhood, biology, ancestry and race.

Meet the artists of on-site:

➡️Astrid Pill - Multi-disciplinary performance artist known for dark comedy and collaborative works across major SA companies.
➡️Ben-Hur Winter - Creative and cultural worker combining art, activism and community development.
➡️Ellen Steele - Theatre maker, performer and director with extensive touring experience across Australia and internationally.
➡️Valerie Berry - Theatre maker focused on cross-cultural and collaborative practice across performance and direction.
➡️Jesse Budel - Composer and sound artist exploring ecology, space and interdisciplinary collaboration.
➡️Jason Sweeney - Musician, composer and filmmaker collaborating widely across performance, theatre and contemporary art.
➡️Saluhan Collective - Filipinx/o collective blending arts, activism and community across Australia and the Philippines.
➡️Jazmine Deng - Interdisciplinary artist exploring identity and cultural narratives through performance and visual art.
➡️Helium Liu - Experimental artist working across installation, sound, performance and urban exploration

Don’t miss seeing these artists at on-site on April 30. See the link in our bio to register for free.

Step inside a karaoke bar like you’ve never experienced before.

For one night only, 18 artists transform private karaoke rooms into immersive art spaces as part of on-site.

📍 No. 9 Karaoke Bar, Chinatown
📅 April 30
⏰ 6:30–9:30pm
This is a free public event, see the link in our bio to register for free.

Expect art, performance, and film exploring identity, memory, and place....all inside an unexpected setting.