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Under the Banyan Tree

30 July to 14 August 2008

Opening 6-8pm Wednesday 30 July

Light Square Gallery, 39 Light Square, Adelaide.

Under the Banyan Tree exhibition presents work created or inspired during seven artists’ residency at Sanskriti Kendra, Delhi.

A huge Banyan tree sits at the entrance of Sanskriti Kendra artist retreat, welcoming its many visitors, artists in residence, students and conference attendees. From October to November 2007, seven artists from the Helpmann Academy’s visual art partner schools were welcomed to Sanskriti Kendra for a six-week residency.

Exhibiting artists supported by the Helpmann Academy are Fran Callen, Gus Clutterbuck, Peter Fraser, Samantha Jeffries, Marie Littlewood, Meghan O’Rourke and Laura Wills.

Image: Bike textiles by Sam Jeffries

Opportunities available to students and recent graduates of Helpmann Academy partner schools:

1 August – ENTRIES CLOSE FOR FLEURIEU BIENNALE with total prizes worth over $90,000. Including the FLEURIEU YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP worth up to $10,000 for a young person between the age of 16 and 27 to develop their arts practice - the 2006 winner was Morgan Allender, a Graduate from Adelaide Central School of Art!  More info and application forms contact Merilyn Cox 8323 7984 artprize@artprize.com.au or web: www.artprize.com.au

8 August – HELPMANN ACADEMY GRANTS. Students and one-year-out graduates from our partner schools can apply for up to $2,000 funding as an individual or $5,000 in a group to support an arts project, exhibition, performance, masterclass + more. For more information and application forms go to: www.helpmann.sa.edu.au/services/grants.html

Call for Performing and Visual Artists

The 3rd Annual Academy Awards ‘Carnivale' Friday 8th August

Higher Ground Inc, 9-15 Light Square, City

The Foundation Front’s annual performance event is a showcase of student & graduate talent from Adelaide Centre for the Arts, Elder Conservatorium of Music, and Flinders Drama & Screen Centres.

Existing, new, untried, experimental or collaborative performances are required for innovative 5-7 minute feature acts in Dance, Music, Multimedia, Cross-Discipline, Comedy, Stand-Up etc…

Performers will be in the running for the $1,000 Adelaide City Council ‘Best Performance Award’

To be in the running for selection and awards contact Helpmann Academy Project Officer, Edward James ASAP with an outline of your performance or image of your artwork: P: 8463 5013 E: edwardJ@tafe.sa.edu.au Performances and artwork will be selected by the Foundation Front committee. All selected performers will be awarded an artist fee.

15 September - ARTWORK WANTED - Donations of art work from students, for an Art Auction, with all proceeds going to the Women’s & Children’s Foundation. Your kind donations will be appreciated and help raise money to buy non-evasive equipment and therapy for seriously ill children. The Art Auction will be held from 2pm on Sunday 21 September at The Highbury Hotel, 1017 Lower North East Rd, Highbury. Please register your interest ASAP to Melissa Rayner 8265 6666 e: highbury.hotel@alhgroup.com.au All art work must be submitted by 15 September to be exhibited prior to the Auction.

22 July to 2 August - THRESHOLD FOR SARA. An insightful and sometimes humorous exploration of what many consider a taboo subject, self-harm. The original play shows the events leading up to a turning point in the life of a young woman, Sara, exploring her past demons, relationships, fantasies and an unlikely situation that develops out of her mundane job at a 24-hour store. Presented by actors and co-creators Kurt Murray, Nina Pierce and Paul Herbert Threshold for Sara is the premiere work by new theatre ensemble Bad Company. Original music for the performance was created by Matthew Vecchio, with multimedia by Flinders University Screen Production students Patrick Lang and Jane Baird. 7.30pm Tue-Sat 22 - 26 July, 8pm Tue-Sat 29 July - 2 Aug, Matinee 2pm Sat 26 July and 2 Aug. Higher Ground, 5-19 Light Square, Adelaide. Tickets: $18/$15/$12 bookings 8410 5599 or online: www.dramatix.com.au 

25 July to 9 August - BORROWED TIME presented by Professional Collective, written and directed by Stephen House. In an attempt to relive a glorious past, seven people regroup after thirty five years apart. Can anything ever be as it was? Only time will tell. And time is running out... fast. Starring some of Adelaide's most experienced professional actors: Wayne Anthony, Michael Baldwin, Roger Newcombe, Chrissie Page, Jacqy Phillips, Anna Pike and Bridget Walters. Preview night is this Friday 25 July (all paying tix only $10 and this is also Free Tix night for unemployed, pensioners and students of disadvantaged schools) then Wed to Sat at 8pm. Bakehouse Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide. Tickets $17/$12, bookings 8227 0505, e: book@bakehousetheatre.com More Information: sjhplay1@hotmail.com

CALLING ALL PREVIOUS GRADUATES OF THE FLINDERS DRAMA CENTRE - A new website has been established to promote, support and connect graduates of the Flinders Drama Centre.  If you are a graduate and would like to be included on the website please contact Sean Weatherly on 0404 208096, e: seanyw@aapt.net.au and visit: www.flindersdramacentregraduates.com.au

27 July - NGERINGA FARM CONCERT featuring TWIN CELLISTS Pei-Jee and Pei-Sian Ng.  3pm at Ngeringa Herb Farm Concert Room, Williams Road (off Spring Road) Mt Barker. Tickets $25/$15. Bookings 1800 040444. More information (08) 8411 4813.

9 August – SKETCHES OF SPAIN Elder Evening Concert. Be part of the first ever full performance in Australia of this classic collaboration by Miles Davis and Gil Evans. Presented by Elder Conservatorium of Music Jazz Orchestra and Big Band One. Ray Vega perfoms an explosive set of Latin Jazz with Big Band One under the direction of Dustan Cox. Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide. Tickets: $25 Adult/ $20 Concession /$14 Student. Bookings through Bass.

Every Wednesday - RECITALS AUSTRALIA LUNCH-HOUR CONCERT SERIES - showcase a range of performers largely from the Elder Conservatorium presenting a 40 minute recital at 12.10pm and 1.10pm each Wednesday. Tickets at door $5/$3. Pilgrim Church, 12 Flinders St Adelaide. Information www.recitalsaustralia.org.au

FRIDAY LUNCH HOUR CONCERTS during term, at 1.10pm in Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide. Tickets $6 at the door. Subscriptions available. More information (08) 8303 5925.

25 July - THE SYNERGY PROJECT: The Incubator final presentations. The Synergy Project is a series of hands on workshops, encouraging collaboration across media arts. The aim of the workshops is for participants to be put out of their comfort zones and try new means of creative expression. Co-ordinated by Lynne Sanderson and funded by Helpmann Academy.

The Synergy Project daily updated blog: http://thesynergyproject.blogspot.com

Final presentations: Friday 25 July @ 3pm, Level 10 Schultz building, University of Adelaide, enter off Kintore Avenue, Adelaide.

3 August - Deadline for entries in TRUTH OR DARE international short film contest! For making a 1 to 3 minute film, 15-20 people will win $500 to $3000 USD, plus the final winner of this Feature Film contest wins production funding for a feature film with film makers from Hollywood. More info and entriy forms go to: www.filmaka.com/competition.php?page=current&competition_id=261 Jury members include Paul Schrader, Zak Penn and Werner Herzog and more.

SHORT COURSES AT MRC13 Morphett St, Adelaide. (08) 8410 0979 for full details.

HIRE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FROM MEDIA RESOURCE CENTRE - MRC now have a Sony Wide Angle Lens (x.07) to be used with our popular HDV Sony Z1P Camera. Also a new Sony CyberShot camera. Plus other equipment. For full details contact E&F Coordinator Antony Cirocco 8410 0979.

Visual Art events and exhibitions by Helpmann Academy partner school students, staff and graduates:

1 to 17 August - SALA FESTIVAL featuring a wide range of exhibitions at various venues around Adelaide. For full program see www.salafestival.com or contact 8218 8450.

With so many exhibitions on during the SALA Festival here's our pick of the bunch by emerging artists:

30 July to 14 August - UNDER THE BANYAN TREE featuring the works of seven artists from the Helpmann Academy Partner Schools who undertook a six-week artist residency at Sanskriti Kendra in India in 2007. The artists are Fran Callen, Gus Clutterbuck, Peter Fraser, Samantha Jeffries, marie Littlewood, Meghan O’Rourke and Laura Wills. Light Square Gallery, Adelaide Centre for the Arts, 39 Light Square, Adelaide. Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.

30 July to 20 August - ARMED AND EMPTY HANDED new drawings by emerging artist Kim Buck, exploring the inescapable transience of life and the tensions that exist between holding on and letting go. Coinciding with the SALA Festival, the exhibition will be opened by renowned local artist Anna Platten from 7pm on Wednesday 30 July. Chesser Gallery, 23 Chesser St Adelaide. Hours: Thurday-Saturday 11am-6pm.

31 July to 14 August - CHAPTER TEN Bruce Wilson Gallery at O’Halloran Hill celebrates its ten-year anniversary as a student-run gallery. Graduating Vizarts students at TAFE SA’s O’Halloran Hill Campus have embraced the SALA Festival as an opportunity to celebrate a special anniversary for the Bruce Wilson Gallery. Chapter Ten exhibition celebrates the tenth anniversary of the space as a student-run gallery - the longest running and only student-run art space currently in an art school in South Australia. Bruce Wilson Gallery TAFE SA, O’Halloran Hill Campus Majors Road, O’Halloran Hill Hours 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. Opening 5.30-8.30pm Thursday 31 July by Stephen Conway.

1 to 16 August - WISH LIST Craftsouth's 2008 members exhibition, part of SALA Festival. The Space Between Gallery, 1st Floor, 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide. Hours Mon-Fri 11am-5pm and Sat 11am-4pm. More information Niki Vouis (08) 8410 1822 or e: niki.vouis@craftsouth.org.au

1 to 17 August - STILL Contemporary Paper Installation by Amalia Alpareanu. Amalia is an Adelaide based artist currently studying Art History and Theory at the South Australian School of Art, UniSA. With a love of paper, both new and old, Amalia also works as a paper conservator at the State Library of South Australia. The artworks in the exhibition are made from recycled Japanese tissue paper (a material also used in conservation) and handmade paper made from recycled cotton and plant fibres. Artlab Australia, 70 Kintore Ave, Adelaide.

2, 3, 9 & 10 August - AUTHENTIC an exhibition of new work by Joanna Poulson & Heidi Profanter. 1-5pm (or by appointment) at Poulson & Profanter Studio, 15 Charles St, Prospect.

Exhibition & Performance Spaces