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2015 COUNTRY ARTS SA GUIDELIMESTONE COASTJULY - DECEMBER

THE ART OF INSPIRING COMMUNITIES

WELCOME

Welcome to our first online update. As the world continues to change thanks to advances in communication technology Country Arts SA is looking for new and better ways to keep you informed of all of the activities we have in the Limestone Coast area.

Here you will find what’s on throughout your region in from visual arts, theatre performances, available funding and grants for artists, workshops, cinema screenings, to new locally produced shows.

We are highlighting the arts and entertainment options that will be coming to the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre with a special new announcement about the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra on page 18.

This program would not be possible without the continued support of our long term Principal Corporate Partner, SA Power Networks. For 18 years SA Power Networks has ensured we can bring the best Australian and international performing arts to our audiences across South Australia.

So please continue to use Country Arts SA’s guide as your go-to resource for what’s going on in your community.

STEVE SAFFELL CEO, Country Arts SA

You’ll notice a lot has changed in the new 2015 Country Arts SA guide.

JACK SNELLING MP Minister for the Arts —

We want all South Australians to have access to arts wherever they live. As a strong part of culture and social fabric, the arts have a way of bringing us together and expanding our horizons.

Country Arts SA is committed to delivering South Australians in regional and remote areas the same high quality arts experiences available in metropolitan areas.

We recognise the value in our major cultural institutions and the need for that to extend beyond the borders of Adelaide. Country Arts SA’s art centres attract some of the biggest names in the arts and entertainment industry. They and their staff are a dynamic part of the community. The dedicated networks of Arts and Cultural Development Officers ensure that artists throughout the state are nurtured to greater levels of success. The entire team at Country Arts SA works tirelessly for and with regional communities to ensure that every community in South Australia is able to use the arts to enrich what they offer their citizens.

Country Arts SA’s guide is a great new way to discover arts activities through the Limestone Coast and thoroughly enjoy 2015.

ROB STOBBE CEO, SA Power Networks

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SA Power Networks is proud to help bring the arts to all South Australians, wherever they live.

This year we celebrate a partnership of 18 years with Country Arts SA – a partnership that has helped hundreds of thousands of people across South Australia see great performances and many memorable shows.

Our partnership with Country Arts SA reflects our key role as the state’s electricity distributor - delivering safe and reliable power so you can get on with life.

As a business with a significant presence across the state, we love the fact that we are helping power up the arts in regional South Australia.

Enjoy the great season in 2015!

SEASON 2015 PRINCIPAL CORPORATE PARTNER

CONTENTS

Country Arts SA’s Reconciliation Action Plan 6

Performing Arts program 8

Cinema program 26

Visual Arts program 30

Grants and funding 36

Try Something New 38

Thank you 43

Community support 47

Connect with us 49

WHAT’S IN THIS GUIDE?

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OUR COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATIONCountry Arts SA believes that the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can be enriched through the arts.

Reconciliation is a priority for our organisation and inclusive of all the work we do. We recognise and respect that we are living and creating on Aboriginal Lands in South Australia and we are committed to working together to honour the living cultures of First Nations peoples.

We aim to increase respect, understanding and equality of opportunity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and the wider communities in which we work through partnership, dialogue and action.

We believe the arts have an important role to play in reconciliation. By promoting the culture of First Nations peoples through our touring productions, exhibitions and cultural development activities, we strive to increase understanding and knowledge within the wider community. Through a program of education and cultural sharing activity for staff we will increase awareness and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in our organisation and enable our staff to share that knowledge with the wider community.

To download the complete Country Arts SA Reconciliation Action Plan go to www.countryarts.org.au

TARNANTHI 8 – 18 OCTOBER 2015

Tarnanthi (tar-nan-dee) is the inaugural Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art.

Presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia, the festival will cast a new light on the art of Australia’s rich and diverse Indigenous cultures.

As part of Tarnanthi, Our Mob Regional will provide visual arts workshops for Indigenous communities in Port Augusta, Whyalla, Coober Pedy, Port Lincoln and Ceduna.

Visit www.countryarts.org.au or www.tarnanthi.com.au

NAIDOC WEEK 5 – 11 JULY 2015

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each year to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

www.naidoc.org.au

GET INVOLVED!

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RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM

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MOUNT GAMBIER SAT 1 AUGUST, 7.30PM Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre

BOOKINGS helpmanntheatre.com.au 08 8723 8741

Adult $50 Adult Friend $45 Concession $45 Concession Friend $41 Under 17 FREE with paying adult Additional Under 17 $17 Groups 6+ $45

Photo: Wendell Teodoro

De Novo

PRESENTED BY COUNTRY ARTS SA AND SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY—

CHOREOGRAPHY BY RAFAEL BONACHELA, ALEXANDER EKMAN AND LARISSA MCGOWAN

Directed by Rafael Bonachela, Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company, Emergence features the alluring costume creations of Australian fashion designer Dion Lee and an inspiring collaboration between internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko and composer Nick Wales.

Irreverent, humorous and brilliant, Cacti is the critically acclaimed brainchild of Swedish dance prodigy Alexander Ekman. Cacti is not only a subversive, entertaining commentary on the pretentions of contemporary dance, it is also a brilliantly conceived and bracingly physical piece of choreography.

From South Australian rising star Larissa McGowan comes Fanatic, a hilarious pop-culture collision that pits Alien vs Predator in an interstellar dance throwdown between two sci-fi film franchises. This is dance for the digital age – kinetic, immediate and exceedingly funny.

EMERGENCE, CACTI AND FANATIC – THREE PLAYFUL WORKS FROM THE FRONTLINES OF DANCE

Sydney Dance Company’s

PERFORMING ARTS

Duration: 100 mins, inc interval

Age: 12+

Warning: Theatrical smoke, strobe lighting and occasional stong language. Parental guidance recommended.

Dance workshops available. Enquiries and more information [email protected].


DANCE

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The golden girl of country Beccy Cole and critically acclaimed cabaret and jazz performer Libby O’Donovan take their audience on a journey of intertwining genres, swapping songs, sharing stories and breaking musical stereotypes.

The fusion of these two sassy, funny, engaging and explosive entertainers is a match made on a stage in heaven.

Individually, these talented women have been known to leave an audience breathless. From Cole’s energetic humour and honesty to O’Donovan’s diverse and astonishingly rich vocal range, these two singer/songwriters play to each other’s strengths on stage.

After wowing sellout crowds by guesting on each other’s shows at Tamworth, Sydney Mardi Gras, Barossa Vintage Festival, Woodford and Port Fairy Folk Festivals and tours across regional Australia, they will present an unforgettable performance in The Cowgirl and The Showgirl.

Photo: Gee Greenslade

MOUNT GAMBIER WED 12 AUGUST, 7.30PM Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre



Duration: 70 mins

The Cowgirl & The Showgirl

PRESENTED BY COUNTRY ARTS SA—

BY LIBBY O’DONOVAN AND BECCY COLE

PERFORMING ARTS


MUSIC

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GET DIGGING AT WWW.THEDIRTSA.COM.AU

READ ABOUT WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT

CONNECT WITH THE ARTISTS WE WORK WITH

DISCOVER HOW WE FUND, MANAGE AND PRODUCE WORK

GO ONLINE TO FIND OUT THE INFORMATION, TOOLS AND IDEAS BEHIND OUR PROJECTS – THE THINGS THAT ALLOW COUNTRY ARTS SA TO DO WHAT IT DOES BEST IN REGIONAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE WORK OF COUNTRY ARTS SA

Back to Broadway recalls the great era of romantic music, colourful costumes, and a chorus of dancers and singers.

Both Irving Berlin and Cole Porter enjoyed that great period, not only with musicals such as Annie get your Gun, Top Hat, Easter Parade, Can Can and High Society but the countless hit songs of the day, which remain just as popular as ever.

In a cast of five, John Lidgerwood introduces new and exciting young Australian professionals to the stage.

MOUNT GAMBIER FRI 14 AUGUST, 11AM Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre


Adult $21 Friend $19 Groups 6+ $17 Buy all 3 shows $57

Ticket price includes free morning tea from 10am

Back to Broadway

Country Arts SA’s Morning Melodies presents

MUSIC

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The Best of British performed by ACO2 stars international director and violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky. ACO2, the ACO’s critically acclaimed string ensemble, brings together musicians from the ACO with the rising stars of Australian music.

The Best of British draws on a rich body of British compositions from the Baroque period through to the 20th century. Combining much-loved music by Handel, Purcell, Holst and Britten with the exquisite violin concerto by Sir Andrzej Panufnik, a highly respected 20th-century composer and conductor who escaped communist controlled Poland in the 1950s and made the UK his home.

MOUNT GAMBIER FRI 28 AUGUST, 7.30PM Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre



MUSIC TICKET PACKAGE* Buy tickets to ASO On Tour: Mozart to Rodrigo and The Best Of British and save! Adult $86 Adult Friend $80 Concession $75 Conc Friend $69 Groups 6+ $75

Photo: Pierre Toussaint

The Best OfBritish

PRESENTED BY COUNTRY ARTS SA AND THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

—ACO2 WITH GUEST DIRECTOR ALEXANDER SITKOVETSKY

PERFORMING ARTS

*Tickets are limited.



MUSIC

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For the first time in eight years, music lovers in Mount Gambier will be able to easily enjoy the skills of some of SA’s greatest musicians when the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra takes to the stage at the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre.

This specially curated program features some of the best works of Mozart, Rodrigo and Faure. 40 members of the ASO will be conducted by one of Australia’s leading conductors, Adelaide-born Luke Dollman, who has worked with numerous orchestras and opera houses around the world, including the London Philharmonic and Opera Australia.

ARIA nominated guitar soloist Alex Tsiboulski will also be making an appearance. Winner of 12 international competitions, Alex’s enchanting and masterful playing has enthralled audiences across the globe.

Sign up for the Sir Robert Helpmann e-news to find out more about the workshops with members of the orchestra during their visit.

MOUNT GAMBIER SAT 19 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre



MUSIC TICKET PACKAGE* Buy tickets to ASO On Tour: Mozart to Rodrigo and The Best Of British and save! Adult $86 Adult Friend $80 Concession $75 Conc Friend $69 Groups 6+ $75

*Tickets are limited.


ASO On Tour: Mozart to Rodrigo

PRESENTED BY COUNTRY ARTS SA AND THE ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PERFORMING ARTS


MUSIC

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MOUNT GAMBIER 2 OCTOBER 7 & 8.30pm 3 OCTOBER 7 & 8.30pm Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre



Duration: 60 mins, inc 15 mins for audience briefing

Age: 15+

Warning: Strong language and adult concepts

Photo: Skye Sobejko

The Confidence

Man


BY ZOE PEPPER AND ADRIANE DAFF TOUR PRODUCED BY PERFORMING LINES

Created by award winning company Side Pony Productions, director Zoe Pepper brings you a new interactive audio experience, placing the audience at the centre of the action.

You’re invited to step onto the floor into this gripping thriller to experience first-hand the sordid betrayal and moral philandering that’s about to smother this suburban dream.

Equipped with masks and headsets, six audience members navigate the space, experiencing the show in the first person. Those who prefer to watch can survey the action from the perimeter, and choose who they want to follow using a personal console to toggle between the audio of different characters.

The Confidence Man is a morally complex tale complete with goodies, baddies, and a dose of good old-fashioned psychotic menace.

WHEN A LARGE SPORTS BAG FULL OF CASH IS BROUGHT INTO PETER’S VERY ORDINARY HOME, HIS FAMILY IS CAUGHT UP IN A SINISTER AND DISTURBING CHAIN OF EVENTS.

PERFORMING ARTS


CRIME THRILLER / INTERACTIVE THEATRE

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Spend the night with the definitive seductress of the stage as she weaves her deliciously wicked wiles through one of Expressions Dance Company’s most loved productions.

Performed to Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin’s gripping Carmen Suite by six EDC dancers, this iconic tale of Spanish heat and gypsy passion unravels when naïve soldier Don José has his heart ignited by the fiery Carmen.

José’s attempts to tame the freedom-loving beauty are futile, and when she leaves him for the famous matador Escamillo, all three are engulfed in the flames of jealousy and revenge in this contemporary adaptation of ballet.

Produced by Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Natalie Weir’s Carmen Sweet is a free spirit; dangerous, volatile and vulnerable, brought to vivid life by three dancers playing her different states of mind and alter egos.

Photo: Dylan Evans

Carmen Sweet

Natalie Weir’s


PRODUCED BY EXPRESSIONS DANCE COMPANY AND QPAC

PERFORMING ARTS


MOUNT GAMBIER TUE 3 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre


Adult $40 Adult Friend $36 Concession $36 Concession Friend $32 Under 17 FREE with paying adult Additional Under 17 $17 Groups 6+ $36 DANCE TICKET PACKAGE* Buy tickets to Carmen Sweet and Swan Lake and SAVE. Adult package: $95 Concession package: $80

*To receive the discount, tickets must be purchased in one transaction.

Duration: 60 mins

Age: 12+

DANCE

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Get into the Christmas spirit with Australia’s oldest police band. In high demand across the state, the Band of the South Australia Police is a must during the festive season calendar.

Enjoy their extensive repertoire of classic carols and sing-a-longs for a morning of traditional cheer just in time for Santa.

It’s the perfect way to kick off the festive season for the young and the young-at-heart. Bring the whole family as this show promises to be a musical treat for everyone!

MOUNT GAMBIER THU 5 NOVEMBER, 11AM Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre


Adult $21 Friend $19 Groups 6+ $17 Buy all 3 shows $57

Ticket price includes free morning tea from 10am

Band of the South Australia Police

Christmas Concert

Country Arts SA’s Morning Melodies presents

MUSIC

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With the instantly recognisable music of Tchaikovsky and the classic story of good vs evil, Swan Lake is one of the most famous and loved of all ballets. Artistic director Evgeny Amosov’s production for The Russian National Ballet Theatre takes the glamour of the Russian Imperial world’s palace ballroom and combines it with the haunting moonlit lakeside which is perfect for the tragic conflict of the human and spirit worlds.

The central role of Odette/Odile is one of the most testing for any ballerina especially in portraying both the vulnerability of Odette the white swan and the predatory duplicity of Odile the black swan.

This is one of the finest and most loved works in the entire Russian National Ballet Theatre repertory.

MOUNT GAMBIER SUN 15 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre


Adult $69 Adult Friend $59 Concession $59 Concession Friend $49 Under 17 $49 Groups 8+ $59 Family (2+2) $196

Swan Lake The Russian National Ballet

Country Arts SA and XDR Australia Cultural Promotion presents

BALLET

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See page 22 for Dance Ticket Package offer

CINEMA PROGRAM

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(G) 92 mins

Babe is a little pig who doesn’t quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls “Mum”, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time... and Farmer Hogget knows it.

Babe

Screen EdCelebrating Australian film by offering students access to Australian feature films, documentaries and short films.

A Country Arts SA initiative, Screen Ed is free and suitable for primary and high school students.

MOUNT GAMBIER TUE 27 OCTOBER Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre

SESSION TIMES Babe 10.30am Tracks + The Telegram Man 12.30pm

BOOKINGS FREE – School bookings only Contact 08 8723 8741 for more information.

Screen Ed is supported by the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre’s Community Circle group.

FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

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(M) 113 mins

In 1977, Robyn Davidson (Mia Wasikowska) embarked on a 3200km trek from Alice Springs to the West Australian Coast with four camels and her faithful dog Diggity.

An adventurous outsider, Robyn reluctantly accepts sponsorship from National Geographic magazine to follow her trek. She has to put up with the sporadic presence of photographer Rick (Adam Driver, Girls) but mostly she is alone with her animals in the outback.

Based on Robyn’s memoirs chronicling her nine-month journey, director John Curran filmed Tracks predominantly in the Flinders Ranges, SA.

BONUS SHORT FILM The Telegram Man 14 mins

Starring Australian screen legends Jack Thompson, Gary Sweet and Sigrid Thornton, James Khehtie’s award-winning The Telegram Man explores the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community.

The Telegram Man contains no coarse language, violence or sex scenes. The film has been screened to a crowd of more than 16,000 people just prior to the Dawn Service at the 2012, 2013 and 2014 ANZAC Day Commemorations in Gallipoli, and will be screened at the 2015 Centenary Commemoration.

TracksFOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

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VISUALARTSPROGRAM

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VISUAL ARTS

OUR MOB 2015ART BY SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ARTISTS

Anna Dowling, passionfruit ink on paper 50 x 110 cm

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS

Our Mob is a state-wide exhibition and program of events at the Adelaide Festival Centre. It highlights the diversity of contemporary art by South Australian Aboriginal artists.

Our Mob 2015 is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists living in South Australia. Artists of all ages and levels of experience are encouraged to apply.

Together with Adelaide Festival Centre and Ananguku Arts, Country Arts SA gather works from across South Australia including regional, remote and isolated communities.

Our Mob artists have many different stories to tell and their art is as diverse as the environments from which they come. Through Our Mob, people are learning about South Australian Aboriginal cultures.

Emerging artists who submit work to Our Mob 2015 are also encouraged to apply for the Don Dunstan Foundation Our Mob Emerging Artist Award and the Country Arts SA Regional Emerging Artist Professional Development Opportunity.

The winner will receive a $5,000 prize from the Don Dunstan Foundation, $1,500 from Country Arts SA and a year membership to Guildhouse.

Applications close: 12 August 2015 Download an application: adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/whats-on/exhibitions

15 OCT - 6 DEC 2015 Opening: 14 October Adelaide Festival Centre King William St, Adelaide

Mandy Brown 8444 0407 mandy.brown@ countryarts.org.au

Iain Morton 8227 2788 [email protected]

BE PART OF OUR MOB

EXHIBITION DATES

FOR MORE INFO

OVER THE RAINBOW: TRISH DANIEL 6 JUNE – 17 JULY 2015 A vibrant collection of paintings inspired by the four seasons experienced in the ‘good country’. The first solo exhibition by this talented local artist.

TATIARA ART PRIZE 19 OCTOBER – 30 NOVEMBER 2015 The prize, offered by the Tatiara District Council, is based and exhibited at Bordertown’s Walkway Gallery but open to Australian artists nationwide. The winning artist will receive the Tatiara Art Prize of $10,000, and their work will be acquired by the Tatiara District Council. An additional $5,000 in prize money is up for grabs with young, youth, local and the People’s Choice categories. Entry forms available from 20 March 2015 from [email protected].

SHIFTING CONNECTIONS: KATHLEEN MUNN, JAN CLIFFORD AND BILL CLIFFORD 4 SEPTEMBER – 9 OCTOBER 2015 Long before the civilizations of Europe came of age the Australian landscape was nurtured and understood. European settlers tended to misunderstand this ancient land; to overlook its subtleties and do violence to its fragilities. Understanding the land requires a certain way of looking. Essentially, it means paying attention to the small things we often fail to notice. Things like the natural objects that form the subject of this exhibition with work formed with textiles, natural fibres, paintings, drawings and spoken words.

WALKWAY GALLERY BORDERTOWN

43 Woolshed St, Bordertown | OPEN: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

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VISUAL ARTS

The Riddoch Art Gallery is one of the largest and finest regional galleries in South Australia. It was first opened in the Mount Gambier Institute in 1887 with funding from pastoralist, parliamentarian and cultural benefactor John Riddoch.

RIDDOCH ART GALLERY MOUNT GAMBIER

1 Bay Road, Mount Gambier | riddochartgallery.org.au OPEN: Weekdays 10am - 5pm, Sat & Sun 11am - 3pm, closed Tuesdays & public holidays

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VISUAL ARTS

OPEN ART AWARDS: SOUTH EAST ART SOCIETY 3 JULY – 31 JULY 2015 The South East Art Society creates a multitiude of awards, prizes and “magnifique” ribbons to celebrate the experienced creativity of the Great South East. From the experienced to the school student, everyone is welcomed to this Open Art event/exhibition/prize extravaganza. It’s a big one this year – the Society turns a very young 50. There’s something for everyone.

JAMFACTORY: GILES BETTISON 30 SEPTEMBER – 16 NOVEMBER 2015 Master glass artist Giles Bettison has a particular interest and expertise in Murrini patterning and colouring process. Glass doesn’t come much better than this. Developed and toured by the Jam Factory.

SALA: HAMISH MacDONALD 1 – 31 AUGUST 2015 The Riddoch’s pitch for SALA is the legendary regional artist Hamish MacDonald – consciousness activist, farmer and host for the infamous “Art in the Sticks” event. Hamish comes to town with a contemporary exhibition which will shake it all up and make it all SALA.

DESIGNING CRAFT/CRAFTING DESIGN: 40 YEARS OF JAMFACTORY 8 AUGUST – 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 In 2013 JamFactory celebrated 40 years of nurturing and promoting contemporary craft and design in Australia with the landmark exhibition Designing Craft/Crafting Design: 40 Years of JamFactory. Established by the South Australian Government under Premier Don Dunstan in 1973, JamFactory today remains a unique and iconic South Australian institution. Curated by Margaret Hancock Davis, Margot Osborne and Brian Parkes, this exhibition presents new work by 40 selected artists, craftspeople and designers who have had a significant involvement with the JamFactory during its 40-year history and who are presently producing work of outstanding quality.

Image: Jim Hannon-Tan, Piccantino chilli scruncher, 2010, silicon rubber and stainless steel, 90 x 30 dia. Jim Hannon-Tan, Nut Splitter, 2008, cast stainless steel, 40 x 35.

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VISUAL ARTS

PINE TREE QUILTERS 10 OCTOBER – 8 NOVEMBER 2015 Pine Tree Quilters are 30 years old! It’s time to party and put on an exhibition. This group is one of the longest established in Mount Gambier and with a proud forestry title.

SCANLINES: D LUX MEDIA 28 NOVEMBER 2015 – 25 JANUARY 2016 Contemporary new media, young artists and offering strong opportunities for picking up new skills and ideas. Hot, zippy and fun...

GRANTS & FUNDINGWHO DO I TALK TO?

Arts and Cultural Development Officers are located within various communities around South Australia and are happy to discuss how Country Arts SA can support community projects or help emerging and professional artists to take the next step in their arts career.

For a list of Arts and Cultural Development Officers in your region, please see the Connect With Us section of this guide.

Please note, applications must now be submitted online. Visit countryarts.org.au/support-funding for more info.

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GRANTS & FUNDING

QUICK STEP

How much? $1,500 individuals $3,000 organisations

Applications: May be submitted anytime from 12 Jan to 11 Dec inclusive.

Who for? Regional artists to access professional arts development and training opportunities, or organisations/communities with small project opportunities that arise at short notice.

STEP OUT

How much? $10,000 individuals $20,000 organisations

Applications close: 16 March for projects commencing after 1 July 2015 and 17 August 2015 for projects commencing after 1 January 2016.

Who for? Individuals, communities and organisations to create high quality and diverse arts projects that encourage community engagement, develop new cultural networks, build sustainable cultural activity and increase professional development and employment opportunities.

STEP UP

How much? < $5,000


Who for? Artists, organisations and community groups to undertake small cultural projects or to develop a small project leading to a larger cultural project or for individual artists to undertake professional development opportunities.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

How much? < $3,000


Who for? Groups and individuals to undertake projects in any art form which provide opportunities for skills development through workshops or provide opportunities for the development of project ideas /concepts.

DO YOU HAVE A GREAT ARTS IDEA?

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TRY SOMETHING NEW...

ROBE ART WALK STAGE 1

Eight professional artists have been working with the community of Robe sharing skills in designing and creating site specific artworks that form an art trail along the foreshore of Guichen Bay in Robe. The Art Walk is an easy 3.5km stroll, mostly on bitumen making it accessible for all.

WHEN: ANYTIME

WHERE: Robe - from the Obelisk to Long Beach

MORE INFO: Visitor Information Centre 08 8768 2465

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THE POST INTERNET

Imagine a place where you could access information, communicate with other people, form connections, find your community … you mean, the Internet? No - welcome to The Post Internet. post, Sydney-based performance company, with technologist Josh Mu are creating a new Internet from scratch, made entirely from face-to-face conversations. After initial development in the UK, they are now entering Phase Two: Mount Gambier. Think of it as an analogue internet. post will invite local artists to share their stories, expressed in any form, which will create the new Internet and a show semi-devised in front of your very eyes in the most high tech way they know how: VHS recorders, overhead projectors, and etch-a-sketches. Hilarity will ensue. We guarantee it.

To participate as a local artist contact, Steve Mayhew [email protected]

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 13 - 24 JULY 2015

TRIAL SHOWINGS THURSDAY 23 & FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015

WHERE Varcoe’s Foundry, Ferrers St, Mount Gambier

MORE INFO: For more information about the trial showings visit thedirtsa.com.au in July

TRY SOMETHING NEW

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WHEN: Throughout the year

WHERE: Various locations across Mount Gambier

MORE INFO: Keep up to date at facebook.com/DanceXtend

Photo: Chris Herzfeld

DanceXtend

Country Arts SA is excited to announce an exceptional dance program for the Limestone Coast. DanceXtend’s curator, South Australia’s own Larissa McGowan, will offer dance experiences in unusual spaces and places around the region. This travelling exploration of our everyday connection to dance and movement will manifest itself in wonderful ways, when you least expect it and you be involved in all manner of ways. Stay connected via Facebook to find out more about the experiences and DanceXtend’s activities in connection with Sydney Dance Company’s De Novo and Expression Dance Company’s Carmen Sweet. “Dance is essentially defined by movement of the body - the smallest to the largest movements can be understood as dance. Dance is an act or art form which we all engage with, even if we are not aware of it.”

LARISSA MCGOWAN

TRY SOMETHING NEW

SA Power Networks — supporting our community.

SA Power Networks is proud to be a significant corporate citizen in South Australia, and not only as a long term supporter of Country Arts SA.

Whether it is in the arts, improving our environment, supporting grass roots sport or helping those in need, we are proud to be helping make a difference.

To find out more, visit us at www.sapowernetworks.com.au/sponsorship

/SAPowerNetworks @SAPowerNetworks

YOUTHANK

THANK YOU

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DE NOVO

THE COWGIRL AND THE SHOWGIRL

THANK YOU

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THE BEST OF BRITISH

ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The ACO is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. The ACO is supported by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.

CARMEN SWEET

Expressions Dance Company acknowledges the assistance of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

THE CONFIDENCE MAN

Government of Western AustraliaDepartment of Culture and the Arts

The Confidence Man has been supported by the City of Melbourne through ArtsHouse; The Blue Room Theatre; the Government of Western Australia through the Department of Culture and the Arts; and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

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THANK YOU

BAND OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE CHRISTMAS CONCERT

VISUAL ARTS

OUR MOB 2015

GRANTS AND FUNDING

QUICK STEP, STEP UP AND STEP OUT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

TRY SOMETHING NEW

ROBE ART WALK STAGE 1 THE POST INTERNET

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, it’s arts funding and advisory body.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Thanks to donations made by local community members, more people can continue to discover the joy and wonder the arts has to offer. To make a tax deductible donation, visit countryarts.org.au/about-us/philanthropy or see one of the friendly staff.

DONATIONS

The Shows on the Road touring program provides opportunities to communities for greater access to professional touring performances and to host performances. Thanks to local volunteer Presenter Groups, shows are taken to halls, sporting clubs and other venues in towns throughout the state. For more infomation contact [email protected].

SHOWS ON THE ROAD PRESENTER GROUPS

WIN Television

Barry Maney Group

Herbert Real Estate

Patrick of Coonawarra

Mount Gambier Central

Bendigo Bank (Mt Gambier & District Community Bank Branch)

Harvey Norman Mount Gambier

SIR ROBERT HELPMANN COMMUNITY CIRCLE SPONSORS

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MORE INFORMATION

WWW.COUNTRYARTS.ORG.AU/NUNGA-TICKETS

WE’RE INVITING FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES INTO OUR ARTS CENTRES WITH ACCESS TO DISCOUNT TICKETS TO COUNTRY ARTS SA SHOWS

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CONNECT WITH US

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Enjoy special offers and great savings throughout the year when you become a Friends Club member.

10 Watson Terrace Mount Gambier SA 5290 ARTS CENTRE MANAGER Frank Morello [email protected]

T: 08 8723 8741 F: 08 8723 8744 [email protected]

www.helpmanntheatre.com.au

SIR ROBERT HELPMANN THEATRE Friends Club

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FRIENDS CLUB MEMBER BENEFITS

For $30, this membership entitles you to…

• Access to the Friends ticket price

• Discounts on Morning Melodies shows

• Discounts on other selected shows

• Regular updates on theatre activities

For an additional $19, the GOLD Friends Club Membership entitles you to additional benefits including...

• Access to an exclusive VIP event

• Discount on Arts on Screen screenings

• 4 complimentary drinks

In 2012, an Arts Centre Reference Group was established to help ensure your arts centre is a vibrant place for arts and culture by offering a great mix of opportunities and reflecting the local flavour of your community. If you’re interested in joining the group please contact Frank Morello at [email protected]. We’d love to have you in the discussion.

GET INVOLVED! ARTS CENTRE REFERENCE GROUP

Wheelchair Access is an important aspect of Country Arts SA’s service to patrons. Mobility impaired patrons can be comfortably seated in the theatre, and there are dedicated toilet facilities and car parking spaces.

If you have special seating requirements please talk to box office staff.

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All information correct at time of publication

Tickets for events at the Sir Robert Helpman Theatre purchased over the phone or online incur a small transaction fee.

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LIMESTONE COAST AND MURRAYLANDS Merilyn de Nys [email protected] 08 8723 8742

TATIARA Naomi Fallon [email protected] 08 8752 1044

STATEWIDE ARTS & MENTAL HEALTH Simone Gillam [email protected] 08 8639 7907

STATEWIDE INDIGENOUS ARTS & CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT Mandy Brown [email protected] 08 8444 0407

Sam Yates [email protected] 08 8444 0409

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