Friends of the South Australian School of Art, Inc. Newsletter PATRON:DR H R (KYM) BONYTHON AC DFC AFC KCSJ

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 NOVEMBER 2010

A B O U T T H E FRIENDS OF S A S A , I N C The Friends of the Creativity in Teaching Meet the Artist Event South Australian Workshop School of Art ll members are invited to join us for an (SASA) aim to promote the work, A exclusive Meet the Artist event on history, and he Friends of the South Australian School Sunday 21st November 2010 at 3pm. This development of of Art will present a one-day Creativity in event will be held at the Regency Medical Clinic, the South T Australian School Teaching workshop on Friday November 26th 517 Regency Road, Sefton Park, where there is an of Art, using the at the City West Campus of the University of South ongoing display of artworks by Friends SASA outstanding expertise, . This workshop will give participants the members. experience and opportunity to expand their current classroom Artists Brian collegial nature of practice to incorporate an added dimension of Budgen, Board its past and present scholars creative thinking. A range of processes that can be Member of Friends and staff. applied in the Art and Design curriculum will be SASA and Nicola introduced to encourage creative behaviour and Semmens will I N S I D E outcomes on the part of students. make short T H I S Workshop presenters are Stuart Gluth, presentations Brian Budgen, Wall, 2010 ISSUE Studio Head: Graphic Design, School of Art, about their work. President’s Report 2 Architecture and Design, and Ron Corso, Lecturer Fellow artist Lyn Robins will also speak about & Seasons Greetings and Past Program Director, Visual Communication balancing her creative work and life. All works >>>Membership Design, School of Art, Architecture and Design. will be for sale on the day and throughout the Officer Report Closing date for registrations is Friday 19th exhibition. Funds raised by this joint venture will VAESA: Ruth 3 Flaherty November 2010. For more program details and support local artists, fund scholarships through >>>AAANZ registration information go to the Friends SASA Friends SASA Inc and aid a charity nominated by Annual Conference website. the Regency Medical Clinic. The display concludes >>>Port Bottling on December 21, 2010. >>>Thanks Katie Wyatt

SASA History 4 Second of the Friends Exhibition: April/May 2011 Project Report: Dr Pamela Zeplin GREAT OPPORTUNITY — This will be a major event and a good What’s on in 5 TOP LOCATION!!! Galleries: Dates for opportunity for our artists' work to be exhibited your Diaries ollowing the success of our 'First of the in a prominent venue. It promises to be a great Artistic 6 Friends' exhibition, the 'Second of the show! Entrepreneurship F Symposium: Friends Exhibition' will be held in the foyer of the Exhibition Committee Summary Report Festival Centre (pictured at right) from Second of the Friends SASA exhibition. by Dr Gregor Ramsey AM April 13 to May 22, 2011. Artists, students, former teachers, lecturers and On the Exhibition 7 current staff of SASA who are members of Friends Trail with Friends of SASA: Lois SASA are invited to submit their applications to be Turner, Peter part of this exciting exhibition. The application form Schulz, Jack Condous. is being posted to all members along with this newsletter. You will also find this form on the President’s Report 8 (cont.) >>>Janet Friends SASA website. Maugham on Ann Friends are invited to send in their application to EDITOR’S NOTE: If you are reading this issue Newmarch’s Cultural Pattern show a maximum of 2 works - space is very limited. on-screen, you will find many ‘live’ links (in bold and Human Fragility Works for the exhibition will be selected by the italics) to the Friends SASA and other websites. (Pandora’s Box) exhibition committee and the successful To gain access to these sites, press CTRL + contributors will be advised by the end of February/ click to follow link. (PS I find underlined links early March. visually intrusive so have removed this feature). P A G E 2 President of Friends SASA Report & Season’s Greetings

ince the adoption of a new constitution at our future. Meet the Artist will be held on Sunday 21st S last AGM on 18th August 2010, the Board of November at 3pm at the Regency Medical Clinic. The the Friends of the South Australian School of Art, current display of works by members will continue has had, along with its members, a very busy time. there until 21st December 2010. Some 100 Doctors The new logo designed by Brian Budgen has been and other professionals have been invited to hear widely used; workshops by Lyn Robins have been Board Member Brian Budgen, and fellow artists Nicola held; in Greece, Pamela Karran opened my Semmens and Lyn Robins speak about their artistic exhibition of Giclee prints titled Kastellorizo in all practice. You are most welcome to join us—we are its glory, Part 2; a two-day Artistic hoping for a good turn out and a repeat of the President of the Friends Entrepreneurship Symposium, organised by Gloria excellent sales of works that followed the launch of SASA, Jack Condous, pictured Goddard and Bill Morrow with 18 presenters and Dr this ongoing display. here with Nina Rupena at Gregor Ramsey as MC, was very successfully held; the On 26th November, all members of Friends SASA the Artistic Entrepreneurship Royal Show Art Purchase Prize exhibition with and staff at UniSA, have been Invited to join Professor Symposium (30-31 October). Judges Paul Hoban, and Andrew Hill, myself as curator Mads Gaardboe, Head of the School of Art, Nina was the winner of the 2010 Friends SASA Art and Friends SASA members as stewards was held at Architecture and Design, Professor Kay Lawrence, Purchase Prize at the the Adelaide Show Grounds and our re-vamped Director SASA, and the Board of Friends SASA, to Adelaide Royal Show and is membership form designed by David Northcote and celebrate the end of the academic year. This brief currently a student at SASA. Bente Andermahr to recruit new members was gathering (5 - 6.30pm) for drinks and nibbles in the launched. Work on the SASA History Project SASA Gallery, will give us the opportunity to continues strongly under Dr Pam Zeplin and Dr Jenny acknowledge the support from our sponsors, Aland. A particular highlight resulting from Dr Aland’s institutional representatives and UniSA staff as well to admirable archival research was a White Glove Event recruit new members. Your attendance at this event is which was successfully held at the Art Gallery of SA in most welcome. late October. And last week I was asked, as President, To conclude the year’s program we have a to open the Mainly River Images exhibition at the workshop on Creativity in Teaching. This will be Prospect Gallery which featured prints by Peter Schulz, held at UniSA on Friday 26th November from 9am to former lecturer in printmaking at SASA. All of this as 5pm. Workshop presenters are Ron Corso and Stuart voluntary work to support the work and objectives of Gluth from UniSA. At its conclusion, all workshop our organization. participants will be invited to Join the end-of-year It is great to see that more and more of our celebrations in the SASA Gallery. Registrations for this members and students from SASA have become event close on 19th November. involved in the presentation of these events. Many Plans are underway to have Associate Professor have been reported on in this newsletter or on our Jack Cross interview Mr Max Lyle, well known web site. It is encouraging to note that there have sculptor and former Head of SASA, in March 2011. To been over 100,000 hits recorded on our website since date, Friends SASA has mounted two very successful its launch in April 2009. fundraisers during which practising artists and former This is all in the past—having tested many of our staff members of SASA, Geoff Wilson and Ann ‘experiences’ and ‘waters’, I’m certain we can do things Newmarch were interviewed. even better in the future. And now looking to the >>>Report continued Page 8.

MEMBERSHIP OFFICER R EPORT big thank you to all those members who A have renewed their membership to the Welcome New Members of Friends SASA Friends so far. Now is a timely reminder to those of The following are new members and I would like to you who have not paid this financial year - we need officially welcome them to the Friends: FRIENDS SASA your support. You can easily renew your Eliza Wilson, Margie Hooper, Michael Bryant, David membership via the Friends SASA website - the Warren, Craft South, Petrus Spronk, Carol Hadland, Postal Address: current renewal form can be downloaded and fees Belinda Jones, Kocksi Thoelke, Lesley Redgate, Anna Friends SASA paid either by cheque or electronically. Maria Zupancic, Bente and Graeme Andermahr, SA School of Art Don’t forget there are many great benefits to Heather Clegg, Kay Lawrence, Mark Warren, Katie University of GPO Box 2471 being a Friend of the South Australian School of Art Wyatt, Patricia Wozniak, Greg Johns and Moira Adelaide SA 5001 such as exhibiting your work and attending exciting Simpson. Email: functions such as the series of workshops that have [email protected] been on offer in the past months as well as the David Northcote Website: forthcoming Creative Teaching Workshop and Board Member, Friends SASA www.friendsasa.com Meet the Artist events. November 2010

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FORMATION OF NEW ART AAANZ ANNUAL CONFERE N C E EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION: VAESA

Foundation Member of Friends SASA, Ruth Flaherty reports:

At last, a new professional association for Art educators in South Australia is being formed!! This association will be the ‘voice’ of Visual Art educators of South Australia, and as such, hopes to work collaboratively with Friends of SASA. The new Australian Curriculum for the Arts has been a The AAANZ is the national professional body for Australian springboard for a much needed (and wanted) association to and New Zealand art historians. Its membership is comprised reform. Such an association will provide South Australian art principally of academics in art and design, postgraduate students, educators with the opportunity to develop well considered, artists and designers, and gallery and museum curators. discussed and debated input into the ‘Shape Paper’ which is to Its 2010 annual conference will focus on the themes of guide writers of the future Australia-wide national arts Tradition and Transformation. 200 speakers will explore curriculum. VAESA (Visual Art Education South Australia) will these broad themes to focus on art and design history and theory, not only provide a ‘voice’ for visual art educators in this state, visual culture, aesthetics, architecture, craft, design, curatorship it will also be affiliated with AEA (Art Education Australia), and museology. which is the national body for visual art education Keynote Speakers include: Evelyn Welch (UK); John The initial meeting of this group was well attended by both Paoletti (USA); Philip Jones (Australia). There will also be primary and secondary teachers from different school sectors Art Gallery of SA and Samstag Museum floor talks and a special along with representatives from Flinders University and UniSA. panel which will be held in the Art Gallery of South Australia Our second meeting will be held on Tuesday November 16th around the AAANZ focus exhibition Desert Country curated by from 5 - 6.30 pm, at Flinders University Education Nici Cumpston, Assistant Curator of Australian Art, Art Gallery Building. An interim committee will be formed at this meeting of South Australia. and we will determine our rationale. Postgraduate Symposium I welcome any enquiries from those members of Friends Hosted by the School of Art, Architecture & Design and SASA who require more information about VAESA. I also convened by Dr Pamela Zeplin from the University of South invite all visual art educators to join this new professional Australia, an important component of the AAANZ conference is association. My email is [email protected] the one-day Postgraduate Symposium which will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. This symposium has been Ruth Flaherty, Arts Coordinator designed to develop the skills of postgraduate students studying in Heathfield High School relevant fields. Students will hear special keynote addresses from eminent art and design historians Professor Peter McNeil and Professor Evelyn Welch about research tools and a dynamic series of presentations aimed to generate feedback for postgraduates. For more information about the Conference program and Postgraduate Symposium, go to the AAANZ Conference website. Or, contact the conference organiser, Jennifer Kalionis at FRIENDS VENTURE FROM WINE TO [email protected] VINTAGE PORT Having successfully sold 64 cases of wine from Scarpantoni Estate Wines by Michael Scarpantoni of McLaren Vale, the Friends SASA are now bottling a Port. DESIGNS BY KATIE WYATT: THANKS The Port is from McLaren Vale and is eleven years old. It was put down by Tiers wines and was purchased at Friends SASA would like to acknowledge the excellent auction in a Hogs-head ready for bottling. graphic designs that have been developed for our use by SASA 150 litres will be bottled and available to Friends of student graduate designer and artist, Katie Wyatt. SASA and ‘friends’ of Friends at $10.00 per 750mm We also thank her for her untiring efforts in designing the bottle. Around 200 bottles will be available for purchase flyers that have been used to advertise the workshops and early in 2011. events offered as part of the fundraising efforts of Friends SASA. Garrie Hisco Katie has undertaken all this work on Treasurer, Friends SASA a voluntary basis, often producing flyers at very short notice. The design seen here is but one of a number Katie has produced over the past months. So, MANY THANKS KATIE. P A G E 4 SASA History Report : Dr Pamela Zeplin (excerpts from)

y last reports in Hanrahan, Mary Packer Harris, Ivor Hele, Jacqueline Hick, M August and September Margaret Preston, George Reynolds, Udo Sellbach, Karin outlined a number of Schepers, Jeffrey Smart, Brian Seidel and Marie Tuck. important developments for A White Glove Event was an artistic and public the South Australian School relations success, not only for the school’s prestigious of Art History Project. These contribution to the local culture and the Art Gallery’s developments indicate that foresighted collections policy, but also for the history there is a growing visibility of of South Australian art itself. The event also managed [L to R] Dr Pamela Zeplin, Dr Jenny Aland the work of the SASA to augment and in some cases challenge some previous and Maria Zagala, host presenters at a White History Project through the cultural assumptions about art produced in this state. Glove event, which was held at the Art School and Friends of SASA This was particularly evident in the late nineteenth Gallery of South Australia., October 22, 2010. websites and newsletters century work by Harry Pelling Gill and George which feature ‘Snapshots’ of Reynolds which revealed sympathetic renderings of past staff and students and Kaurna Aborigines and their local environment, as well regular reports and articles of as early work by Barbara Hanrahan that reveals interest. Even the more surprising influences not always apparent in her body contemporary Friends of SASA of later work. events which have raised funds for Subsequent to the event, one participant Dr. Avis the SASA History Project, such as Smith wrote: ‘...a great event and of considerable historic Geoff on the Couch (Geoff Wilson) and value’. Another participant, Anne Leech (Diploma Art The Personal is Political (Ann Teaching) remembered her time at Stanley Street in Newmarch), represent to a large the 1960s: ‘Dora Chapman scared the wits out of me, extent, examples of ‘living’ history especially as Life Drawing was a subject where one's work projects. was up on a board for all the world to see!!! Dave Dallwitz The more recently presented a was another story. Gentle lovely man who quietly talked White Glove Event was also away with that twinkle in his eye. Lettering classes could conceived as a fundraising event for have been dry and boring but once one had learned the Cover of the Catalogue prepared for a the SASA History Project, Presented basics he encouraged creativity with both the style, shape White Glove Event. You will find the at the Art Gallery of South Australia and layout of the letters. Remember this was all hand done complete Catalogue on the Friends on Friday October 22nd, 2010, this (to perfection) ... I loved the place, four days a week there SASA website in the SASA History occasion was widely advertised as: a where we could be ourselves and be treated like adults then Project section. The complete version of unique opportunity to view rarely seen Fridays at Teacher's College where we had to wear Dr Zeplin’s SASA History Project Report works on paper from the collection of the stockings and feel like Primary Schoolers!! ‘ is in this same section. Art Gallery of South Australia made by In closing, I wish to again thank all those Friends artists who were staff or students at the and History Project members, Art Gallery staff and the South Australian School of Art during the school of Art, Architecture & Design, and of course first hundred years of its existence (1861 Jenny and Maria, who/which have made this small to 1961). project such a great success, whether through in-kind The event was hosted by Maria support, research, organisation, donation, or Zagala, Associate Curator, Prints attendance. Drawings and Photographs at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Dr Jenny Dr Pamela J Zeplin Aland and Dr Pamela Zeplin from Chair/Convenor, South Art, Architecture & Design at the Australian School of Art University of South Australia. From all History Project reports received to date, the event Committee, November proved to be a very special occasion. 5 2010 Many of those attending overwhelmingly November 5 2010 Maria Zagala presents for testified to the privilege of viewing these viewing and discussion a ’Self largely unseen treasures from the School of Art - at close up and personal Portrait’ made by Dora Chapman At right: Group range. Feedback was spontaneous and circa 1940. pics of enthusiastic, as participants inspected, participants at marvelled at and reminisced over these a White Glove most important of all research documents - in the form of Event. All pics over 40 prints, watercolours and drawings. Among the works courtesy Jack selected were those by Ethel Barringer, Dorrit Black, Dora Condous Chapman (Cant), David Dallwitz, Harry Pelling Gill, Barbara

FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL O F ART, INC. NEWSLETTER P A G E 5 What’s on in the Galleries? . . . Dates for your Diaries!

>>>S A S A Gallery this influential artist's politically charged practice. CACSA Contemporary 2010 Nickolls’s drawings and paintings reflect his personal experience as a Nunga man from remote The New New South Australia, and his relationship to land, place Artists and history. Brenda Croft, James Dodd, Ian North, Lee Salomone, Gerry Wedd, Curators Alan Cruickshank & Peter McKay Exhibition launch 6pm Wednesday 27 October Exhibition open Tuesday 26 October - Friday 26 Ian North, Near November Mylor (detail) The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia 2008 (CACSA) presents a survey exhibition of South Trevor Nickolls, I fought the law (detail) 2009 synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 50 x 76 cm © Trevor Nickolls/Licensed by Viscopy 2009, courtesy the Australian art in 2010. This exhibition will span University of South Australia Art Collection multiple venues across the Adelaide CBD. The SASA Gallery is an exhibiting partner in this landmark project. A Generosity of Spirit: Recent Australian Women’s Art Bachelor of Visual Arts from the QUT Art Collection Honours Exhibition 2010 22 October – 17 December 2010 Sticks Stones & Broken Bones Bestec Gallery 2 & Gallery 3 Artists Katie Barber, Emma Bitmead, Meaghan Coles, Claire Cutler, Svetlana De Gennaro, Susan Harris, Lisa Hatch, Sam Howie, Jaynie Langford, Greta Laundy, Margaret Lloyd, Bernie Manning, Adam Murakami, Riley OKeeffe, Jeremy Piert, Tom Squires & Rachael Thrussell Jaynie Longford, Exhibition launch one hundred ways 6pm Wednesday 8 December to say I love you, Exhibition open 2010 3 - 15 December Fiona Foley, HHH (Hedonistic honky haters) (detail) 2004. Ultrachrome From UniSA This is one of cluster of exhibitions that celebrates print. QUT Art Collection, Brisbane. Purchased 2006 through the Betty website the work of students graduating in 2010 with Quelhurst Fund degrees from Art, Architecture and Design, University of South Australia. A Generosity of Spirit simultaneously acknowledges the generous philanthropy of former >>>Anne and Gordon Samstag Queensland artist and Queensland University of Museum of Art Technology alumnus Betty Quelhurst (1919-2008), Other side art: Trevor Nickolls, a survey of and the work of selected Australian women artists. paintings and drawings 1972 - 2007 In 2005, the Betty Quelhurst Fund was established, 22 October – 17 December 2010; Gallery 1 enabling the QUT Art Museum to purchase major Trevor Nickolls is a senior Indigenous artist works by leading Australian mid-career women and seminal figure in Australian contemporary art. practitioners. Curated by Stephen Rainbird, the Born in 1949 and currently living in Adelaide, exhibition presents works acquired over the last Nickolls has exhibited nationally and internationally four years by key figures such as Pat Brassington, for over thirty years, and represented Australia Cressida Campbell, Julie Dowling, Fiona Foley, Janet with Rover Thomas at the Venice Biennale in Laurence, Lindy Lee, Sue Lovegrove, Gloria 1990. Petyarre, Robyn Stacey and Judith Wright. Curated by Michael O’Ferrall, Other side art: Trevor Nickolls is the first major museum survey of

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Artistic Entrepreneurship Symposium : Summary Report by Dr Gregor Ramsey AM

On the weekend of the 30th and 31st giving time and resources for his real art, Liz Wauchope who October, the Friends SASA offered a 2- described a successful cooperative where more than 30 people day Symposium which focused on Artistic share the work, cross mentor and support, and with individual Entrepreneurship. The organizers Bill artists selling their work, and finally Angelika Tyrone who Morrow and Gloria Goddard (at left) acted as an agent and supporter for others. developed a very exciting program with How can you exploit your networks of professional 18 speakers and Dr Gregor Ramsey AM contacts? Well, the Friends of the SASA is one way, a as MC. The following are edited excerpts from Dr Ramsey’s cooperative is another, working together and mentoring Summary Report which was presented after the Symposium. another. The full report has been posted to the Past Events section of What are your own preferences, strengths, and the Friends SASA website. limitations? The Symposium did not spend much time discussing whether an artist has the requisite skills to do what he Symposium was divided into two clear days: the first they want to do, and how do you get them if you don’t? T was to lift our eyes to the heights, to show what can be Mentoring was an important mechanism, and Mandy Martin’s done, to examine what goes into the inspiration of being an artist. reminiscences described some of this. The sculptors on the first Mandy Martin’s opening address Throwing Away the Rulebook day addressed some of the issues associated with doing your gave a first hand account of her pathway from questioning known thing against doing what will sell or be commissioned. neophyte to successful artist in collaboration with people from How do you balance home and work life? An artist’s other fields of endeavour. Mark Kimber reminded us of the work is never finished and also the day never ends. These issues enormous contribution the arts make to the GDP and the limited came down often to supportive families and partners. government support the arts attract when this fact is exposed. How do you find your natural market? Markets are very We were introduced to the dubious movement of the artist as a dependent on the ups and downs of the economy and ‘rock star’ where it is the artist rather than the art that claims our preferences change as business changes. Conny Wilson dealt attention. with this from a perspective gained at the Jam Factory Henry Kristall, artist and psychiatrist took us through the explaining how to gain exposure without it costing money, or detailed interactions he had in a session with one of his artist much anyway, using sponsors, and reminding us that 20% of patients: artist to artist as it were, giving us psychological insight time should be spent on maintaining and developing markets. into the mental processes of people aspiring to be artists, and the Anne McCutcheon showed that success just doesn’t happen, importance of mother/child relationships in such development but needs to be planned for with future directions clear in the early on. artist’s mind. Then we had a panel (David Kerr, Margaret Worth, How do you make money? There seemed some natural Greg Johns, Hossein Valamanesh) wherein artists revealed reluctance to equate art with money but Sandra Naulty gave their take on the ‘perspiration/ inspiration’ duality and the us the Grants picture (there may be more hope to gain a grant insistence that the first critical market for your work is yourself. If than most would think). Mary Sexton put the tax position for you please yourself, then others might go along too. artists very clearly into perspective, while Bill Morrow told us The first day ended with Jim Moss reflecting on the Art some of the legal ramifications of copyright, licencing, and other Zeitgeist of the 21st Century and how art is now forever relevant issues, challenged by the Twin Towers. And what a superb photo of that With this program of events and list of articulate speakers, earth-changing event he showed us: was it art? Can you construct the Friends of the SASA have set a high standard and it is a pity art by flying aeroplanes into buildings at near the speed of sound? that more artists didn’t avail themselves of the opportunity to What could be next? Bigger and bigger: but is it art? explore their industry. It was good to see some graduate The first day was ‘up there’ with its reality (and unreality) students soaking up the ideas and asking relevant questions. checks with its philosophy, psychology, experience, knowledge Perhaps in the end it is all about communicating with people and shape of things to come. The second day focussed on the and for people to understand the various languages of the artist. more practical aspects of artistic entrepreneurship: marketing, There is no doubt that the aim of being ‘inspired and planning, how to sell, different models of putting your art before informed’ was successfully achieved. Thanks must go to all people, tax, licensing, copyright, and art and the law. We returned those involved and the Friends encouraged to have a regular more directly to the questions I posed at the beginning of the program of these Symposium: Symposia. What sort of business can an artist start? We dealt with some of this during the panel on the second day under the Dr Gregor Ramsey AM heading ‘I think I can, I think I can..’ leading to a conclusion that if (3rd from left) with you can think it, then whatever ‘it’ is might just be possible. We SASA graduate students had Nick Uhlmann telling us that he does what he wants and at the 2-day Symposium. hopes the public will support him, Ben Manning who Pic courtesy Jack compromises by spending time doing what the public will buy, Condous. VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 P A G E 7

On the Exhibition Trail with Friends SASA

Lois Turner’s Parallel landscapes, at Pike’s Wines, Sevenhill, Clare

ois Turner’s exhibition of paintings benefit from such exhibitions since they encourage tourism, L Parallel Landscapes was opened at increase opportunities for employment and link local artists Pikes Wines, Sevenhill, Clare, by John to the broader art community. Wood, the former CEO of Transforma Vice President of Friends SASA, Bill Morrow provided who introduced Lois to a crowd of insights into the aims and objectives of the Friends SASA and about 60 art enthusiasts. highlighted Lois’s initiative to donate $100 for every painting In her opening speech Lois spoke of the many benefits to sold over $1000 to help raise funds for SASA History local businesses and the community that result from bringing Project. Pikes Wines have art to regional areas. By offering venues to artists, businesses had very positive feedback become identified with a strong sense of community since such about the artwork and as a activities extend beyond their primary purpose as well as result have chosen to helping businesses establish a reputation as a company with extend the exhibition to positive values. Lois also explained how local communities 28th November 2010. Lois Turner, Back to the Future

Peter Schulz: Mainly River Images, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide

eter Schulz’ exhibition of Mainly River Images at the educator – to explain the processes he used in their production. P Prospect Gallery was opened by Jack Condous, He has also used a method to hand-colour the prints that I don’t President of SASA. The believe we have seen before. He applies the (acrylic) colour first, following are excerpts from then prints the block over the colour. Jack’s opening address (the full The careful placement of his printing over the colour or added address has been posted to the pencil, charcoal, pastel is masterfully and cleverly executed. The Friends SASA website): combined use of hand-made paper and these experimental techniques all help In this beautifully organized and to provide a contemporary modern presented exhibition Peter has explored combinations of hand- flavour to his work. colouring lino-prints. Most of the prints are ‘mono-prints’- in other words, there is only one of each, as distinct from ‘editions’ of This exhibition at the Prospect prints wherein you have any number of identical images ... on Gallery runs from 7 to 28 some works Peter has included drawings and notes – ever the November.

Jack Condous: Kastellorizo in all its Glory, Part 2, in Greece

On Sunday 26th of September, the At this gathering Jack Condous thanked his sponsors: President of the Friends of SASA, Manoli, Maria, Roslyn Geronicolas, Yannie Sampsakos, Jack Condous, presented 55 of his Premier Art Supplies and Pimlott Framing of Adelaide, photographs and Giclee prints Australia. featuring Kastellorizo in all its Glory Jack’s visit to for exhibition on a small Greek Greece was not only Island in the Dodecanese, Greece. to exhibit his art Around 60 people gathered in the work but also to events room of the Megiste Hotel, celebrate, with Kastellorizo, where Pamela Karran, Public Relations Officer of family and friends, Friends SASA of the University of SA (seen at right of his 70th birthday. photograph with Jack) officially opened the exhibition. Happy Birthday 18 works were sold to purchasers from the United Jack!!! Kingdom, Greece, Australia and other European countries. PAGE 8 President’s Report (continued from Page 2)

Gloria Goddard reported to the Board that the Second of the These funds have all come about by the generous assistance Friends exhibition will be presented at the Centre and support of our membership through the donation and sale of in April/May 2011. Members are currently being invited to submit art works and attendance at the special events outlined above. applications to exhibit at this event. Such support is very much appreciated by the Board of the Friends The Board has also accepted a proposal from its Treasurer, SASA. Garrie Hisco, for two future fundraisers: to bottle a Vintage Port and to continue our wine sales using Gerry Colella’s expertise. It Seasons greetings also accepted a proposal from its designer/sign writer Brian Budgen To the Board of the Friends SASA, UniSA staff and to all our to develop new signage using our logo ready for use in 2011. members and those who have supported us and worked so hard in 2010, I wish you Seasons Greetings. I hope you have an enjoyable Scholarships 2010/2011 break and safe summer season. I know it will be enjoyable for the As you are aware our first $1000 Friends SASA Prize is to be Condous clan as our son, with family, will be visiting from the presented at the end of this academic year. I am pleased to advise United Kingdom. that the Board of Friends SASA has agreed to continue this award I do believe in 2010 we have ‘truly hit our straps’ and I’m certain into 2011. We will also introduce a Travel Grant Award of $1500, we all look forward to the exciting program at the end of this year and making a total of $2500 for this scholarship program for 2011. These into 2011. prizes are to be awarded to students studying at the South Jack Condous Australian School of Art. Plans are under way to implement these President, Friends SASA awards through the Marketing and Development Unit of UniSA. November, 2010

ANN NEWMARCH: CULTURAL PATTERN AND HUMAN FRAGILITY (PANDORA’S BOX)

In July of this year, Ann Newmarch references other visual artists such as Picasso and Frida Kahlo; religious held an exhibition of recent work symbols; music, such as Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, popular songs and titled Cultural Pattern and Human marching tunes. There are also classical references: Roman and Greek Fragility (Pandora’s Box) at the culture; Egyptian gods and the afterlife. She also celebrates the Flinders Art Museum City Gallery. This experience of motherhood through drawings of children and exhibition was held in conjunction children's drawings; and always Politics: Kim Phuc running from a with the 2010 SALA Festival. The napalm attack in Vietnam; the man falling from the Twin Towers in exhibition was opened by Janet September 11, 2001; AK 47s and Afghani Prayer Rugs and multicultural Maugham (pictured at right of elements: batiks from Indonesia, dots and circles from Aboriginal photograph with Ann Newmarch). Western Desert Painting. The following are edited excerpts For Ann Newmarch, it is NOT just the western world that should be from Janet’s opening address. subjected to scrutiny. In each work there is a hand, a heart and a gun. But as with all Newmarch's works there is a duality, a tension. The hand of the his is a new exhibition by Ann Newmarch. These 16 works could maker, of the creator may also be the hand that pulls the trigger. The heart of T only have been produced at this stage of her life and her artistic compassion and kindness and love may be career: they are a culmination of her thoughts, her experiences, her love of also the pulse of the irrational, of surface decoration and her searches for meaning(s). overwhelming wants and desires. For Ann, this was a new way of working. She told me it was an intuitive We must read these works. They approach - but perhaps 45 years of art practice has honed her intuition will reward close inspection and such that the complexities of line, colour, shape and patterns sit easily with reflection. I recommend that you come complex ideas to form these integrated visual delights. The selection of back to the gallery at a later time when it these designs and their placement across the picture plane suggests very is possible to really see these works. careful consideration. Because stories and images matter. A brush with mortality caused Ann Newmarch to reflect on our In the exhibition catalogue Jack Cross common human fragility and she sought meaning as evidenced through reminds us that ‘when it comes to the cultural pattern. Working on small collages she has brought together images extreme limits of comprehension, humans and patterns of importance to her. She has mined her subconscious for have always turned to stories and images images; for design elements, locating them is such a way as to link ideas and to communicate.’ These works are like events across time, across place and across cultures. At a formal level these Pandora's Box - just remember that the design elements are compositionally integrated BUT they resonate with last remaining item after all the others content. had been released was the gift of Ann Newmarch always wants us to think. She wants us to make the hope. These are complex and beautiful Ann Newmarch, Oh dear, digital print connections for ourselves. But she provides keys—for example she works. They give pleasure and meaning. and mixed media on canvas, 142.5 x 100cms, 2010