Friends of the South Australian School of Art, Inc. Newsletter PATRON: DR JEFFREY S M A R T A O A B O U T T H E VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 APRIL/MAY 2013 FRIENDS OF S A S A , I N C The Friends of the South Australian School of Art 50 years ago @ the South Australian School of Art (SASA) aim to promote the work, or some members of As long serving Senior history, and development of F Friends SASA it may Lecturer at SASA, John the South seem like only yesterday Copeland has written, ‘This Australian School that you were on the move building was designed with of Art, using the from the derelict (but much almost no input from outstanding expertise, loved) Exhibition Building School of Art staff or experience and on North Terrace to the students. No in-built View of interior courtyard , collegial nature of Demolition begins at the rear new purpose-built campus heating. No air- SASA, Stanley Street Campus. SASA Prospectus, its past and of the Exhibition Building, on Stanley Street, North conditioning. No lifts. No present scholars North Terrace, 1962. SLSA 1967. and staff. Archives. Adelaide. The reality is that wheelchair access to upper it is now almost exactly 50 floors. No possibility for I N S I D E years since this significant event occurred. Such future expansion. No THIS significance lies in the fact that it was the first time in parking area for students’ ISSUE the one hundred years of the school’s operation, that cars. Small parking area for Friends 2 SASA Board it was to be housed in a building specifically designed staff cars only. Lecture Report: Pamela for its purpose. theatre on top floor was Karran>>> Professor Kay Built in the 1960s in conservative Adelaide, the very hot in summer Sale of ceramic works in the Lawrence school’s modern design attracted much public months’. courtyard of Stanley Street appointed Adjunct Campus. 1975 Torrens CAE Professor, UniSA comment. Leading English critic and art educator, Sir However, John did Herbert Read, who visited the almost completed comment favourably on the Report. Vale Bert 3 Flugelman>>> campus a month building’s ‘pleasant central courtyard for display of Email from before it was first students’ sculpture and ceramic works’, and its ‘quite Vincent de Gouw occupied on July 11th, good gallery area’. He also noted that, ‘despite its SASA Graduates 4 achieve success @ 1963—thought it many faults the building created a unified entity’. Helpmann ‘better designed and Of particular importance here is the fact that the Academy better equipped than school could at last boast a Gallery or exhibition Awards>>> South Australian School of Art, Jacqueline Hick @ Stanley Street, North Adelaide. This any art school’ he had space of its very own. Neither of the buildings in Carrick photograph shows the ‘box-like’ ever seen.1 which the school had been previously housed—the Hill>>>Jack Cross structure of the building and the made AM unusual exterior ‘grille’ which was Others found the South Australian Institute Building and the Exhibition made of 18000 triangular concrete school’s design less Building—had allowed for such an important facility. ‘50 years @ SASA 5 (cont)>>>Friends blocks. SASA Prospectus, 1963. than satisfactory. Continued page 5>>> SASA Board Report (Cont) Friends SASA evening with Greg Royal South Australian Society of Arts Portrait Prize Johns @ Bradley Forum Meet the Artist: 6 T he Inaugural RSASA Other components of this prize include: Douglas Roberts Portrait Prize is one with a inviting entrants to respond to the following ‘Why I (1919-1976) difference. Open to all artists in would like to have my portrait painted’. ‘Meet the Artist: 7 Douglas Roberts all mediums, it encourages Portrait demonstrations in the RSASA Gallery with (Cont) artists to think beyond the up to four artists working on portraits of sitters. Calendar of Events 8 human face. The exhibition runs A Portrait Trail at the Art Gallery of South Australia. 2013>>>Heysen at the RSASA Gallery from June An invitation to school children to create portraits Sculpture Biennial 2014>>>Artist 23 to July 14, 2013. Entries are of their favourite character which will be displayed News from due May 31. Prizes include $1,000 First Prize and on screens in the foyer to the RSASA Gallery. Greenaway Gallery $500 Second Prize (sponsored by Friends SASA). The exhibition will be opened Sunday June 23 at Entry forms are available from the RSASA website or 2.00 pm by Nick Mitzevich, Director of the Art via email to rsasarts@bigpond.net.au. Gallery of South Australia. P A G E 2 Friends SASA Board Report : Pamela Karran ear Friends ... smooth succession into the future. Several Board D I write to you as Vice President and also members will be ending their current tenures at our Acting President of FSASA. As most of you AGM this year and some have indicated that they will will recall we are actually without an elected not be re-nominating. Therefore, I encourage you to president since Jack Condous retired from the consider nominating either yourself or others for a position in August 2012. Consequently, our position on the Board. Board has had to develop an alternative way of Special Thankyou’s. Acting President & Vice operating. We now work as a cooperative with To Michael Scarpantoni of Scarpantoni Wines President of Friends each board member taking on a specific management who has donated 12 dozen wines once again for us to SASA, Pamela Karran role which we believe has resulted in a very successful use at our functions throughout the year. with artist and long-time working team. To members, Jack Condous, Nicola Semmens, staff member at the South Australian School Denice Daou is Secretary and has become a huge Garrie Hisco and Gareth Thomas who spotted an of Art, Geoff Wilson. asset to the team. She is based at the City West opportunity to hang a city exhibition thus earning $300 Both are pictured at the Campus of the University of South Australia and as a which they generously donated to FSASA. recent Friends SASA fundraising event held at result has been able to expedite our operations within Our next major fundraiser The Third of the the Bradley Forum the Art School. Nicola Semmens is in her second Friends – The 20x20 Show at the Prospect Gallery is (Tuesday April 9) where year as Treasurer and has shown huge commitment to to be opened by Vickie Chapman MP on July 7, 2013. Greg Johns spoke on the theme of' ‘Public the task. Gloria Goddard oversees all exhibitions The entry fee is $25 per work and as a new initiative, Sculpture: Place, and is currently mentoring the “Third of the Friends” the Friends SASA are offering a $500 cash prize for the Meaning & Journey. For exhibition team and Bente Andermahr is our best work. For further information contact Lois Turner report and pics see p 5. Photograph courtesy advertising and photographic manager. at loturner@bigpond.net.au. Bente Andermahr. Andrew Hill represents the SA School of Art; We have determined to continue our collaboration Barb Tanner manages our student scholarships and with the Royal Adelaide Show Art Purchase 20 Mark Fischer liaises with Jenny Aland, who Exhibition. Our former President Jack Condous produces our newsletter and manages our website continues in his coordination role and several of our and Facebook page. Lyn Robins is our official FSASA members assist as stewards. We also contribute a representative at art events about town and Trish $150 prize. Members please consider submitting Wozniak is our Membership Officer. works. I have also retained the role of Events Coordinator This year, the Board has also agreed to sponsor the as well as my leadership role. I sincerely thank the Inaugural Royal South Australian Society of Arts Board for their continued support. Portrait Prize Exhibition. The first prize is $1500 I feel that it is important to understand that we are (non-acquisitive) and the second prize is $500, an organisation of volunteers constantly striving to sponsored by Friends SASA. The exhibition is designed balance work, family and social lives along with our to give South Australian artists their own portrait prize. commitment to ensure that Friends SASA continues to The exhibition is open to RSASA members and fulfill its aims. nonmembers. The venue will be the RSASA Gallery Most importantly, your Board relies on the strong and the exhibition will be opened by Nick Mitzevich, participation and support of members so I urge you to Director, Art Gallery of South Australia on Sunday, 23 become involved in our functions and exhibitions June 2013 at 2 pm. Anna Platten, Chris Orchard and wherever possible and to encourage new members in Sam Hill-Smith have agreed to be exhibition judges. order to refresh our organisation and to ensure a Report continues Page 5>>> FRIENDS SASA NEWSLETTER Professor Kay Lawrence appointed Adjunct Professor e recently received the and theory, that she has won over $1.6 million in Editor: Dr Jenny Aland Postal Address: W following message from grants and produced over 20 publications in addition Friends SASA Professor Mads Gaardboe, Head to her teaching and Higher Degree Research (HDR) of the School of Art, Architecture & supervision. SA School of Art Adjunct Professor University of South Kay Lawrence AM Design. I am particularly pleased that we will continue to Australia Colleagues: It is my great pleasure to see Kay around the School in the future, where she GPO Box 2471 inform you that our former Head of SASA and will maintain her office, and I am sure that you will all Adelaide SA 5001 subsequently Director of SASA Kay Lawrence who join me in offering her our warmest congratulations.