SA arts and culture news in brief: A new public art commission by Guildhouse, plus other opportunities for artists, writers, curators and photographers; 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlist announced, southern suburbs theatre saved, career boost for local sculpture artist, and AF’s Summerhouse playlist.
PHOTO GALLERY: Scott Portelli’s photo of a camouflaged leafy seadragon at Second Valley – taken while he was stuck in a camping ground during lockdown – has won the 2021 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition.
PHOTO GALLERY: This image of a pair of synchronised swimming gentoo penguins by SA photographer Andrew Dickman is among entries shortlisted for the 2020 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition.
PHOTOGRAPHY: A new exhibition at the SA Museum offers a window on the natural world through photographs capturing surreal landscapes and creatures ranging from a tiny amphipod to a 23m-long beached fin whale being circled by sharks.