Sonya Rankine presents a workshop in traditional Ngarrindjeri and Ngadjuri weaving techniques at JamFactory at Seppeltsfield. Photo: Connor Patterson, courtesy JamFactory

Visual Art

In the Studio with Sonya Rankine

Sonya Rankine has woven traditional techniques and a passion for truth telling and creativity into a multi-faceted contemporary arts practice and business. Her latest pieces are lighting up the historic phone booths at Adelaide Railway Station.

Design

Then and now: JamFactory looks to a new golden era

PHOTO GALLERY: In the 50 years since it began life in an old factory in St Peters, JamFactory has helped forge hundreds of creative careers and put Adelaide at the heart of Australia’s contemporary craft and design scene. Now, as it reflects on the past and looks to the future, it has one pressing need: more space.

InReview

Green Room: Animated art, Bakehouse auction

SA arts and culture news in brief: Colourful animated artworks light up Festival Theatre shells, Bakehouse auction offers the chance to own a piece of theatre history, Chamber Music Adelaide commission opportunity, FUSE Glass Prize finalists’ work on show at JamFactory, meet Music SA’s new CEO, plus more.

InReview

Green Room: Free/State in the streets, sign up for SALA

SA arts and culture news in brief: Images of Adelaide Biennial art pop up around the CBD, registrations open for the 25^th SALA Festival, FUSE Glass Prize finalists announced, Writers’ SA launches autumn line-up, and reviving the live music scene.

Visual Art

Sort Sol: When nature’s beauty takes flight

In the quiet light of Gallery Two at JamFactory, Stephanie James-Manttan’s sculptural vessels defy the solid materiality of porcelain to evoke the transcendent ebb and flow of migrating birds.