Green Room: Art fair, Raw talent, picture the Park Lands

SA arts & culture news in brief: Tarnanthi Art Fair goes online this weekend, a rapid-fire dance catalyst at the Odeon, Chihuly breaks Botanic Garden records, Australian String Quartet’s touring plans for 2025, and entries open for Park Lands Art Prize.

Green Room: Film Festival sneak peek, winning words

SA arts & culture news in brief: Adelaide Film Festival’s second reveal, the ‘alternative’ Archibald show comes to town, local poet wins $20,000 literary prize, talent sought for Festival Centre show, SALA’s 2024 winners, and Tarnanthi Art Fair to return online.

Kunmanara (Ngilan) Dodd in front of her wall sculpture 'Waya munu Wuulta' at Paralpi around Mimili Community on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, 2023. Photo courtesy the artist's family and Mimili Maku Arts

A taste of the dynamism and diversity on show during Tarnanthi

Tarnanthi artistic director Nici Cumpston highlights some of the diverse contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art on show at the Art Gallery of SA during the 2023 festival – from delightful animations and unique sculptural works, to paintings inspired by a love of rock music.

Tarnanthi 2023 to showcase the 'dynamism and diversity' of First Nations art

More than 1500 First Nations artists from across Australia will feature in this year’s Tarnanthi Festival, which includes a major exhibition of work by the multi-award-winning Vincent Namatjira and will see the annual Tarnanthi Art Fair return as an in-person event at Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

Green Room: Art fair online, music awards time

SA arts and culture news in brief: Tarnanthi Art Fair goes online this weekend, ASQ to begin national tour with a world premiere at the Town Hall, people’s choice voting opens for the 2022 SAM Awards, ActNow invites applications for First Nations arts pathway program, and opportunities for artists and early-career curators.