http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/ Visual Arts - Next 5 Channel http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=181875 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=181875 20/05/2008-20/07/2008 Visual Arts Between 1936 and 1940 three Ballets Russes companies toured Australia. The tours had a profound impact on Australian cultural life and introduced to the Australian public not simply a brilliant and exotic company of dancers, but productions, stage designs, costumes and music the likes of which had never been seen or heard here before. The Ballets Russes tours profoundly influenced the shape and development of ballet in Australia and paved the way for the establishment of The Australian Ballet. This exhibition will feature costumes, set designs, photographs, artwork and memorabilia from this amazing period in Australian dance history. http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=181705 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=181705 28/06/2008-27/07/2008 Visual Arts ‘A ‘felt’ response to land or country through notions of spirit and myth, and a sense of inter-connectedness with the indigenous nature of place.’ The exhibition explores relationships with land or country through two artists’ perspectives. Johns explores notions of spirit and myth and what he refers to as the ‘underground forces’ which drive that which occurs above the ground, the visible world. It includes forms and imagery influenced by both Aboriginal and European cultures. Malone explores ecological and cultural relationships and our primal connectedness to the land, a sense of belonging to the indigenous nature of place, mythologically, spiritually and physically. Sculptor Greg Johns and Artist Gavin Malone have been responding to and interacting with the Australian landscape from both aesthetic and ecological perspectives since the early 1990s. Artist Talks 5.30pm followed by Official Launch at 6.30pm, 27 June Artspace Gallery hours: Wed to Sat 12 - 5pm, Sun 10am - 4pm Image: Greg Johns http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=181706 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=181706 02/08/2008-07/09/2008 Visual Arts For the third year, the exhibition features a statewide selection of artworks by South Australian Indigenous community artists from the coasts, through the Flinders Ranges, SA's mid north, Riverland and the red desert sands of the state's far north. Our Mob 08 again celebrates the diversity and continuing vitality of South Australian Indigenous art making. Artworks are selected from submissions in a variety of media. This exhibition continues to build on the strong links and relationships that have already been forged between many arts organisations around the state and the Adelaide Festival Centre. For the first time, Our Mob 08 is held alongside Our Young Mob in the Festival Theatre foyer; an exhibition by South Australia's young Indigenous artists. ARTWORKS FOR SALE Launch event 5 August 6pm Artists-in-residence and schools program 6 & 7 August 2008