Wednesday, 19 August 2015

SALA Festival

The South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival is the largest visual arts festival in Australia. Its extensive state-wide program of visual arts involves more than 3000 artists and 500 venues that celebrate the diverse talents of South Australian artists. 

Don’t miss your chance to journey through some of this year’s best collections, held in various places and spaces to support the very best of visual art in the state

Some of exhibitions in and around McLaren Vale





A SALA Festival 2015 art exhibition of 8 Fleurieu Peninsula artists.

Venue: Stump Hill Gallery.  

Join us at the opening Sunday August 9th at 2pm for wine, nibbles and chat with our artists.
Opening Speaker Penny Griggs General Manager SALA.


All 8 artists are blessed to reside in the Southern Fleurieu region of Adelaide and are inspired to show in our various mediums: ceramics, jewellery, painting, photography, sculpture & textiles. 

Artists: 
  • Corey Dodd, 
  • Dana Kinter ( Dana Kinter Art ), 
  • Eileen Lubiana, 
  • Michele Nooteboom( Nuttree Studio,) 
  • Warren Pickering,
  • Anna Small ( A Small Art Factory ), 
  • Kim Thomson ( Kim Thomson Jewellery ) and 
  • Sarah Wood





An exhibition of flowers by Angela Palios 

SALA Exhibition - 'Anthi'
August 1st – September 27th
Thursday & Friday 9 am – 12 noon
Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 2 pm



Venue:
Willunga Uniting Church





Description
An exhilarating exhibition inspired mostly by coastal summer life. Victoria’s simple but quirky stitched art, and Jen’s bright local fauna and flora in mixed media.






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Description
A realist, specializing in painting and drawing, for whom every day brings a myriad of visual gifts. Christine's aim is to capture the essence of that which inspires her, drawn from complexity and beauty of the natural world in its many forms. Light, colour, shape, form, texture, space and change all contribute to her vast palette, from which she extracts the works that bring us all so much joy.




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Description
A wonderland of metal geometric shapes and fruit sculptures along with life size animals and inspirations from nature.





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  • Rod Manning,
  • Judy Manning,
  • Ty Manning, 
  • Trent Manning





Description
8 of South Australia’s most fabulous artists, established alongside up n’ coming, set against a Penny’s Hill Winery backdrop. An outstanding eclectic exhibition, from the aged talents of Dridan, the emerging watercolourist Thompson, plus the brilliance, expression and abstraction of Kellet, Lacey, Newman, O’Callaghan, O’Malley & Riley. 





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  • David Dridan OAM,
  • Gail Kellett,
  • John Lacey,
  • Trevor Newman,
  • Tom O'Callaghan,
  • Brian O'Malley,
  • Suzie Riley 
  • Sam Thompson 





Description
Dave Trengove is a South Australian impressionist landscape artist who captures the changeable and lyrical moods of the incredible South Australian countryside. In Dave’s travels from the coast to the outback, he breathes in the spirit and character of the land to render his canvas with the energy he experiences in nature. Whether harsh or lush, Dave captures the feeling of the land, sea and sky and shares it with the viewer through his artwork.





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  • Dave Trengove