The Australian Migrant Resource Centre invites young people to participate in the SA Refugee Week Youth Poster Awards 2026 Exhibition, which celebrates the courage, resilience, strength and contributions of people of refugee backgrounds.

SA Refugee Week Schools Poster Project is coordinated by the Australian Migrant Resource Centre. Since 2011, it has been a major event of SA Refugee Week celebrations.

Young people from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions were invited to create handmade posters that reflect themes from the United Nations International Refugee Convention, including multiculturalism, human rights, cultural diversity, anti-racism, welcoming refugees into Australia and recognising their contributions.

The exhibition supports creativity, awareness and empathy, encouraging young people to explore refugee experiences through art.

The 2026 Refugee Week theme is ‘A Million Stories’, reflecting on the milestone of one million refugees welcomed by Australia since World War II.

Project Director and Exhibition Curator: Andrew Hill AM

Showcasing the extraordinary impact of peer-to-peer support and inviting you to engage with powerful stories and experiences of families who’ve been through tough times and come out the other side.

Through the participants’ shared experiences in innovative Family by Family programs that transform lives, these mixed-media works are personal, insightful and draw on the lived experiences of families who support each other through practices of radical care.

This exhibition was developed from research conducted as part of the Australian Research Council Linkage project Situating Care, and involved Adelaide University and Monash University, and was developed in partnership with Uniting Communities and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation.

These inspiring works were created in collaboration with Miranda Harris and Miranda Harris from The Art Bus and ceramic artist Mark Valenzuela.

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WORKSHOPS

Join The Art Bus in these two FREE family friendly workshops at Murray Bridge Regional Gallery. Bookings essential.

Tiyan Baker (NSW) | Christopher Bassi (QLD) | Moorina Bonini (VIC) | Nikki Lam (VIC) | Sarah Poulgrain (QLD) | Truc Truong (SA)

Guest curated by Sydney based artist and curator Talia Smith, Primavera features artists who investigate themes of protest, reimagining, and perseverance.

Primavera: Young Australian Artists, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia’s annual exhibition for artists aged 35 years and under, presents work by six early-career artists that challenge society’s prescribed structures to deliver compelling alternatives to the status quo.

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A Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Museums & Galleries of NSW touring exhibition curated by Talia Smith. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.

The event provides an opportunity for entrants to exhibit and sell their work, as well as be in the running to win one of eleven prizes that are offered by the exhibition’s generous and long-standing sponsors.

Prize Categories: Jean Sims Art Prize - 2D, 3D, Andrew Hay Memorial Photography Prize, Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch Award and People’s Choice.

2026 PRIZE JUDGE: Samantha Faehrmann

Originally from a remote community on Gayiri land, Central Qld, Sam relocated to Kaurna land, Adelaide, where she runs a mixed medium practice from her studio ‘Butter and Gravy’. She holds a Masters of Architecture from UniSA, where she began working with the ‘Design Construct Program’. She has a passion for process and industrious practice through connection to communities, design, construction, logistics, fabrication and material. Her expanded portfolio includes contemporary art in pursuit of material language and experimentation, through which she continues to explore the intersections between people, spaces, places, bodies and objects that form the phenomena of our experience and our collective contributions. She is a passionate artist and facilitator who has developed and delivered creative programs across multiple sectors in local, metropolitan, remote, regional and international communities. She is dedicated to co-created outcomes, inclusive practices, capacity building and ever seeking opportunities to encourage and amplify the expansion, sustainability and resolve of creative practices and people.

Cr Karen Eckermann, Patron of Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch will judge the prize for the Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch Award.

Gallery Visitors will vote for their favourite artworks for the People’s Choice awards.

Congratulations to the following prize winners

2D Category

First Prize (Jean Sims Art Prize) - $1,000: Lizzy Hirstle, Leonardo
Second Prize - $300: Jane Mason, Maggie
Third Prize - $100: Lorene Van Rossen, Sentry

Photography category

First Prize (Andrew Hay Memorial Photography Prize) - $1,000: Kathryn Hannaford, Autumn leaves
Second Prize - $300: Michelle Dohnt, Rough seas
Third Prize - $100: Bharat Singh, Dark bloom

3D Prize Category

First Prize - $1,000: Craig Freundt, Scrap metal owl
Second Prize - $300: Heather Richards, Saved from the fire (1)
Third Prize - $100: Carol Forster, All about the banksia

Best Compassionate Depiction of an Animal

Winner - $300: Lorene Van Rossen, Itchy bliss (do unto others)

People’s Choice

To be announced at the end of the exhibition.

Artists
Silvio Apponyi • Louis Barnett • Stan Davis • Katie Dridan
• Quentin Gore • Glenn Hastings • Barry Lincoln • Evan Marker
• John Nelson • Tim Spooner • Andrew Stock • Peter Syndicas
• Sally Wickes

Thirteen South Australian sculptors drawn together through their passion for stone sculpture. 

As diverse and unique as those who have carved, cast and printed these artworks, this exhibition showcases a collective 200 years of sculpting applied to materials up to millions of years in the making, including sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, as well as lino prints. 

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Immersion in the sublime world of our oceans, skopos investigates through a scientific lens new ways of making the unseen visible.

Susie Althorp’s artistic practice explores the intersection of art, science, and technology in the natural world. Captivated by the immensity of the ocean and the delicate ecosystems contained within, her work interrogates our relationship with nature through both scientific and sensory lenses. From the seaweed collected in the intertidal zone to the microscopic intricacies of drifting algae, her investigations evoke a sublime tension, where awe meets unease.

Central to her practice is research of historical viewing instruments and engagement with contemporary viewing devices in the herbarium, tools that have shaped scientific understanding and, in turn, altered human perception. By deconstructing these instruments, the artist reveals the fragile boundaries between observation, interpretation, and illusion.

Clay, particularly porcelain serves as the primary medium, chosen for its elemental connection to the earth and its dual qualities of strength and fragility. Through experimental studio processes, Althorp transforms biological forms into immersive installations and sculptural works. Translucent porcelain interacts with light to create ephemeral environments, where form, texture, pattern, and shadow invite reflection on the fluid balance of ecosystems and their vulnerabilities.

PUBLIC PROGRAM

IN CONVERSATION: SUSIE ALTHORP + CATHERINE TRUMAN

An afternoon with exhibition artist Susie Althorp, in conversation with mentor Catherine Truman.

Guest speaker: Susie Althorp, exhibition artist

Based in Wallaroo Mines on the Yorke Peninsula, Narungga Country, Susie draws on her close proximity to the coastline to explore and collect a wide range of seaweed specimens. Her practice is further enriched by her volunteer work at the South Australian State Herbarium, deepening her engagement with ecological knowledge and its representation.

Susie's exhibition, skopos, is the culmination of her 12-month journey as the recipient of Country Arts SA’s prestigious Breaking Ground visual arts professional development award.

Guest speaker: Catherine Truman, artist and mentor

As a renowned Adelaide-based artist, Catherine has a cross-disciplinary practice that bridges both art and science. Catherine mentored Susie during the creation of her exhibition, skopos, and Susie acknowledges Catherine in the accompanying skopos booklet "for her wonderful knowledge, insights and help extending my practice in new directions".

Susie Althorp: skopos has been commissioned by Country Arts SA through the 2025 Breaking Ground Award, presented in partnership with SALA Festival and Praxis Artspace

Exploring the complex relationship between loss, longing and the continual evolution of our identities.

Both time and memory are porous – things slip through the cracks between then and now. You think you've got a grasp on them, but soon they disappear. People, relationships, objects, ideas... they each leave a space behind which we eventually grow around; some gaping, some almost unnoticeable. My recent work has been a meditation on the way we change a little with every one of these losses.
- Donna Gordge July 2025

Donna Gordge completed a Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts) in 1994 (textiles major), followed by selected studies at Onkaparinga Institute of TAFE in 2000 (textiles, clothing & footwear), a Bachelor of Contemporary Art at Uni of SA in 2019-2021, as well as a Certificate IV in Art Practice (Textiles) at TAFESA in 2001. As an art educator, she very much enjoys sharing the knowledge gained through her many different creative experiences. Donna runs a broad range of workshops for adults and children at her Camden Park studio and various settings around SA and interstate, including TAFE, university, primary and secondary school, outreach and community arts programs. She has also been involved in several Creative Recovery programs with bushfire and flood-affected communities in both South Australia and Victoria.

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

Artist Talk with Donna Gordge

Sun, 25 Jan 2026, 12pm

Join Donna for a FREE tour of her current exhibition. Hear about her practice, which explores the complex relationship between loss, longing and the continual evolution of our identities.

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Wire Sculpture Workshop with Donna Gordge

Sun, 25 Jan 2026, 1-3.30pm

Join Donna and create your own wire sculpture inspired by Donna's solo exhibition, HOLLOW.

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Lottie Emma’s radically experimental art practice centres around wrangling emotions, championing compassion, speaking out and keeping it real.

Her conceptual soft sculptures use discarded textiles, free machine embroidery, hand stitching, aerosols, acrylics and crafting materials with electrifying immediacy. These highly intuitive works unpick narratives about processing intense emotions. Emma’s practice is fuelled by fun, curiosity and an empowering acceptance of the glorious diversity in how our brains are wired. Audacious, courageous, vibrant and raw, her works speak of fragility, tenacity and resilience.

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

DONNA GORDGE: HOLLOW
and
LOTTIE EMMA: 'SUPER MUM' STRIKES BACK

30 Nov 2025, 1-4pm

1pm –  In conversation: Lottie Emma + Michaela Bear
2-4pm  –  Opening celebration with Guest Speaker: Tracey Crisp

Congratulations to the Winners of this year’s Youth Art Prize!

Overall Winner

Jessica Wood
#82, Beach combing, mixed media on paper

Age Category Prizes

Celebrating diverse artistic talents, our annual Youth Art Prize is a platform for young people to express their views about collective and personal experiences.

The Youth Art Prize aims to empower young people to pursue their creative aspirations. Since its humble beginnings co-initiated by The Station well over a decade ago, it now offers a total prize pool valued at over $4,500, including cash and vouchers that will support the recipients’ ongoing engagement with the arts.

AGE CATEGORIES 12-14yrs | 15-17yrs | 18-20yrs | 21-25yrs

PRIZES
Overall Winner $1,000
PLUS in EACH of the 4 age categories + People’s Choice:
Winners $400; 2nd Places $100 art materials voucher + $100 art books voucher; 3rd Places $100 art materials voucher.
Compassionate Depiction of an Animal $150 from Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch.

2025 PRIZE JUDGE: Samantha Faehrmann, Guildhouse Artistic Programs Manager

Originally from a remote community on Gayiri land, Central Qld, Sam relocated to Kaurna land, Adelaide, where she runs a mixed medium practice from her studio ‘Butter and Gravy’. She holds a Masters of Architecture from UniSA, where she began working with the ‘Design Construct Program’. She has a passion for process and industrious practice through connection to communities, design, construction, logistics, fabrication and material. Her expanded portfolio includes contemporary art in pursuit of material language and experimentation, through which she continues to explore the intersections between people, spaces, places, bodies and objects that form the phenomena of our experience and our collective contributions. She is a passionate artist and facilitator who has developed and delivered creative programs across multiple sectors in local, metropolitan, remote, regional and international communities. She is dedicated to co-created outcomes, inclusive practices, capacity building and ever seeking opportunities to encourage and amplify the expansion, sustainability and resolve of creative practices and people.

Cr Karen Eckermann, Patron of Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch will judge the prize for the Compassionate Depiction of an Animal.

Gallery Visitors will vote for their favourite artworks for the People’s Choice awards.

Click here for exhibition booklet.

Proudly supported by the Rotary Clubs of Murray Bridge and Mobilong since 2012.

This awards exhibition is a joint project of the Australian Migrant Resource Centre and Adelaide Festival centre. It is supported and assisted by the SA Ministers for Education and Multicultural Affairs and both the South Australian and federal governments.

An exhibition of photographic portraits, videoworks and moving personal narratives.

During the ravaging Murray River floods of 2022-23, Women of the Lower Murray Reclaimed Irrigation Area (LMRIA) was formed as a support group united by ties to farming from Mannum to Wellington. Founding member, Alexandra Westlake, led an extraordinary Community Building + Inclusivity project that focussed on growing community connection and raising awareness of their lived experiences.

Collaborator and photographer Ellie Marinakis gathered their personal stories of spirited resilience and determination against ongoing challenges, visually capturing their deep love for their families and farmlands.

Rise from the Overflow spotlights the voices of six WLMRIA women, with large-scale photographs and biographical videoworks, a wonderful public program opportunity and an accompanying booklet of their stories.

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

FREE SPECIAL EVENT

1-3pm Sunday 24 August

Guest speaker: Angela Goode
renowned author, journalist and radio presenter

An afternoon of shared stories and great discussions with Angela Goode and key Women of LMRIA members.

This project is a collaboration between Women of the LMRIA and Rural City of Murray Bridge (Arts Development and Community Development).

Rise from the Overflow exhibition is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and South Australian Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

Rise from the Overflow Special Event is a Connecting Communities Event sponsored by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions under the Family and Business Support Program.

Three Echoes – Western Desert Art showcases Australian Aboriginal art spanning the first 30 years of the Western Desert art movement, with works from 57 artists, curated by Djon Mundine OAM FAHA.

Artists

In 2022–2026, the exhibition will travel to 13 regional centres in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory. Murray Bridge Regional Gallery is the exclusive South Australian venue for this tour. To view the itinerary and find out more information visit https://magsq.com.au/touring-exhibitions/three-echoes/.

Three Echoes – Western Desert Art is an initiative of Museums & Galleries Queensland developed in partnership with Karin Schack and Andrew Arnott, and curated by Djon Mundine OAM FAHA. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through its Visions of Australia program and through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. It is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. 

The event provides an opportunity for entrants to exhibit and sell their work, as well as be in the running to win one of eleven prizes that are offered by the exhibition’s generous and long-standing sponsors.

Prize Categories: Jean Sims Art Prize - 2D, 3D, Andrew Hay Memorial Photography Prize, Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch Award and People’s Choice.

2025 PRIZE JUDGE: Samantha Faehrmann, Guildhouse Artistic Programs Manager

Originally from a remote community on Gayiri land, Central Qld, Sam relocated to Kaurna land, Adelaide, where she runs a mixed medium practice from her studio ‘Butter and Gravy’. She holds a Masters of Architecture from UniSA, where she began working with the ‘Design Construct Program’. She has a passion for process and industrious practice through connection to communities, design, construction, logistics, fabrication and material. Her expanded portfolio includes contemporary art in pursuit of material language and experimentation, through which she continues to explore the intersections between people, spaces, places, bodies and objects that form the phenomena of our experience and our collective contributions. She is a passionate artist and facilitator who has developed and delivered creative programs across multiple sectors in local, metropolitan, remote, regional and international communities. She is dedicated to co-created outcomes, inclusive practices, capacity building and ever seeking opportunities to encourage and amplify the expansion, sustainability and resolve of creative practices and people.

Karen Eckermann and Ruby Eckermann, Co-founders and Patrons of Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch will judge the prize for the Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch Award.

Gallery Visitors will vote for their favourite artworks for the People’s Choice awards.

Congratulations to the following prize winners

2D Category

First Prize (Jean Sims Art Prize) - $1,000: Susan Brittain, Kookaburra dreaming
Second Prize - $250: Jane Mason, No 2
Third Prize - $100: Carole Bann, Dry river bed

Photography category

First Prize (Andrew Hay Memorial Photography Prize)- $1,000: Kathryn Hannaford, Sand dunes, Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire UK
Second Prize - $250: Carol Coventry, Lay of the land
Third Prize - $100: Jiri Bruderhans, Breakaway – Tour Down Under 2017  

3D Prize Category

First Prize - $1,000: Craig Freundt, Raven
Second Prize - $250: Nathan Modra, Hand
Third Prize - $100: Jane Shaw, The mill  

Best Compassionate Depiction of an Animal

Winner - $250: Tamika Jennings, An evening dip

This exhibition is a love letter to the majestic River Murray, the artist’s muse.

Saltbush Country provides a rare opportunity for audiences across regional South Australia to experience the works and worldviews of Aboriginal women artists practising independently in the state. In this statewide touring exhibition, seven regional artists tell stories of their culture, community and connection to Country. Often personal and occasionally raw, their work reflects the world as seen through their eyes–a contemporary articulation of Aboriginal life in regional South Australia.

Saltbush Country, curated by Tarnanthi Regional Curator Marika Davies, was one of the highlight exhibitions of Tarnanthi 2023 when it was presented at Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery and in Adelaide at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery at the Hawke Centre, UniSA City West campus.

The artists’ works are the result of a series of community workshops, mentoring and professional development opportunities catering for prominent regional artists and supported by Country Arts SA and Tarnanthi.

The Saltbush Country regional tour is presented by Country Arts SA. The exhibition was first developed and presented as a partnership between Country Arts SA, Tarnanthi and the Art Gallery of South Australia, with support from Tarnanthi Principal Partner BHP.

ARTIST LIST

Josephine Lennon
Mirning and Antikirinjara peoples, South Australia

Marli Macumba
Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara peoples, South Australia

Juanella McKenzie
Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Lower Southern Arrernte peoples, South Australia/Northern Territory

Deanna Newchurch
Narungga people, South Australia

Lynette Newchurch
Narungga people, South Australia

Sandra Saunders
Ngarrindjeri and Buandig peoples, South Australia

Heather Shearer
Arrernte people, Northern Territory/South Australia

Group exhibition by members of local community group Bridge Arts.

It may be the sun on the pastures, the shadows and folds of distant hills or perhaps the glint of sunlight caught in the rustling leaves of a fragrant gumtree - there is always something in the summer light to catch the eye of the artist. Whether an accomplished and established professional or a budding amateur with aspirations, summer’s radiance and captivating light-plays are welcomed by all who put brush to paper or pursue other mediums of art. Our Summer Sensations collection reflects our members diverse views and interpretations of this favourite time and we invite you to share in this journey through the season.

Bridge Arts collective, 2024

Expressive symbolic landscape paintings of early farm sites by Helen Stacey pair with realist pastel and graphite studies of lost and threatened regional fauna by wildlife artist Kathleen Cain.  These works reflect on loss of land, lives and wildlife on First Nations country, the Murraylands and Fleurieu regions.  Both these award winning artists have exhibited nationally & internationally.

Celebrating diverse artistic talents, our annual Youth Art Prize is a platform for young people to express their views about collective and personal experiences.

Another record-breaking year sees over 200 entries from across the Murraylands to Adelaide and further afield from Leigh Creek in the Flinders Ranges to regional Tasmania!

The Youth Art Prize aims to empower young people to pursue their creative aspirations. Since its humble beginnings co-initiated by The Station well over a decade ago, it now offers a total prize pool valued at over $4,500, including cash and vouchers that will support the recipients’ ongoing engagement with the arts.

AGE CATEGORIES 12-14yrs | 15-17yrs | 18-20yrs | 21-25yrs

PRIZES
Overall Winner $1,000
PLUS in EACH of the 4 age categories + People’s Choice:
Winners $400; 2nd Places $100 art materials voucher + $100 art books voucher; 3rd Places $100 art materials voucher.
Best Compassion Depiction of an Animal $150 from Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch.

2024 PRIZE JUDGE: Henry Jock Walker, leading SA artist
Henry Jock Walker's wide-ranging practice explores surfing, performance and painting through collaboration and socially inclusive events. He has developed a national nomadic practice, utilising his Toyota Hiace van as an ever-changing exhibition/studio/performance site and mobile core of operations. Walker both celebrates and questions the place of contemporary art in Australia through public studio practice, thinking and working with many urban and regional communities. He has been performing and exhibiting nationally for ten years in leading artist run spaces and contemporary art organisations, as well as in Japan and the USA.

Karen Eckermann and Ruby Eckermann, Co-founders and Patrons of Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch will judge the prize for the Best Compassionate Depiction of an Animal.

Gallery Visitors will vote for their favourite artworks for the People’s Choice awards.

Proudly supported by the Rotary Clubs of Murray Bridge and Mobilong since 2012.

Invited by ac.care, Murraylands community members who have experienced or been at risk of homelessness share their personal stories, experiences and reflections, offering deep insights into their lives and circumstances.

This exhibition is a valuable opportunity to take a moment to broaden our minds about what homelessness means and how it’s experienced. It is a platform for better understanding and greater empathy, towards a whole-of-community approach to find meaningful solutions.

ac.care work to support the most vulnerable people in our regions, in the face of a regional housing crisis across Australia, which is seeing an increase in people struggling to maintain tenancies or secure affordable long-term accommodation.

This exhibition raises awareness of the issue during National Homelessness Week from 5-11 August.

This awards exhibition is a joint project of the Australian Migrant Resource Centre and Adelaide Festival Centre. It is supported and assisted by the SA Minister for Education and both the South Australian and federal governments

EXTENDED SEASON

Trevor Nickolls, Ellen Trevorrow, Kevin Kropinyeri, Nellie Rankine, Jamaya Branson, Damien Shen + Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner

Drawn from the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery Art Collection, this group of works by leading and emerging Ngarrindjeri artists share important cultural narratives.

Murray Bridge Regional Gallery is honoured to present exhibitions on beautiful Ngarrindjeri Ruwe (Country) and pays respects to Ngarrindjeri land, waters, skies and Elders past and present. We appreciate the generosity with which First Nations peoples share their knowledge of Country and Culture.

 This exhibition celebrates National Reconciliation Week, which this year is themed Now More Than Ever.

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CLICK HERE to download printable version.

Trevor Nickolls, Ellen Trevorrow, Kevin Kropinyeri, Nellie Rankine, Damien Shen + Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner

Drawn from the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery Art Collection, this group of works by five leading Ngarrindjeri artists share important cultural narratives.

Murray Bridge Regional Gallery is honoured to present exhibitions on beautiful Ngarrindjeri Ruwe (Country) and pays respects to Ngarrindjeri land, waters, skies and Elders past and present. We appreciate the generosity with which First Nations peoples share their knowledge of Country and Culture.

 This exhibition celebrates National Reconciliation Week, which this year is themed Now More Than Ever.

CLICK HERE to download a copy of the exhibition booklet.

CLICK HERE to download printable version.

Red is the colour of Australia’s centre, and the colour that unites these desert artworks. Family, spirituality and Country are expressed by the artists through the vibrancy of red, the colour of the earth beneath their feet.

Red Heart of Australia is an exhibition of eight paintings, created by Aboriginal artists from across central Australia and was displayed at the National Art Museum of China in 2021.

Red symbolises the blood of the sacred Ancestors and of family lines that reach across the centuries, connecting the ancient to the contemporary. Aboriginal Australians are part of the oldest continuing culture on earth and have lived on the Australian continent for over 60,000 years.   

The paintings were selected from the National Museum of Australia’s vast collection for an exhibition at National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) from 31 July to 2 December 2021. 

A travelling exhibition developed by the National Museum of Australia with the support from the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program.

Blanket and body ecologies: fragile bodies and difficult questions begun ‘on the sheep’s back’.

Deborah Prior is an Adelaide-based textile and performance artist whose Feminist practice explores themes including bodily agency, chronic illness, climate justice and the personal and social histories of domestic work. She meticulously knits, stiches and unpicks threads to address the deeply anxious state of attempting to live well on an unwell planet.

Woollen blankets are a recurring material and motif within Prior’s practice. On The Third Day is a body of blanket-works that share an intimate relationship with the (artist’s) body – alluding to the vulnerable states of illness and sleep.

In a country said to have ‘begun on the sheep’s back’, Prior’s work also addresses our urgent ecological and social crises, while interrogating the painful realities of (ongoing) colonisation in Australia.

These works are the outcomes of Prior’s three-week residency in the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park, having been awarded Country Arts SA’s annual Grindell’s Hut artist-in-residence in 2021.

This iteration of On The Third Day includes new works since its original presentation at JamFactory Seppeltsfield in 2022.

In 2020, Prior commenced work on a long-form climate focused project. Then a global pandemic began. In the same year she suffered multiple injuries after a cycling accident. As Prior found herself immobilised with her injuries – much of the world was also resigned to a similar state of lockdowns, isolations and infections. Prior’s work is embedded with empathy for those who are immobile, unable to escape the physical impacts of disasters and conditions of poverty, famine and conflict exacerbated by climate change. On the Third Day continues the artist’s reflections on body fragility within fragile landscapes. Rebecca Freezer 2022, JamFactory

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First solo exhibition by expert local ceramicist whose artworks express the constant change and unpredictability of the land and give a sensitive impression of a place and time.

Rose Walker has been working with ceramics for over two decades, forging her own signature style and vision.

Growing up in Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island surrounded by water, with endless views of the ocean and its magnificent rugged and ever changing coastline, it was inevitable that I would choose this landscape as an inspiration for my passion. I pursued painting and drawing before ceramics and have always gravitated towards landscape impressionism which has been my main source of inspiration - in transferring this to clay.

Walker’s wheel-thrown forms provide a quiet surface with a combination of glazes that reflect the vastness of her landscapes. She employs the process of glaze-on-glaze to “create a materialised reflection of personal meaning, making and memory”.

Her most recent endeavours include porcelain slip-casting with a combination of intaglio printing and monotype techniques, as well as exploring Japanese Nerikomi that uses slabs of different coloured clays, stacked, folded, pressed into logs, sliced and arranged to form patterns.

My two dreams for my ceramics practice have always been to supply restaurants with tableware and to have a solo exhibition.

In addition and in contrast to her art object practice, Walker’s handmade ceramics business RAW creates “simple, handmade, nature-inspired tableware and homewares that are designed to be used as part of a family celebrating life’s daily pleasures of coming together at mealtimes.” RAW has completed numerous commissions for cafes, restaurants and wineries Commissions — RAW Ceramics (rosewalker.com.au)

Rose began her art research with a Certificate 4 in Art & Design at Mt. Barker TAFE in 2001. After graduating in 2003, she studied a Distant Ceramics Undergraduate Course at the Australian National University’s School of Art & Design, which included a visit to the major ceramics workshop Jingdezhen in China, as part of a four-week training residency. She currently teaches Ceramics in wheel-throwing, hand-building and glaze techniques at Henley and Grange Arts Society, as well as in her Murray Bridge Studio.