CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE 2021 MURRAY BRIDGE FRINGE PROGRAM: https://www.murraybridge.sa.gov.au/discover/events/murray-bridge-fringe
WORKSHOPS ARE BACK!
Meg Castle is a self-taught Macramé artist, with extensive experience in working with textiles and natural materials.
Join Meg in this introductory class where you’ll learn how to create a beautiful wall hanging to take home with you.
$50 per person / $45 concession
As limited spaces are available, bookings are essential
P: 08 8539 1420 or E: gallery@murraybridge.sa.gov.au
*Participants are advised to bring their own food and refreshments*
Welcome to Murray Bridge Fringe! Now in our second year, we’re bigger and better than 2019, with lots of new shows and venues over three magical days and nights! As Murray Bridge comes alive this Fringe season, the atmosphere is fantastic and fun, with real Fringe Frenzy feels!
Choose free or ticketed events from a range of visual arts, music, street theatre, comedy, cabaret and children’s and family shows.
With acts direct from Adelaide Fringe you’ll be spoilt for choice. What’s more, ticketed shows won’t break the bank either! So what are you waiting for?
We kick off with Opening Night at our pop-up bar ‘Sixth Street Cantina’. on Friday 28 February, at 5pm.
Free special performances and an opportunity to meet performers will have you wanting more Fringe, luckily we have a whole weekend for you!
With a total of sixteen unique events, now is the time to check out our Fringe listings below and download your Murray Bridge Fringe Program HERE, or check out he Rural City of Murray Bridge website: http://www.murraybridge.sa.gov.au/page.aspx
Happy Fringing!
Enjoy the experience of creating colourful, uniquely designed scarves.
Cost: $39 / Concession $29
Refreshments provided. Please bring your own lunch or visit one of the local cafes or restaurants.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Call 8539 1420 or email gallery@murraybridge.sa.gov.au
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Over the years Helen has explored many techniques of surface design, developing a sense for the language of colour, and discovering endless creative possibilities.
Learn about painting on silk, playing with colour, experimenting with different techniques to produce beautiful scarves to wear, or as gifts.
This is a very forgiving medium of painting, as the colours move and blend…...there are no mistakes!!
A very enjoyable and relaxing workshop for all ages.
Join Lucy as she guides you through the process of lino printing to design, carve and print your own linocuts by hand. At the end of the workshop you will have a finished set of prints and the knowledge to continue printing at home.
Cost: $65 / Concession $60
Refreshments provided. Please bring your own lunch or visit one of the local cafes or restaurants.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Call 8539 1420 or email gallery@murraybridge.sa.gov.au
Lucy Timbrell is and Adelaide-based artist who works mainly with the medium of lino printing. As well as exhibiting artwork, she runs workshops and teaches at a variety of locations, including Ruth Tuck Art School.
A haven for the handmade. Join us as we fill our street with makers, musicians, scrumptious food, creative activities, games and cubby building.
Come along and enjoy Blues, Brews and quirky BBQ s. Relax in the pop up bar and enjoy the stomping acoustic blues of Max Savage.
A family-friendly event that:
showcases South Australian makers of bespoke products
offers an affordable opportunity to promote and sell products
acts as a testing ground for emerging makers
nurtures creativity and connectedness in our community
GUILDHOUSE ADVICE BANK IS COMING TO MURRAY BRIDGE!
Location: Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, 27 Sixth Street, Murray Bridge
Presenters: Guildhouse Executive Officer Victoria Bowes, Guildhouse Artistic Programs Manager Debbie Pryor and Fulvia Mantelli, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Gallery Director.
Artists, designers and craftspeople are invited to book in for 30-minute sessions of one-on-one advice with experienced arts professionals to discuss a range of topics affecting your arts practice.
Groups of up to five practitioners with the same or very similar questions and needs are also welcome to book for a 30-minute session together.
Topics could include: grant funding applications, creating your business plan, professional documentation, marketing, communications, artist opportunities and more.
For more information and to BOOK A SESSION go to: https://guildhouse.org.au/advice-bank-murray-bridge/
Consider becoming a Guildhouse member, they offer a great program of useful and informative initiatives, as well as public liability cover at affordable rates. New Guildhouse members are also encouraged to book a session with Victoria and Debbie to guide you through our 2019 program and discuss the professional development events that best suit your practice.
The Sixth Street arts precinct becomes a hive of activity as we grow our creative community.
The whole family can have fun learning new skills at the many workshops and demonstrations on offer, and all are FREE!
Sixth Street will be buzzing with a diverse range of inventive and resourceful workshops, demonstrations and all-day activities. With a raft of great local and visiting workshop talents, it’s a perfect opportunity to expand our innovative horizons in a safe and friendly environment.
Have a spin on a pottery wheel, learn lino-printing, design cartoons, make your own paper, join in a macramé revival and explore the wonderful world of Zines!
Try your hand at art-inspired tea-blending, DYI natural products and African drumming rhythms.
There will be snakes to whisper to, scrumptious foods and all day musical entertainment.
Discover your inner artist and unleash your imagination!
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBSIDY APPLICATIONS: 5PM 3 JUNE 2019
The Rural City of Murray Bridge will support local and non-local artists participating in the 2019 SALA Festival, by subsidising SALA Festival registration fees for exhibitions to be held within the Murray Bridge Council area.
A maximum of $100 will be paid for solo exhibitions and up to $250 for group exhibitions.
The exact amount of each subsidy will be dependent upon the number of applications received, and will be determined after the closing date for subsidy applications.
How to apply:
register your exhibition with SALA
pay your full registration fee to the SALA office
email f.mantelli@murraybridge.sa.gov.au to obtain a Subsidy Application Form
then submit a copy of your SALA registration receipt along with a completed Subsidy Application Form to Murray Bridge Regional Gallery - preferably by email: f.mantelli@murraybridge.sa.gov.au
Create with acrylic paint!
Create a vibrant acrylic painting while exploring the versatile nature of acrylic paints.
Using essential painting techniques including brush handling, underpainting, layering, glazing, impasto, scrumbling, creating texture, colour mixing and numerous other valuable skills. Learn how renowned artists have used these techniques in their work and be inspired to take your work to the next level.
This workshop is suitable for the beginner and those seeking to consolidate their skills, create useful reference material to take home and apply to your future painting.
This workshop teaches specific skills and techniques with an emphasis on fun, exploration and individual creativity and is suitable for all stages from absolute beginners to more experienced artists.
Gaynor Hartvigsen is a contemporary artist and experienced educator. Her art practice ranges from contemporary landscape and conceptual painting to sculptural assemblages using found and recycled materials.
Sunday 25 November 2018
10:30am - 3:30pm
Cost: $65.00
Concession: $55.00
Refreshments provided
Please bring your own lunch
Bookings Essential
PLEASE NOTE: Some materials provided. A list of required materials will be provided upon booking.
Join Helen and enjoy the experience of creating colourful one-off designed scarves.
Over the years Helen has explored many techniques of surface design, developing a sense for the language of colour, and discovering endless possibilities in creating.
Learn about painting on silk, playing with colour, experimenting with different techniques to produce beautiful scarves to wear, or as gifts.
This is a very forgiving medium of painting, as the colours move and blend…...there are no mistakes!!
A very enjoyable and relaxing workshop for all ages.
one scarf per participant is provided in the cost of the workshop, however, Helen will have more for purchase at a cost of $10 each.
A haven for the handmade. Join us as we fill the street with artists, musicians, scrumptious food, creative activities, games and cubby building.
Find the local blokes in the market's back yard, cooking up a storm with their quirky, woodfired bbqs and sharing tastings of their shed crafted brews.
Relax in the pop up bar and enjoy some foot stomping acoustic blues.
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With Master Weaver, Aunty Ellen Trevorrow
This workshop is suitable for beginners to advanced participants and is a wonderful opportunity to learn the art of weaving from such an experienced and skilled weaver.
Learn about the reeds “Cyperus gymnacaulos” and “Cyperus vaginatus” and where to find them or how to grow them in your own backyard for future weaving projects.
Weaving is a very relaxing process and made more enjoyable as Aunty Ellen shares her experiences and Ngarrindjeri Storytelling with you.
Come along and weave your own treasure.
“Stitch by Stitch, Circle by circle, Weaving is like the Creation of life. All things are connected.” Auntie Ellen Trevorrow
Thursday 25th & Friday 26th October 2018
10am - 3pm
COST: $195 / Concession $175
Bookings essential
Materials and refreshments provided
Please bring your own lunch
Come and go as you please!
This event will focus on diversity and creating a safe space for people to express themselves! As well as an opportunity for Zine swapping!
5-9pm ZINE FAIR
Throughout the evening the Zine Fair will see zinemakers swapping and trading publications throughout the night. Bring along your own zines to swap!
5-6pm GALLERY FLOORTALKS
A great way to explore our current exhibitions! Come and listen to curator Monica Syrette talk about the ‘Self Made: zines & artist books’ exhibition from State Library of Victoria, as well as Polly Dance, curator ‘book work’ exhibition that presents the works of SA regional and metropolitan-based artist.
7pm FORUM PANEL DISCUSSION
Curator Adele Sliuzas will facilitate a Forum panel discussion featuring zine makers Lucy Thomas, Bridget Fahey, Chiranjika Grasby, Joel van der Knapp, and Rujing Zhou. The forum will build a critical, contextual and accessible framework with which to read Zine making practices. We will explore the complexities of zine making as well as some of the personal and political narratives told through independent and DIY publishing.
8pm THE PUNK SINGER DOCUMENTARY FILM
The Punk Singer is a documentary about feminist singer Kathleen Hanna who fronted the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, and who was a central figure in the riot grrrl movement. Hanna has been an inspiration for many DIY zinesters, showing how self-expression and making your own art can change a scene. Hanna’s practice was also fundamental in Lucy Thomas’s first foray into zine making.
2 workshops available on this date.
Join Jeninda from Deckle Studio and discover the world of paper making. Using a traditional European style, we will make paper by hand in two ways: using a mould and deckle, and with a pour mould. The paper will be made using high quality pulp made from recycled fabrics and other materials.
The finished size will be small rectangles and circles perfect for making note paper or gift tags. Bring along any favourite pressed petals, leaves or flowers to add to the pulp.
All materials are supplied, and ways to make paper at home will be discussed.
(Workshops suitable for adults and children aged 10 and above).
Session 1: 10.30am to 12.30pm
Session 2: 1pm to 3pm
Cost $40 / Concession $35
Materials provided
Morning / afternoon tea provided
Join Tania Kunze for Vessels for Flowers, based on traditional Japanese Ikebana and Oribe style pottery.
Learn how to make a display bowl or vase using Japanese inspired techniques, incorporate textures from nature and organic making methods to connect you with the clay. The finished forms will have a textured exterior and smooth interior that encourages contemplation as your eye is drawn from one surface to another. Finished pots will be suitable for indoor or outdoor use.
As a clay and mixed media artist specialising in making and teaching art with meaning, a ceramic tour of Japan In 2017 encouraged Tania to be more playful and experimental with her making processes which is passionately shared.
All materials and tools provided
“Clay is a wonderful, absorbing material, I can’t wait to share my stories and techniques” Tania Kunze
This one day course offers you the opportunity to learn the basics of the new free style of writing known as Modern Calligraphy in a fun and comfortable environment. You don't need to be a calligrapher to learn this fun and funky style of writing, you just need to enjoy being creative with pen and ink.
Try out black, white, and coloured inks to write on both white and black card. Handouts will be provided for you to take home to help keep you inspired.
Thursday 30 August 2018
10am to 3pm
Cost $70 ($60 concession)
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
08 8539 1420
Materials and refreshments provided. Please bring your own lunch.
Remember how much fun it was drawing cartoons as a kid? Perhaps you are a kid and already know it's super fun!
Come and try Cartooning for Beginners with local children's book illustrator Dave Atze.
Join Dave, who has a wealth of experience in cartooning including creating cartoons for books, apps, toys and games.
FOR AGES 8 - 18 YEARS
Saturday 25 August
10am - 3pm
Cost: $50(concession $40)
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Call 08 8539 1420
Materials and refreshments provided. Please bring your own lunch.
Altered book journals are a great way to explore different art media, experiment with ideas and to repurpose unwanted old books as personal creative journals.
It’s fun and therapeutic and you are only limited by your imagination. There really are no rules & art experience or ability is not important at all. This workshop is suitable for teens & adults.
Learn new skills, and nourish your creativity.
Bring along a favourite hard back book with stitched spine (if you have one) and any special bits you may like to use in your journal, although materials will be provided on the day.
Janet Gallagher is an Australian contemporary visual artist and maker. Janet creates works of collage, sculpture, digital image, textiles, mesh, print & mixed media.
“I love books and see this process as a way to give old & often unwanted books another rich creative incarnation.”
Thursday 23 August 2018
10am—1pm
Cost: $45 (concession $35)
Bookings essential
Materials, Coffee & Tea provided
Join Carole to learn and create artwork using Metal Point with silver, gold and copper.
Metal Point does lend itself to detailed work, however it does not have to be. So bring your imagination along with; reference photo, paper, cotton gloves, metal bits ’n’ pieces e.g. gold, silver jewellery (something you wont mind getting scratched), locks, cutlery to explore this truly unique art form and be amazed.
Carole brings with her a strong belief in the value of drawing as part of the creative process and usually works in graphite, coloured pencil and/or Metal Point. Drawing for a long time, Carole has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions, along with facilitating art classes for TAFE and occasional workshops in graphite and Metal Point.
A great opportunity to nourish your creativity and develop the truly distinctive skills involved with Metal Point.
Saturday 18th August 2018
10am—4pm
Cost: $60 & $50 concession
Bookings essential
Refreshments provided but please bring your lunch and noted items to bring for the workshop
Join DebTwining to learn the process and techniques of drypoint etching, an easy, safe and non-acid form of intaglio printing.
Images are transferred, drawn, scratched and burnished into the plate before being inked, wiped and printed through a press. Take home a small edition of your own beautiful prints.
Deb is a community artist and educator with a background in visual arts. Creativity continues to be a daily pursuit, always with a natural affinity with the natural world. Deb’s energy for life is sure to inspire!
Sunday 29 July
10am - 1pm
Cost: $60
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Call 08 8539 1420
Materials and refreshments provided.
2 Workshops available on this date:
10:30am - 12:30pm
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Get creative using threads, fabrics and fancy bits to create your own fantastic works of art to take home!
Gaynor Hartvigsen is a contemporary artist and experienced, qualified educator who has worked extensively with children of all ages, in many community art projects and workshops at her Strathalbyn studio.
Cost: $25.00
Materials supplied
Ages 8-18 years
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
08 8539 1420
2 Workshops available on this date:
10:30am - 12:30pm
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Get creative using threads, fabrics and fancy bits to create your own fantastic works of art to take home!
Gaynor Hartvigsen is a contemporary artist and experienced, qualified educator who has worked extensively with children of all ages, in many community art projects and workshops at her Strathalbyn studio.
Cost: $25.00
Materials supplied
Ages 8-18 years
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
08 8539 1420
"Clay is a wonderful and absorbing material. I can't wait to share my stories and techniques" Tania Kunze
Tania Kunze, inspired by a recent ceramic tour to Japan, will help you make a Japanese-style pot, using a traditional style of hand building.
Learn to join, shape, smooth, texturize and carve your own unique bowl, choosing from one of three glazes to apply the finishing touches.
Tania, a clay and mixed media artist, specialises in making art accessible to all walks of life through teaching pottery, music, precious metal clay and experimental art.
Saturday June 23
10.30am - 3.30pm
Cost: $40 (concession $35)
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Call 08 8539 1420
Refreshments and materials provided. Please bring your own lunch.
It's fun and only a little bit messy, but please wear old clothes.
Join Rei MinoHara Starke on a wonderful creative journey to create your own silver clay piece to take home.
Rei is a certified instructor from the Precious Metal Clay Guild of Japan, as well as a trained jewellery and object designer. Learn the steps involved in working with precious metal clay, a revolutionary new medium from Japan which allows the creation of objects from 99% pure silver.
Saturday 16 June
10am - 3pm
Cost: $65 (concession $55)
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Call 08 8539 1420
Materials and refreshments provided. Please bring your own lunch.
SUNDAY 20 MAY
10.30AM - 3PM
SIXTH ST, MURRAY BRIDGE
It's our first "Little Art Fest" event!
Get ready for an amazing day with creative options for all - this one is not just for the kids (although they'll love it too). Join us for a dozen different art workshops, fabulous foodies, artists, entertainers, and art demonstrations.
See you at 10:30am: grab a coffee and a warm strawberry croissant, take a wander through the marquees and simply pop your name down at the workshops you would like to attend. Enjoy some authentic Spanish paella or gourmet hot dogs (vegetarian options available) for lunch and relax with a glass of wine or a local gin & tonic. We have all day musical entertainment, including an African drumming display as well as our local favourites. There's heaps of activities to tick off the list for the kids as well, have a look below for the complete line up.
Here's to learning and sharing new life skills!
Cost: $45 ($35 concession)
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - call 08 8539 1420
Morning tea provided
Join Carole to learn and create artwork using Metal Point with silver, gold and copper.
Metal Point does lend itself to detailed work, however it does not have to be. So bring your imagination along with: a reference photo, paper, cotton gloves, metal bits and pieces such as gold or silver jewellery (something you wont mind getting scratched), padlocks or cutlery to explore this truly unique art form and be amazed.
A great opportunity to nourish your creativity and develop the truly distinctive skills involved with Metal Point.
Carole brings with her a strong belief in the value of drawing as part of the creative process and usually works in graphite, coloured pencil and/or Metal Point. Drawing for a long time, Carole has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions along with facilitating art classes for TAFE and occasional workshops in graphite and Metal Point.
Cost: $70pp ($65 Concession)
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - call 08 8539 1420
Tea and coffee provided
Please bring your own lunch.
Limited places available
Join Adelaide Hills Potter, Tania Kunze for a taste of wheel throwing and hand building techniques for beginners. Try your hand at creating two wheel thrown pots, plus make some hand pinched pots, learn how to carve, join, decorate and more!
It’s fun, it’s messy and you will end up with some cute functional pots. All materials and tools provided however, please bring an old towel and wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.
Tania, a clay and mixed media artist, specialises in making art accessible to all walks of life.
“Clay is a wonderful and absorbing material, I can't wait to share my stories and techniques” Tania Kunze.
Cost: $55; $45 concession
Materials, coffee & tea provided
Bookings essential
Altered book journals are a great way to explore different art media, experiment with ideas and to repurpose unwanted old books as personal creative journals.
It’s fun and therapeutic and you are only limited by your imagination. There really are no rules and art experience or ability is not important at all. This workshop is suitable for teens and adults
Learn new skills, and nourish your creativity. Bring along a favourite hard back book with stitched spine (if you have one) and any special bits you may like to use in your journal, although materials will be provided on the day.
Janet Gallagher is an Australian contemporary visual artist and maker. Janet creates works of collage, sculpture, digital image, textiles, mesh, print & mixed media.
“I love books and see this process as a way to give old & often unwanted books another rich creative incarnation.”
Sunday 25th February 2018
12pm—3.30pm
Cost: $30 per person
Bookings essential
Ages 7-18yrs
GooRoo Lego Animation workshop teaches students how to create their very own "Brick Films". The participants will get a "behind the scenes" glimpse of what goes into producing animation on a professional level. They will then learn how to bring Lego to life using the Stop Motion Studio App available on mobile devices. The finished videos will be screened to the group and uploaded to YouTube via the GooRoo Animation Workshops channel to be shared with friends and family. The workshops are designed to inspire and provide the knowledge and tools to start making movies at home. All Lego is provided but you are also welcome to bring your own favourite sets to work with.
Check out GooRoo Animation's creations on their website:
http://www.goorooanimation.com/animation.htm
Please have lunch prior to the workshop. Fruit and water will be provided.
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL
The Murray Bridge Regional Gallery is proudly recognised as one of the leading galleries in regional South Australia.
Located 45 minutes from Adelaide, the Gallery offers 3 exhibition spaces and a contemporary retail outlet featuring works from South Australia's leading artists and designers.
OPENING HOURS
Website banner image credits:
EXHIBITIONS NOW SHOWING page: Jess Johnson and Simon Ward Terminus 2017-18 (still), virtual reality experience in five parts: colour, sound. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Commissioned with the assistance of The Balnaves Foundation 2017. Purchased 2018.
EXHIBITIONS COMING SOON page: installations by Liz Butler and Heidi Kenyon from Same River Twice, 2014
PAST EXHIBITIONS page: Pamela Kouwenhoven survey exhibition, 2014
EVENTS page: Words With, presented by Play Your Part, Sixth St Handmade Market, 2016
