SALA Festival Regional Weekend
The South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival is a month-long festival every August that celebrates the work of South Australian visual artists alive today.
Artists participate by staging an exhibition or hosting an event eg. artist talk, workshop or forum. SALA Festival is an open access festival, meaning that all artists are welcome to participate regardless of age or level of experience.
SALA Festival Launch
Port Pirie Regional Council is proud to host the launch of the SALA Festival Regional Weekend this Saturday, 14 August, from 1.00pm-3.00pm. Bookings are essential – register your attendance athttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sala-festival-regional-weekend-port-pirie-tickets-166606230731
Guest speaker Deputy Mayor Alan Zubrinich will join us along with a host of exhibiting artists from across the region.
SALA Artist Slide Show Event
Local and regional South Australian artists share their practice, interests and artwork in an event reminiscent of your grandma’s slide nights. This will be held on Saturday 14 August from 5.00pm-6.00pm.
Bookings are essential – register your attendance at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sala-regional-slide-afternoon-tickets-166748147197
Regional Arts Collective
SALA Festival will come to Crystal Brook with pop-up exhibitions at the Crystal Brook Institute and the Royal Hotel. There will also be a range of kids’ workshops hosted this Sunday, 15 August, between 10.00am-3.00pm with local photographer Mark Zed and artist Arlon Hall.
Tickets available:
Mark Zed – https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sun-prints-workshop-with-mark-zed-tickets-166118325383
Arlon Hall – https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/kids-sculpture-workshop-with-arlon-hall-tickets-166769737775
These events are supported by SALA in partnership with Port Pirie Regional Council as part of the Regional Weekend.
Exhibitions in the Port Pirie Cultural Precinct
Georgia Button's stunning moving image installation Petrichor, is currently on display in the Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery and examines relationships with place, space and what it means to be 'home'.
Carclew Youth Arts awarded Georgia $10,000 for the exhibition. The grant has supported the creation of a new immersive and sensorial moving image installation with accompanying workshop and artist’s talks, plus documentation, catalogue and a short documentary film.
Survivalist Storiesin the Flinders Gallery features a suite of artists responding to community projects by Dr Sera Waters and the Centre of Democracy during which invited respondents stitched their own sampler recording experiences, stories, information and more reflecting upon this time in history we are living through together.
The Port Pirie Regional Library is hosting the Spencer Gulf Photography Club with their SALA exhibition.
The Tourism Centre Cabinet of Curiosities plays host to the Port Pirie Branch Embroiderers Guild SA featuring a range of craft works by local members. Tiny Housesby Crystal Brook artist Yvonne Kuchel is displayed in the artist of the month spot at the Visitors Information Centre.
To discover the many exhibitions across the Council region and beyond, see the full SALA program at https://www.salafestival.com
A reminder to wear your masks, keep physically distanced wherever possible and check-in at all venues while you are out exploring the SALA Festival this August.