2019 South East Road Trip
Friday 12 April - Sunday 14 April
Adelaide • Goolwa • Naracoorte • Mt Gambier • Millicent • Bordertown • Tailem Bend • Murray Bridge • Adelaide
RGASA Road Trippers at the opening of Robyn Stacey Ray of Light, Murray Bridge Regional Art Gallery. Left to right – Barry Wright, Lauren Mustillo, Maureen Wright, Kirsty Hage, Alex Cleland, Ursula Halpin, Julie Buderick, Leonie Enman, Lisa Smedley, Jo May, Paul Horne, Eleanor Scicchitano, Anne Gonaus, Fulvia Mantelli.
RGASA members travelled through the SE of South Australia for three days of exhibition openings,
floor talks, hands on professional development sessions, expert talks, public art walks,
plus the rare opportunity for an extended natter, catch up, chinwag, gossip and mutual support sessions.
Program
Friday 12 April
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8:30am: Bus departs JamFactory, 19 Morphett St Adelaide
(please arrive by 8:15am)
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10am: Behind the Scenes with artist Robyn Stacey and the Camera Obscura
(in situ in Goolwa with curator Alice Clanachan (AGSA) and the artist)
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11:40am: Kunyi June Anne McInerney: My Paintings Speak for Me
+ floor talk by Lauren Mustillo, Country Arts SA Touring
(South Coast Regional Art Centre, Goolwa)
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12:15pm: Lunch hosted by AGSA and Country Arts SA
Exhibitions: Submerged: Stories of Australian Shipwrecks (National Maritime Museum)
and Colours of Light: Marek Herburt
(Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa)
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12:45pm: Bus to Coonalpyn
2:40pm: Creating Coonalpyn public art tour
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3:10pm: Bus to Naracoorte
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6pm: Official opening of IBIS Rising Art Prize
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8pm: Dinner
(William Macintosh Motor Lodge, Naracoorte)
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Overnight at William Macintosh Motor Lodge, Naracoorte
20 Stewart Tce, Naracoorte
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Saturday 13 April
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9am: Bus to Mt Gambier and coffee stop
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10:15am: Prosthetic Reality + floor talk/VR demo by Melissa Horton & Serena Wong + Main Corner tour
(Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier)
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12noon: Bus to Millicent
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12:35pm: Lunch provided by Millicent Gallery
SAlt (SA Living Textiles) + meet the artists
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2pm: Bus to Bordertown
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4pm: Jane Skeer Twine + talk by Director Naomi Fallon:"The Quilty Factor"
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7pm: Dinner
After dinner speaker, Eleanor Scicchitano:
musings on community engagement from her Regional UK Gallery tour
(Woolshed Inn, Bordertown)
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Overnight at Bordertown Motel, Bordertown
25 Dukes Highway, Bordertown
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Sunday 13 April
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9am: Bus to Tailem Bend
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11am: Why Tintinara? History Festival exhibition + gallery tour
(Coorong Gallery, Tailem Bend)
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12:00noon: Bus to Murray Bridge
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12:30pm: Lunch in Murray Bridge and optional Sixth St public art walk (Watermark)
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2pm: Opening of Robyn Stacey: Ray of Light by AGSA Director Rhana Devenport
+ floor talk by Robyn Stacey + PD installation session with curator Alice Clanachan
(Murray Bridge Regional Art Gallery)
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Bus returns to Adelaide (time approx 5:30pm TBC)
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