Opening Celebrations – Studios: 2022

Located in Adelaide’s iconic Lion Arts Centre precinct, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) is South Australia’s leading independent contemporary visual arts organisation, proudly supporting artists to develop and present work on Kaurna Yarta (Kaurna Country).

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

Come and celebrate the opening of Studios: 2022, a group exhibition showcasing new commissions by ACE's five 2022 Studio Program artists.

To mark the opening of our last exhibition for the year, Studios: 2022, ACE is hosting a range of activities throughout the afternoon and into the night on Saturday 12 November. 3–5pm: Open Studios &amp; Family Day Artmaking<ul><li>Bring the family and take part in some exciting artmaking activities for children and adults inspired by exhibiting ACE Studio Program artist, Chelsea Farquhar, whose work evokes the glamour and histrionics of the circus and other popular forms of theatrical entertainment of yesteryear. Create your own wearable ruff in an artist-led workshop open to all, and have your face painted like a clown. </li></ul><ul><li>Visit the upstairs studios at for an exclusive sneak-peek into the process that has inspired and directly led to the Studio Program artists&#x27; work in the gallery, as well as the opportunity to purchase artworks created across 2022.</li></ul><ul><li>Also on-view upstairs is a mini-exhibition of works created by Youth Inc. students who participated in a suite of workshops with ACE Studio Program artists across the year. </li></ul>5–7.30pm: Opening remarks, live performance &amp; party vibes<ul><li>Opening remarks to officially launch the exhibition will commence at 5pm, followed by a live performance by Dani Reynolds as part of their Studios: 2022 exhibition outcome.</li></ul><ul><li>We encourage you to hang out, with a DJ and our bar, proudly stocked by ACE sponsors Bowden Brewing and Charlotte Dalton Wines, continuing on into the evening.</li></ul><ul><li>Youth Inc&#x27;s Future Pathways is supported by Foundation SA and Human.Kind Ripple Effect.</li></ul><ul><li>Working across diverse disciplines including photography, sculpture, installation, printmaking and performance, the 2022 Studio Program artists – Shaye Dương, Chelsea Farquhar, Dani Reynolds, Cecilia Tizard, and Ash Tower – have created significant new works during their year-long studio residencies.</li><li></li><li>Official proceedings and Dani Reynolds&#x27; live-performance will be Auslan interpreted (from 5pm to 7.15pm).</li></ul>P﻿lease contact grace@ace.gallery if you have access needs or would like us to book an Auslan interpreter. Working across diverse disciplines including photography, sculpture, installation, printmaking and performance, the 2022 Studio Program artists have created significant new works during their year-long studio residencies.Shaye Dương utilises traditional processes of fabrication to question perceived truths about recognisable objects from the past and the present; Chelsea Farquhar brings together objects and materials from different worlds to explore notions of the theatrical, humour and the uncanny; Dani Reynolds’ work takes as its starting point an exploration into world records, popular culture, performance and fame within the context of the Guinness World Records; using labour-intensive and technically challenging analogue photographic techniques and processes, Cecilia Tizard takes the studio itself as a concept, a working space and a source of inspiration; through his focus on the construction, circulation, and repositories of knowledge, Ash Tower has been investigating the relationship between atomic technology and funerary architecture.

Supported byThe 2022 Studio Program is supported by partnerships with the City of Adelaide, Creative Partnerships Australia Plus 1 Program, Helpmann Academy, Adelaide Central School of Art, and Firstdraft. It is also supported by the generous contributions of private donors through the Studio Program Donors Circle.2022 Studio Program Donors CircleAnonymous x2, Anton Andreacchio, Susan Armitage, Jane Ayers, Sally Ball, Candy Bennett, Kate Bohunnis &amp; Patrice Sharkey, James Darling AM, Julia Dowling, Lesley Forwood, Rick &amp; Jan Frolich, Stephanie Grose, Mo &amp; Simon Hardy, Amanda Harkness &amp; Karen Barrett, Andrew Henderson, Kate Irving, Hon Diana Laidlaw AM, James Lake, Brigitte Lane, Stephen Lane, Edwina Lehmann, Ryan McCourt, David McKee AO &amp; Pam McKee, Jane Michell, Ministry of Clouds, Chris Penny, John Phillips, Michael Pocock, Ruth Rentschler, Aidan Rigoni, Louise Rigoni, Venetia Rigoni, Jill Russell, Paul Sutton &amp; Tanya Soetratma, Thelma Taliangis, Tracey Whiting AM

H﻿ero image: Chelsea Farquhar, 'Beaded mask' (2021), styled and modelled by Matthew Smith. Courtesy the artist.
I﻿mage 1: Ash Tower, studio documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (2022). Photography by Thomas McCammon.
I﻿mage 2:  Dani Reynolds, studio documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (2022). Photography by Thomas McCammon.
I﻿mage 3: Shaye Dương, studio documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (2022). Photography by Thomas McCammon.
I﻿mage 4: Cecilia Tizard, studio documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (2022). Photography by Thomas McCammon.
I﻿mage 5: Chelsea Farquhar, studio documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (2022). Photography by Thomas McCammon.

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