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2011

• Bill Henson in conversation with Paul Grabowsky, Artistic Director of the 2012 Adelaide Festival
  5.30pm, Monday 21 November
  Allan Scott Auditorium,
  Hawke Building,
  City West campus,
  University of South Australia
  
  In a highly anticipated event the Samstag Museum of Art, in association with the 2012 Adelaide Festival and supported by the Art Gallery of South Australia, present Australia's best-known contemporary photographer, Bill Henson, in conversation with Paul Grabowsky, Artistic Director of the 2012 Adelaide Festival. The Samstag Museum is delighted to host this special highlight to accompany the first exhibition in Adelaide dedicated to one of the country's most distinguished artists. The Museum will be open for ticket holders to view Bill Henson: early work from the MGA collection, with selected recent landscapes after hours, with refreshments and live music to follow the discussion.
  View the event here
• Your Move: Australian artists play chess
  Chess tournament
  Sunday 6 November 2-5pm 
  Come and make a move in a chess tournament organised by The Adelaide Chess Club. Turn up on the day for an opportunity to watch Chess Club members do battle and even challenge them to a 5 or 15 minute game. The public are invited to play, ask questions and enjoy the exhibition. Special prizes for participants. Free admission, all welcome. 
  For more information 08 8302 0869
• Your Move: Australian artists play chess
  Curator talk
  Saturday 15 October @ 3pm
  Bendigo Art Gallery curator Sandra Bruce presents an introductory talk on the exhibition Your Move: Australian artists play chess, to coincide with the launch of both exhibitions Your Move and Bill Henson: early work from the MGA Collection, with selected recent landscapes. At this event there is an opportunity to watch members of the Adelaide Chess Club do battle and even challenge them to a game of chess. 
• White Rabbit – Contemporary Chinese Art Collection
  Exhibition tours for school students (primary, secondary and tertiary) and community organisations.
  Check out White Rabbit education resource
  
• Free guided exhibition tours every Saturday and Sunday at 3pm.
  
• Join us for a special Chinese Cultural Celebration as part of Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2011 OzAsia Festival
  2pm – 5pm Saturday 17 September
  A guided tour in Mandarin by David Zhu, followed by a Chinese tea ceremony, live music, mahjong demonstrations and refreshments
  
• Exhibition launch with live music by Zhaohong Liang
  5.30pm Tuesday 30 August
  
• Hijacked 2: Australia/ Germany
  Artist talk
  1pm – 2pm Thursday 12 May 2011
  German artist, Sascha Weidner will talk about his work and participation in Hijacked 2: Australia/Germany  
  Sascha's visit is made possible by the Goethe-Institut, Australia.
  
• May's: The May Lane Street Art Project
  Curator and artist talks
  4pm – 6pm Saturday 14 May 2011
  Join curator Tugi Balog and Richard Perram, Director of Bathurst Regional Art Gallery with May Lane artists Dlux! and Mini Graff as they discuss the history of the May Lane project and give insight into the significance of street art in contemporary Australian culture. 
  This will be followed by drinks and special entertainment to coincide with the launch of both  exhibitions May's and Hijacked 2: Australia/ Germany
  
• Visual Art Educators of South Australia (VAESA) launch 5pm Friday 25 February 2011
  VAESA is a newly formed professional association that seeks to attract the membership of primary, secondary and tertiary visual arts educators. Contact Ian Corbett, VAESA
  
• Stop(the)Gap curator and artist talks
  3.30pm Saturday 26 February 2011
  Stop(the)Gap curator Brenda L Croft and international Indigenous curatorial advisors Kathleen Ash-Milby (USA), David Garneau (Canada) and Megan Tamati-Quennell (Aotearoa/NZ) are joined by Stop(the)Gap artists Genevieve Grieves, Alan Michelson, Lisa Reihana, r e a and Warwick Thornton
  
• Looking Forward/Looking BLAK
  Indigenous Identity in Australian Cinema
  3pm Sunday 6 March 2011
  Presented in association with the The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at UniSA.
  Join Margaret Pomeranz (Chair) with actors Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and Tom E Lewis and film directors Beck Cole (writer/director Here I Am) and Rolf de Heer as they discuss the rapidly changing identity of Indigenous Australians in our national cinema.

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Image: Simon Terrill, Swarm (detail) 2005, type C print 180 x 230 cm, Samstag Collection, University of South Australia, image © the artist