Opening Celebrations – Future Studios: 2024

Special Event
23 November 2024
Three hands hold brightly coloured weavings over a black workshop table that has various materials laid out - scissors, thread, ribbon.
Three hands hold brightly coloured weavings over a black workshop table that has various materials laid out - scissors, thread, ribbon.

Please join us to celebrate the opening of Future Studios:2024!

When

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

23 November 2024

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Access

Future Studios: 2024 is a group exhibition showcasing the artistic practice of 11 students from years 10 to 12. Through an intensive week-long program at ACE, these young artists have gained the experience of a practicing studio artist. The students participated in a suite of workshops at ACE with contemporary studio practitioners Troy-Anthony Baylis, Brad Darkson, Carly Tarkari Dodd, and Kasia Tons. The exhibition explores themes of culture, identity, and storytelling, with works exploring painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, and installation.

Featuring 11 aspiring artists: Mia Smith Ballard, Sia Clignon, Caylim Karpany-Drover, Jareth Newchurch, Kirene Newchurch, Kuliah Power, Sarah Rasheed, Zahra Ali Raza, Jada Sharp, Ella Southam and April Strevens.


The young artists have gained an understanding of the impact of studio work and the daily activities involved in a professional artistic practice. They have worked collaboratively alongside peers, established artists, and emerging creatives in a professional studio setting within a leading independent contemporary visual arts organisation.


The ACE Future Studios is a free program that provides a fully-supported, CBD-based studios to eleven young South Australian artists for a one-week intensive period and mentoring across the year. This unique industry placement nurtures creativity and practical skills with the support of mentor artists and ACE staff and gives young artists an understanding of professional studio practice.

Feature Image: 'Future Studios: 2024' Weaving Workshop, Carly Tarkari Dodd, (2024), workshop documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Lana Adams.⁠

Project Coordinator

Jake Yang

First Nations Artist Mentor

Crista Bradshaw

Artists

Mia Smith Ballard,
Sia Clignon,
Caylim Karpany-Drover,
Jareth Newchurch,
Kirene Newchurch,
Kuliah Power,
Sarah Rasheed,
Zahra Ali Raza,
Jada Sharp,
Ella Southam,
April Strevens
A group of students in a weaving workshop. A teenage boy in a bright red hoodie sits on the right. He holds onto a purple weaving piece he is making. He smiles, looking off to the left.
A group of students in a weaving workshop. A teenage boy in a bright red hoodie sits on the right. He holds onto a purple weaving piece he is making. He smiles, looking off to the left.
Future Studios: 2024, Carly Tarkari Dodd (2024), workshop documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Lana Adams.⁠
A high school student weaves an artwork in the colour purple. The image is from over the shoulder so you can only see the student's curly black hair and their hands. The workshop table is in the background and blurry.
A high school student weaves an artwork in the colour purple. The image is from over the shoulder so you can only see the student's curly black hair and their hands. The workshop table is in the background and blurry.
Future Studios: 2024, Carly Tarkari Dodd (2024), workshop documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Lana Adams.⁠

Future Studios is supported by Carclew, the Department for Education, and the City of Adelaide.

Related Exhibition
Future Studios: 2024

9 November to 14 December 2024

This exhibition showcases works created by high school students who participated in a suite of workshops at ACE with contemporary studio practitioners Troy-Anthony Baylis, Brad Darkson, Carly Tarkari Dodd, and Kasia Tons.

See Exhibition

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.