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FELTspace

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Address: 12 Compton Street 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.feltspace.org

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25.01.2022 Join the Adelaide Central School of Art in their celebration of their 2020 graduates. The 2020 Graduate Exhibition Opening is an opportunity to recognise the achievement of these students throughout what has been a gruelling year in so many ways.

25.01.2022 Our FELTshop features our FELTmerch and some incredible limited edition contemporary art prints. The proceeds from these prints helps FELTspace deliver our exhibitions and public programs and better support contemporary artists. Amongst the works on offer you can find Roy Ananda's 'Decalogue', 2018 (Digital print on fine art matte paper, Edition of 10, 29.7 x 42cm). Ron's work is in good company, with works from another 7 artists currently available. The works can be collected from FELTspace and postage is also available for interstate and overseas buyers.

25.01.2022 We’re excited to introduce our new Special Projects Coordinator Rebecca McEwan! Rebecca is an emerging multidisciplinary artist whose practice focuses on the intrinsic connections between humans and the natural world. Exploring ancient wisdoms, stories and folklore she works to reawaken awe and reinstate our lost reverence with the environment in which we live. Since graduating from the Adelaide College of the Arts in 2016 with a Bachelor of Visual Art and Design Rebecca has ...continually enriches her practice by undertaking opportunities such as a mentorships, residencies and grants to support her practice. Alongside her own practice Rebecca has volunteered at several galleries, organisations and arts events as a way to gain further insight and experience in the arts industry. She is particularly interested in exploring new ways to deliver art to a wide-ranging audience in unexpected and exciting ways.

25.01.2022 The team at Guildhouse have launched their new seasonal program reVision. reVison features an incredible lineup of national and international curators and artists speaking about various aspects of community and collaboration. reVision has been thoughtfully curated to help you deepen connections, strengthen your practice and grow your skills in these ever-changing and uncertain times. These sessions are FREE for Guildhouse financial members and there are significant discounts... available for non-members through their COVID-19 hardship concession. Book now as the sessions will be intimate and spaces are limited.

25.01.2022 We'd like to extend a very warm welcome to new FELTspace Co-Director Brianna Speight. Brianna has taken on the role of Finance Officer. Emerging artist Brianna works primarily with photography and is interested in gender issues, critical theory and history. Brianna completed her honours in visual arts at the University of South Australia in 2017 and since has actively participated in opportunities to develop her practice. In 2020 she completed a collaborative residency at Onkaparinga Arts - Sauerbier House and was planning to attend the British School at Rome for a three-month residency, supported by Helpmann Academy. She works at FUMA - Flinders University Museum of Art as a Communications Assistant and is passionate about experimental and contemporary art.

25.01.2022 Emerging artist Sally Craven has joined the FELTspace team as our new Volunteer Coordinator. We're excited to welcome Sally on board, her extensive experience across a range of fields will make her an incredible asset to our committee. Born in Adelaide/Kaurna Yarta Sally works across sculpture, installation, video and performance. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture, and was awarded the Hassell Travelling Scholarship in 2009. The scholarship was used to travel to Nor...way where she worked for internationally acclaimed Snøhetta in 2013. She worked for several years at Taylor Cullity Lethlean exploring the poetic expression of the Australian landscape and contemporary culture. In 2019 she performed at Dark Mofo in The Sheer Frost Orchestra by Marina Rosenfeld. She is currently lecturing at the The University of Adelaide in Master of Landscape Architecture courses. Photography by Henry Wolff

24.01.2022 Applications are now open for our 2021-2022 exhibition program. We're looking for creatives and curators to submit proposals to exhibit at FELTspace between September 2022 and February 2022. We'll be accepting proposals until midnight 8 January 2021 (ACST). Contact the FELTspace team if you have any questions about the application process or our exhibition program.

24.01.2022 While the weather is wild in Adelaide tonight you can watch the work of our current FELTdark artist Sarah Tickle from the comfort of your home. You can watch ‘OZ?’ at any time through the FELTspace website until 30 September: bit.ly/2Xbatw5 With weather like this there’s no place like home.

24.01.2022 You can see the work of FELTspace Co-Director Brianna Speight in 'ZINC + We see with memory' at praxis ARTSPACE between 1 October - 30 October 2020. During a three-month residency at Onkaparinga Arts - Sauerbier House Rosina Possingham and Brianna Speight collaboratively developed ZINC. Responding to the surroundings of the residency, the project explores feelings associated with extreme heat, beach safety and recreation while re-imagining throwaway beach paraphernalia, warning labels and extreme heat within a playful scene of hi-visibility materials.

24.01.2022 Yusuf Ali Hayat and Elyas Alavi's collaborative work 'Exit West' was created as part of the FELTexchange program. Their call-and-response approach involved Elyas Alavi re-imagining Yusuf’s drawings and offering a poem. Yusuf’s drawings from the Exit West series and poetry from Elyas can be found on the FELTspace website: bit.ly/31H7kaJ

23.01.2022 There are TWO MORE DAYS to watch Sarah Tickle's 'OZ?' on the FELTspace website: bit.ly/2Xbatw5 Sarah's use of rotoscoping brings together Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) and Asta Cadell, Deborra-Lee Furness’ character from ‘Shame’ (1988). Dorothy and Asta join forces to fight their way to a place which feels like home. 'OZ?' will be streaming through the FELTspace website until Wednesday 30th September.

23.01.2022 We're excited to announce the addition of four new Co-Directors to the FELTspace team! Sally Craven, Rebecca McEwan, Ena M Groz and Brianna Speight have joined our committee. FELTspace, like so many artists run initiatives, relies entirely on its volunteer workforce. We're grateful for the commitment our new Co-Directors have made in joining the cause and excited to have them taking part in the creative, collaborative and democratic process that keeps FELTspace moving forward.

23.01.2022 The FELTspace Back Gallery has hosted local artists Inneke Taal and Nicole Clift’s ‘Gallery in Residence’ through February. There is one week left of their residency, which has seen them respond to the gallery after hours. They have accumulated documentary material of FELTspace at rest, with the exhibition space evolving to reflect this ongoing process. ‘Gallery in Residence’ is open for another 3 days, concluding on Saturday 20 February.

23.01.2022 THE CALL OUT FOR APPLICATIONS FOR OUR 2021-2022 EXHIBITION PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN! The deadline for proposals is midnight 8 January 2021 (ACST) FELTspace invites artists / practitioners / curators / collectives to submit proposals to exhibit during this period.... FELTspace welcomes solo or group exhibitions focusing on contemporary art practice and encourages submissions that are concerned with experimental engagement and the subversion of standard art forms. Submitting a proposal is no guarantee of acceptance. Please note FELTspace does not exhibit work by current undergraduate students. We will accept proposals from undergraduate students for exhibitions that will commence after their studies are complete. Alongside the current Front Gallery and Back Gallery, FELTspace also invites proposals for our dedicated video space, FELTdark, a 2.1m wide projection screen filling the front window. FELTdark is in operation Wednesday night through to Saturday night from dusk till late. DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION PROCESS + GALLERY INFORMATION SHEET THROUGH OUR WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/3lRAUCo

22.01.2022 Applications for our 2021-2022 Exhibition Program are open until MIDNIGHT (ACST) 8 JANUARY. There are 6 more days to submit proposals to play a part in our upcoming programming. We welcome alternative approaches to applying and the FELTteam can answer any relevant questions via email or messenger.

22.01.2022 Looking for Christmas present for someone special or a gift to yourself to celebrate getting through 2020? We have a small number of our limited edition prints remaining in our FELTshop for purchase. All of these incredible prints are $100 and funds raised will provide valuable support to FELTspace's exhibition and public programs. Postage is available so distance isn't a barrier to you filling your home, or the home of someone you love, with some fabulous art.

21.01.2022 While FELTspace remains closed today and our FELTdark screen will be dark tonight you can still view our the work of our February FELTdark artist Liv Spiers online. Liv's work will also be screening at the gallery throughout the final week of our February exhibitions between 8pm and midnight, Wednesday to Saturday. ___________________ FELTDARK Liv Spiers (SA)... 'A.part' A.part is a site-specific exchange between FELTspace and its surrounding community. Light absorbed by the gallery on Friday 10th January 2020 6-7pm is released back into Compton Street a year later. Now notions of being both a part of, and apart from, a community are more complex than expected.

20.01.2022 Congratulations Kate Oakenfold @oakey.artist @sharm_nie #adelaidefringe #feltspace

18.01.2022 Congratulations Jianzhen (Shirley) Wu @shirleywujewellery @glasshunter ... #adelaidefringe #feltspace

18.01.2022 Our October exhibitions are launching soon! Throughout October we'll be hosting three exhibitions by local South Australian artists. Exhibitions will be open from Thursday 8th October and will close Saturday 24th October. FELTdark will be screening through the FELTspace front window Wednesday - Saturday from dusk - midnight. Follow the link for gallery opening hours: bit.ly/33f39nF FRONT GALLERY... Kurt Bosecke (SA) Curated/facilitated by Henry Jock Walker 'New and Old Artefact Collages of Inspiration of True Regular Spirit!' BACK GALLERY Fiona Borthwick (SA) 'Confessions of a Hoarder' FELTDARK Cynthia Schwertsik (SA) 'Take Up Residence' Image: Cynthia Schwertsik, 'Take Up Residence'

17.01.2022 Sarah Tickle’s ‘OZ?’ is currently screening on our after hours video platform FELTdark. You can watch ‘OZ?’ from outside the FELTspace gallery Wed - Sat after dark until midnight. Those who can’t make it to FELTspace to view Sarah’s work and our interstate and international friends can also watch ‘OZ?’ at any time through the FELTspace website: bit.ly/2Xbatw5 Sarah Tickle’s OZ? is a re-examination of a preview work - a response to SODAJERK’s movie, ‘TERROR NULLIUS’ (2018) - ...Tickle created for the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival. Utilising rotoscoping, Tickle gives chosen actors and their characters a new narrative, one of the artist’s making. OZ? sees Dorothy, Judy Garland from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939), being caught in a twister and thrown over the rainbow into a new land, a small remote Australian town. Dorothy quickly realises she’s not in Kansas anymore: she’s a stranger in a strange and threatening land. Befriended by Asta Cadell, Deborra-Lee Furness’ character from ‘Shame’ (1988), Dorothy and Asta join forces to fight their way to a place which feels like home. See more

17.01.2022 You have until Wednesday 23 December at 9:00pm to bid on our final fundraising auction item for 2020. We have a beautiful artists book created by artists Derek Sargent and Jess Miley in offer. FELTspace 2020 FUNDRAISING AUCTION LOT 35: Derek Sargent and Jess Miley ‘Cote d’Azur Queers’, Artist Book, 2019 24 pages, 30 x 30cm, Edition of 10... Place your bid in the comments section below the work on our Instagram profile. Make sure you outbid previous offers to ensure your bid is valid and to give yourself the best chance to secure this work. AUCTION ENDS 23 DECEMBER 2020 AT 9:00PM Absentee bids can also be arranged by contacting the FELTspace team: [email protected] 40% of the sale price will go back to the artists who have generously contributed their artwork. Our annual fundraising auction is an important fundraising initiative for our organisation. Past fundraising efforts have contributed to improving the gallery space, assist with general running costs and to support our new and exciting public programs.

16.01.2022 FELTspace is still open, though in light of the local COVID-19 outbreak in Adelaide we will be making some changes to the way we operate. Our gallery capacity is reduced and we will continue to encourage social distancing. We also ask anyone who is feeling unwell to please stay at home and follow appropriate health guidelines. We hope that all our visitors will act with an abundance of caution for their own safety and the wellbeing of our volunteers. We will be keeping a clos...e eye on this situation and will make any appropriate changes as the situation evolves. The FELTteam

15.01.2022 Helpmann Academy are now accepting applications from emerging visual artists and curators, to take on the role of Project Curator for the 2021 Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition. This role provides a unique opportunity for an emerging curator to gain hands-on experience working on a high-profile exhibition that brings together graduating artists working in many mediums. The successful applicant will be working in collaboration with Curatorial Mentor, Patrice Sharkey (Artis...tic Director, ACE Open ) on all curatorial aspects of the exhibition. The Project Curator will be engaged from Dec 2020 Feb 2021. APPLICATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY 23 OCT 2020 AT 5:00PM (ACDT)

15.01.2022 Australia Council for the Arts are seeking participants for a discussion session as part of a broader sector wide consultation. 'Re-imagine: What Next?' is looking to foster a national conversation about the challenges and opportunities the arts sector is currently facing. Register your interest to have your voice heard: https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/.../discussion-sessions/

15.01.2022 Congratulations Josie Dillon @textured_pudding

14.01.2022 Writer Anisha Pilarisetty and artist Max Callaghan have created a collaborative series of works as part of our FELTexchange initiative. FELT exchange has involved four pairs of artists and writers engaging in a series of creative and critical exchanges during isolation. You can view their work alongside their fellow writers and artists on our website: bit.ly/345ksH1

13.01.2022 The doors of the FELTspace gallery will be open throughout October! We'll be welcoming guests back with three exhibitions featuring some very talented South Australian artists. Our Front Gallery artist Kurt Bosecke has been working with Henry Jock Walker to create a survey exhibition of Kurt's immense body of work. 'New and Old Artefact Collages of Inspiration of True Regular Spirit!' will be open from Thursday 8 October until Saturday 24 October: bit.ly/33f39nF This exhibi...tion will also make the launch of a publication created collaboratively by Dave Court, Kaspar Schmidt-Mumm and Henry Jock Walker with Tutti Arts. This publication will contain a detailed documentation of Kurt Boseckes incredible oeuvre to date. Image: Kurt Bosecke 'Japanese Firebelly New Thatchling Eggs and Vietnam Warty New Thatchling Eggs aswell the Wilder Beest Cranky and the Ring Tailed Mongoose Staring and Yellow Mongoose Carrying the Eggs.'

13.01.2022 Post Office Projects Gallery + Studios are looking for expressions of interest for their studios program and to exhibit in their gallery space. This exciting new art space in the heart of Port Adelaide was established to champion early and mid-career artists, sustainable artistic development and connection between artists, audiences and colleagues, locally, as well as interstate and internationally. Applications close midnight 18 December, 2020

12.01.2022 You have until 9PM WEDNESDAY 23 DECEMBER to bid on Derek Sargent and Jess Miley’s artists book ‘Cote d’Azur Queers’. This beautiful publication is being auctioned to raise funds for FELTspace, helping to support the delivery of our exhibitions and public programs. FELTspace 2020 FUNDRAISING AUCTION LOT 35: Derek Sargent and Jess Miley ‘Cote d’Azur Queers’, Artist Book, 2019 24 pages, 30 x 30cm, Edition of 10... Place your bid in the comments section below the picture of the work on our Instagram profile. Make sure you outbid previous offers to ensure your bid is valid and to give yourself the best chance to secure this work. Absentee bids can also be arranged by contacting the FELTspace team: [email protected] 40% of the sale price will go back to the artists who have generously contributed their artwork. #feltspace #feltauction #artistrunspace #supportthearts #artssouthaustralia #cityofadelaide #fundraisingforacause #painting #contemporaryart #jessmiley #dereksargent

11.01.2022 There are just 2 days left to see our February exhibitions! Our front gallery is filled with Anne Stevens industrial sculptural works. Anne has brought together a broad range of objects to create a cohesive and striking exhibition. Our Front Gallery exhibition can be viewed Friday until 7pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm. FELTdark will be screening Wednesday - Saturday from dusk - midnight. FEATURING ARTISTS:... Anne Stevens (SA) Inneke Taal + Nicole Clift (SA) Olivia Spiers (SA) See more

10.01.2022 While the gallery doors will remain closed for September our after hours video platform FELTdark is screening the work of Adelaide based artist Sarah Tickle. You can watch 'OZ?' after dark from outside the FELTspace gallery. FELTdark SCREENING HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday 6:00pm - 12:00am... You can also view Sarah's work on our website until Wednesday 30th September: bit.ly/2Xbatw5

09.01.2022 You can view Eleanor Amor and Ken Bolton's collaborative contribution to our FELTexchange project on the FELTspace website until the end of September. FELTexchange has involved four pairs of South Australian artists and writers engaging in a series of creative and critical exchanges during isolation. You can find the results of this creative partnership along with the work of their fellow artists and writers on our website: bit.ly/3iGAgWj

09.01.2022 Final week to visit our March Exhibitions, which are part of @adlfringe Our gallery is open Wed-Thurs 1-4 Fri 1-7... Sat 10-4 Don’t miss your chance to see the work of three outstanding emerging South Australian Visual Artists @oakey.artist @shirleywujewellery @textured_pudding @glasshunter

07.01.2022 We have extended the deadline for applications for our 2021-2022 exhibition program to Monday 11 January. There are now an extra 3 days to submit applications for our programs. We've already received some exceptional applications and we're excited to see what arrives in our inbox over the next few days! If you have any questions about our exhibition program and the application process please send us a message via social media or shoot us an email: [email protected]

06.01.2022 COVID-19 UPDATE In light of the new restrictions announced today in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in South Australia, FELTspace will close our bricks and mortar gallery until further notice. Our top priority is to help keep our community safe as we all work to minimise the spread of the virus. While the gallery remains closed you will still be able to view our FELTdark exhibition through the FELTspace website: bit.ly/2Xbatw5

05.01.2022 While we're temporarily locked down here in Adelaide there are still opportunities to engage with the arts. You can virtually visit the work of former FELTspace Co-Director Nancy Downes as part of praxis ARTSPACE's exhibition 'Life Forms'. Nancy is in very good company exhibiting alongside artists Nicole Clift, Zoe Freney, Zoe Kirkwood, Lucy Turnbull, and Talia Wignall.

05.01.2022 We'll be reopening our gallery doors from Thursday 3 December! We're hosting three exhibitions across the month with Steven Cybulka in our Front Gallery, Georgia Button in our Back Gallery and the work of Sharifah Emalia Al-Gadrie and Tilley Wood on our after hours FELTdark platform. The entire FELTteam are excited to welcome you all back after our short hiatus. For our interstate friends the work of our FELTdark artists will also be available to view online through the FELTspace website throughout the month. Image: Steven Cybulka, ‘Non Orthogonal Offcuts’, 2020, Recycled structural pine, Galvanised brad nails, Dimensions variable. Image courtesy of Nat Rogers.

04.01.2022 While our doors will remained closed in the short-term you can still get an art fix thorough the FELTspace website. You can stream the video work of our November FELTdark artist Ophelia Bakowski at any time from the comfort of home: bit.ly/2Xbatw5 Melbourne/Birrarunga based artist Ophelia's audio visual work ‘May All Acts Of Love And Pleasure Be My Rituals’ explores Nature as a conduit (channeling) for the facilitation of transcendent states. Invoking forms of magick, rituals of healing are performed for a queer body rejecting the seduction of binaries.

04.01.2022 This is the final week of our February exhibitions! There are just 4 days left to view the work of this talented South Australian lineup. These exhibitions are open until Saturday 20th February. Our Front Gallery exhibition can be viewed during our opening hours and FELTdark will be screening Wednesday - Saturday from dusk - midnight. FEATURING ARTISTS:... Anne Stevens (SA) Inneke Taal + Nicole Clift (SA) Olivia Spiers (SA) __________________________ FRONT GALLERY Anne Stevens (SA) 'Unmade' 'Unmade' realises works - used stretched canvases, discarded by Stevens, combined with found non-traditional materials - which attempt to subvert traditional unilateral wall-based painting. The works in this exhibition could be described as unmade objects; a result of a process (humble materials crudely handled) where Stevens makes through unmaking. BACK GALLERY Inneke Taal + Nicole Clift (SA) 'Gallery in Residence' (tandem projects) How does the experience of a gallery change or shift when 'we' the viewers/spectators are not there, when the work is in the dark? We will accumulate footage/material of the current exhibitions at FELTspace as a gallery-in-residence which will be open to the public as it takes shape, and will conclude with a closing event on Friday 19th February. FELTDARK Olivia Spiers (SA) 'A.part' A.part is a site-specific exchange between FELTspace and its surrounding community. Light absorbed by the gallery on Friday 10th January 2020 6-7pm is released back into Compton Street a year later. Now notions of being both a part of, and apart from, a community are more complex than expected.

04.01.2022 Congratulations to our Graduate Award Artists Kate Oakenfold, Jianzhen (Shirley) Wu and Josie Dillon whose exhibitions at FELTspace have been awarded the @adlfringe weekly Best Visual Art & Design Award!!

02.01.2022 The Adelaide Central School of Art are celebrating the launch of their 2020 Graduate Exhibition Saturday 12 December. This is a great opportunity to see the exciting work created by these Bachelor of Visual Art (Hons) and Bachelor of Visual Art graduates and potentially acquire a piece of contemporary art for yourself. Everyone is welcome to this event but it is essential to RSVP.

02.01.2022 FELTspace are in great company on Art Almanac’s curated must-see list! Our October exhibitions will be open from Thursday 8 October. We’re excited to welcome visitors back to the gallery with three incredible exhibitions: bit.ly/33f39nF

02.01.2022 Don't miss the Adelaide Central School of Art’s first exhibition of 2021 in the upcoming festival season madness. 'The New Money' features the work of Cynthia Schwertsik, Emma Beech and the Good News Bank (Cassie Thring & Nick Hanisch). Exhibition dates: Tuesday 9 February - Friday 19 March Image: Good News Bank, 'Exposure Coin', 2021, Screen print on paper, 20cm x 13.5 cm

02.01.2022 We’re sadly bidding farewell to our Special Events Coordinator Tamara Baillie and our Volunteer Coordinator Ashleigh McLarin. These two will be joining the illustrious ranks of our FELTalumni. Both Tamara and Ashleigh have contributed a huge amount during their time as Co-Directors. The time and energy they have put into their roles has been enormously appreciated.

01.01.2022 Em König and Olivia Kathigitis are two of the creatives brought together by our FELTexchange project. Throughout this project these two artists found the common ground between their practices and got to know one another through sharing and documenting their work as it progressed. You can find the results of their collaboration on the FELTspace website: bit.ly/3hTCPn9