Arts Organisations

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Sydney

In October 2000 the Asian Australian Artists Association relocated to the historic Corporation Building, a City of Sydney owned building to establish the Asia-Australia Arts Centre. The current premises on Hay Street in central Chinatown has an innovative program of activities dedicated to the promotion of dialogue between Australia and Asia through local and international exhibitions, public programs, workshops, seminars and community activities. The Asia-Australia Arts Centre is located in a high traffic and high profile area of Chinatown, in a grand, historic building.

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Adelaide

With a reputation for its youthful vitality and superb artistry, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra plays a central role at the heart of the South Australian community.

The Grainger Studio, the home of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra was originally the West's Cinema, built in 1939. The building has been returned to its former glory retaining many of its art deco features, in particular the grand staircase that leads up to a mezzanine level in the entrance foyer. The studio has a room size of 33m x 18m, with a ceiling height of 10m. The Studio was named after the composer Percy Grainger who is buried in Adelaide.

Albury Art Gallery

Albury

With an ever changing program of exhibitions, selections from the permanent collection and the interactivity of Kidspace, the Art Gallery is a place of experience for all ages. As one of the best regional galleries in Australia, the Gallery supports and nurtures local as well as national artists.

Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art

Adelaide

The Samstag Museum aims to stimulate, challenge and engage its audiences with a program of diverse and innovative exhibitions, publications and associated public activities.

Designed by John Wardle Architects in association with Hassell, the Samstag Museum is located in the Hawke Building and features three substantial and elegant exhibition galleries over two levels. It is a facility that communicates architectural distinction.

The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art is named in honour of these two distinguished benefactors to Australian culture, whose remarkable bequest is administered by the Samstag Program through the University of South Australia.

Araluen Arts Centre

Alice Springs

Araluen Arts Centre is the focal point of Alice Springs’ performing and visual arts scene, incorporating galleries and a theatre. The galleries feature a program of exhibitions with a focus on Aboriginal art from Central Australia, and contemporary art by local and Australian artists. The Albert Namatjira Gallery displays a rotating selection of paintings by this famous Aboriginal artist, his descendants and contemporaries. The gallery also features early works from Papunya and the Hermannsburg School.

Araluen Arts Centre was designed and built around the 300 year old Corkwood Tree in the Sculpture Garden. This tree, another at the front of the building and Big Sister Hill are also considered sacred by the Arrernte people.

The annual theatre program includes performances by national touring companies and many high quality local productions. The theatre is also available for the presentation of corporate functions and conferences, in association with the function room and the galleries where suitable.

Araluen Arts Centre is part of the Araluen Cultural Precinct which includes the Museum of Central Australia, Strehlow Research Centre, Central Australian Aviation Museum,  Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery, Central Craft and Yeperenye Sculpture.

Art Gallery of Ballarat

Ballarat

Founded in 1884, the Art Gallery of Ballarat is the oldest regional art gallery in Australia and was the first to be built outside a capital city in the overseas dominions of the British Empire. The Gallery is the oldest and largest regionalgallery in the country, housed in a heritage-listed building which is one of the oldest purpose-built galleries in the country. The original building at 40 Lydiard Street North, which is still the core of the Gallery, was opened by Alfred Deakin on Friday 13 June 1890, having taken three years to construct.

The Art Gallery of Ballarat is one of Australia's great art galleries. It remains at the heart of Ballarat's cultural life and offers residents and visitors a vigorous and exciting program of exhibitions, as well as providing an opportunity to walk through the entire span of Australia's art history.

 

Art Gallery of NSW

Sydney

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is the leading museum of art in New South Wales and Sydney, and one of Australia's foremost cultural institutions. It holds significant collections of Australian, European and Asian art, and presents nearly forty exhibitions annually.

Art Gallery of South Australia

Adelaide

The Art Gallery of South Australia holds one of Australia’s finest art collections, housed in one of Adelaide’s most beautiful historic buildings. It is centrally located on leafy North Terrace between the South Australian Museum and the University of Adelaide, and has been an important cultural focus since its establishment in 1881, only forty-five years after the first European settlers arrived.

The Elder Wing, the original building, was designed in 1897 and opened in early 1900. In 1936 the two level Melrose Wing was added, another wing at the back of the Gallery opened in 1962, and the West Wing extensions, which doubled the size of the Gallery, opened in March 1996.