Join us for Start at the Gallery: Back to Nature Sunday 3 Oct 2021 AGSA

As part of the Nature festival, join us for yet another fabulous START program at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Come say hi!

Start at the Gallery: Back to Nature

Sunday 3 Oct 2021

11am-3pm

Free

Gallery-wide

Ages 3-12

ENJOY ART MAKING, MUSIC, PERFORMANCES AND TOURS ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

Nature is in all things this Start. Connect and create with a flock of local artists exploring and drawing birds and botany, and enjoy inspiring tours, storytelling, art-making, performances and musical encounters for the Nature Festival.

Book into activities on arrival. Registrations open at 10.30am. Arrive early to avoid disapointment.

10.30am-2.30pm

Start Discovery Tours
Guided interactive art experiences for toddlers, teens and in-betweens exploring art and ideas.
Register and meet in the Atrium
Capacity 15
Duration 20 minutes

Auslan Interpreter available 11am-1pm

11am-3pm

Nylon Zoo
Explore Evelyn Roth’s colourful inflatable wonderland.
Location and registration Courtyard Lawn, (capacity 30)
Duration 45 minutes, sessions on the hour

Start Sketch Tours
Take flight with artists Paul Sloan and Lauren Herraman on a drawing journey through the Gallery to observe birds and botany in art.
Location: Register and meet outside courtyard entrance (capacity 15)
Duration: 45 minutes, tours every half hour
Presented in partnership with City of Adelaide

Bird Collage Creations
with author and artist Nicole Stewart. Presented in partnership with City of Adelaide.
Location: Function room next to AGSA Store
Duration: 45 minutes, workshops every half hour

Start Art Workshops
Location: Radford Auditorium, register in Courtyard marquee (capacity 50)
Duration: 30 minutes, sessions every half hour

11.15am, 12.15pm & 1.15pm

Storytelling Performances
Performed by master storyteller, Helen Lawry.
Register at the Atrium Information Desk, performances in Galleries 5-6 (capacity 25)
Duration: 45 minutes

11.30am, 12.30pm & 1.30pm

Choreography and the Collection
with creative choreographer Jessie Mckinlay
Register at the Atrium Information Desk, meet upstairs in atrium Gallery 7.
Duration: 45 minutes

11.45am, 12.45pm & 1.45pm

Blooming Hearts Yoga
Connect with nature through mindfulness and meditation
Duration: 30 minutes

AGSA Store

10% discount for AGSA and Start Art Club Members

Parent/carer supervision is required

On your visit please:

Check in when you arrive by using your Start Art Club Membership.

Book into activities on arrival.

We’ve added extra tours but numbers and capacity restrictions apply. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Remember to social distance, wash your hands, and use hand sanitiser frequently. AGSA has increased cleaning on the premises.

If you’re not well or experiencing flu-like symptoms, please join us online instead of at the Gallery.

START at the Art Gallery of South Australia Sunday March 1st

Our Next event is on Sunday March 1st at the wonderful AGSA as part of the amazing START at the Gallery monthly events! Evelyn has made some monsters for our BEETLEMANIA playtime! Come along and see us and all the incredible other events on throughout the day!

Start at the Gallery: Monster Mayhem

Sunday 1 Mar 2020

11am-3pm

Free

Gallery-wide

Ages 3–12

Dress in your monstrous best for a boisterous beastly party to mark the opening of the 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres.

11am-3pm
Start Art workshops
Monster masks with The Bait Fridge
The Bait Fridge is a wickedly creative art collective bringing action, colour and costumed chaos to Start. Build a monster mask, be captured on-set in your wild new form, and join the creature collective!
Where: Radford Auditorium

11am-3pm
Beetlemania with Nylon Zoo
A beastly Beetle has crept into our courtyard, and all it wants is to play! Don a colourful costume and explore Evelyn Roth’s incredible inflatable wonderland.
Where: Sculpture Courtyard Lawn

11.15am, 12.15pm & 1.15pm
Storytelling Performances
with Helen LawryEnjoy the music and magic of a timeless, enchanting tale told by a master storyteller.
Where: Meet in Gallery 7

11am, 11.30am (Auslan), 12pm, 1pm, 1.30pm & 2pm
Discovery ToursInteractive art experiences for toddlers, teens and in-betweens with Gallery Guides.
Where: Meet in the Atrium

12.30pm
Learning to Look
Unpacking art with Neo's teen ambassadors.
Where: Meet in the Atrium

12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Sketch Tours
with Mitch Hearn
Pencil in hand, take a creative journey through the Gallery with your host Mitch Hearn, local illustrator and monster aficionado!
Where: Meet at The Studio

11am-3pm
Start Sounds
with DJ Sandy Bunker & the Dumpster SoundsystemStomp your feet, flap your wings and waggle your spiky tail to the beastly beats of the most monstrous mutant sound system in town.
Where: Sculpture Courtyard

Start at the Gallery is held on the first Sunday of every month. Parent/carer supervision is required.