The Courier: Calendar

Stationmaster’s Gallery: ‘Five Directions’

February 22, 2012toMarch 25, 2012

The Stationmaster’s Gallery in Strathalbyn will feature ‘Five Directions’ from February 22 to March 25. Then ‘Breaking Boundaries’, March 28 to May 6, will include photographs from the Farm Gate Festival, also fabric art, sculpture, wood-turning, digital painting and collage.

2012 Heysen Sculpture Biennial B6

February 26, 2012toApril 29, 2012

The 2012 Heysen Sculpture Biennial B6 is the 6th exhibition during the Adelaide Festival of Arts and the Fringe. This exhibition is the biggest event of sculptors showing together in one place in South Australia and is on for the 6th occasion during the Adelaide Festival of Arts. This will be an exciting and innovative exhibition ...

Sculpture presentation

March 2, 2012
7:00 pm

Artist and writer Dr Tamsin Kerr of the Cooroora Institute, Queensland, is planning to write about the Heysen Sculpture Biennial and its place in Australian environmental art.She was a guest at the opening of the Biennial at The Cedars on Sunday, and is spending two weeks viewing the works and talking to the artists. On Friday, ...

Cudlee Creek garden opens to the public

March 3, 2012toMarch 4, 2012

Cudlee Creek’s David and Sharyne Obst will open their garden to the public for the first time next month.Their property features a water lily-covered pond, conifers, standard roses, agapanthus and Australian natives, and will open as part of Open Gardens Australia. The garden, located on Redden Drive, will be open on March 3 and 4 from ...

Event drives powerful memories

March 3, 2012toMarch 4, 2012

Of all the spare parts, engines, restored projects and other bits and pieces residing in Hahndorf resident Peter Bernhardt’s shed, the little piece that reflects his home town is one of the most important. Mr Bernhardt, a semi-retired diesel mechanic, is the proud owner of a Kaesler engine, made by Hahndorf company the Kaesler Brothers c. ...

At the Edge – dance and visual arts

March 3, 2012
7:00 pm

The Arts Excentrix group of musicians, dancers and visual arts are holding their annual ‘At the Edge’ night at The Cheese Factory studio gallery at Kondoparinga Road, Meadows, on March 3. Part of the Fringe Festival, ‘At the Edge’ will feature a wide range of music from around the world, contemporary dance and visual arts. The former ...

Writers’ garden talk

March 4, 2012
4:00 pm

The heritage garden of Beechwood at Stirling, will be the setting for an Adelaide Writers’ Week talk by Myles Baldwin on Sunday, March 4. Established in 1893, the large garden includes a collection of exotic trees, secret grottos, an historic conservatory, and a rose garden. Myles Baldwin is a landscape gardener, author and gardener, one of Australia’s ...

Palmer Sculpture Biennial

March 11, 2012toMarch 25, 2012

Twenty four artists are taking part, creating art in the landscape and responding to the rain-shadow country.The property, of sculptor Greg Johns, is located about 3.5km along the Palmer-Cookes Hill Road. It will be open on Tuesdays March 13 and 20, 10am-2pm; Thursdays March 15 and 22, 1-5pm; Saturdays March 17 and 24, 11am to 6pm; ...

Middle of nowhere

March 14, 2012toMarch 16, 2012

Meadows artist Jim Duncan is showing his recent paintings for the Fringe, in an exhibition Middle of Nowhere. It is being held in conjunction with Trinity Sessions, Church of the Trinity, Goodwood Road, Clarence Park, on March 14, 15 and 16. Jim’s paintings will be on display from 7pm each night. The church is also the venue for ...

Gardening author to speak

March 14, 2012
6:00 pm

Mt Barker author Lolo Houbein will be talking about her new book Outside the Magic Square at Matilda Bookshop, Stirling, next Wednesday, March 14. Following her very successful One Magic Square the new book is a broader look at sustainable gardening, global warming and food security issues at street, neighborhood and global levels. Lolo’s talk is at ...