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You can now donate to Kingston Weaving via Give SA! Kingston Weaving is a First Nations led project by Southeast artists Sonya, Sarah and Suzy Smith, developed with Open Space Contemporary Arts (OSCA). Through weaving, storytelling and sculpture, it explores the return of water to the Kingston region and its significance for community, culture and Country. In the lead-up to the 2026 Nature Festival, we’re planning free weaving workshops across South Australia. Open to all, these sessions invite people to learn traditional techniques while contributing to a large-scale public artwork. Each piece created will form part of a striking outdoor installation, unveiled at a two-day event at Pioneer Park in Kingston. This will be a moment for the community to come together and experience the work, and to recognise the shared effort behind it. At its heart, Kingston Weaving is about connection. It brings people together, shares First Nations knowledge, and deepens our understanding of the environment and Country. We’re inviting you to be part of this. A donation of any size will directly support the artists, community workshops and the final installation event. You can donate via the link in our bio - we appreciate your support. Kingston Weaving part of OSCA’s state-wide artist commissioning initiative, Projects of the Everyday and supported by Create SA, Creative Australia, Stand Like Stone Foundation, Kingston District Council, Fabrik - Lobethal, Hahndorf Academy, Nature Festival, FRRR and OSCA.

Oh what a night! Thanks to everyone who made it to on-site last Thursday. If you missed it, here is just a taste of the evening, thanks to photographer Sia Duff. Huge gratitude to the artists and curators who made it happen. Commissioned artists: Valerie Berry & Ben-Hur Winter, Jesse Budel, Saluhan Collective, Jazmine Deng & Helium, Ellen Steele, Astrid Pill & Jason Sweeney Screenings by national and international film makers: Razan AlSalah, Bryce Kraehenbuehl, Komtouch Napattaloong, Ben Russell & Malena Szlam. Curators: Kim Munro, Yusuf Ali Hayat and Alice McCool. This project is part of OSCA’s state-wide artist commissioning initiative - Projects of the Everyday - that seeds, develops and presents artist-led projects in innovative spaces of creativity, making and experimentation. Supported by Create SA, The City of Adelaide and OSCA.

Meet the people bringing the on-site vision to life. The curatorial team. Kim Munro is a documentary maker living and working on unceded Kaurna land. Her practice includes film, sound and installation, many of which involve close work with communities. Her films have been screened on television and at local and international film festivals, as well as galleries. Yusuf Ali Hayat is committed to social justice. He has worked in leadership roles for several international non-government organisations across social housing, social support and Emergency Relief. As an artist, Yusuf’s work integrates photography, video, painting and architectural approaches to sculptural form. He has undertaken artist residencies at the British School at Rome and Nexus Arts, Adelaide. Alice is an artist, curator, writer and producer born in South Korea, living on unceeded Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide). Her recent research is centred on transnational and transracial adoption - an undertheorised perspective that critically engages with notions of belonging beyond nationhood, biology, ancestry and race. Kim Munro headshot by Thomas McCammon

Get Experimental with us!! 💃🏽🥳🎭✨ For One Night Only. 18 Artists. Each room = a different world. Each work = a question about place, identity and who belongs. SOLD OUT. Border Crossers by Valerie Berry in collaboration with Ben-Hur Winter @wani_niyama is part process-as-performance, part installation, part playful costume dress-ups. Part Resistance. The work invites audiences to imagine a future world where there are no fixed place. When borders blur, fracture, or vanish entirely- What do we look like? Who do we become? Come in. Be prepared to Play. Create and redefine aesthetics, where boundaries cease to exist. Two ‘bodies’ await…. on-site @no9karaoke Presented by @oscaarts

Karaoke room meets art installation - a bold, multi-room contemporary art takeover in Adelaide’s Chinatown. Each room = a completely different world. Each work = a new way of seeing place, memory, and identity. 📍 No. 9 Karaoke Bar, Chinatown 📅 April 30 ⏰ 6:30–9:30pm on-site is now at capacity but please join the waitlist for your chance to snap up a last minute ticket. Commissioned performances by artists: Valerie Berry & Ben-Hur Winter, Jesse Budel, Saluhan Collective, Jazmine Deng & Helium, Ellen Steele, Astrid Pill & Jason Sweeney Screenings by national and international film makers: Razan AlSalah, Bryce Kraehenbuehl, Komtouch Napattaloong, Ben Russell & Malena Szlam. Video edited by George Graetz from artist supplied footage and images. This project is part of OSCA’s state-wide artist commissioning initiative - Projects of the Everyday - that seeds, develops and presents artist-led projects in innovative spaces of creativity, making and experimentation. Supported by Create SA, The City of Adelaide and OSCA.

Art left the gallery. And walked into a karaoke bar. Open Space Contemporary Arts’s On'Site turns Chinatown into a living exhibition: 18 artists across sound, film, performance, and participation. Each room = a different world. Each work = a question about place, identity, and who belongs. It’s sold out. But you can still show up. No.9 Karaoke Bar 🎤 One night only #ArtsGarden #AdelaideArts #ContemporaryArt #OSCA #ArtInTheWild ExperimentalArt

What if the karaoke songbook didn’t just list songs… but experiences? In this room, familiar karaoke rituals become something else entirely. Think projected lyrics, duets, and a “songbook” — but instead of tracks, you’ll find prompts, challenges, and moments waiting to be activated. Choose something like “role swap” — step into someone else’s shoes, speak for another, become someone who’s already pretending to be someone else. See the link in our bio to learn more about on-site on April 30. Video - My Way by Ellen Steele, Astrid Pill & Jason Sweeney.

Karaoke rooms. Rewired. For one night only. No.9 Karaoke becomes something else entirely. 18 artists. 8 rooms. One night. Curated by Kim Munro, Yusuf Ali Hayat and Alice McCool, on-site transforms Adelaide’s Chinatown into a multi-room contemporary art experience, where each private karaoke booth becomes its own intimate world. Expect installations, performances and screenings unfolding in close quarters. Art you don’t just view; you enter. Memory. Place. Belonging. Stories embedded in walls, reactivated through sound, image and presence. Featuring commissioned works by Valerie Berry & Ben-Hur Winter, Jesse Budel, Saluhan Collective, Jazmine Deng & Helium, Ellen Steele, Astrid Pill & Jason Sweeney. With screenings from Razan AlSalah, Malena Szlam, Bryce Kraehenbuehl & Komtouch Napattaloong. One night only. Thursday 30 April. Free (donate if you can). 📍 No.9 Karaoke, Chinatown 🎧 Presented by OSCA- Projects of the Everyday Interview on Arts Garden on 20th of April

Meet the artists of on-site: ➡️Astrid Pill - Multi-disciplinary performance artist known for dark comedy and collaborative works across major SA companies. ➡️Ben-Hur Winter - Creative and cultural worker combining art, activism and community development. ➡️Ellen Steele - Theatre maker, performer and director with extensive touring experience across Australia and internationally. ➡️Valerie Berry - Theatre maker focused on cross-cultural and collaborative practice across performance and direction. ➡️Jesse Budel - Composer and sound artist exploring ecology, space and interdisciplinary collaboration. ➡️Jason Sweeney - Musician, composer and filmmaker collaborating widely across performance, theatre and contemporary art. ➡️Saluhan Collective - Filipinx/o collective blending arts, activism and community across Australia and the Philippines. ➡️Jazmine Deng - Interdisciplinary artist exploring identity and cultural narratives through performance and visual art. ➡️Helium Liu - Experimental artist working across installation, sound, performance and urban exploration Don’t miss seeing these artists at on-site on April 30. See the link in our bio to register for free.

Step inside a karaoke bar like you’ve never experienced before. For one night only, 18 artists transform private karaoke rooms into immersive art spaces as part of on-site. 📍 No. 9 Karaoke Bar, Chinatown 📅 April 30 ⏰ 6:30–9:30pm This is a free public event, see the link in our bio to register for free. Expect art, performance, and film exploring identity, memory, and place....all inside an unexpected setting.

This week in Kingston, First Nations Boandik artists and weavers Sonya, Suzy and Sarah Smith will be teaching traditional weaving techniques using contemporary materials. Have a yarn and find out how to get involved in the long-term community engaged project - Kingston Weaving. Focusing on the cultural representation of animal totems in connection to the local environment, Kingston Weaving will see the creation of a large-scale sculpture of cultural and enduring significance in Kingston, Southeast, South Australia as part of the Nature Festival in 2026. If you're in the South East, we'd love to see you at these workshops. Kingston Community School Library 30 & 31 March - 2:30 - 3:30 pm

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Good Bank Gallery / Community Contemporary Inc & Open Space Contemporary Arts (OSCA) invite emerging, mid-career, and established artists to submit applications as part of new professional development program and group exhibition at GOOD BANK GALLERY. This initiative offers a comprehensive pathway to support artist careers including: 📸 Professional photographic documentation of an artwork by Sam Roberts Photography 📝Grant writing workshops with Paul Gazzola 📢 Open panel talks & networking event with Sauerbier House, Post Office Projects, Nexus Arts and Hugo Michell Gallery Download the details here: /y99ksx2 (link in bio) Image - artwork by Kurt Bosecke, image by @jvdkphoto