Saturday 25 May, 10am-4pm
Join us on Saturday 25 May, 10am-4pm for the Adelaide Central School of Art Open Day.
Adelaide Central School of Art is an independent Institute of Higher Education located in the vibrant Glenside Health and Cultural precinct. Our Administration, Teaching Studios and Adelaide Central Gallery buildings are housed within state heritage Glenside Hospital buildings built in 1884 and 1899, respectively.
With award-winning renovations in 2012, our art school proudly operates within these richly historical walls while providing excellence in visual art education. Adelaide Central School of Art celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022, starting out as a small art school in Bloor Court, Adelaide CBD founded by artist Rod Taylor and Heather Nicholson. The School continued to grow moving to Gilles Street and then Osmond Terrace in Norwood before settling into our beautiful heritage campus in Glenside.
If you are interested in studying at Adelaide Central School of Art, in the degree or short course programs, or are just curious to see what goes on at South Australia’s best art school,* come along to the campus and have a chat with us. There will be campus tours, lecturer presentations, students working throughout the building, open studios to view, as well as coffee and a bake sale. Our gallery will have a solo exhibition by revered painter Aldo Iacobelli (b. Naples) as well as a group exhibition by current degree students.
*According to national QILT survey results.
2024 Open Day Program
Saturday 25 May 10am – 4pm
Campus Tours
10.00am, 11.15am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm
Campus Tours with Andrew Herpich, Student Liaison Officer
Meet at the palm tree near the main entrance
History Festival Tour
11:00am History Festival Tour with David Buob, Glenside Historical Society
Talks
10.45am Information Session with Monte Masi, Academic Director
1.45pm Information session with Monte Masi, Academic Director
Meet in Studio 6 Lecture Room, top floor
Campus
Northern entrance
Welcome desk – Adelaide Central School of Art information and art sales
Southern entrance
Coffee Pedlar coffee van
Bake Sale, BBQ, soup & toasted sandwiches – Student Association fundraiser
Adelaide Central Gallery
Exhibition: The Book of Questions – Aldo Iacobelli
Teaching and Studios Building
Ground Floor
Student Exhibition: Fresh!
Studio 1
9:30pm – 12:30pm Expressive Portraits with Daniel Connell (Term 2 short course)
1:30pm – 4:30pm Expressive Landscape Painting with Daniel Connell (Term 2 short course)
Please be considerate of the students working and mindful that a class is in progress
Studio 2
Student artwork demonstration
First Floor
BVA Painting Display
Library staffed by Art History & Theory lecturers
Studio 3
9:30am – 12:30pm Drawing Fundamentals with Alex Beckinsale (Term 2 short course)
1:30pm – 4:30pm Watercolour for Beginners with Lesley Redgate (Term 2 short course)
Please be considerate of the students working and mindful that a class is in progress
Studio 4
Graduates artwork demonstration
Second floor
BVA Drawing Display
Studio 5
9:30am – 12:30pm Exploring Abstraction Extended with Melanie Cooper (Term 2 short course)
1:30pm – 4:00pm Intro to Oil Painting – Part 2 with Rebecca Hastings (Term 2 short course)
Please be considerate of the students working and mindful that a class is in progress
Studio 6 Lecture Room
10.45am Information Session with Monte Masi, Academic Director
1.45pm Information Session with Monte Masi, Academic Director
Student studios
Level 3 and Honours student studios are open where indicated. Please enter and chat with the students about their work.
Photo: Sam Roberts, 2020
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