The Artist's Voice is an Association of professional visual artists. Based in the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu, the group provides support and inspiration to each other, whilst still maintaining and further developing their individual practice. The diversity of their practice includes painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, glass, photography, and new media.

Opening December 10 at 3pm

Opening Speaker Joan Clayton

image by Margie Hooper

Kath Inglis

Exhibition opening Friday December 9 at 6.30pm

Projected Surface                                                                                               

When it comes to our own identity, we are all makers.           

cutting away                                                                              

adding                                                                                      

layering                                                                                   

blending                                                                                

concealing and revealing

A new body of colourful sculptural and wearable pieces in PVC that explore the notion of constructed identity and the projected surface.

Biography

I am an established contemporary jeweller working from a studio at ʻThe Barnʼ located in the Adelaide Hills. Through my craft practice I have developed a distinctive range of jewellery by working with my signature material, polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The PVC is sourced as a clear flexible sheet and is prosaic in itʼs ʻnatural stateʼ. Simple hand worked processes such as colouring, cutting, carving and more recently, heat fusing layers, elevates this material into the precious.

The relationship between the material, maker and tool is significant element to my practice. This approach continues to push the material in creative ways and forms a self portrait of observations, concerns and issues.

Adding, removing, staying in motion, instinctive and flexible                                   

Thinking of the past - looking toward the future                                                     

Reflective - responding

Finalist Exhibition October 8 - December 4

Exhibition opening October 8 at 2.30pm

The winner of the $15,000 Arts Prize will be announced on October 8 at our opening event

Finalist exhibition artists

Lucky Kngwarreye, Helen Sherriff, Elizabeth Doidge, Annette Vincent, Dana Kinter, Robyn Finlay, Hailey Lane, Georgina Agius, Anna Glynn, David Lawruk, Alison Mitchell, India Flint, Susan Bruce, Fleur Brett, Jeff Mincham, Matthew Symons, Mark Kimber, Liz Butler, Ed Douglas, Mike Barr, Paul Sloan, Rebecca Hartman-Kearns, James Walker, Alice Blanch, Louise Feneley, Thom Buchanan, Jenn Brazier, Sera Waters, Bradley Lay, Ken Orchard, James Dodd, Tim Thomson, Lee Salomone, Robyn Kinsela, Janet Ayliffe, Ursula Kiessling, Jarrad Martyn, Janine Mackintosh, Michael Hocking, Ron Rowe, Glen Ash, Peter Barrien, Christopher Boha, Peter Walker, Martin Rek, Sophie Calgari, Ron Gibbings-Johns, Llewelyn Ash, Cristina Metelli

By Paul Perry

Exhibition Opening Friday 2 September 2016 6.30pm

Opening Speaker Rob Gutteridge

Artist Talk with Sheila Whitham

By Paul Perry

In early 2014 my wife and I set off on a nine month "around the world" journey of adventure, research and discovery.  But to continue the discipline of Art School I chose to complement the travel with another challenge... to complete a drawing each day for the whole time we were away.

The resulting body of work, some 284 A4 drawings, forms the basis of this exhibition.  These drawings reflect my own artistic journey over that period as well as the physical journey... places visited, trails trekked, experiences had, people met... lessons learnt, skills honed.

As we were travelling for an extended period of time we had to keep our luggage light.  The art supplies were limited to an A4 sketch book and whatever drawing implements would fit into a small pencil case.  The drawings at the beginning of the journey were simple sketches made with a felt tipped pen, usually done in-situ.  Occasionally they would include a splash of colour... using watercolour pencils or the few tubes of watercolour paint I managed to squeeze into the case.   While I had brought a small bottle of black ink with me which I used for ink washes, one stallholder in a Paris market convinced me to buy a pen, some nibs and a bottle of sepia ink to experiment with.  This led me in to a new direction and also required better quality paper... and more drawing time! 

As each sketch book filled up it was posted home and replaced.  And so the journey continued until we returned to Australia to await the arrival of our first grandchild... the start of another journey.

Since coming home I became increasingly convinced of the exhibition potential of this body of work.  The interest is in the journeying... the challenge of travel for more than nine months and the discipline of completing a daily drawing... especially as we packed a lot into most days.

Hopefully you will relate to the subject matter of the drawings... travel destinations, familiar landscapes, challenging weather conditions, and that exhausted feeling at the end of a busy day when all you can do is stare out the hotel window.  And all this intermingled with glimpses of well known art treasures and faces of people that somehow seem familiar from your own travels.  Each drawing has its unique story but they stand together to tell a much bigger story... of multiple journeys... and all in one direction.

Bon voyage!

August 5 - September 18

by Nic Brown, Lilly Buttrose, Brad Lay, Cathy Sarles

Handheld is a group exhibition built to travel, commissioned by Country Arts SA this exhibition has travelled to various regional galleries in SA. The four pieces have been designed to fit inside a suitcase to enable easy transportation & each artist was asked to respond to & explore ideas of home, travel & place. Curated by Eleanor Scicchitano.

August 2 - August 28

The Artist's Voice is a group of artists from the Adelaide Hills & Fleurieu Peninsula who get together for regular exhibitions at the Hahndorf Academy & other galleries. This exhibition will also have an open studio where you can meet the artists & see them at work. These artists are established in their careers & there is a diverse mix of works, paintings, drawings, ceramics, photography & mixed media.

Jane Mant

Jane embarked on an epic road trip around Australia with her family in 2015. With sketchbook & paints in hand she recorded the journey & this exhibition shares her intuitive response to that adventure with paintings that she feels connects the soul to nature.

Jane describes herself as a painter for people who appreciate the beauty of the natural world. She creates landscapes for people who love creation & who have a need bring natural beauty into the built environment. Her work celebrates the joy, solace & rejuvenation that come from spending time in nature & these paintings which are so rich in colour entice the viewer to explore our landscape & share her experience. 

Opening Friday 1 July 6.30pm

Opening Speaker Kate Wake

Artist Talk Sunday 3 July 2pm                                                         

Workshop Sunday 10 July 2pm 

keeping a sketchbook / freeing up in nature / making art while traveling.                Bookings are essential please contact us on 8388 7250 or contact@hahndorfacademy.org.au

A watercolour workshop runs weekly in a beautiful intimate space, paintings adorn the walls, some finished, some samples and some still a work in progress. Strong relationships have been formed over many years with a group who sit around a large table, with paint brushes poised they talk, laugh and solve the world’s problems.

This exhibition is about their process and learning techniques, an exhibition that has blossomed over time.

Andrea Wyatt runs these workshops, she has recently taken over from Janet Ayliffe who ran them for many years and Janet is now concentrating on her own art practice.

Andrea says ‘Tuesday is a day when two watercolour classes come together for half a day each of talking, sharing, learning new painting techniques and practicing old ones. Painting can be great therapy for anybody, and in doing so within a group, it can forge strong friendships.

Classes generally start with a background talk and demonstration of the particular topic for the day, then discussions are encouraged as to what others know and have learnt on the subjects. It is a great achievement to finish a painting - knowing when to stop is often the hardest thing’.

Opening on Sunday 3 July at 2pm

Opening Speaker Janet Ayliffe

By Nicola Semmens

Exploring the ambiguous relationship between the past, present & future. Lounge room Interiors & exteriors referenced from paintings from the past are collaged to create a new sense of order, new perspectives & a space for the eye & the mind to walk through.

Nicola is interested in how we will often consider the past order to recreate a new position in the future. The past is always a reference point for the future & yet we can only ever exist in the present.

Whimsical still life paintings explore the serendipity & chance meetings of objects in a stage like setting, encouraging the viewer to view the world Alice like ‘through the looking glass' in order to surprise & transport the viewer to imagine another world.

Opening Night Friday 27th May 6pm

By Diane Dawson                                                                       Daughter of renowned artists Nyakul & Alkawari Dawson

The passing on of tjukurpa (dreaming stories) from one generation to the next.

Diane Dawson paints everyday at The Minyma Kutjara Arts Project, She paints with passion while she whispers the stories of her heart quietly under her breathe as if she’s telling them just to you and only you.

This exhibition sees Diane, an established artist in her own right exhibiting along side of some rediscovered works by the late Nyakul and Alkawari Dawson.

UPSIDE is By Community Bridging Services art groups

Community Bridging Services (CBS) provides support to people with a      disability in employment, education, recreation and art. Three time winners of SALA Festival Rip it Up & Adelaide Review Special Artist Award.

Vibrant colour, surprising forms & distinctive personal styles will be featured in these paintings which range from narrative pictorial images through to symbolic representations & broad abstractions.              Curated by Hans Kreiner, CBS Art Facilitator for the art groups. 

Images by Rosslyn Hobby “Dogs and Cats” and Jennifer Kirk “Farmhouse”

Opening Wednesday June 1 at 2pm

 Opening Speaker Mirna Heruc - Director, University Collections,  The University of Adelaide

By Alison Waye

Alison Waye’s paintings contemplate our native species & the people in the community who love our environment & work tirelessly to save them. With her rich colours & techniques Alison captures the sensitivities of nature, animals & the human form.

Looking towards the future Alison connects her work with John Wamsley, Proo Geddes & conservation groups The Friends of Scott Creek Conservation Park, The Foundation of Australia’s Most Endangered (FAME) & the Wombat Awareness Organisation.

To be opened on Saturday 23rd April at 2pm by John Wamsley

Perhaps we can say drawing is a fundamental relationship of marks that conveys meaning to the viewer - visual symbols that reveal the makers thoughts and intentions. Drawings are made as records of things seen or imagined. They are an attempt to intensify reality, through thinking, seeing and interpreting. Or sometimes they can just be doodles from which an idea might grow. Drawings can be narrative, illustrative, didactic or expressive or any or all of these elements combined.

The Artist's Voice Drawing exhibition will reflect the diversity of the group's techniques and practices. The Artists Voice are from the Adelaide Hills who exhibit together on a regular basis, they are a group of established artists with diverse skills & a wealth of experience.

On Saturday 30 April at 2pm at the Academy, there will be a panel discussion about their work and what drawing means with four members of the group, Rita Hall, Lauryn Arnott, Peter McLachlan and Margie Hooper.

Presented by the Beerenberg Family Farm in Hahndorf, this photographic exhibition captures honest to goodness stories of rural food provenance in Australia.

With their strong Australian made and owned principles, The Beerenberg Family Farm is particularly proud of their own family recipes, made with ingredients sourced from locally grown food and believe the story of food provenance is an important one to tell.

These photographs form a tribute to the wonderful farmers across the country, the diverse Australian landscape that continues to support and surprise them and most importantly, the love and labour that goes into producing the food we eat every day.

By Linda Catchlove, Zinia King & Sally Heinrich

Linda, Sally and Zinia have come together to show the process of illustrating from the start of the project to the finished work. This is about the journey and each artist has their own style

Linda paints botanic themed works with insects and whimsical faery folk

Sally is inspired by environmental themes as an illustrator, print maker and author

Zinia uses Australian Animals in Victorian Costume to comment on the livelihood of native animals in colonisation

By Anna Small & Warren Pickering

Anna and Warren take their inspiration from the intricacies and bounties of their garden interpreting the animal and insect inhabitants, the resplendent plants, the food it produces and the human activity it fosters

Working together, their sketching designs are transformed into digital format then laser cut and hand finished in their garden and workshop into their trademark steel sculptures and wall pieces

Joanna Roberts & Eddie Ptak

The natural world is full of wonder and surprise and continues to be an endless source of inspiration for people everywhere.  For those who live in an urbanised environment their exposure to these wonders is likely to be limited, and one major category of living creatures which are often overlooked or underappreciated are the insects, not least because of their small scale.

Joanna and Eddie seek to highlight the fascinating beauty of insects, exploring their structures, patterns and colours. By enlarging the scale of their subjects, their vibrant laser-cut perspex sculptures and kaleidoscopic pictures interpret the amazing range of colours and textures.

Retrospective exhibition of the late Kym Afford

The man, the character and his art

This is more than just an exhibition. It is a collection of art and objects which tell the story of a bloke who was equally comfortable when holding a paintbrush, a pen, a hammer or an egg whisk.

Inspired by the world immediately around him, Kym Afford took considerable pride in being a self-taught artist, particularly in the fields of sculpture and caricature. During the 1990’s he enrolled for several practical art courses, carefully chosen to develop those hands-on skills that he needed to bring his ideas to the canvas. Art history and theory were of passing interest to him. His art usually came straight from the head to the hand.