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Sauerbier House culture exchange

Sauerbier House Photo by Flightpath Architects

Sauerbier House is a City of Onkaparinga arts initiative which operates as both a creative space and a cultural destination. Situated close to the banks of the Onkaparinga River/Ngangkiparinga (Women’s River – Kaurna), the colonial villa (c.1898) is a state heritage community asset. Opening to the public in 2015, Sauerbier House is now an established arts centre which supports artistic and cultural exchange through contemporary visual arts whilst retaining connection to the rich history of the coastal location.

The house sustains an interactive studio-based artist in residence program alongside a vibrant exhibition schedule presented through the [GRAFTd] exhibition program. Local and visiting professional artists at all stages of their career can utilise supported opportunities to develop site responsive projects and exhibit contemporary artworks previously unseen in our city before. Interactions with other residents, locals and visitors are offered through regular studio sessions, artist’s talks or workshops.

As a gallery space, Sauerbier House publicly presents a diverse and rolling calendar of accessible exhibitions and launch events across the year, offering visitors the opportunity to experience a myriad of contemporary creative processes. See upcoming artists for 2023-24 program.

As a residency space, two working artist studios accommodate the development of up to eight, investigative projects, through which the wider community can regularly become involved or contribute. The residencies provide a platform for arts practitioners to creatively respond to a complex and culturally significant coastal location. See upcoming artists for 2023-24 program.

Community engagement is a key element of our programming with both resident and exhibiting artists engaged for their willingness and availability to connect with the general public. Interactions with locals and visitors are fostered and creative relationships developed through regular open-studio sessions, artist’s talks, gallery tours and interactive workshops. These unique and sometimes spontaneous offerings provide visitors and arranged groups with a rare glimpse into the practice and process of a working artist.

Photo credit: Flightpath Architects

Exhibitions

Imperceptible | [GRAFTd] Exhibition | New works by Julia Boros

The artist’s processual inquiries into 'air' as a medium harness deflation as a generative act to capture and create biomorphic forms.

PRIMARY | [GRAFTd] Exhibition | New works by Leanne McPhee

Created using historical printing processes, Primary reflects on the influence ‘place’ has on early formations of self and our one’s subsequent orientation in the world.

Gail Hocking - BETWEEN THE RIVER AND I

A poetic exploration through a personal lens
between the mingling relations of a River
and its Fluid Personhood with Humans.

TRANSITION - Shirley Wu in collaboration with Yuen

Embracing the in-between, Wu contemplates
the immigrant’s transitional phase through family oral
narratives, childhood memories and performative actions.

Current artists in residence

Jianzhen (Shirley) Wu | Artist in Residence | April - June

The project “Transition” opens the window for artist Shirley Wu to explore the state of in between, through practicing Chinese calligraphy and lampworking, in between breaths, languages, identities, the past and the future, pain and resilience.

Gail Hocking | Artist In Residence | April - June

Entangled River Stories investigates a personal poetic narrative of attachment and intimacy with two important bodies of water, the Ngankipari River and Aotearoa’s Whanganui River.

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