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Art Gallery of South Australia
Founded in 1881, the Art Gallery of South Australia is home to one of Australia's great art collections. The Gallery aims to foster, promote and enhance the understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts.
Since 2009 The Balnaves Foundation has provided funding for the gallery to create a new program for children under the age of twelve. The program, named ‘START’, aims to introduce young children to the gallery and set the groundwork for a life-long love of the arts. The program makes the experience of visiting the gallery accessible and enjoyable by engaging children with the collection through art and craft activities, performances, live music and special Eye Spy tours of the gallery. Due to the age group, START has the added benefit of bringing parents into the gallery, so whole families can enjoy the gallery together.
The Balnaves Foundation believes in the immense social benefits of connecting young people with the Arts through activities that are engaging, fun and relevant to their age.
The Balnaves Foundation has also provided funds for the 2012 Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art which presents recent work from Australia's best comtemporary artists. The exhibition is on from the 2nd March to 29th April 2012. For more information go to the AGSA webpage.
START is on the first Sunday of every month. For more information visit: www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
Title : This major exhibition, featuring 21 artists, explores the ways in which ideas form, converge and re-form across time
Apr 20, 2012
Title : Bell takes over sacred vestibule, The Advertiser
Mar 6, 2012
A TOUR of this year's Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art starts, for the first time, in the vestibule of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Title : Reality Cheque
Nov 24, 2011
A life-threatening accident forced multimillionaire reality TV producer Neil Balnaves to stop, reassess his main aim and form a charity that has health and a fair go for all at its core.
Title : SA Life Magazine
Feb 1, 2011
Neil Balnaves is the man behind some of our most popular television shows, from Blue Heelers to Big Brother. Now a philanthropist, the Adelaide-born entrepreneur is helping the Art Gallery of South Australia wow a younger audience, writes Deborah McIntosh.
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Title : Art Gallery of South Australia Magazine - In Conversation with Neil Balnaves
Jan 1, 2011
The Balnaves Foundation is generously supporting the Art Gallery of South Australia's START at the Gallery program for young families, provided free on the first Sunday of every month. This popular program is focused on introducing children and families to visual art in a fun-filled and encouraging envroment.
Title : South Kids Magazine - A tour through the gallery
Mar 2, 2010
Think of the Art Gallery of South Australia and you may not immediately think of taking the kids.
