Special Event

Yield Strength: International Women’s Day

Wed 11 Mar 2026

6-9pm
Ticketed
Art Gallery of South Australia

Members $125 / Non-Members $150 / Table of 10 $125 per person

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Join us for an evening of compelling conversation with three leading creative voices as they discuss the many forms strength can take. Together they explore when to yield, when to stand firm and the power of making women's stories visible in the arts.

This special event is emceed by London's infamous socialite Coco The Time-Travelling Tart, along with a panel of special guests including author, Hannah Kent, AGSA's Deputy Director, Emma Fey, Adelaide Festival Centre's Celia Coulthard, and visual artist, Tsering Hannaford.

Your ticket includes a shared three-course supper, a welcome glass of sparkling wine, drinks throughout dinner, and the opportunity to connect with friends, colleagues, and fellow art lovers in an intimate setting.

Book a table of 10 and receive a discount.

Canapés

  • Crostini, red pepper jam, white anchovy
  • Saffron and parmesan arancini, lemon aioli, smoked scamorza

Shared main

  • Roast Spatchcock, blistered grapes, port reduction
  • Harissa Roasted pumpkin, sprouted green lentils, green tahini, crunchy chickpeas, barberries

Sides

  • Green beans, broccoli, butter beans, peas, fennel, pepita, pistachio pesto
  • Grilled sweet corn, avocado, spring onion, cos, fetta salad 16ea

Petit four

  • Assorted macarons
  • Choux au craquelin

Catered by AGSA_eat.

Aunty Elaine Magias offers a powerful Welcome to Country that will leave you with a greater understanding of the importance of acknowledging Country & place.

Supplied by Max Norman

Emcee for the evening, Max Norman, is an award-winning actor, comedian and theatre-maker, known for creating unique, interactive characters. They are the creator of Coco the Time-Travelling Tart, blending history and humor to captivate audiences at the National Portrait Gallery London and globally online. Max holds a BA in Modern History from the University of Exeter, and his love for history drives his innovative approach to historical storytelling.

Catch Coco The Time-Travelling Tart at their other Adelaide Fringe 2026 show in The Courtyard of Curiosities.

Photo: Tsering Hannaford.

Tsering Hannaford is a realist painter based in Adelaide, South Australia. Portraiture is a focus of Tsering’s practice and she has sought specialist training abroad in classical methods and painting from life. She has been hung in some of the nations most celebrated prizes, including 11 times in the Archibald Prize (highly commended in 2020), the Portia Geach Memorial Award (highly commended in 2014) and has been a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.

Photo: Sia Duff

Emma Fey is a respected cultural and community sector leader with extensive experience in arts, higher education and not-for-profit management. Emma is Deputy Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia leading the portfolios of audience and programming, philanthropy and partnerships, brand and commercial operations. Formerly the CEO of Guildhouse, South Australia’s peak body for visual artists, craftspeople and designers, Emma’s work provides a South Australian lens to nationally-facing visual arts and collecting institutions, skills and sector development organisations.

Hannah Kent is an Australian writer, author of Burial Rites, The Good People, Devotion, and a first memoir, Always Home, Always Homesick.

Hannah co-founded Australian literary publication Kill Your Darlings with Rebecca Starford. She has written for The New York Times, Vogue Australia, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, Meanjin, Qantas Magazine and LitHub. Hannah lives and works on Peramangk Country in South Australia.

Photo: Photo: Simon Rogers.

Celia Coulthard is an Adnyamathanha woman, a mother, an aunty, a daughter, a sister, an arts administrator, and an occasional practitioner of paper and word-based art. Celia is the First Nations Programming Executive at Adelaide Festival Centre. She also serves on the boards of Artlink, Tandanya and Nunga Wangga Radio and has participated in numerous arts leadership programs.
Celia lives and works on unceded Peramangk and Kaurna lands.

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