Start at the Gallery: Future Focus

Celebrate NAIDOC Week at AGSA with a day of making, exploring, dancing and drawing. Enjoy artist-led tours, creative workshops and live performances by Ngarrindjeri/Gunditjmara singer-songwriter Katie Aspel, alongside a full program of activities.

Start Art Adventures
10.30am - 12pm

Explore culture and Country on an adventure through the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection.

Drop in, duration 20 minutes

Nylon Zoo
11am - 3pm

Explore Evelyn Roth's colourful incredible inflatable wonderland.

Courtyard

Start Art Workshops
11am - 3pm

It's your last chance to enter the 2026 Start Art Prize! As part of The Studio: Make An Impression, create a portrait using collage, images and text of your favourite person in the world and submit to be part of the exhibition.

The Studio & Function Room

Start Art Bingo

Seek, search and spot works of art throughout the Gallery with our self-guided Art Bingo activity. Use the prompts to notice something new, make unexpected connections and discover favourite artworks along the way.

Pick up your Art Bingo sheet from the Information Desk in the Atrium

Start Sounds
11am

Resident Start Sounds DJ, DJ Angel spins groovy tunes in the Courtyard.

12.30pm & 1.45pm

Australian First Nations Singer Songwriter Katie Aspel performs her captivating songs that artfully convey themes of love, heartbreak and culture. Katie is a proud Ngarrindjeri/Gunditjmara woman, currently based in SA Adelaide/Tarndanya (Kaurna Country).

Courtyard

*Dancing in the Gallery
11.30am & 12.30pm

Be moved by art with creative choreographer Jessie McKinlay.

Meet in the Atrium, duration 30 minutes

*Start Sketch Tours
11am - 1.30pm

Join artists Lauren Herraman and Gemma Rose Brook on a drawing journey.

Meet upstairs in Gallery 7
Sessions every half hour, duration 45 minutes

Start Art Book Club
12pm

Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger by Jackie French

The year is 1859 and the goldfields are filled with diggers - and danger! Orphaned twelve-year-old Tigg is the Bandicoot Bushranger, the youngest bushranger on the Ballarat goldfields.

Bookings required

Meet in the Vestibule

Illuminate Adelaide: Rarrirarri
12pm

Rarrirarri captivates animation and sound, pushing the boundaries of contemporary First Nations art, while paying respect to the late master artist’s spirit. This work from The Mulka Project collaborates with Mrs Wirrpanda’s artwork along with songlines and audio scape sung by her family members and community.

Commissioned by RISING Melbourne & Illuminate Adelaide.

Radford Auditorium

AGSA Store
10% discount for AGSA and Start Art Club Members.

Parent/carer supervision is required

On your visit please:

• Check in when you arrive by using your Start Art Club Membership.
• Book into activities on arrival.
• Arrive early to avoid disappointment.