Start at the Gallery: Moments with Modernism

Enjoy a colourful and creative mix of modernist-inspired making and music this Start. South Australia’s youngest artists are also invited to celebrate exhibitors and winners in the annual Start Art Prize.

Book into activities on arrival. Registrations open at 10.30am. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Start Tours
10.30am-12pm

Discover the wonders and colour of art on a magical mystery art trail at Start.
Register at the Start Art Club desk, sessions every half hour, duration 20 minutes

Auslan Start Tour
11am

Register here for a deaf led interactive art experience in Auslan.
Please note: Registrations close Friday 1 August at 12pm

Nylon Zoo
11am-3pm

Explore Evelyn Roth's colourful incredible inflatable wonderland.
Courtyard

Start Art Workshops - Moments with Modernism
11am-3pm

Practice blind drawing portraits with oil pastels to create a modernist inspired masterpiece.
Radford Auditorium

Start Sounds
11am - 12pm

DJ Angel plays modern musical mixes to get you moving.
Courtyard

12.30 - 1.15pm & 1.45 - 2.30pm

EbonyPlusDylan - Mesmerising Jazz sets performed by Acoustic duo Ebony and Dylan.
Courtyard

*Choreography with the Collection
11am-2pm

Manipulate your movements and play with open and closed shapes using your body with creative choreographers Jessie McKinlay and Tanya Voges.
Register at the Start Art Club desk, sessions every hour, duration 30 minutes

*Start Sketch Tours
11am-2pm

Join artists Lauren Herraman and Gemma Rose Brook on a drawing journey.
Register at the Start Art Club desk, sessions every half hour, duration 45 minutes

Start Art Book Club
12pm

Engage, explore and experience art and writing with storyteller extraordinaire, Helen Lawry at the Start Art Book Club. The August book is Huda Was Here by H. Hayek.

Register here for the Start Art Book Club.
Meet in the Vestibule (North Terrace)

Please note: Registrations close Friday 1 August at 12pm

2025 Start Art Prize Awards
12pm

Join us as we celebrate the recipients of the 2025 Start Art Prize awards presented by the James and Dianna Ramsay Foundation.
Courtyard marquee

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.