Start at the Gallery: Pop the Bubble

It’s time to pop the bubble and celebrate the final days of Yield Strength with a day of exploration, creativity and discovery. Enjoy hands-on workshops, live performances, talks, tours and more.

Plus, it's your last chance to enter the 2026 Start Art Prize - create a symbolic collage and submit to be part of the exhibition.

*Register for these activities on arrival.

Start Art Adventures
10.30am - 12pm

Discover art in a new way by following the theme of Yield Strength, explore perspectives and the wonder of different ways of viewing art.
Drop in, duration 20 minutes

Bubbles with Kaleidoskope Arts
11am-2pm

Immerse yourself in a world of mega bubbles with the crew from Kaleidoskope Arts.
AGSA Courtyard

Nylon Zoo
11am - 3pm

Explore Evelyn Roth's colourful incredible inflatable wonderland.
AGSA Courtyard

Start Art Workshops
11am - 3pm

Create a collage combining text and imagery of something special to you or of an event that has made an impression on you for entry in the 2026 Start Art Prize exhibition.
Radford Auditorium

Start Sounds
11am

Resident Start DJ Angel spins tunes in the Courtyard.

12:30am & 2pm

Vocalists and sound artists Georgia Oatley and Margie Jean Lewis perform Soak, a specially composed work presented within Yield Strength in Gallery 25.

12pm & 1.30pm

DJ SVVLO closes out the event with a set of funky beats in the Courtyard. SVVLO (Pronounced “Sav-Low”) was born on Arrernte land but belongs to various NT groups. SVVLO has DJ’d across the city and state at various events and festivals.

Storytelling Performances
11.15am, 12.15pm & 1.15pm

Hear a timeless tale from a master storyteller, Helen Lawry.
Function room, duration 45 minutes

*Dancing in the Gallery
11am & 12pm

Dance and art with creative choreographer Jessie McKinlay.
Meet in the Atrium, duration 30 minutes

*See and Sketch Tours
11.30am - 1.30pm

Join artists Lauren Herraman and Gemma Rose Brook on a drawing journey.
Meet in the upstairs in Gallery 7
Sessions every half hour, duration 45 minutes

Artist Talk - Lauren Burrow in conversation with Ellie Buttrose
1pm

Hear from Yield Strength Artist Lauren Burrow in conversation with Exhibition Curator, Ellie Buttrose as they discuss her work Foods that don't rhyme.
In the exhibition

Yield Strength Auslan Tour
2.30pm

Jump in on a tour of the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art with Auslan interpretation for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Free, meet in the Atrium
Book here

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.