First Nations Music Legends Celebrated at Her Majesty’s Theatre
Adelaide Festival Centre (AFC) will celebrate First Nations visual art and music with the return of the beloved OUR MOB exhibition and a special performance from Australian music legends No Fixed Address at Her Majesty’s Theatre on 24 August.
The celebrated rock band formed in 1979 at The University of Adelaide’s Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music and went on to tour with iconic Australian musicians, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil and INXS. This time they will be joined by the award winning First Nations Voices with Glenn Skuthorpe, Jungaji and Nancy Bates.
The performance is accompanied by a dedicated exhibition at the Ian and Pamela Wall Gallery on Her Majesty’s Theatre rooftop showcasing archival behind the scenes images from the band’s life and world tours from the 1980s.
Further visual art exhibitions include the return of the prestigious annual OUR MOB: Art by South Australian Aboriginal Artists exhibition and its youth equivalent, OUR YOUNG MOB.
The exhibition will return from 19 August – 7 October 2023 at Adelaide Festival Centre’s Festival Theatre galleries.
This year’s awards include the A$2000 Trevor Nickolls Art Prize and the renowned A$5000 Don Dunstan Foundation OUR MOB Emerging Artist Prize.
Don Dunstan Foundation OUR MOB Emerging Artist Prize winner Temaana Sanderson-Bromley – Photo by Naomi Jellicoe 1
OUR MOB 2022 Emerging Artist winner Temaana Sanderson-Bromley “It was such an honour and a surprise to win the Don Dunstan Foundation OUR MOB Emerging Artist Prize. I had previously entered OUR YOUNG MOB, and I felt as though I was stepping up into the big leagues when entering OUR MOB.
“I’m really looking forward to displaying my work in this year’s OUR MOB and excited to see what other artists have made.”
Since 2006, OUR MOB: Art by South Australian Aboriginal Artists has provided a platform for contemporary First Nations artists to share their stories, ideas and art with audiences. Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre, the annual exhibition showcases the diversity and depth of works created by First Nations artists across South Australia.
Complementing OUR MOB is the return of literary and storytelling events OUR WORDS and OUR STORIES.
OUR STORIES – photo by Ben Searcy
Adelaide Festival Centre Creative Producer Celia Coulthard: “Turning 50 is an important milestone and a significant opportunity to celebrate First Nations arts and artists. With No Fixed Address at Her Majesties and OUR MOB in our galleries, OUR STORIES in Space Theatre, and a hugely exciting year of OUR WORDS in the Banquet Room, it really does feel like First Nations arts, writing and performance are being celebrated all over Adelaide Festival Centre!”
Adelaide Festival Centre gratefully acknowledges ongoing partnerships with Ku Arts; SICAD; Country Arts SA; The Don Dunstan Foundation; TARNANTHI: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art; and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture centre managers and coordinators across South Australia.