The Outsiders Festival – Adelaide 1-30 November 2009

Opening dates and venues:The West Torrens Auditorium
1 Brooker Terrace, Hilton
1 November 2009 - 1:00 - 3.00 PM
Entry: gold coin donation

To be open by
Olga Sankey, Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia

Featuring:
More than 40 artists and more than 200 works from the US, Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia
Performing:
The Friendly Street Poets
Dana Nance
Peter Grigoriadis
Mel Kelly
Space G

The Elbow Gallery - The Parks Community Centre
2-46 Cowan St, Angle Park

5 November 2009 - 10:00-11:00 am.
Entry: gold coin donation Open studios during the festival:Steve Langdon Studio
215 Sturt St, Adelaide, 5000
Opening hours: 11- 15:30
Ph: 8211 8070

Peter "Jungle" Phillips Studio
558 Marion Road, South Plympton
Opening hours: 11- 17:00
Ph: 8293 5146

Julie Corfe
45 Garrod Crescent, Stirling
By appointment only
Ph: 8370 9056
Stefan Maguran Rumpus Room Gallery
316 Anzac Highway, Plympton
By appointment only
Ph: 8297 5760
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Dana Nance

Dana Nance was born in Romania in 1987 and lived in an orphanage until she came to Australia in 1995 with her adoptive parents when she was 7 ½ years of age. Even before she left Romania, when she was eventually able to hold a pen, she drew little men. She has continued to do this, covering pages of paper, inflated balloons or any other materials available.
Dana has won a number of prizes for her art work and has had a number of commissions both here and interstate. Last month, she was a joint winner of the open section of the A-Frame Exhibition (conducted by Arts Access). She has been a prize winner every year since she has been enterring this competition fur years ago. She was one of four winners in an International Competition four years ago. She had a successful exhibition of her work in 2005 at the Artistic Licence Gallery.
Dana’s artistic skills were fostered and encouraged both at school and in private lessons with Krista Hernach. Since leaving school, she has continued to study with Krista.
She has congenitally short arms with two functioning digits on her right hand and one semi-functioning digit on the left hand. These disabilities present her with some challenges in life, which she has overcome remarkably.
She is also musical and plays the panpipe and has had numerous engagements playing at elderly citizen’s homes, concerts and weddings etc.

Joanne Chua

Adelaide based Joanne Chua was introduced to finger painting in February 2008.
As a person who is sight challenged Joanne says she has come to view the world with her “third eye” Her art and creativity reflect a strong passion to embrace life with no boundaries.