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NEW POST: 13 FEBRUARY 2025

DR GEOFF WILSON OAM MEMORABILIA

The Friends of SASA have developed two Memorial documents on the life and work of artist/teacher GEOFF WILSON OAM for members and friends to read, download or print.

One is a small BROCHURE (VALE) that provides a very brief glimpse of the life and work of Geoff Wilson. To access this Brochure, CLICK HERE.

The other is a longer essay on Geoff’s life and work as artist and teacher that has been prepared by the Friends SASA President Angelika Tyrone in collaboration with the author of the 170-year history of the SA School of Art, Dr Jenny Aland. To access this essay, CLICK HERE.

GEOFF WILSON AWARDED OAM IN 2022 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Here is yet another article which has been largely excerpted from the May/June 2022 issue of the SASA Interactive News. Researched and written by Jenny Aland, it focuses on Geoff as a much loved teacher. Click here to read.

NEW POST: 13 FEBRUARY 2025

Back and Front Covers of forthcoming publication.
The design of the cover features a painting by former
SASA staff member Ian Chandler (1942-2004) titled *Colour Structure No. 6 (The Breakaway)*, oil on canvas, 160.00 x 228.6 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Update on the forthcoming publication SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF ART: 170 years shaping South Australian Visual Arts& Culture.

This post is to let all members and Friends know that this long-awaited publication is currently overseas being printed. The designer, Rachel Harris of BitScribbly Designs has done a marvellous job in assembling all the material we provided ie text, some 230 artwork images, diagrams and photographs, bibliography and index, into one stunning publication. At this point in time, the Friends SASA are hoping that it will be available for launch some time in May 2025.

NEW POST: 9 DECEMBER 2024

Message to all from President, Angelika Tyrone, and Patron, Sandy Verschoor on behalf of the Friends of the South Australian School of Art Board and Members.

VALE Dr Geoff Wilson OAM
Died 1 December, 2024, aged 97.

'A remarkable landscape painter who gave much to the art world. A generous friend to art lovers and art colleagues, a beloved mentor to many former students of the South Australian School of Art - Geoff gifted us with his vision' - Maeve O'Hara, artist.
For his significant contribution to art, Geoff was awarded an OAM, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Australia.

Image: Geoff Wilson at one of the many art exhibition openings he attended.

To read more about Geoff and his OAM award, scroll down to our FSASA NEWS icon and look for Issue 1: May/June 2022.

NEW POST: 17 MAY 2024

The April|May issue of the Friends SASA Interactive Newsletter has now been posted to the FSASA Newsletters section of this site. To access, scroll down to the relevant icon, or CLICK HERE.

NEW POST: 16 April 2024

In 2016, a publication titled Adelaide’s Jubiee International Exhibition 1887–1888: The Event, the Building, the Legacy, was released. Edited by Christine Garnaut, Julie Collins and Bridget Jolly, Darlinghurst, NSW, Crossing Press, this publication included a chapter by Dr Jenny Aland, which focused on the post exhibition years wherein the South Australian School of Art was located in the Exhibition Building North Terrace (1891-1963). To read this chapter, scroll down to FSASA Publications or click here.

**new posts to the FACEBOOK CONNECT INREVIEW MAGAZINE ARTICLES**

Three 2024 InReview articles by John Neylon have just been posted to the Facebook | Connect InReview section of this site. These include: 1. Art dances to nature’s tune at the Palmer Sculpture Biennial, 2. Adelaide Biennial review: The search for sanctuary, and 3. From the modern to the contemporary – Adelaide’s evolving art scene. To access these articles, simply scroll down this page to the Facebook | Connect InReview section or click here.