SCHOLARSHIPS

As our scholarships officer, Jack condous recently reported (May 2023) . .

The Friends provides funding for each year for the South Australian School of Art students. In 2010, a Friends of SASA Inc Prize of $1000 was introduced, this to be awarded to a student with the highest grade point average in their second year of the Bachelor of Visual Arts (Specialisation), or Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) programs at the School. Recipients for this prize in the years from its inception have included:
Belinda Wood, John Patsakios, Rebecca Graeber, Dion Wright, Pei Lee, Tara Rowhani- Farid, Rita Kelloway, Barbara Hasselschwerdt, Thuy Truc Tracy Truong, Lucinda Zola, and Katey Smoker.

Further successful fundraising efforts in the years following have enabled the Friends to award what is now called the Sydney Ball Friends of the South Australian School of Art International Travel Grant of $4000. This award is designed to assist recipient/s in visual arts or design to undertake fieldwork outside of Australia as part of their higher degree research project. In the period between 2011 and 2021, the following individuals were awarded this funding.
2011 - Lisa Harms; 2012/13 - Nigel Black; 2013/14 - Cheri Donaldson; 2014/15 – Christobel Kelly; 2015/16ney - Tara Schatzadeh; 2016/17 - Thomas Moore; 2017/18 - Thomas Moore; 2018/19 - Amanda Sefton-Hogg & Nicole Wallace; 2019/20 - Alexander Degaris-Boot; 2020/21 - April Jia Qi.

activities of 2014-2019 Friends SASa syd ball international travel grant Scholarship winners

2019 recipient – Amanda Sefton Hogg

Intention: This enquiry seeks to evaluate the ontology of linear expression through a critical analysis of contemporary art practice by engaging a phenomenological framework, with reference to Tim lngold's anthropological writings on line, to elucidate the 'hidden meaning' within the 'origin of the work of art' {Heidegger 2011).

The exegesis, studio-practice, artefacts and exhibition consolidating this enquiry explore the changing nature of line and its representations in contemporary art practice; the language and meaning of line making - investigating an ontology of line from the mid-twentieth century through the lens of selected artists, who have challenged conventions of line. Through the studio -based enquiry questioning the interpretation of line in visual art practice and its evolution from the mid-twentieth century to create a visual language of linear, geometric, temporal and spatial qualities.

Listen to Belinda MacGill’s interview with Amanda Sefton Hogg below:

2018 recipient – NIKI WALLACE

Intention – Field trip to the US to participate in an internship with a transition design project team that spans academia and industry. “Transition Ojai’ is a partnership between Carnegie Mellon University and Flip Labs and is one of the world’s first practice-based transition design projects. Transition design is an emergent area of design that addresses wicked problems that are often structural in nature; this method is a significant aspect of my PhD research which investigates approaches to sustainability problem through methods that design for change.

Travel – Ojai, California, US

Watch Belinda MacGill's interview with Niki Wallace below:

2017 recipient – TOM MOORE

Intention – Present research finding at The Glass Art Society (GAS) conference in Italy. This conference will be held on the Island of Murano, the home of traditional Venetian Glass. Venetian history and technique has had a dramatic impact on the evolution of the studio glass movement and has been a major influence in Tom’s work. Attending the conference offers opportunity for direct engagement with his field, to survey current technical stylistic and theoretical concerns.

Travel – Italy, Venice and Florence

2016 recipient – TOM MOORE

Intention – Follow-up leads to inventive glass forms, novel decorations and artworks that depict hybrid creatures produced in the 16th and 17th centuries. The aim of the field trip is to gain a better understanding of connections between Venetian glass techniques and the wonders of Renaissance cabinets of curiosity.

Travel – Consulting room of Designs of the Uffitzi Museum, Florence. National Central Library, Florence. Galileo Museum, Florence. State Archives, Venice. Musio Vetrario, Venice, Caterina Tognon Gallery, Venice. Chamber of art and Curiosities, Scholoss Ambrass, Innsbruk. Kunst Historiches Museum, Vienna. Grunes Gewolbe, Dresden.

2015 recipient – TARA SEHATZADEH

Intention – Collect primary source data that is essential to research the connection between the social structure of Iran and the character, design and application of the Perso-Arabic script within the visual culture of Iran. The exploration requires an in-depth observation and record of script based visual materials (produced in Iran in post-printing and post-digital ear) which can only be accessed in person.

Travel – Tehran: National Museum of Iran, The National Library and Archive of I.R. Iran, MIR EMAD Calligraphy Museum – Doha, The Museum of Islamic Art Qatar – Isfahan, Imam Mosque, Lotfollah Mosque, Aghabozorg Academcy

2014 recipient – CHRISTOBEL KELLY