Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences
South Australian School of Art
South Australian School of Art
 Vivonne Thwaites (left) and Jude Adams |
Course Coordinator in Professional Practice, University of South Australia, Vivonne Thwaites is a freelance curator based in Adelaide, South Australia and was for many years the Visual Arts Director at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Thwaites has worked at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Adelaide Festival Fringe, The Australia Council, Craft Victoria and the Next Wave Festival in Melbourne.
Her current project titled Holy Holy Holy is funded by Arts SA, The Australia Council’s Visual Arts Board and ATSIAB, The Gordon Darling Foundation, The History Trust and Visions of Australia. Holy Holy Holy was a project of the 2004 Adelaide Festival and is currently touring nationally. The catalogue for this project won a Design Institute of Australia Commendation Award in 2004.
Home is where the heart is, 2001/2002, funded by The Centenary of Federation, Arts SA, Arts WA, The Australia Council and Country Arts SA. The catalogue for this project won The Award of Merit/Visual Communication in the Design Body Two Awards, Design Institute of Australia announced in November 2001.The catalogue also won the Graphic Design Award and The Diamond Award at The Australian Institute of Professional Communicators National Serif Awards announced November 2001.
Karra/Karrawirraparri, curated for the Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000, funded by The Myer Foundation, Arts SA, Trees for Life and The Adelaide Festival Centre Trust.
Three Views of Kaurna Territory Now, with the artists Agnes Love, Darren Siwes and Nici Cumpston, curated for the 25th anniversary of the Adelaide Festival Centre, 1998, funded by The Australia Council and The Adelaide Festival Centre Trust.
Talking. Listening, with the artists Yvonne Koolmatrie, Elllen Trevorrow, Alan Tucker, Ian Abdulla and Jo Crawford curated for the Adelaide Festival, 1994.
Margaret Dodd; some works from 1965 to 1993, 1993.
Rodney Glick, Bronwyn Oliver, Kate Breakey, Ruth Waller, Leah King Smith, Louise Weaver, Julie Gough, Ian Abdulla, Andrew Petrusevics, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Jo Crawford, Chris De Rosa, Agnes Love, Fiona Foley. Some co writers have been Marcia Langton, Mary Eagle, John Cruthers, Stephanie Radok, Dr Rob Amery, Eric Rolls, Martin O’Leary, John Kean, Martin Flanagan, Sue Rowley and Julie Ewington.
Crosscultural work has been a major focus as has been a concentration on setting up a dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and communities and the general public.
