Celebrating 20 years of Art and Artists in the Port.
PAAF is alive and thriving and we welcome all members to our 2025 AGM to be held at 6pm on April 2nd at Hart's Mill Packing Shed, Mundy Street, Port Adelaide.
2024 was certainly a fabulous year for PAAF with three fabulous exhibitions, nearly 30 different artform workshops, numerous performances by wonderful local bands and singers, and two very special performances by the Commoners Choir and a Citizens Orchestra
Thanks to our hard working committee, guest artists and funding from PAE Council, these attracted nearly 200 workshop participants, with large enthusiastic audiences attending five major events over the year.
Agenda:
Annual Report
New Strategic Plan overview
Election of Committee - we have three vacancies, and if you are keen to be on our committee please email patriciamrix@gmail.com
Drinks and supper provided
Please RSVP by Monday March 31 for catering purposes.
Gallery Yampu is gone (forever) but PAAF lives on and looks to the future
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Port Adelaide Artists Forum and Dragon Boats SA have been formally instructed to vacate Gallery Yampu on June 28th 2023. The PAAF Management Committee is devastated, as we know heaps of people in the community will be. Yes, we did know that one day we would have to move from our beloved Gallery Yampu however, we only found out a few weeks ago with a quick departure date given and it has been a shock.
A brief bit of the story: The State Government had offered the building to PAEC before and after the local council elections last year but neither the former or current PAE council wanted to take on the building (due to its state) and let us remain, so the building goes back to Cedarwoods Developers on July 1st. PAAF asked the State Government to ask Cedarwoods if we could vacate in December or October but alas we were only given an extension from May to June.
PAAF will be moving temporarily to The Packing Shed at Hart’s Mill whilst DBSA will move to another location.
PAAF and DBSA - art and sport, an unlikely partnership in the beginning, however both organisations have been determined to make it work and together have managed Gallery Yampu for 12 years really successfully with many parties and happy events along the way.
PAAF Management Committee is sad but also looking forward to new possibilities that the future may hold.
We will end our wonderful time at Gallery Yampu with a few events: more news soon about an exhibition, art auction, garage sale and of course the most exciting demolition party ever. Keep your eye on PAAF/Gallery Yampu official facebook pages for details.
Yampu is the Kaurna word for dolphin.