The Adelaide College of the Arts, also known as AC Arts and formerly known as Adelaide Centre for the Arts, is a campus of

TAFE South Australia TAFE South Australia (TAFE SA) provides vocational education and training in South Australia. The acronym TAFE stands for Technical and Further Education and is used and recognised nationally throughout Australia. TAFE SA is a Registered tra ...

that specialises in performing arts education. It is located on

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, and is part of TAFE SA. Identified major study areas of the centre are: * Performing Arts (Acting and Dance) * Visual Arts * Music Performance and Sound Production * Graphic Design * Photography * Film and Television Production * CGI and Game Art * Technical Production

Courses

Adelaide College for the Arts (AC Arts) provides both short and award courses. Award Courses: *Film and Television Production *Photography and Digital Imaging *Live Production, Theatre and Events (Technical Operations) *Costume for Performance *Live Production, Theatre and Events (Technical Production) *Scenery and Set Construction *Acting *Design for Live Production, Theatre and Events *Stage Management *Dance *Jewellery *3D Ceramics and Sculpture *Visual Arts *Professional Writing

Campus

AC Arts' purpose built $30 million campus was designed by award winning architect Adrian Evans during his time with the Adelaide-based firm Hassel.

Theatres

AC Arts has two main theatre spaces. These are used for in house performances and also for professional productions especially during the

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and the

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. The 'Main Theatre' is a proscenium arch theatre that seats 220 and the 'X Space' experimental theatre that seats 110. Both spaces are 'industry-standard' allowing students to learn in an environment as close as possible to the professional world.

Acting and Dance Studios

On the third floor of the building there are four dance studios with mirrors and bars, four acting studios and a music room. Two of the acting studios (The Stables and the David Kendall Studio) double as performance spaces with easy black out ability.

History

The centre was created in 2001 from an amalgamation of the Centre for Performing Arts (previously located in

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) and the North Adelaide School of Arts (previously located in Stanley Street, North Adelaide). The new building on Light Square was constructed to house the new centre, and opened in March 2001.

Centre for Performing Arts

The Centre for the Performing Arts (CPA) was established in 1978 on the site of the old Adelaide Girls High School, adjacent to the Adelaide Central Market. Set up by Dr Barry Young, it initially offered courses in

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire ...

and technical production. An acting course was introduced in 1986, headed by David Kendall. In 1997 an introductory acting course was established, called Prologue.

North Adelaide School of Arts

The North Adelaide School of Arts (NASA) was established in 1979 on a site vacated the previous year by the

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. (The latter moved to a campus in Underdale.) NASA was dedicated to practical studio-based studies in

visual art The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts ...

, providing training in studio areas, such as

Photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is emplo ...

and

Digital Art Digital art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process, or more specifically computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960s, various name ...

ceramics A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and a ...

drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayo ...

printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed techniqu ...

jewellery Jewellery ( UK) or jewelry ( U.S.) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a w ...

and

textiles Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

Notable alumni

;Acting *

Kate Kendall Kate Kendall (born 27 July 1973) is an Australian actress and director. She played Angie Piper in the long-running Nine Network Australian drama '' Stingers'' from 1998 to 2004. Kendall has appeared in television series '' The Librarians'' (20 ...

, actor, best known for her long-running role as "Angie Piper" in the television series '' Stingers''. (Alumna of the Centre for Performing Arts.) *

Nathan Page Nathan Page (born 25 August 1971) is an Australian actor, best known for his commercial voice-over work and his role as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries''. Early life Page grew up in an Air Force family ...

, actor, currently starring in ''

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'' *Nathan O'Keefe, actor, a regular performer with both

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and

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References

External links

TAFE SA - Adelaide College of the Arts (ACARTS)
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