Nexus Arts
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Nexus Arts, formerly a collective known as the Multicultural Arts Workers Committee, then Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, is a not-for-profit contemporary arts organisation and venue in Adelaide, South Australia.
History
Nexus began as an artist collective called the Multicultural Arts Workers Committee, which helped to nurture public appreciation of the growing number of culturally diverse arts and artists, as well as helping some of the new artist migrants to resettle in Adelaide.{{cite web|website=Only Adelaide|url=https://www.onlyadelaide.com.au/nexus-arts|title=Nexus Arts: Lion Arts Centre|access-date=22 October 2021}}
In 1984 the Committee remodelled itself into the Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, to provide spaces to bring the multicultural artists' work to South Australian audiences and to help connect the diverse communities, and in 2015 the name was changed to Nexus Arts.{{Cite web|url=https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/opinion/nexus-thinks-your-choice-in-music-is-meh/|title=Nexus thinks your choice in music is meh|last=Tulloch|first=Emily|date=2019-03-22|website=CityMag|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-29}}
Its exhibitions were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, but it adapted by putting exhibitions online, including an exhibition entitled I Am Because You Are: Illustrations Of Existence, featuring the work of Wamala Kyeyune Joseph and local emerging artist Tailor Winston in May 2020.{{cite web | title=Nexus Arts adapts in the face of border and venue closure | website=The Adelaide Review | date=13 May 2020 | url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/visual-arts/2020/05/13/nexus-arts-wamala-kyeyune-joseph/ | first =Walter |last =Marsh|access-date=22 October 2021}}
Description
Nexus Arts is located in the Lion Arts Centre, in the Adelaide's West End.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/2019/10/08/nexus-arts-emily-tulloch/|title=Nexus Arts reveals new leadership team|last=Marsh|first=Walter|date=2019-10-08|website=The Adelaide Review|access-date=2020-03-29}} It hosts live music shows and other events, including Adelaide Fringe events.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/music/2018/12/12/nexus-arts-2019-live-music/|title=Nexus Arts launches 2019 live music program| last=Marsh| first=Walter| date=2018-12-12| website=The Adelaide Review|access-date=2020-03-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/performing-arts/2019/02/26/review-doubt-a-parable/|title=Fringe Review: Doubt: A Parable|last=de Zilva|first=Olivia|date=2019-02-26|website=The Adelaide Review|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-29}} It also has a visual arts program and gallery space.
Nexus are the only contemporary arts organisation with a focus on culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) practice. It supports both CALD and First Nations artists by providing programs and opportunities for them, and provides exposure for these artists to a broader Australian audience.{{cite web| url=http://nexusarts.org.au/about/| website= Nexus Arts| title= About|access-date=22 October 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{official |https://nexusarts.org.au/}}
Category:Arts centres in Australia
Category:Culture of South Australia
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