Arts & Culture
Clare Valley - by its vistas, by its communities and by the rhythms of life on the land. One of the most rewarding aspects of a visit to the region is the extent to which you'll find yourself surrounded by creative people and their endeavors.
Year-round, you'll find the work of local artists and craftspeople displayed in galleries, restaurants and pubs. You'll also hear musicians enlivening public spaces.
Look out for:
- Robert Hannaford's artworks in the Wheatsheaf Pub outside of Kapunda
- Roger Murcott's bird studies, hung in an underground tank beneath the old mine manager's house in Kapunda
- The CJ Dennis festival in Auburn
- Murray Edwards' delightful mud brick studio in Watervale, overlooking vineyards, gullies and hills
- The Sevenhill Cellars 'Shakespeare in the Vines' al fresco theatre productions
- Ian Roberts' Medika Gallery housed in a Lutheran church in Blyth, near Clare
- Bundaleer Weekend - a bi-annual al fresco woodland celebration of the arts with headlining international acts, increasingly seen as one of South Australia's premier events
- Regional Art Gallery in Burra, home to rare 19th century mining landscapes by ST Gill
- Marek Herburt's gallery of abstract paintings in Snowtown
- Occasional art classes at Thorn Park Country House
- Travelling exhibitions at the Kapunda Community Gallery and Balaklava Courthouse Gallery
- Christian Voeke pottery at the Gift Horse Gallery, Clare
- Kapunda artist Jacqueline Coates' stunning flower canvasses at various galleries
- Monthly art exhibitions at Scarlatties Gallery at the Mt Surmon Vineyard


