This is the sixth year we have held an Exhibition as part of the South Australian Living Artists Festival and each year our exhibition has grown both in size and quality. This year, we have 35 artists submitting 96 artworks! The SALA Team also learns more each year about putting together an exhibition!

Our first workshop weekend went really well, and you still have time to join in for this weekend – lino cut printing on Saturday and pet portrait sketching on Sunday, both at 1:30pm. Perhaps you could invite a friend or relative to take part with you?

It is vital to keep in front of mind why we continue to do something like SALA Exhibition. It’s a lot of work and so we need a good purpose to make it worthwhile. For me it comes down to these few things –

•  the joy that comes from people being able to express and share their God-given creative gifts in a way they might not otherwise have been able to,
• the way God uses often these expressions to speak to those who come to view the exhibition,
• and the opportunity to open our doors to the community, to offer something life-giving, to make connections between friends and family and our church and hopefully, in the longer term, to Jesus himself.

Thanks to the amazing SALA Team and all those who helped make it happen and I’m looking forward to seeing how this thing continues to grow in 2026!

Love to you all, Miranda.