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The Exquisite Familiar Regional (For Community)

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Access2Arts

A paint-splattered pink, yellow and purple background with a yellow circle on top featuring the illustration of a horse head, human torso and octopus tentacles.

Project details

Where:

Minlaton

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Description

The Exquisite Familiar

Welcome to The Exquisite Familiar — an exciting, collaborative art project that brings together disabled people of different ages, art forms, and experiences to create, experiment, and grow their digital skills.

In 2026 The Exquisite Familiar will be presented in Minlaton, as part of a regional iteration on the Yorke Peninsula.

For the first time Access2Arts, in partnership with Enabling Country Hub and Country Arts SA, will be offering a community workshop where participants can develop their own ‘Exquisite Familiar’ — a creature inspired by the Exquisite Corpse art method — to explore and express experiences of disability, access, and inclusion.

The workshop will be held in Minlaton on Friday 6th February.

Drawing on folklore, where familiars are mystical beings that protect and guide their owners,  participants will use these creatures as metaphors for the supports and barriers faced by people with disability.

If you’re interested in taking part, you can register below.

Are you an emerging or established artist? Click here to learn more about our artist workshops. 

About the Project

The project began with an exhibition in The Studio at the Art Gallery of South Australia in December 2022, launched for the International Day of People with Disability. The digital showcase featured continually shifting screens of our artists’ creations, inviting visitors to explore and even design their own Exquisite Familiar on-site.

In 2023, two technology-based workshops were held at MOD., where artists expanded their creative practice by experimenting with accessible digital tools. Their works were further transformed with music composed during DJ TR!P’s workshop — merging visual art, sound, and technology in playful and innovative ways.

Most recently in 2025, The Exquisite Familiar was also exhibited at the Weaners Flat Progress Hall on Stansbury Road, Yorketown, as part of Grounded Festival and SALA Festival.

A schoolgirl in a darkly lit room facing a large, portrait screen containing colourful illustrations.

Image: A schoolgirl in a darkly lit room facing a large, portrait screen containing colourful illustrations.

 

EOI The Exquisite Familiar - Yorke Peninsula (Community)

We’re inviting community members on the Yorke Peninsula to take part in The Exquisite Familiar, a creative, hands-on art project that explores ideas of access, inclusion, and imagination. Through a series of fun and inclusive workshops — held both in person and online — participants will work together to create their own “Exquisite Familiar” creatures, inspired by folklore and the Exquisite Corpse art method. The artworks created during these workshops will be showcased in a final exhibition celebrating the creativity and collaboration of everyone involved. Please register your interest below.

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