Sebastian Calderon, Murray Pioneer
Creativity was united with a great community environment for an iconic annual event held last Sunday at Loxton.
Arts on Terrace beautified Loxton’s East Terrace from 10am, with more than 20 local shops exhibiting artwork and creative workshops.
The weather added another positive to the event, which is part of the South Australian Living Arts Festival (SALA) and saw more than 200 people attend.
The Live Mural painting performed by Jarred Loxton and Scott Rathman gave attendees the opportunity to see the artists transform a blank canvas.
Loxton Chamber of Commerce business and events manager Sonya Altschwager said “we had a lot of people who attended the creative workshops, with great weather, to bring people out and enjoy the day”.
“The numbers of people were really good and in the junkyard competition, the quality was excellent,” Ms Altschwager said.
Live music performed by South Australian Rhee Armfield, while the Junk Art Sculpture Competition provided unique examples of artwork and craftmanship.
The winners of the competition were:
- Open Category – Non-metal and People’s Choice Award: You can call me OWL by Paul Drogemuller
- Open category – Non-metal Merit: Scorpion in the wood pile by Heidi Setchell.
- Youth category – All materials: Final Hope by Lila Arnold.
- Youth category – All materials: Turtle by Sienna Freckleton.
The event was also the perfect venue to cut the ribbon on the grand opening of The Collective Loxton, a modern shared retail space made for artisans, designers and creatives right in Loxton’s main street.
The official opening was presided by Tricia Yandell and Robert Fielke, who after an emotional speech, cut the official ribbon.
“People really enjoyed the Sunday trade, plus the place and overall feel was great with the live music and the live painting,” Ms Altschwager said.
This article appeared in the Murray Pioneer, 14 August 2024.