AMount Gambier exhibition has received funding from the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund.

The Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre will host a retrospective exhibition that explores the breadth of practice by Victor Harbor-based artist Margaret Worth in August and September 2023.

During her long career, Worth lived, studied and worked in New York among the most dynamic artists of the time, taught at several art schools and became a mother.

Later in her career, Worth moved into public sculpture, harnessing the energies of wind and sound to create contemplative objects.

The exhibition will be marketed nationally and is expected to attract visitors from South Australia and interstate.

The initiative has been allocated $26,915 in the August 2022 Project Grants round, which supports a range of project types, including public art sculpture, creative development for a new theatre work, a retrospective exhibition honouring an exceptional regional South Australian visual artist, a music festival and a short film about the impacts of drought on regional communities.

Country Arts SA’s chief executive/executive director Anthony Peluso welcomed the funding announcements.

“It is wonderful to see a diverse range of outstanding projects receive funding that allow artists to showcase their talents and inspire regional communities,” he said.

“From film, to sculpture, to music, these grants will not only benefit the artists involved but create community connections.

“The projects in this August 2022 round show the high calibre of artists living in regional South Australia and we are excited to see the final results.”

The themes for this round centred around showcasing regional South Australian visual artists and community projects.

Several applicants delivered projects that highlight the practise and achievements of the state’s regional visual artists or community issues and created opportunities for people to come together and engage with the arts.