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complemented the Fringe’s growing
number of initiatives to improve the
festival’s accessibility and inclusion.
“We’re an open access festival,
so it comes with the territory that we
want everyone to be able to join in on
the wonderful artistic experience our
Fringe has to offer,” she said.
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“To achieve this, Adelaide
Fringe is constantly looking for ways
Winning
Fringe poster
to cater for all artists and audience
members – everything from detailed
venue information to initiatives like
audio tours for people who are
arnambool painter
Matthew Clarke put
himself in the spotlight
in his winning design for the 2019
Adelaide Fringe official poster.
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Above:
Matthew
Clarke
with one of
his other
designs.
Left: The
winning
design
for the
Adelaide
Fringe.
Matthew, who identifies as having
intellectual disability, said the poster
is a self-portrait of himself as
a Fringe performer. He started
creating art in 2005 and works with
acrylic on linen.
“We’re looking forward to
introducing new measures to make
the 2019 Adelaide Fringe our most
accessible festival yet so everyone can
come along for the ride.”
Ms Croall said Matthew’s work has
a fabulous abstract style that is sure
to catch people’s eye and get them
excited for the Fringe.
“We chose Matthew’s entry
Melbourne Art Trams project last because of the striking, fiery brush
to express my happiness to others,” year. Now his work is set to appear strokes that convey a sense of risk-
he said. on Adelaide trams as part of the taking and adventure and the vibrant
marketing campaign for the 2019 colours that encapsulate the energy of
Adelaide Fringe. the Fringe,” she said.
“For me, painting is about wanting
“I like using bold, bright colours
so it attracts people and makes
them feel happy about art. I have a
“I’m excited to see my poster
“It all comes together to create
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there’s no barrier between that and means a lot to me,” Matthew said. putting on a Fringe show. We love the
making artwork.”
Matthew was commissioned to
create a painting for the prestigious
Adelaide Fringe Director and
CEO Heather Croall said the fact
the winner is an artist with disability
story behind the poster and the way it
celebrates the performer in all of us.”
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