Upcoming Events

Guildhouse offers a range of events throughout the year including professional development sessions, artist talks, in conversation panels, networking events and opportunities for connection with our community.

Image: Stelarc in conversation at PRAXIS artspace, 2024. Photograph Lana Adams.

Artist Call Outs

Guildhouse offers a range of opportunities throughout the year in the form of funded programs, mentorships, residencies, public art opportunities and more.

Image: Catapult + Tarnanthi Mentorship. Photograph Saul Steed.

Become a Guildhouse member

Guildhouse offers a range of membership options for established, mid-career or emerging practitioner in the visual arts, craft and design fields, alongside options for non-practicing artists, organisations, curators, arts workers and installers. Our Accredited membership includes tailor made insurance packages offering public liability insurance necessary for certain projects, such as working in public art, undertaking residencies and teaching. 

Image: Catapult Mentorship recipient Shirley Wu in her studio. Photograph Lana Adams.

Explore our artistic programs

Our programs support and promote artists.

We offer opportunities for ongoing professional development, engagement with new audiences and an extension to the studio environment.

Installation view: Liam Fleming, Light and colour, Guildhouse Fellowship, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2023, photograph: Saul Steed.

Guildhouse is a not for profit organisation that supports South Australian visual artists, craftspeople and designers to build and maintain sustainable careers.

We help nurture and extend art practices and business development. 

We connect professional opportunities, markets and networks.

We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional owners of the land upon which we work. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

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Join or Renew Membership

Guildhouse offers a range of membership packages to assist you to grow your practice, achieve your career goals and meet requirements as an arts professional, including a tailored insurance package.

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Guildhouse Professional Services

Guildhouse offers a range of customisable professional services to support organisations and individuals to engage with South Australia’s exceptional artists, craftspeople, and designers. 

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Sector Development

Guildhouse actively contributes to the development of the visual art, craft and design sectors through advocacy, targeted research and capacity building.

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Call Outs

With a variety of programs and commissions available to help grow your creative practice, Guildhouse membership opens the door to unique opportunities.

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Guildhouse News

Stay up to date with the latest Guildhouse news. Hear about our latest call outs, recent announcements, sector news and keep up to date with artistic practice in South Australia.

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Artist Toolkits

Guildhouse supports the professional development of artists, and connects creatives with the broader arts ecology. We’ve built a variety of Toolkits to help you navigate maintaining a sustainable practice.

Commissions & Referrals

With Guildhouse members working across all areas of visual art, craft and design, their work is often sought for public installation and private commission. Discuss with us your project or commission requirements today.

Programs

Guildhouse Programs support and promote creative practitioners, offering opportunities for ongoing professional development, creative challenges that exist beyond the studio environment, while also building and engaging with new audiences.

Exhibitions & Events

Guildhouse offers a variety of events throughout the year that can benefit creatives across different aspects of their career. Check out the events we’ve currently got scheduled to find out how a Guildhouse event can help you.

University of Adelaide, Wangu Poles by Paul Herzich, photograph courtesy the University of Adelaide.
Guildhouse is supported by the South Australian Government through Arts South Australia and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.