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Image: Catapult mentee Anna Gore with mentor Aldo Iacobelli 2021. Photograph Sia Duff.
Alyssa Powell-Ascura on the power of Catapulting Creativity
Image: Alyssa Powell-Ascura, photo: Lana Adams.Alyssa Powell-Ascura is a multi-hyphenated creative and artist based on Kaurna Country, with connections across respective Naarm, Meanjin and Kombumerri Country. She is primarily known as a visual artist, writer, and curator. Her work intricately holds space for an open dialogue, intertwining personal history with broader societal narratives. Alyssa undertook a Catapult Mentorship with Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan – an Award-winning and...
Ramsay Art Boat, Kath Moore
Kath Moore, Ramsay Art BoatImage: Kath Moore, Yarta (Country), Ramsay Art Boat, 2026. Photo: Sam Roberts.Kath MooreYarta (Country), 2026Ramsay Art Boat Commissioned by the James and Diana Ramsay FoundationCommissioned by the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation, Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna artist Kath Moore was selected to create an artwork to cover the iconic Popeye boat as the third Ramsay Art Boat. The Ramsay Art Boat project brings together contemporary South Australian artists and the Popeye to...
EOI: Guildhouse Artist Advisory Group
Expression of Interest Guildhouse Artist Advisory Group The Guildhouse Artist Advisory Group (AAG) is an external group of Guildhouse Members who provide independent guidance, advice, feedback, recommendations and insights into the state of the visual arts sector and the needs of artists. Comprised of practising visual artists, craft practitioners and designers at different stages of career, the AAG plays a vital role in ensuring that Guildhouse continues to be a truly artist-led organisation....
Call Out: Catapult Mentorship 2026
Image: 2025 Catapult recipient Meg Mader (right), with mentor Dan Withey, photo: Lana Adams.Applications are now open for Guildhouse Catapult Mentorship program, and close Sunday, 18 October 2026, 6pm Since 2018, Guildhouse’s flagship Catapult mentorship program has provided over 70 South Australian visual artists, craft makers and designers with the critical funding and support to engage in a self-led mentorship with an established local, national or international mentor. The program provides...
Louise Flaherty, City of Charles Sturt
Louise Flaherty, City of Charles SturtImage: Louise Flaherty, Local Plant Carers, photo: Sam Roberts.Louise FlahertyLocal Plant Carers, 2026Mural on nine planter boxes Commissioned by City of Charles SturtLocal Plant Carers celebrates the people who care for local green spaces, recognising the volunteers whose ongoing efforts help shape and sustain the landscapes of Brompton, Bowden and Ovingham. Responding to the greening initiatives that have transformed these neighbourhoods, the artwork...
Job Advertisement: Curator, Brighton Jetty Sculptures
Image:Karl Meyer, Hand in the Sand. Image courtesy Brighton Jetty Sculptures.Brighton Jetty Sculptures- Curator Position Brighton Jetty Sculptures is South Australia’s largest sculpture exhibition with 2027 marking the 20th anniversary event. The annual exhibition, held along the Esplanade in Brighton, features more than 200 sculptures and reaches over 80,000 visitors every year. The 2027 exhibition will run from 20-31 January 2027. Role Overview The Curator is responsible for curating and...
Guildhouse Artist’s Choice Award – back for 2026
Image: Guildhouse Artist's Choice Award 2025 winner Thom Buchanan with Guildhouse Professional Services Manager Tracy Le Cornu, photo: Rosina Possingham.Voting is now open for the Guildhouse Artist's Choice Award for SALA 2026. Vote now for the SALA award finalist whose artwork impressed you the most this SALA Festival. The award provides important peer recognition and the winning artist will receive a 12-month Guildhouse Accredited Membership + $1,500 cash prize. Voting closes on 31 August...
Call Out: The Guildhouse Collections Project – 60 Year Archive
Images: Craft Association of South Australia Tatachilla Summer School January 1972, photos: Dalman & Smith Pty.Call Out: The Guildhouse Collections Project - 60 Year Archive Applications are now open, and close Tuesday 28 July 2026, 6pm The Guildhouse Collections Project is a highly regarded artistic opportunity which places an artist inside a significant South Australian collection to research, reflect, respond and develop new work for exhibition. To mark Guildhouse’s 60th anniversary...
Announcement: Catapult + Adelaide Fringe 2027
Guildhouse, in partnership with Adelaide Fringe, announce South Australian painter Gemma Rose Brook as the recipient of the 2027 Catapult + Adelaide Fringe Mentorship. Guildhouse is delighted to announce plein air painter Gemma Rose Brook as the recipient of the Catapult + Adelaide Fringe mentorship, to undertake a mentorship with acclaimed contemporary landscape painter Mary Tonkin. Building upon the highly successful Guildhouse Catapult Mentorship program, which has funded over 60 mentorship...
Expression of Interest: ILA immersive public artwork
Image: Eden, commissioned by Illuminate Adelaide, courtesy ILA. Guildhouse has been engaged by Immersive Light + Art (ILA) to deliver a major immersive public artwork for the entrance, foyer and stairwell of their heritage building in the Adelaide CBD. This commission offers an exciting opportunity for an artist or creative team to create a future-focused and immersive artwork. The work aims to transform the arrival experience into a welcoming and memorable gateway to the building. Guildhouse...