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 a flexible and paid opportunity for artists at all stages of their career to purposefully engage in mentorship with their chosen mentor, with Guildhouse providing support and facilitation.
Two opportunities are available as part of this call out. One mentorship is identified for a South Australian regional artist, supported by Country Arts SA. Each mentorship is valued at $7,000 with funds administered by Guildhouse.
Catapult is generously funded through the Guildhouse Creative Champions donor program and Country Arts SA.
This round has also been supported by individual donations from Guildhouse’s Catapult Creativity fundraising campaign, as part of Creative Australia’s 2025 AusArt Day – the first national giving day to the arts.
Laura is a wealth of knowledge not only as an artist, but in her ability to engage with community…[the mentorship] has given me a new perspective of the depth of art, and the joy that can be found in discovery. The community engagement will impact my career in a practical way, in my ability to offer community workshops around art, and particularly public art, involving community more in the design and implementation of projects.
2025 Catapult recipient Rebecca Palmer, mentored by Laura Wills
CALL OUT CLOSES:
Sunday, 18 October 2026, 6pm
All enquiries regarding the opportunity should be directed to Guildhouse.
Guildhouse recognises that barriers may prevent Deaf/disabled artists and artists from underrepresented backgrounds from accessing our programs and opportunities.
For a confidential discussion of your access needs, please contact us at guildhouse@guildhouse.org.au or on (08) 8410 1822 or via the National Relay Service.
