Catapult Creativity with peer-to-peer mentorships for artists.
Guildhouse’s Catapult Mentorship program offers transformative, paid, artist-led mentorships to artists at any stage of their career.
Catapult is a vital offering for artists and we are oversubscribed for applications year-on-year.
On AusArt Day, Thursday 22 October 2026, we’re raising funds to ensure the Guildhouse Catapult Mentorship program continues creating opportunities for South Australian visual artists, craft makers and designers.
Catapult Mentorships change the trajectory of South Australian artists’ careers by pairing them with established mentors to accelerate their practice.
This AusArt Day, you have the opportunity to keep the arts thriving. Together, we can catapult more artists into their future.
Donations of any amount are tax-deductible.
Alyssa Powell-Ascura on the power of Catapulting Creativity
Alyssa Powell-Ascura is a multi-hyphenated creative and artist based on Kaurna Country, and was awarded a Catapult Mentorship with Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan – an Award-winning and internationally-acclaimed husband-and-wife duo. Based in the Philippenes, they create highly detailed installations and sculptures that spark conversations around ideas of identity, migration, journey and displacement.
As part of her Catapult Mentorship, Alyssa was able to travel to the Philippines to immerse herself in the exchange.
“Travelling to the Philippines was the highlight of this mentorship, as I feel like it grounded the experience and actually really helped with my upcoming solo exhibition. One thing I loved about the Catapult program is having the agency to create and shape the mentorship my way.“
Read more about Alyssa’s experience here.
[The mentorship] has become a pinnacle turning point in my artistic career.
The collaboration has also reaffirmed my belief in mentorship as a reciprocal exchange of ideas and growth.
[Catapult] let me stay in the art industry. That’s where I want to be.
