Events & Exhibitions

Guildhouse End of Year Community Gathering, 2023. Photograph Lana Adams.

Upcoming Events

Exhibition Launch – Monika Morgenstern: Aether

  • Friday 6 March 2026
  • 6–8pm
  • JPE Design Studio
  • Free! Please register

You’re invited to celebrate the launch of Aether by Monika Morgenstern, the latest outcome of the JPE Artist in Residence program, presented in collaboration with Guildhouse. Monika’s work explores colour as both a mystical and material force.

Community Event: Hahndorf Academy

  • Friday 20 March 2026
  • 6:00–7:30pm
  • Hahndorf Academy
  • Free! Please register

As part of the Intersection Regional Tour, this relaxed Community Event is a way for artists, arts-lovers and members of the community based in the Adelaide Hills to come together, connect and network at Hahndorf Academy.

The event will feature an informal artist talk with local artists Kath Inglis and Tim Thompson sharing their experiences of being regional artists.

Celebratory Gathering – Dai Trang Nguyen at FABRIK

  • Saturday 21 March 2026
  • 12–2pm
  • FABRIK Arts + Heritage
  • Free! Please register

You’re invited to a special gathering celebrating Dai Trang Nguyen’s ‘to be & to be continued…’, an outcome of The Guildhouse Collections Project with FABRIK. We invite guests to join us in celebrating Dai Trang’s journey and share in this grounded participatory experience.

Monthly Advice Bank

  • First Tuesday of the month
  • Sessions between 10:00am–1:30pm
  • In-person, online via Zoom, or over the phone

Book in for one-on-one advice with Guildhouse’s experienced arts professionals to discuss a range of topics affecting your arts practice.

Our experienced staff will answer questions from individual financial Members in these complimentary 30-minute sessions, offered on the first Tuesday of each month from 10:00am – 1:30pm.

Guildhouse Exhibitions

Opuntia and Olea: Stories of Adaptation

Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo
7 December 2025 – 28 February 2025
Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo presents Opuntia and Olea: Stories of Adaptation for The Guildhouse Collections Project with the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia.

Through a suite of richly embellished ceramic sculptures—echoing the artistic traditions of his native Sicily—the artist explores the story of the prickly pear (Opuntia) and the olive tree (Olea europaea).

Past Events

The Collections Project Maarten Daudeij and Raymond Zada

The Collections Project Maarten Daudeij and Raymond Zada

Fri 06 November 2015 6pm - 8pm Pricing: All: Free Location: Gallery 3, Elder Wing of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia Bookings are no longer available. The Collections Project Maarten Daudeij, House of the Wind: Monument in Honour of its...

Studio Sessions: Chris De Rosa & Gerry Wedd

Studio Sessions: Chris De Rosa & Gerry Wedd

Sun 01 November 2015 10am - 5.00pm Pricing: Members: $55.00 / Guests: $65.00 Location: Port Elliot (Includes lunch, afternoon tea and transit to and from Port Elliot) Presenter: Chris De Rosa & Gerry Wedd Bookings are no longer available. In this unique Studio...

Packing Art Objects for Travel and Storage

Packing Art Objects for Travel and Storage

Wed 28 October 2015 2pm - 3.30pm Pricing: Members: $25.00 / Guests: $35.00 Location: Artlab, 70 Kintore Ave, Adelaide *Please turn right into Morgan Thomas Lane off Kintore Avenue behind the State Library. Continue to the first courtyard on the left where you will see...