Events & Exhibitions
Guildhouse End of Year Community Gathering, 2023. Photograph Lana Adams.
Upcoming Events
The Nature of Folding: Origami Workshops at Jurlique Farm
- Saturday 8 + 15 August
- 11am – 1:00pm
- Jurlique Farm
- $30pp
Hosted by artist Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, participants will get exclusive insights into his creative process. Sakthivel will share how the simple act of folding informs his larger sculptural practice, before guiding you through your own hands-on paper folding session inspired by organic forms.
Membership Morning Tea - Winter
- Tuesday 18 August 2026
- 10:00–11:30am
- Laneway between The Mercury and JamFactory
We invite Guildhouse Members to our Lion Arts Membership Hub for casual networking and light refreshments.
With free warm drinks and snacks on offer, we welcome you to mingle in the Lion Arts courtyard with Guildhouse staff, fellow Members and representatives from our neighbouring organisations.
Wrapped yarn art creation workshops at Jurlique Farm
- Sunday 23 + 30 August
- 12 – 2pm
- Jurlique Farm
- $50pp
Artist Swapna Namboodiri will share how the repetitive act of wrapping yarn forms the foundation of her latest collection of artworks, transforming simple fibres and everyday materials into richly textured contemporary artworks. Participants will then be guided through the same mindful process to create their own small abstract artwork to take home.
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
50 Years of Deadly at Adelaide Airport
Curated by Lawson Dodd
7 July – 30 September 2026
Adelaide Airport
Presented in partnership with Adelaide Airport and Guildhouse, this exhibition recognises five decades of honouring the achievements, resilience and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the continent.
Regeneration: Presented by Jurlique and Guildhouse
Lorry Wedding-Marchioro, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan and Swapna Namboodiri
1–31 August 2026
Jurlique Farm
Jurlique and Guildhouse present Regeneration – a SALA Festival exhibition featuring South Australian sculpture artists at Jurlique’s biodynamic farm in the Adelaide Hills. Inspired by the living landscape, the exhibition brings together three artists responding to nature’s transformative cycles of growth and renewal
Past Events
Perspectives: Hannah Presley
Saturday 16 October, 10am Pricing: Free Location: Online Broadcast Presenter: Hannah Presley, Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of VictoriaHear from some of the leading cultural minds of our time in Perspectives: shaping the world through visual culture, an...
ART WORKS: Moral Imagination and the Writing Process with Dr Connal Lee
Friday 9 July 2021, 12.30 – 1.30pm Location: Online via Zoom Facilitator: ART WORKS Writer in Residence Connal Lee ‘Does engaging with art, literature and story-telling make you a more ethical person?’ This lunchtime workshop for writers, artists and creative people...
ART WORKS: PRACTICE
2 August – 8 November 2021 Location: Adelaide Town Hall, Mankurri-api Kuu (Reconciliation room) and First Floor Gallery, 128 King William Street, Adelaide Featuring: Ruby Chew, Callum Docherty, James Dodd, Lucia Dohrmann, Jackie Saunders, Damien Shen, and Laura...