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Image: Catapult mentee Anna Gore with mentor Aldo Iacobelli 2021. Photograph Sia Duff.
Announcement: Brown Falconer Artist in Residence
Guildhouse and Brown Falconer Architects are pleased to announce South Australian multidisciplinary artist Thom Buchanan as the successful recipient of the inaugural Brown Falconer Artist in Residence program. Presented in partnership by Guildhouse and Brown Falconer Architects, the opportunity is designed from a commitment to amplify South Australian artists, craftspeople and designers. The program supports sustainable and expanded cross-disciplinary practices by inviting the Artist in...
The Queen’s Wall Artwork Unveiled: Celebrating the Historic Queen’s Theatre
Image: Mary Moore and Sandpit, The Queen's Wall. Photograph Lana Adams.Adelaide’s historic Queen’s Theatre has been brought to life in a new and innovative way with the unveiling of The Queen’s Wall , a stunning 32-metre artwork created by acclaimed visual artist Mary Moore in collaboration with interactive media specialists Sandpit. Commissioned by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, and delivered by Guildhouse, this intermedial artwork transforms the western exterior of the city’s...
Guildhouse Accredited Membership – 2025
Image: Artist studio, photograph Lana Adams.Guildhouse is thrilled to announce that from 1 February 2025, we are moving to a new insurance broker, Cover for Creatives Pty Ltd. Guildhouse offers an annual insurance membership package for $355 to artists, craftspeople, designers, registrars, curators, conservators, installers and arts administrators working across Australia. Cover for Creatives was founded specifically to support members in accessing affordable insurance coverage, with...
The Guildhouse Fellowship: Michelle Nikou
Michelle Nikou announced as the 2024 Guildhouse Fellow Guildhouse, the Art Gallery of South Australia and the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation are delighted to announce South Australian contemporary artist Michelle Nikou as the 2024 Guildhouse Fellow – a twelve-month fellowship valued at over $50,000. The Guildhouse Fellowship was inaugurated in 2019 with the generous support of the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation to recognise and elevate South Australian artistic ambition. The annual...
Call Out: The Collections Project with The Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia 2025
Image: Courtesy Botanic Gardens and State Herbaium.Applications are now open for The Guildhouse Collections Project with the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia. Research within the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (BGSH) and Seed Conservation Centre. Artists may interrogate the ‘living collections’ of the many spaces, places, and ecologies in the care of BGSH; scientific collections in the State Herbarium and South Australian Seed Conservation Centre; or the rich...
EOI Call Out: North Adelaide Village – Commissioned Mural
Image: Hitnes mural workshop. Photograph by Ben MacPherson.Call Out: North Adelaide Village Mural Commission, Expression of Interest Guildhouse has been engaged by the City of Adelaide to deliver a new public mural by a South Australian artist on the exterior north wall of North Adelaide Village. This wall is situated at the corner of O’Connell Street and Chapel Street in North Adelaide. The purpose of the mural is to activate the area with a vibrant and exciting creative visual marker and...
2024 Sector Survey
Image: Sector Survey assorted prizes.Sector Survey: have your say and win! Contribute to our annual sector survey and help us to shape our program and advocacy efforts. We want to hear from YOU! Your feedback is invaluable. It helps us deliver a relevant, engaging program and ensure that our services are meeting the needs of our members and the sector. The survey only takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and by doing so you go into the draw to win one of these fabulous prizes: 2x...
Catapult 2024 Recipients
Image: Charlotte Tatton, exercise from New York Studio school drawing marathon (detail), 2024. Image courtesy the artist. Guildhouse is thrilled to announce the 14 diverse visual artists, craftspeople and designers who will be supported through the 2024 Catapult Mentorship program. Catapult provides South Australian artists with the critical funding and support they need to develop their artistic practice by engaging in an artist-led mentorship with established practitioners from Australia and...
Call Out: Catapult + Tarnanthi 2025
Image: Catapult + Tarnanthi Mentor Kirsten Coelho with Mentee Christina Gollan in the JamFactory studios. Photograph Saul Steed. Guildhouse is proud to offer the fourth iteration of Catapult + Tarnanthi, a career development mentorship program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, craftspeople and designers based in South Australia. Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art is held every two years at the Art Gallery of South Australia, and across...
Ramsay Art Boat: River Tapestry, Alice Lindstrom
Image: Alice Lindstrom, River Tapestry, 2024. Photograph Sam Roberts.With a hugely-positive public response to the first Ramsay Art Boat, the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation and partners are proud to announce the launch of a new South Australian artwork on Popeye I, on Karrawirra Pari/the River Torrens. Artist Alice Lindstrom’s new Ramsay Art Boat, River Tapestry, celebrates the Torrens as a place where people, animals and plants co-exist, as a vital part of the history and culture of South...