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Image: Catapult mentee Anna Gore with mentor Aldo Iacobelli 2021. Photograph Sia Duff.
Announcement: The Collections Project with Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium
Image: Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo, Herbarium x046, 2024, Majolica Vase, Natural Rope, photograph Sam Roberts.South Australian artist Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo will explore the cultural and ecological dualities at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium for The Guildhouse Collections Project. Announcing Australian-Italian artist Giuseppe Matteo Pappalardo as the successful recipient of The Guildhouse Collections Project with the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium. The Guildhouse Collections...
Annual General Meeting 2025
Image: Guildhouse Sturt Street office Wednesday 30 April 2025 5:30 — 6:45pm Guildhouse, 178 Sturt Street, Adelaide 5000 Free 2025 Guildhouse Annual General Meeting Please join us as we reflect on the challenges and wins of 2024 and excitingly look toward our 60th year of servicing the arts community. This AGM offers the opportunity to meet our new CEO, Beth Neate, and connect with the Guildhouse staff and community over drinks and nibbles after the formalities. AGM Agenda: Welcome Members...
Announcing the recipient of Catapult + Tarnanthi 2025
Shane Cook announced as 2025 Catapult + Tarnanthi mentorship recipient, with mentor Jo-Anne Driessens The Catapult + Tarnanthi 2025 mentorship, presented in partnership between Guildhouse and the Art Gallery of South Australia, will see multidisciplinary artist Shane Cook, (Wulli Wulli, Guwa Koa), mentored by artist, arts worker, community facilitator and advocate Jo-Anne Driessens, (Guwa Koa, Gungarri, Kuku Yalanji). A significant career development opportunity for South Australian Aboriginal...
Sculpture of Professor Fay Gale
Bronze sculpture of Professor Fay Gale made by artist Melisea Judge. Photograph courtesy Andre Castellucci.Meliesa JudgeSculpture of Professor Fay Gale, 2024 -2025Bronze on engraved Mintano slateCommissioned by University of AdelaideDelivered by GuildhouseThe bronze sculpture of Professor Emerita Fay Gale AO, created by figurative sculptor Meliesa Judge of Liquid Metal Studios, stands as a tribute to female scholarship at the University of Adelaide. A pioneering cultural geographer, Professor...
Intersection Regional Tour is back for 2025
Image: Studio visit with Leith Semmens, Intersection regional tour 2024, photograph Lana Adams.Guildhouse and Country Arts SA are thrilled to announce the second iteration of the regional artist professional development program, Intersection. The 2025 program will connect with regional artists in Spencer Gulf, Kangaroo Island, Clare Valley & Burra, and Murray River, Lakes & Coorong. Intersection has been designed specifically for visual artists, craftspeople, designers, and creatives...
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...