Opportunities
Heidi Kenyon, From little things… (installation detail), 2018. Photograph Grant Hancock.
Guildhouse is all about connecting creatives with opportunities.
We share a variety of opportunities on offer through our partner organisations and the wider industry. In this section you can explore a variety of Art Prizes, Commissions, Proposals, Call-Outs, Residencies, Mentorships, Career Development, Grants and Funding opportunities.
The opportunities listed here are independent from Guildhouse. Please follow the links or contact information provided for further information.
Grants & Funding
Creative Australia Investment and Development Opportunities
Creative Australia offers a range of funding opportunities including Arts Projects for individuals, Groups or Organisations. Visit the website for further details and funding round dates.
Grassroots Grants
Grants are available between $2,000 and $200,000 for individuals, schools, volunteers, community groups, clubs and more to create a cooler, greener, wilder and climate-resilient metropolitan Adelaide.
Closing 15 May
Ripple Effect Mirco-grants
Ripple Grants fund transformational projects that build and shape communities at local scale. The process is competitive, with an emphasis on projects that are clear, achievable and have impact.
Micro-grants of $1500 are awarded to a different project every second month, as decided by our incredible group of donors based on the applications received over the previous 8 weeks.
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Emerging Artist Grants
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust runs three Funding Rounds per year to support emerging Australian artists to undertake professional development opportunities to gain experience, develop networks and learn skills from leaders in their field.
Round 2 2024 is now open.
- Closing Tuesday 18 June 2024 5pm AEST
Gordon Darling Foundation Grants
The Gordon Darling Foundation is a perpetual public charitable trust, established in 1991 to “support Australia-wide, activities of importance in the Visual Arts.”
The Foundation can only provide funding to Public Institutions in Australia. Applicant organisations must have Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.
Individuals wishing to apply for funding for projects must partner with a Public Institution which then takes on responsibility for the project.
The application closing dates for 2024 are:
- Friday 31 May (outcomes advised in early July)
- Monday 30 September (outcomes advised in late October)
Common Ground: Grounded Story Grant
We are distributing $5,000 to four First Nations creatives, to create and share a storytelling project that links to the theme spirit. Spirit is at the heart of First Nations cultures, and connects us to Country, each other, and ourselves. Spirit energises us, nurtures us, inspires us and guides us.
The project could involve writing, photography, film, visual arts, a combination of any of these, or something beyond. If you’re a First Nations person that has an idea for a storytelling project that relates to spirit in big ways or small, you can apply below. Applications close 13 May.
Country Arts SA Grants
Grants are available to support arts and cultural activities in regional South Australia that are sustainable, have long term cultural, economic and social benefits, develop partnerships and cultural networks and provide skills development opportunities.
Current Grants:
Artist Professional Development Grants
Closing 30 June 2024
City of Port Adelaide Enfield Creative Industry Grants
The Creative Industry Grants have been designed to support creative practitioners of all disciplines to grow their practice and deliver projects that contribute to PAE’s vision for a strong, creative, impactful and sustainable arts ecology. Grants of up to $5,000 are available.
Arts Organisation Fund
At the City of PAE we believe that arts and culture are shapers of places and creators of community and we have a vision for a strong, creative, impactful and sustainable arts ecology.
What is the Arts Organisation Fund? This Fund aims to provide a mechanism for sustaining, growing and developing creativity, arts and culture in our City by attracting
and supporting professional arts organisations to the region.
Closing 30 April 2024
Independent Arts Foundation
The Independent Arts Foundation makes available funding for small grants up to a maximum of $1,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups.
All art forms are eligible including (but not limited to): Creative Writing (fiction, non-fiction, screen plays, poetry), Music (composition, performance, recording & production), Performing Arts (acting, directing, circus, dance), Visual Arts (all media), Film & New Media, Multi Arts.
Round 1: Deadline for submission of applications: 1st May.
Career Development
Including public art EOIs, exhibition call outs, residencies, mentorships, fellowships and more career development opportunities.
Porter Street Commission
ACE announces the fifth call for submissions of the Porter Street Commission. This annual award supports a major new artwork commission by a South Australian artist at any stage of their career.
A total amount of $20,000 will be awarded to a selected artist for the purpose of producing an ambitious new work, which will be presented as part of Adelaide Contemporary Experimental’s 2025 exhibition program as a solo exhibition across June to August. An artist fee of $3,000 (plus Superannuation) will be provided by ACE in addition to the $20,000.
Closing 29 May 2024
CALL FOR WORKS – Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival 2024
We invite sculptors to submit sculptures for selection in the 2024 Festival. Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival is the oldest and one of the largest sculpture exhibitions in rural NSW.
Closing 2 June 2024
firstdraft First Peoples Curators Program
The First Peoples Curators Program supports an emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander curator with new skills, professional presentation and development opportunities, and access to key industry networks.
Brunswick Street Gallery EOI
Applications to exhibit at Brunswick Street Gallery in 2024 are now open.
As a contemporary art space championing creative practices that demonstrate exceptional skill and craftsmanship, we pride ourselves on showcasing some of Australia’s most exciting emerging and established artists and craftspeople.
T Projects Public Art Mentoring
T Projects are passionate about the development of artists as creative professionals. We have developed the Public Art Mentoring Program to bring together leading sector professionals involved at every stage of the development and delivery of public art. Together with our project partners, we share expert knowledge and perspectives from all the specialisms involved in public art commissioning.
Bundanon 2025 Artist in Residence program
The Artists in Residence program is a pillar of Bundanon, an organisation created to support creativity and learning in a unique cultural and natural landscape.
Closing 15 May 2024
The Shaper Studio - Residencies
We offer a range of creative spaces for individual and groups to undertake self-directed residencies in the tranquil beauty of Tasmania. Book throughout 2023.
THRF Video and Moving Image Program
Expressions of interest are welcomed throughout the year from artists wishing to participate in the THRF Group – Creative Health Video and Moving Image Program. Viewed via our website, this Program showcases artists working in the medium of Video and Moving Image Art.
Desart Consultants EOI
Desart are looking for individuals or businesses with experience and interest in Aboriginal arts and arts administration to provide contracted services to our member art centres.
Mount Gambier Beacon Art Project EOI
The Beacon Art Project seeks to capture the unique combination of landscape, people and history that forms Mount Gambier’s identity and resonates with the local community and visitors to the city.
Artists are invited to submit a design proposal for an iconic public art work within Mount Gambier’s CBD.
Closing 30 April 2024
R. L. Foote Ceramics Glaze Internship
R L Foote Design Studio has a State of the Art Glaze Lab, where we are constantly testing new and innovative glazes, clays and material finishes.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new internship program focused on ceramic glazes. This unique opportunity will entail one or two days of participation per week over a span of two months, allowing interns to collaborate with the studio team and Ryan Foote himself
The Farm Margaret River 2025 Funded Residency Program
Applications open March 1 and close 5:00pm (AWST) Sunday June 2, 2024 – with the eight-week residency to be undertaken between February and October 2025. Timing of the residency is to be determined between the Funded Residency recipient and The Farm.
In addition to accommodation in our self-contained artists studios, the successful artist or group will receive a grant of $7,500 (ex. GST) to cover out-of-pocket expenses.
Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award
The Country Arts SA Breaking Ground award sets out to elevate and accelerate the careers of South Australian regional visual artists by providing the support to push the boundaries of their practice into new and uncharted territory.
The winner will receive $10,000 to develop a body of work for solo exhibition at Praxis Artspace in the Adelaide during the 2025 SALA Festival. In addition, Country Arts SA will provide a $5,000 mentorship opportunity for the successful applicant to work with a professional advisor of their choosing.
Closing 12 May 2024
FOODLAND X SALA 2024 ARTIST REGISTRATION
Foodland is calling all artists, beginner or experienced, for their 2024 SALA X Foodland exhibition! This is your time to shine, feature your painting, photographs or abstract piece in one of the busiest exhibitions spaces of your lifetime, bringing art to an essential and loved space for South Aussies, Foodland Supermarkets!
Closing 8 May 2024
Atrium Art Display Program 2024 - Applications open
Call for local art and community groups who are interested in exhibiting their work in the Burnside Civic Centre Atrium Space. We have limited spaces available for 2024.
Blue Studio Residency
Blue Studio Residency is open to local, Australian and International ceramic artists of all skill levels. Proposals are welcome throughout the year and each season has its own creative possibilities.
Art Prizes
Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize 2024
Enter and share your understanding of the natural world, sustainable living and environmental challenges. Prize pool $46,000.
Entries close 30 April 2024
Australian Good Design Awards
The Australian Good Design Awards showcase the very best in design and innovation to a worldwide audience. Originally established in 1958 under the banner of the Industrial Design Council of Australia, the Awards have been setting the international standard for good design for more than six decades.
Entries close 3 May 2024
Infuse Art Prize
We invite you to apply for ‘Infuse Art Prize’ held at the Ross Creek Gallery in December 2024. This exhibition offers you an exciting opportunity to step out of your artistic comfort-zone and work with a fellow artist creating an interesting collaborative artwork.
Entries close 25 October 2024
Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize
Thanks to the generous contribution of our sponsors the Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize is now in its 8th year. Open to the public from Friday 2 August – Sunday 25 August 2024, the exhibition is a feature of the South Australian Living Artist Festival (SALA).
Entries close 16 June 2024
Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize
The Australian Photographic Society’s Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize is a national $30,000 acquisitive prize that seeks to find Australia’s best conceptual photographic works.
Entries close 12 June 2024
Acquisitive First Nations Art Competition – 2024
Entries are open to anyone aged 16 years and over who identifies as a First Nations Person residing in one of the following South Australian regional areas:
Murray Mallee/Riverland
Barossa Valley
Murraylands/Murray Bridge
Fleurieu Peninsula/Victor Harbor
Greater Green Triangle
Entries close 31 May 2024
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award
Grafton Regional Gallery invites artists from across Australia to submit entries for the 2024 JADA. First Prize: $35,000 Early Career Award: $5,000
Entries close 30 May 2024
2024 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize
Finalists’ art will be displayed in the 2024 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize exhibition in Sydney. The winner will receive $A20,000 prize money. Each finalist will also receive a $A1,000 art transport voucher from International Art Services.
Entries close 14 June 2024
Waverley Art Prize
The Waverley Art Prize 2024 is open to painting, drawing, print and mixed media.
- Open Prize: $15,000 and acquisition into the Waverley Council Collection
- The Mayor’s Prize: $2,000 and acquisition into the Waverley Council Collection
- The Local Prize: $1,000 non-acquisitive sponsored by WWAS
- The People’s Choice Prize: $500 non-acquisitive
Entries close 12 May 2024