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Image: Catapult mentee Anna Gore with mentor Aldo Iacobelli 2021. Photograph Sia Duff.

The Collections Project: Jake Holmes

The Collections Project: Jake Holmes

The Collections Project Jake Holmes Writing the climate Flinders University Art Museum 7 October - 13 November, 2019   Thursday 10 October, 2019 3 - 4pm | Artist Talk in conversation with curator Madeline Reece 4-5pm | Exhibition launch   South Australian artist Jake Holmes works across a variety of mediums, including screen printing, mural painting, illustration, audio and collage. Holmes interrogates contemporary social and political issues, and documents place through his...

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Arts Day on the Hill

Arts Day on the Hill

L-R: Mish Grigor, Selena de Carvalho, Rebecca Selleck, Miranda Johnson, Esther Anatolitis, Georgia Mokak, Shaun Edwards, Nadeena Dixon, Emma Fey, Clare Armitage in the House of Representatives, Museum of Australian Democracy. Photo by Penelope Benton (NAVA).Not long after I commenced at Guildhouse in 2017, then Director of Adelaide Central School of Art, Ingrid Kellenbach, invited me to provide the keynote address to the School’s graduating cohort. Considering the significant step these...

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The Collections Project: the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia, 2020 Call Out

The Collections Project: the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia, 2020 Call Out

Kath Inglis, Epiphyte Neckpiece, 2019, cellophane printing on PVC, PVC heat formed with fishing line binding, lollypop sticks, paint, silk thread and stainless  steel. Photograph Grant Hancock.The Guildhouse Collections Project Santos Museum of Economic Botany Adelaide Botanic Garden 2020 Call Out   Expressions of Interest for The 2020 The Guildhouse Collections Project with the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia is now open. The Guildhouse Collections Project with the...

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2020 Lunar New Year Commission

2020 Lunar New Year Commission

2020 Lunar New Year Commissionwith SKYCITYExpressions of Interest Guildhouse welcomes Expressions of Interest for consideration for the 2020 Lunar New Year Commission with SKYCITY. This rare opportunity will see one artist/artist collective design, create and install an artwork celebrating this traditional cultural event. This commission will be delivered early January 2020 with a project budget of $20,000.Expressions of Interest Expressions of interest to be submitted online.This process is...

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CATAPULT Profile: Christopher Williams and Johannes Sistermanns (GER)

CATAPULT Profile: Christopher Williams and Johannes Sistermanns (GER)

Photograph GuildhouseCATAPULT Profile: Christopher Williams and Johannes Sistermanns Guildhouse’s current series of mentorships culminated in dramatic style on 6 May 2019 with a collaborative sound art performance by mentor Johannes S. Sistermanns (Germany) and mentee Christopher Williams (Adelaide). Their performance, at the University of South Australia, emerged from a nine-day intensive program of experimentation and workshopping in which Sistermanns introduced Williams to his use of...

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2019 CATAPULT

2019 CATAPULT

Kristel Britcher, To Hold, I, II, III, III, 2018, blown, cut, coldworked, firepolished glass. Photograph Michael Haines.2019 Catapult Recipients Catapult is a career development mentorship program for South Australian artists, craftspeople and designers, generously funded by visionary philanthropic organisation, The Ian Potter Foundation.  Catapult provides South Australian creative professionals with essential funding and support to allow them to further develop their careers with national or...

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The Collections Project: Cynthia Schwertsik

The Collections Project: Cynthia Schwertsik

The Collections Project Cynthia Schwertsik: UTE-ilitarian 29 July - 30 August, 2019 Flinders University Art Museum Exhibition Events: Performative artist talk, in conversation and launch: Thursday 8 August, 3 - 5pm. Lunchbox lecture: Tuesday 13 August, 12 - 12:15pm and Stair performance: Tuesday 13 August, 12:15-1:15pm Cynthia Schwertsik’s practice spans visual and contemporary performance art. She has produced installations and public art for commissions and exhibition throughout Europe,...

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The Collections Project: Honor Freeman

The Collections Project: Honor Freeman

Honor Freeman, Shape of tears (detail), 2019, porcelain. Photograph Grant Hancock.   The Collections Project Honor Freeman: Ghost objects July 27 - September 29, 2019 Art Gallery of South Australia Official Launch: 2 August, 2019 As part of the Art Gallery of South Australia's First Friday's Honor Freeman’s practice commemorates the smaller moments that are a constant rhythm of the everyday. Working primarily in porcelain, she harnesses the mimetic qualities inherent in clay through the...

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ART WORKS: Artists in Residence 2019

ART WORKS: Artists in Residence 2019

Image: Negative Space, ‘Noise Garage, Las Pinas, Phillipines’, 2019. Alycia Bennett & Florian Cinco. We are excited to announce our 2019 ART WORKS residencies! Artists in Residence Brad Lay and Negative Space ARI (facilitated by Alycia Bennett and Florian Cinco) will work alongside Writer in Residence Kate Larsen in the Minor Works Building. NEGATIVE SPACE: Alycia Bennett & Florian Cinco ART WORKS Artist in Residency June - Sept 2019 Alycia Bennett is an emerging artist residing in...

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The Guildhouse Fellowship Announcement 2019

The Guildhouse Fellowship Announcement 2019

Troy-Anthony Baylis with his works on display at the Carriageworks for The National, 2019. Photograph Steven Siewert.   Troy-Anthony Baylis announced as the inaugural recipient of the Guildhouse Fellowship Guildhouse, the Art Gallery of South Australia and the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation are delighted to announce that Troy-Anthony Baylis is the inaugural recipient of the Guildhouse Fellowship, aimed at elevating mid-career artists to explore, research and create and extend...

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