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Image: Catapult mentee Anna Gore with mentor Aldo Iacobelli 2021. Photograph Sia Duff.
Work with Us: General Manager / CEO
Located in the Lion Arts precinct of the Adelaide CBD, Guildhouse is South Australia’s leading organisation for visual artists, craftspeople and designers. Guildhouse provides support, development and promotion of creative professionals working across the visual arts, craft and design sector. The team at Guildhouse makes a real contribution to the lives of our creative artists and the rich, diverse cultural environment enjoyed by South Australians. Reporting to the dedicated and connected...
New chapter for Guildhouse CEO Emma Fey
Image: Emma Fey. Photograph Denis Smith.The Guildhouse Board has today announced that Emma Fey will step down as their Chief Executive in mid-November to take up a new appointment as Assistant Director, Operations at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Andrew Cohen, Chair of the Guildhouse Board said that Emma’s commitment over the past five and a half years has been exemplary and thanked her for her loyalty and leadership of the organisation. “I cannot think of a better way to leave an...
Call Out: Reignite Public Art Opportunity
Image: Hitnes mural workshop, 2014. Photograph by Ben MacPherson. Reignite Public Art Project Call for Expressions of Interest Guildhouse is pleased to invite Expressions of Interest from South Australian artists for a mural project on an external wall at Aquinas College, 44 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide. The City of Adelaide is commissioning new public artworks by local artists to add vibrancy to main streets and laneways in hospitality, retail and community hubs across the City and North...
Call out: ART WORKS Residency Program 2023-2024
Image: Artist in Residence 2022 Jingwei Bu in the City of Adelaide ArtPOD, 2022. Photograph Sam Roberts.Guildhouse is calling for expressions of interest from South Australian artists and an artist and writer team for residency opportunities in the ArtPOD ART WORKS program. The ArtPOD is a City of Adelaide initiative located at 25 Pirie St - in the Breezeway - ART WORKS is an exhibition and residency program delivered by Guildhouse in partnership with the City of Adelaide. This call out...
Call Out: ART WORKS Early Career Curator 2023-24
Image: ART WORKS Emerging Curator 2021 Ann-Marie Green, Art is a Visual Language (installation view), 2022. Photograph Sam Roberts.Guildhouse is calling for expressions of interest from an Early Career Curator for a part time contracted role over 12-months as an ongoing contribution of the collaborative and dynamic ART WORKS Program. ART WORKS is an exhibition and residency program delivered by Guildhouse in partnership with the City of Adelaide. The Early Career Curator role will be...
Guildhouse and University of South Australia present research on the value of Creative Mentorships at International Conference, Belgium
The results of a four-year partnered research study examining the impact of mentorships on artistic careers have been launched at the 12th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research in Antwerp, Belgium.
Guildhouse and the National Cultural Policy for Australia
Image: Cedric Varcoe, Tuku Inparrila, little gathering/meeting place, CSIRO, 2021. Photograph Sia Duff. The Australian Government is developing a new National Cultural Policy for Australia. The new cultural policy will be shaped by Australia’s arts, entertainment and cultural sectors – that’s us! You can have your say on how the policy can place arts at the centre of modern Australian life, including respecting and celebrating First Nations art and culture, and recognising...
Catapult 2022 Recipients
Guildhouse is thrilled to announce that 16 diverse visual artists, craftspeople and designers will be supported through the 2022 Guildhouse Catapult mentorship program. Catapult provides South Australian artists with the critical funding and support they need to develop their artistic practice by engaging in a funded, artist-led mentorship with established practitioners from all over Australia and beyond. In 2022, Guildhouse has leveraged the generous support of its Guildhouse Creative...
The Guildhouse Fellowship: Tom Phillips
Announcing the 2022 Guildhouse Fellow: Tom Phillips Guildhouse, the Art Gallery of South Australia and the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation are delighted to announce South Australian painter Tom Phillips as the 2022 Guildhouse Fellow. Valued at over $50,000, the Guildhouse Fellowship was inaugurated in 2019 with the generous support of leading philanthropists, the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation, to recognise and elevate South Australian artistic ambition. The annual fellowship offers...
reVision Tech Mentorship Call Out 2022
Over the past three years in particular, artists have been challenged to think differently about the way they practice, including how they reach audiences and how they create and present their work. The reVision Tech Mentor program continues to support South Australian artists by identifying the digital skills they need the most and then matching them with industry professionals with the corresponding expertise. Through online and/or in-person sessions with mentors, artists will grow...