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Image: Catapult mentee Anna Gore with mentor Aldo Iacobelli 2021. Photograph Sia Duff.
Call out: The Wyatt Trust Artwork Commission
The Wyatt Trust Artwork Commission Guildhouse is working in partnership with The Wyatt Trust to commission two professional South Australian artists to create integrated artworks in their exciting new space at 161 Frome Street, Adelaide, with a combined commission value of $16,000. This wonderful opportunity is open to South Australian creatives experiencing financial hardship, including artists receiving income support or JobSeeker allowance. Guildhouse and The Wyatt Trust are seeking works...
Vale Hossein Valamanesh
Image: Hossein Valamanesh. Photograph Nassiem Valamanesh.It is with great sadness and shock that we acknowledge the sudden passing of our friend and Guildhouse Board Member, Hossein Valamanesh. We extend our deepest condolences to Hossein’s wife Angela, their son Nassiem and their loved ones. Hossein Valamanesh was an internationally acclaimed artist who inspired many. Hossein emigrated from Iran to Australia in 1973. Working with different media from installation to sculpture, painting,...
Work with us: Program Producer
Image: Catapult mentee Anna Gore at ACE Open, 2021. Photograph Sia Duff.We’re hiring. Be part of our powerhouse team. Guildhouse is seeking an experienced and motivated Program Producer to develop and deliver artist-led programming across mentorship, residency and exhibition opportunities. Do you have experience working with artists in an arts administration and program delivery capacity? Are you a self-motivated, sector-engaged person with excellent attention to detail? We have...
Call Out: Voice of the Artist text based public art commission
Image: The Guildhouse office headquarters. Photograph Lana Adams. Artists are the first responders, the interpreters of our time, the truth tellers. Guildhouse is seeking to provide a beacon within the Lion Arts Precinct signalling solidarity to the artistic community and inspiration to pedestrians and passers-by. Applications open: Wednesday 8 December 2021 Applications close: Monday 24 January 2022, 9am ACDT (Adelaide time) ABOUT This neon text-based...
Call Out: ART WORKS Artist and Writer in Residence, Round 1 2022
Image: Artist in Residence 2021 Ruby Chew in the City of Adelaide ArtPOD. Photograph Sam Roberts.Guildhouse is calling for expressions of interest from South Australian artist and writer teams. This is a callout for the first round of THREE collaborative Artist and Writer Residencies, the flagship offerings of ART WORKS. ARTWORKS is an exhibition and residency program delivered by Guildhouse in partnership with the City of Adelaide. Applications open: Wednesday 8 December 2021 Applications...
Call Out: ART WORKS Early Career Curator 2022
Image: Emerging curator 2021 Ann-Marie Green, PRACTICE (detail) Audio Tour, 2021. Photograph Sam Roberts.Guildhouse is calling for expressions of interest from early career curators for ART WORKS 2022, an exhibition and residency program delivered by Guildhouse in partnership with the City of Adelaide. This is the fifth year of the ART WORKS program, which delivers on the City’s Cultural Strategy 2020-24 for Adelaide to be recognised as a cultural incubator where people, enterprises...
Guildhouse receives entrepreneurial funding to foster new initiatives employing South Australian artists.
Image: Christine Cholewa and Deb Jones, Ways of seeing, 2019, commissioned by Uniting Communities with support from Guildhouse. Photograph Craig Arnold. Guildhouse is delighted to share that it has received $195,000 from the South Australian Government through the Department of Innovation and Skills Research and Innovation Fund. The Hon. David Pisoni MP, Minister for Innovation and Skills, announced the funding on Wednesday 24 November 2021 at a special event held at the Uniting Communities’ U...
The Collections Project: Recipients Announced 2022
Image: Elyas Alavi, Louise Haselton and Kate O'Boyle at Flinders University Museum of Art. Photograph Brianna Speight. Announcing The Guildhouse Collections Project artists and partner institutions: Seven talented South Australian artists have been selected to undertake The Guildhouse Collections Project in 2022, working with five major cultural institutions to produce new responsive works of art. The appointed artists are Elyas Alavi, Kate O’Boyle, Chelsea Farquhar, Louise Haselton,...
CATAPULT + Tarnanthi 2020: Christina Gollan
Image: Tarnanthi 2021, Christina Gollan ceramic installation, Art Gallery of South Australia, Catapult mentorship program. Photograph Saul SteedThe Catapult + Tarnanthi 2020 mentorship sees Kaurna, Boandik and Ngarrindjeri artist Christina Gollan undertake mentorship opportunity to further her creative practice. Across 2020 and 2021, Christina Gollan (with mentor Kirsten Coelho) will dedicate studio time to strengthening technical, conceptual and critical skills, culminating in the showing of...
reVision Symposium 2021
reVision SymposiumA discussion about contemporary arts practice with artists, writers and curators. A national audience joined local and national speakers online in three sessions focusing on community, collaboration and ambition for the times we live in. Featuring synchronised activities designed to enhance online viewing while engaging in meaningful conversations around critical optimism, collective action and building a healthy arts sector. Held on Saturday November 13, 2021: 11am – 5pm The...