What’s On & Opportunities
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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.
Exhibitions
The End!
natural discourse
Water ways
2024 Graduate Exhibition
Radical Textiles
Heysen Prize for Landscape 2024 Finalist Exhibition
A process of 99 glasses
Fathom
Proximal Orbit II
Meet me in Alice/Mparntwe
Fragments
each one a world
Gathering Light: six South Australian studio glass artists
Clare Belfrage, Kristel Britcher, Tim Edwards, Liam Fleming, Nick Mount and Jessica Murtagh.
6 December – 30 March 2025
JamFactory
Watch and Listen
Carly Tarkari Dodd, Harper Dodd, James Tylor, Sam Mapu Selleck-Tylor, Damien Shen, Kalani Shen
6 December – 24 January 2025
Nexus Arts
Affordable Art Salon
Dance Machine
Glister in the Sun
Emiko Artemis, Michael Carney, Chelsea Farquhar and Belinda Wilson
25 October – 17 January
The Mill
Heaven in a Wild Flower
Teresa Busuttil, Inès Cook, Lily Trnovsky, Sian Watson and Chiranjika Grasby
28 November – 21 December
Praxis Artspace
Skin Bible
Studios: 2024
Carly Tarkari Dodd, Abbey Murdoch, Marian Sandberg, Katey Smoker, and Emmaline Zanelli
9 November – 14 December
Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
Assembly: Unveiling the City of Adelaide Contemporary Art Collection 2010-2024
What’s On
Casual End of Year Drinks - ACSA
Celebrate 2024 wrapping up at the Adelaide Central School of Art End of Year Drinks.
This will be a casual afternoon to catch up with fellow graduates, lecturers, and arts industry workers. Our 2024 Graduate Exhibition will also be open for viewing across our gallery and Teaching & Studios building.
13 December 2024
3-6pm
Adelaide Central School of Art
Fabrik Handmade Christmas Market
Please join us at our Handmade Christmas Market. Perfectly timed for you to finish your Christmas shopping and fill up your festive table with handmade artisan wares and locally produced treasures at Lobethal’s most sparkling time of year.
21 December 2024
11am-9pm
Fabrik Arts + Heritage
Guerilla Craft Market
The annual Guerilla Craft Market is only on for two hours and showcases a huge array of South Australian makers in one spot, do not miss this!
15 December 2024
10am-12pm
Adelaide Central School of Art
Laneway Craft
Artist-run market party featuring DJ, natural wines and handmade gifts by local artists and craftspeople.
22 December 2024
10am-3pm
Ashlee Hopkins Ceramics, Prospect
JamFactory Wednesday Talks
Hear from local and national artists, designers and creatives at these free weekly lunchtime talks.
Warehouse Studio Sale
Save the date for the upcoming Warehouse Stduo sale! Explore amazing handmade goods by South Australian artists.
14 December 2024
10am-3pm
Warehouse Studio
Friends x Friends x Ensemble Studios
This December join us for another Ensemble Studios X Friends of Friends Design & Art Market! We can’t wait for you to see what this edition has to offer, mark your diaries DEC 21 — shop local for all your christmas gifts!
21 December 2024
2-5pm
Piccadilly Community Hall
Washdog Open Studio and Fundraiser
Washdog studio and fab workshop are hosting an studio open day and fundraiser, perfect for some super special holiday buying. All money raised in the fundraiser will be used to purchase art materials and pay artist fees towards a new artwork on the outside of the studio building.
15 December 2024
12-4pm
Washdog Studio
Meet at the Wheat
Local clay aficionados get together. Potters, Mud Slingers, Ceramicists, Clay Clunkers, Crack Pots and members of the clay community. A social catch up with an ale and some fellow potters.
2-4 pm last Sunday of the month at the Wheatsheaf Hotel
Workshops + Training
School Holiday Mural Painting Workshop with Lucinda Penn
Artist Lucinda Penn (LCND) is inviting young people on school holidays to help bring her mural to life.
You will be helping paint Lucinda’s design on the wall of KT Appartments, as well as painting your own mini-mural inside Old Croc Pizza; leaving your mark on Kent Town’s colourful back streets for years to come.
You will join the 650+ people who have painted with Lucinda on her 40+ murals to date and this is the first time she will be mentoring students to create their own mini murals.
16 – 17 December
Workshops at Hahndorf Academy
Enjoy a range of workshops throughout the year, from pottery, photography to painting. Have fun and learn new skills in small class sizes.
Union St Printmakers
Simone Tippett is Union St Printmakers. She runs intensive printmaking workshops on demand. The workshops are ideal for beginners, more experienced printmakers and experimenting with different techniques. Everyone has different interests and levels of skills, so it is no matter whether you are a beginner or more experienced. Workshops are always tailored to the needs and experience of the participants. 10am-4pm Sundays at the 6 Manton arts hub in Hindmarsh. Click here for available dates and the processes you can learn, UStP does it all!
Workshops at Murray Bridge Regional Gallery
The gallery delivers a range of workshops throughout the year.
¾ Lifesize Torso Sculpture Workshop with Georgina Mills
This is an intensive workshop that aims at improving student’s observational skills, sculpture techniques and knowledge of human anatomy and form. This course is specifically designed to introduce students to sculptural methods that help simplify the complexities of the human figure. Over the course students will sculpt from life a ¾ life-size torso with water-based clay. Group lessons and daily individual critiques will help to guide them through this process. Students will then prepare their sculpture to kiln fired locally at their convenience.
13 – 17 January
Jewellery Class with Regine Schwarzer
I offer a range of jewellery making classes from beginners to experienced practitioners, including specialized jewellery-making techniques. I can also provide individual teaching for you to work at your own pace on a project of your choice. Specialised workshops are offered periodically or can be conducted on request.
Workshops with Pepper Street Art Centre
Pepper Street Arts Centre has a number of art classes for both children and adults. Class choices include ongoing classes of both short and long-term duration such as general drawing, general painting (acrylics, oils, watercolours, mixed media), mosaics, and others on a seasonal basis.
Sally Caston Printmaking Workshops
Seasonally offering varied printmaking come-and-learn sessions through her small fun inclusive workshops.
AGSA Educator Workshops
Develop new skills and engage with artists and curators through workshops and seminars.
Resin Workshop for Adults with Pine-Apple Creations
Create a vibrant design on a wooden serving board and coaster using resin as a medium.
Adelaide College of the Arts
AC Arts’ visual arts programs provide you a comprehensive grounding in the practical and theoretical aspects of contemporary and traditional visual arts practice. Offering specialisations in ceramics, jewellery, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. Explore traditional and contemporary arts practices through practice and theory coupled with business and entrepreneurial skills to build a career in the arts.
Centre of Creative Photography
Runs a range of nine week courses alongside one day masterclasses and workshops.
The Embroiderers’ Guild of South Australia Inc. Workshops
A range of workshops run throughout the year.
Alchemy Printmaking Studio
Workshops include Botanical Prints, Botanical Monoprints, Lino Prints, Making Gift Tags, Intro to Intaglio and Eco Aware Etching.
Adelaide Hills Hand Spinners and Weavers Guild
A range of workshops run throughout the year.
Adelaide Central School of Art - Short Courses
Our Short Courses programs offer a wide selection of studio-based courses taught by professional practicing artists.
We cater for a range of experience levels from teens to experienced artists. Our courses are for participants 18 years and over, and our teen courses are suitable for secondary school students.
Courses can sell out fast – we recommend booking your place early to avoid disappointment.
JamFactory Short Courses
JamFactory has a range of beginner, intermediate and intensive courses across jewellery, ceramics, furniture, glass and more. Run throughout the year.
Learn to Weave Online with Australian Tapestry Workshop
The ATW has made access to our weaving classes easier than ever! Our online course gives you immediate access to instructional videos and a comprehensive digital course handbook in three modules. Each of these modules is supported by an optional monthly online session.You can book these sessions individually as you need them.
Evocative Arts Workshops 2023
Scheduled workshops in encaustic painting and collage, feltmaking and other media, taught in my studio to small groups of 2-4, and am also available for one-on-one training and mentoring sessions, by arrangement.
Gallery 1855 Workshops
Various workshops including printmaking, painting and monthly Makers Circles held in the City of Tea Tree Gully.
Studio Space + Equipment
Fabrik Arts + Heritage
Studio 20 Workshop Space for hire
Studio 20 Youth Centre is located at the Aldinga Central Shopping Centre close to local shops, recreation centre and library. The centre is a hive of activity for young people aged 8-25 years, with a particular focus on art.
The Workshop Space is a multi-use industrial workshop space available for EXCLUSIVE HIRE for artists (18 years and over) wanting to use the space to work on their own artwork or run workshops, prices start from $16.20/hr.
Groups are encouraged to book the space for communal use and share the costs between participants.
For more information or to book please visit the website or contact Studio 20 on 8557 7555 or aldingayouth@onkaparinga.sa.gov.au
Rundle Collective Creative Studios
Located in the heart of the Adelaide CBD, Just off of Rundle Mall, The Rundle Collective Creative Studios provide space for visual artists and makers of any discipline to operate an affordable studio within an artistic and supportive community.
T’Arts Textile and Arts Collective
Mixed Goods
Mixed Goods studios is a multidisciplinary shared studio space only 15 minutes from Adelaide’s CBD. We are currently looking for studio tenants and have spaces available ranging from 11m2 to 27m2, there are sizes to suit a variety of creative disciplines and practices.
Post Office Projects
The Post Office Projects Studio program is dedicated to providing affordable studio space and professional development opportunities for artists. Located on the second level of the former Port Adelaide Post Office.
Artisans Vice
With access to workspace and a professional range of woodworking and metal equipment Artisans Vice have room for more designer/makers in their collegial, extensive factory.
Contact Gray Hawk:
0411 421 713
The Mill Adelaide
Situated in the heart of the Adelaide CBD, The Mill’s Artist Studios provide space for visual artists and makers of any discipline to operate an affordable studio in a professional and arts-compatible environment. Current and past uses include sculpture, ceramics, woodworking, illustration, fashion, painting, photography and more.
Mixed Goods
Fleurieu Arthouse is a multi-purpose, arts social enterprise situated in the tourism wine region of McLaren Vale. We have a broad customer-base consisting of locals and interstate/international travellers. Artists currently in residence include painters, glass artists, jewellers and writers.
Snøhetta
The international architecture and design studio includes a gallery space, furniture workshop and studio spaces.
Contact Lara Merrington:
laram@snohetta.com
praxis ARTSPACE
Located within the vibrant Bowden precinct, Praxis Artspace Studios was established in January 2019. Sitting adjacent to Praxis Artspace Gallery, this creative hub is focused on supporting a diverse range of artistic talent through its studios and exhibition program.
Mixed Creative Port Adelaide
Mixed Creative seeks to collaborate with organisations and individuals to develop arts based programming that supports our local artists and the community around them. A range of meeting rooms, performance and workshop spaces are avaliable for hire.
Makerspace Adelaide
Makerspace Adelaide is a community workshop for creative making and fabrication. We provide affordable access to a variety of tools and equipment – from laser cutters to sewing machines, and traditional hand tools to Carbatec power tools. There are always volunteers onsite to help members learn how to safely use the tools and equipment.
Central Studios Inc
The oldest continuously running studio collective in Australia, Central Studios Inc is a space for artists by artists. In addition to nineteen individual studios occupied by diverse creatives, Central Studios awards two six month residencies annually for South Australian artists with the support of the Government of South Australia through the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
Laneway Studios
Laneway Studios is an art space with a vibrant community of painters, printmakers and multi-disciplinary artists. Located on the outskirts of the Adelaide CBD at St Peters, it is close to shops and bus routes, with parking at the rear. Laneway Studios are dog friendly and value their safe, accessible and welcoming space.
Enquire directly regarding available studio spaces.
City Shed
If you have a practical project on the go or want to build, repair or repurpose something, the City Shed offers space and a wide range of tools and machinery, with the bonus of handy person advice.
The Adelaide City Shed can be found at The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Adelaide SA 5000, and will be in operation on Mondays between 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.