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
Hannah Vorrath-Pajak: Tending Tradition
3 May – 4 June 2023
In her exhibition Tending Tradition, ceramic artist Hannah Vorrath-Pajak investigates the development and tradition of German folk pottery in the Barossa Valley and surrounding areas in the 19th century. In response to this research, she makes porcelain domestic objects that tap into the long-standing history of her chosen medium, with an aim to contextualise the historical within contemporary objects. This project is supported with funding from Arts South Australia.
Hahndorf Academy, Gallery 2
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Period.
5 – 28 May
Curated by local artists Jade Harland and Tiff Rysdale, Period showcases 17 local artists, challenging often negative representations of menstruation by creating work that depicts a more positive narrative.
Floating Goose Studios
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Milton Moon – Revisiting the master
6 – 28 May
It will showcase the rare, the beautiful & the ugly – both amusing & unusual from one of the rarest plants in the world found in a secret location of South Australia to lovely paintings, textile, sculptures and photos.
Aptos Cruz Galleries
FLEX
17 January – 24 November
Are limits made to be pushed? We dare you to find out. The exhibition FLEX is all about exploring what your body and mind are capable of.
MOD.
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Nura Rupert: Mamu and Mischief
28 April – 26 May
Nura Rupert: Mamu and Mischief features paintings and prints by Nura Rupert. Kami Nura was a Ngangkari – a traditional Anangu healer. Nura could see Mamu (bad spirits) and the ways in which the Papa Tjuta (camp dogs) protected Anangu from Mamu. These works give us a precious glimpse through the eyes of a Ngangkari that could see more than most. Curated by Elizabeth Close.
Nexus Arts
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Open Book
Adelaide Central School
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ROCKAMORA
ACE
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Some Like It Hot
20 February – 16 June 2023
Curated by Dr. Wendy Garden Some Like it Hot celebrates the work of lauded Territory based artists Therese Ritchie and Franck Gohier. Both artists are well known for their satirical work combining wit and humour with astute social observation. Here Garden reflects on their practice through the lens of gender representation in the context of settler imaginings of the tropics.
FUMA
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Imperceptible by Julia Boros
6 May – 17 June
The artist’s processual inquiries into ‘air’ as a medium harness deflation as a generative act to capture and create biomorphic forms.
Sauerbier House
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Hanging by a Thread – Moasic for Afghan Women
Ongoing
Mosaic artists from around the globe have been working since September 2021 to bring attention to the world about the social and economic conditions of Afghan women and girls after the takeover of the Taliban. Over 1200 participants from 46 countries have created a mosaic of 10 x 25 cm to be assembled as mosaic scarves. In Australia 466 mosaicists created a 10 x25 cm segment.
Goodwood Libary
The Arrangements: assembling nature – Catherine Truman
1 March – June 30
Artist Catherine Truman tackles these questions in an engaging and unorthodox exhibtion of curious objects, hybrid plants, vessels and moving images at Carrick Hill, Adelaide’s iconic period house museum and gardens.
In response to a year long residency, the artist investigates the impact of climate change, loss of biodiversity and the fragility of the natural world. The works are integrated into the intimate domestic spaces of the house museum positioned alongside Carrick Hill’s extraordinary art collection, disrupting, challenging and conversing with the space and audiences.
Carrick Hill
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What’s On
Access All Areas
A symposium championing Deaf and disabled equality in arts and culture will share new and underrepresented perspectives and voices in Adelaide and online, June 8 & 9 2023.
The two-day event, taking place at AGSA, will explore how galleries, museums and the broader arts and cultural sector can promote equality through their spaces, programs and consultation.
Participants and delegates are offered the opportunity to share experiences and insights. The program features panel discussions, training, workshops, talks and networking opportunities.
Symposium I Access all areas: championing Deaf and disabled equality in arts and culture
Thursday 8 and Friday 9 June, 9:15am – 4pm
Radford Auditorium (Art Gallery of South Australia) and online.
A Story of Souls with Dr Debra Dank
Dr Debra Dank is a Gudanji/Wakaja woman. She’s a daughter, mother, wife, grandmother, academic, and scholar – currently serving as a University of South Australia Visiting Research Fellow.
Dank’s book explores the themes of family, Country, love, pain, grief, laughter, story, ancestors, and language.
She highlights how the English language, which was imposed on this continent, fails to fully capture the essence of the more than 250 First Nation languages (including 800 dialects) that exist here.
The Hawke Centre is proud to welcome Dr Debra Dank, who will read from her book.
She will then be joined by University of South Australia Senior Research Fellow, Associate Professor Sue Joseph, who will lead a discussion on the book’s origins before responding to pre-submitted questions from the audience.
Thursday 22 June, 6pm
Allan Scott Auditorium (UniSA City West) or via Livestream
First Nations HotHouse
Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to gather with other gallery folk and learn more about First Nations Culture as promoted and preserved at APY Gallery and Art Gallery SA. Staff at both facilities will be presenting for our group.
11.00am APY Studio + Gallery
57-59 George St, Thebarton
12.30pm Lunch Provided – Venue TBC
2.00pm Art Gallery SA
North Terrace
30 May, 11am – 3pm
Arts & Culture Plan Ideas Cafe: How, Now & Wow!
City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters would like to invite you to be part of the conversation to help develop our Arts & Culture Plan 2024-2027. We want to hear directly from artists, historians, cultural workers, arts and historical organisations and creative businesses, who share our interest in the Arts (all artforms), local history and cultural vitality. A relaxed café style event to share ideas with art & culture makers and lovers, whilst enjoying light refreshments and a special live performance from Rachel Coppen.
Complete our online survey https://www.npsp.sa.gov.au/our_community/community_consultation
Saturday 27 May 2023, 2.30 – 4.30pm
Banquet Hall, St Peters Town Hall Complex, 101 Payneham Road, St Peters.
Mental health coaching for small business owners
Small business owners now have access to a free and confidential mental health program developed by Beyond Blue to give small business owners the support they need.
Under NewAccess for Small Business Owners, coaches with a small business background have been trained to deliver mental health support to small business owners around Australia by phone or video call.
Two thirds of small business owners say the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively affected their mental health. New Access for Small Business Owners has been developed to support you to get through tough times.
Meet at the Wheat
Local clay aficionados get together.
Wheatsheaf Hotel
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Wednesday Talks – Jam Factory
Hear from local and national artists, designers and creatives
at these free weekly lunchtime talks.
NAS Drawing Symposium: Correspondence
Online/in person
Speakers
- Vernon Ah Kee (QLD) and Brian Martin (VIC)
- Sera Waters (SA) and Kay Lawrence (SA)
- Carolyn Craig (NSW) and Joan Ross (NSW)
- Hiraku Suzuki (Japan) and Gary Warner (NSW)
Drawing has a special place in conversations that artists have with each other about their work. The National Centre for Drawing’s 2023 symposium is based in this correspondence between artists, their ideas and the ways that drawing helps elucidate them. It will celebrate the special role that drawing plays in connecting people, thought, times and places.
Current in a panel discussio
Through performative practice, master craftwork, design, documentary film and more, discover how six artists interpret our present world of environmental turmoil and our human connections to the ocean from the coast of Brittany in France to the Great Australian Bight.
Using art as a vehicle for research and interpretation, the artists discuss the demand for constrained natural and human resources; fragile and threatened ecosystems; commoditized cultural resources; and significant, unpredictable, and extreme climatic changes.
This project is the result of a Partnership Agreement created between the University of South Australia (UniSA) and the European Academy of Art in Brittany (EESAB) initiated foster joint education and research activities with academics and graduates of both schools.
EESAB is a higher education Art School comprising four campuses in Brittany and with over 900 students is the largest Art School in France. UniSA Creative brings together disciplines of art, design, architecture, planning, journalism, communication, film and television, communication and media.
This project has been funded by a grant from the South Australian Government: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
Gabriella BISETTO (AU), Dr. Chris BOHA (AU), Mèrovèe DUBOIS (FR), Edgar FLAUWE (FR), Dr Benjamin RIVIÈRE (FR), Peter WALKER (AU).
Curator: Lara MERRINGTON
This event will also be available online. Please register via humanitix and a zoom link will be sent to you in advance of the session.
Workshops & Training
Portrait Oil Painting Workshop with Solomon Kammer
Dates: July 3-7 and July 10-14, 2023
Join Solomon Kammer at her Winter Painting School for 5 days (10am-5pm) as she takes her students through the fundamentals of oil painting through lectures, demos and one on one guidance during student painting sessions.
This is an intensive workshop and has been designed for those with a serious interest in pursuing and practising oil painting. The workshop is jam-packed with information and is suitable for complete beginners as well as those with some experience, looking to refine their skills and improve their approach to portrait painting.
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Workshop – Fragments of time
A workshop for fibre artists by this internationally renowned artist Eszater Bornemisza (Hungary). Explore ways of capturing and expressing fragments of memories of places, people or events using old photographs and letters, recycled paper and textiles, printing and image transfer, dyeing and painting and machine stitching on water-soluble paper and film.
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Digital Transformation for the Creative Industries
Digital Transformation for the Creative Industries is an online short course designed specifically for artists and arts and creative workers it is best suited for those with a beginner or intermediate understanding of the digital space as it relates to the creative industries.
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Resin Workshop for Adults with Pine-Apple Creations
Create a vibrant design on a wooden serving board and coaster using resin as a medium.
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Kintsugu Workshop
In this step by step hands-on workshop, you will learn the fundamental skill of Art Kintsugi method, following the principal of ancient Kintsugi utilising more accessible alternative materials which enable us to complete the process within the class.
At the end of the class, you will take home a piece of your own Kintsugi art.
Workshops held 21 and 22 October 2023
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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.
You will learn and create in Adelaide College of the Arts’ state-of-the-art facilities which include purpose-built studios and exhibition spaces.
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Australian Tappestry Workshop
The Australian Tapestry Workshop is excited to share with you a range of online content to fuel your creativity from the comfort of your own home.
Be inspired by our Artist + Weaver talks and International Speaker Series or hone your skills via our online classes, for both adults and children.
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Workshops with Pepper Street Art Centre
Pepper Street Arts Centre has a number of art classes for both children and adults. Bookings are essential.
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.
Creative Connections Workshop Series
Presented by the Arts Team, City of Onkaparinga, the 2023 Creative Connections Workshop series aims to provide professional development opportunities for artists living and working in the City of Onkaparinga, while providing an opportunity for artists and local creatives to come together to meet and learn from each other.
Each session will feature a keynote speaker to inspire creative thinking, followed by presentations of practical, hands on information.
Saturday 29 July, 2pm: EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROPOSALS
RESIDENCIES, EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC ART
Saturday 26 August, 2pm: PRINTING, PACKAGING AND PRESENTATION
Learn to Weave Online
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.
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.
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The Embroiderers’ Guild of South Australia Inc. Workshops
A range of workshops run throughout the year.
Ongoing
Workshops with Evocative Arts
Evocative Art and Heritage, based in the Adelaide Hills, offers a diverse program of visual arts workshops taught by guest artist-tutors from interstate and overseas. The 2023 program includes:
Lyric Montgomery Kinard (USA)
2-3 March 2023: Fabric Surface Design and Original Art: Create your own Cloth, Compose your own Quilt.
4 March 2023: Playful Portraiture: making faces from photo to fabric.
Eszter Bornemisza (Hungary)
27-30 April 2023: Fragments of Time – exploring ways of capturing and expressing fragments of memories of places, people or events.
Alysn Midgelow-Marsden (New Zealand)
6-8 July 2023: Hot, Wet and Sticky with Image Transfer: mixed media and stitched delight using paper waxing, gilding, fibre felts, image transfer, and stitch.
Kathryn Harmer-Fox (South Africa)
August (Dates TBC): Machine-embroidered Boots
Ro Bruhn (Australia).
1-3 Sept 2023: Fabric Journal Workshop.
JamFactory Short Courses
Jam Factory has a range of begginer, intermediate and intensive courses. Some of the available classes are:
Ceramic Projects
Wooden Box Making
Wax Rings and Casting
Introduction to Wheel Throwing
Introduction to Hand Building and Surface Decoration
Repoussé and Chasing
Cone 8 to 10 Glaze Development
Cone 6 Midfire Glaze Development
Silver Jewellery Making
Glass Blowing Workshop
Triaxial Weaving
Woodworking, Materials and Techniques
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.
Studio Space + Equipment
Rundle Collective Creative Studios
Our studio spaces start at just $110/week and include everything you need to create, including reverse cycle AC, high-speed wifi, and 24/7 access. With range of studio sizes to suit your needs, and our flexible leases range from 3-12 months, giving you the freedom to create on your own terms.
In addition to your own designated studio space, you’ll also have access to shared spaces, including a large workshop and event space, kitchenette with complimentary tea and coffee, and a meeting area. Our community of artists is diverse and welcoming, and we’re always happy to share our knowledge and experience with newcomers.
At the Rundle Collective, we believe that creativity should be accessible to everyone, which is why we provide all-inclusive billing that covers electricity, internet, and water. That means no hidden fees or unexpected expenses – just one easy-to-manage monthly payment.
Join us at the Rundle Collective and become part of a community of artists who are dedicated to helping each other achieve their goals. Email us now to find out more, schedule a tour and discover why our studio spaces are the perfect place to pursue your passion.
The Ed Tweddell Studio Residency @ Central Studios
The late Dr Ed Tweddell was a generous supporter of visual artists and contemporary visual arts practice and had a particular and practical interest in supporting the career development of South Australian artists.
Artists seeking to develop new work for an exhibition or other specified project are invited to apply for rent-free use of the studio for a period of six months.
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George Street Studios
36 George St, Thebarton SA
Studio space is currently available and suitable for artists, designer makers and artisans working across furniture, sculpture and mixed medium. We welcome expressions of interest from artists and makers at all career levels. Younger and emerging artists are encouraged and will be offered access to learn from experienced practitioners.
For further details or to organise a visit please contact Tony Rosella: 0402 114 702
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.
Mixed Goods was set up as a dynamic craft & design hub offering independent studio spaces to artists, creatives, and design professionals. Our aim is to have a hybridised studio collective with a mixed set of skills made up of individuals from diverse backgrounds and at various stages of their practices.
For more information or to apply for a studio please get in contact with Dean Toepfer and Andrew Carvolth at: studios@mixedgoods.com.au
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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.
Expect: Your own designated open studio space, 24hr studio access, wifi and access to shared spaces (workshop, kitchen and meeting space).
Leases from 3-12 months.
praxis ARTSPACE
Want to join the Praxis Artspace Studios? Do you know a creative who needs studio space?
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.
The Praxis Artspace Studios encourages an effective teamwork environment, and provides the opportunity for artists to experiment, play and take risks developing new work, within a stimulating environment of practicing artists.
Their studios include:
- Wifi
- 24-hour access
- Communal area, including kitchenette, toilet and shower
- Onsite parking
- Proximity to public transport and shops
A studio at Praxis Artspace represents an opportunity for an artist to base their practice within a vibrant, and supportive artistic community; allowing for meaningful career and skills development, inspiration, and networking.
Fleurieu Arthouse
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.
We offer –
Studios
Retail design store
Exhibition gallery
Workshop space
Cafe
Resident artists work from purpose-built studios within our space which is open to the public. We also have a retail design store where artists pay a monthly rental fee with a 10% commission.
STUDIO VACANCY
We currently have a vacant studio space for an artist who wishes to be part of our supportive community. Residents receive 24 hour access to their studio and can work/sell from their space.
Artists currently in residence include painters, glass artists, jewellers and writers.
Mixed Creative Port Adelaide
Mixed Creative is a home for original live music, spoken word, theatre and visual arts practise; bringing people together for shared experiences that inspire the exchange of ideas.
It has been established as a creative social enterprise – which means our business has a primary focus on reinvesting in the community and making a positive impact rather than delivering profit to owners.
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.
City Shed
Community sheds are non-profit local organisations that provide a space for craftwork and social interaction. With backyards getting smaller, the traditional shed is harder to come by. The Adelaide City Shed will be a place to share tools and get stuck into a DIY project – all while avoiding the costs and clean-up of doing it at home.
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.