Guildhouse

11/09/2026

Stay up to date with Guildhouse this September ❤️‍🔥

✨ Call Out: Catapult Mentorship
⏰ Closing 18 October
🔗 Apply now: https://guildhouse.org.au/call-out-catapult-mentorship-2026/

🖥 INFORM: Introduction to Digital Installation Workshop with CAPITAL WASTE
⏰ Tuesday 15 September
📍Washdog Studio
🎟 $5 Members FINAL TICKETS:
https://events.humanitix.com/added-session-inform-professional-development-workshop-introduction-to-digital-installation

🌄 Intersection Regional Tour - Flinders Ranges with Country Arts SA
⏰ 22–26 September
📍 Flinders Ranges

🎨 Nature Festival: Seeding Projects Conversation
⏰ 30 September
📍 FUTUREJUICE
🎟 Free! Please register: https://www.naturefestival.org.au/event/seeding-projects

🖼 50 Years of Deadly Exhibition
⏰ Until 30 September
📍 Adelaide Airport

Find more details on our website! 👋🏻

Images:
Catapult Mentorship recipient Meg Mader with mentor Dan Withey, photo: Lana Adams; CAPITAL WASTE, Impulse Response, courtesy the artist; Intersection Regional Tour studio visits, photo: Lana Adams; Amber Cronin, photo: Thomas McCammon; Dre Fuz, photo: Tamika Couedor, Truc Truong, photo: Lana Adams; 50 Years of Deadly at Adelaide Airport, photo: Lana Adams.

10/09/2026

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Artificial_Intelligence

Sector Advocacy: The Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence is calling for submissions to a broad parliamentary inquiry about the opportunities, impacts and regulation of AI in Australia.

As the peak body for visual art, craft and design in South Australia, Guildhouse will be making a submission. We encourage individuals and organisations to make their own and share their voice.

Submissions are due by Monday 14 September 2026

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10/09/2026

CALL OUT ✨ Applications are now open for Guildhouse Catapult Mentorship program – closing Sunday, 18 October 2026, 6pm.

Since 2018, Guildhouse’s flagship Catapult mentorship program has provided over 70 South Australian visual artists, craft makers and designers with the critical funding and support to engage in a self-led mentorship with an established local, national or international mentor.

The program provides a flexible and paid opportunity for artists at all stages of their career to purposefully engage in mentorship with their chosen mentor, with Guildhouse providing support and facilitation.

Two opportunities are available as part of this call out. One mentorship is identified for a South Australian regional artist, supported by Country Arts SA Each mentorship is valued at $7,000 with funds administered by Guildhouse.

🔗 Find the call out guidelines on our website: https://guildhouse.org.au/call-out-catapult-mentorship-2026/

Catapult is generously funded through the Guildhouse Creative Champions donor program and Country Arts SA.

This round has also been supported by individual donations from Guildhouse’s Catapult Creativity fundraising campaign, as part of Creative Australia’s 2025 AusArt Day – the first national giving day to the arts.

Image: Catapult Mentorship, Meg Mader + Dan Withey, photo: Lana Adams.

08/09/2026

🌿 CALLING ALL ARTISTS WORKING IN THE BAROSSA 🌿

The Intersection Regional Tour, presented by Guildhouse and Country Arts SA, is visiting the Barossa region from 18–21 November and we invite you to express your interest in a free artist studio visit.

Studio visits are designed as a two-way exchange to share information, insights, processes and approaches with the Guildhouse and Country Arts SA teams and spotlights regional creatives.

For us, wherever you are is the studio visit, it does not need to be a traditional studio space. It can be a walk and talk through town, visiting a home-based creative working space or meeting up at a local community space to share what creativity and arts practice are to you and how we can support you. Plus, save the date of November 20 a special community event held at Wonderground Gallery and Mirus Vineyards, more details coming soon!

Intersection is delivered as a collaboration and partnership between Guildhouse and Country Arts SA with principal support from the Adés Family Foundation.

Learn more about the program and register your interest here: https://guildhouse.org.au/intersection

Images: Intersection Regional Tour artist studio visits, photographs Lana Adams.

07/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the winner of the 2026 Guildhouse Artist's Choice Award in SALA Festival – Zoe Crichton! 🎉

Zoe was a finalist in the SALA In Lights Award, and her artwork 'Watch This!' resonated with an overwhelming number of voters who submitted comments such as:
🌸 "I see so much beauty in the colours, movement, intricate details, notes of nostalgia and memories."
🎉"Her style is young, fresh, vibrant, imaginative. Totally captivating artwork that makes you want more."
🧸"The artwork is unique and encapsulates a childlike nature and is full of soul."

Zoe receives a Guildhouse Accredited Membership and $1,500 cash.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for the finalist artwork that impressed them the most this SALA and supported South Australia's incredible practitioners during the festival – we were thrilled to receive a record number of votes this year. Our congratulations to every nominated artist, and every participating artist in SALA 2026!

Image: Zoe Crichton, Watch This!, image courtesy the artist.

04/09/2026

Have you spotted these vibrant new public artworks by artist Louise Flaherty in Bowden? 🪴🌻🌿🌸

Guildhouse Professional Services has worked closely with the City Of Charles Sturt to deliver site-specific public art projects that activate new green spaces within the neighbourhood.

In the Drayton Street pocket park Louise Flaherty, supported by Laura Wills, celebrates the people who care for local green spaces across a series of nine planter boxes.

Recognising the volunteers whose ongoing efforts help shape and sustain the landscapes of Brompton, Bowden and Ovingham, the artwork acknowledges the collective care, environmental stewardship and sense of community that underpin these shared places.

Developed through engagement with local greening groups, the project reflects Flaherty’s longstanding interest in community engaged practice and endemic plant conservation.

Read more about the project on our website: https://guildhouse.org.au/louise-flaherty-city-of-charles-sturt/

Photos: Sam Roberts

03/09/2026

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned that this content includes images and name of an Indigenous person who has died.

Guildhouse is proud to share a new video commemorating the creation of renowned South Australian artist Robert Hannaford AM’s statue of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG.

Hear firsthand from artist Robert Hannaford, bronze caster Tim Thomson, artist Mahailia Levinson, and actor Aaron Pedersen (who provided audio narration to accompany the statue), about the processes involved in creating this landmark work of art and the lasting legacy of Dr O’Donoghue’s trailblazing achievements.

We thank the O’Donoghue family and the Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation Lowitja Institute for their guidance during the delivery of this project.

This sculpture of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG is the first of six new statues and monuments in Adelaide to honour Aboriginal leaders and celebrate First Nations history. The sculptures are commissioned by the South Australian Government in partnership with the City of Adelaide and curated and project managed by Guildhouse.

Learn more about the project via the Guildhouse website. Video by Topbunk.

https://guildhouse.org.au/dr-lowitja-odonoghue/

03/09/2026

Congratulations to Guildhouse Member Kate Kurucz, for this incredible portrait of Hon. Lyn Breuer OAM recently unveiled at Parliament of South Australia.

The portrait is available for public viewing in the Speaker’s Corridor.
You can view the portrait, along with other Parliament artworks on a public tour at 11am or 2pm on non-sitting weekdays.

01/09/2026

Due to overwhelming demand, we have added an extra afternoon session of Introduction to Digital Installation with CAPITAL WASTE – book now!

⏰ Tuesday 15 September 2026, 2–4:30pm
📍 Washdog Studio
🎟 $5 Guildhouse Members / $45 Non-Members
Book now: https://events.humanitix.com/added-session-inform-professional-development-workshop-introduction-to-digital-installation

Learn the fundamentals of installing digital artwork in this practical workshop covering the different types of projectors, digital file preparation, media players, audio playback, working with an AV company and setting up projectors. Led by cinematographer and video artist CAPITAL WASTE, the session will give participants a strong overview of installing and exhibiting different types of digital media.

Designed for artists and arts workers seeking to build their skills, this workshop is a great opportunity to learn directly from an industry professional in a small, supportive group setting.

Image courtesy CAPITAL WASTE.

01/09/2026

Registrations for CreateSA First Nations Governance and Financial Literacy Workshop have been extended – now closing Wednesday 9th 12am.

Aboriginal artists and arts workers: this opportunity is for you 📣

Want to build your leadership skills and better understand how arts organisations make decisions?

We’re offering a free three-day Governance and Financial Literacy Workshop for South Australian Aboriginal artists, creatives and arts workers.

You'll gain practical skills in:

✅ Leadership and decision-making
✅ Boards and committees
✅ Understanding budgets and finances
✅ Governance in arts organisations

📍 Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
📅 15-17 September 2026
📝 Registrations close 4 September 2026

Places are limited. Find out more and register now: https://createsa.smartygrants.com.au/GFL2627