Professional Services

Guildhouse Professional Servicescreating a meaningful sense of place

Guildhouse Professional Services supports organisations and individuals in engaging with exceptional artists, craftspeople, and designers. By building partnerships with private and government sectors, we enable artists and creative enterprises to access commercial opportunities leading to significant outcomes in public art, site specific installations, private commissions and exhibitions.

A particular focus and passion of our social enterprise is providing skills development and hands on experience for creative practitioners with little or no experience in public art, enabling artists to navigate the often complex journey in a supported, informed and safe way. In turn, our partners play a pivotal part in a broad creative ecosystem that supports skills development and the growth of a diverse and experienced pool of artists, ultimately leading to the enrichment of public art across South Australia.

Our 2022 partners included:

• Buchan Group

• BHP

• Camp Coorong Ngarrindjeri Weavers

• Cohen Group

• Exhibition Studios

• Gasparin Group

• JensenPLUS

• Lot Fourteen

• Multiplex

• Outerspace

• Oxigen

• Renewal SA

• The City of Adelaide

• The City of Marion

• The City of Port Adelaide Enfield

• The Department of Infrastructure and Transport

• The Department of the Premier and Cabinet

• The James and Diana Ramsay Foundation

• The University of Adelaide

• The Wyatt Trust

• Tjanpi Desert Weavers

• Visualcom

• WAX Design

• Woods Bagot

The last thing I expected to be working on last year was a big sculpture on North Terrace. As a solo, independent practitioner these large projects can be intimidating and come with an overwhelming amount of bureaucracy. If I had seen a public art call-out for a project of this scale I wouldn’t have considered applying. I am so grateful that Guildhouse supported me on my first public art project and introduced me to a whole new audience and a new way of working.

Sundari Carmody Artist, referring to her artwork One: all that we can see, Lot Fourteen.

What a year it has been! In 2022 Guildhouse Professional Services supported 37 artists in the delivery of 11 exceptional public art outcomes:

• Engaged by Port Adelaide Enfield Council, and working with WAX Design, Guildhouse delivered Sam Songailo’s paving, lighting and mural designs which have been integrated into the Prospect Road, Blair Athol Upgrade.

• Engaged by the Department of Infrastructure and Transport, working closely with Multiplex and in consultation with the Department’s Aboriginal Engagement Team, Guildhouse commissioned Anangu artist Elizabeth Close to create an integrated ceiling design for the Department’s new offices in Pirie Street.

• Engaged by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and Renewal SA, and working closely with Exhibition Studios, Guildhouse delivered Sundari Carmody’s artwork commission One: all that we can see, which can now be seen at Lot Fourteen in front of the McEwin Building on North Terrace.

• Engaged by the Department of Infrastructure and Transport, working closely with Multiplex, the Tjanpi Desert Weavers and cultural advisor Jelina Haines, Guildhouse commissioned nine woven artworks by Ngarrindjeri and APY

Lands weavers. The significant artworks have been suspended across nine floors of the Department’s new offices on Pirie Street.

• Engaged by The University of Adelaide, and in consultation with Kaurna Cultural Advisor Uncle Rod O’Brien, Guildhouse worked with Ngarrindjeri and Narangga artist Cedric Varcoe and Visualcom on the creation of a design for vinyl to be placed across a 42-metre-long window on the Hub building, at the heart of the Kaurna Campus.

• Engaged by The Wyatt Trust, Guildhouse commissioned artworks by Matthew Fortrose, Caitlin Berzins and Amy Joy Watson for integration into three areas of their new business hub at Frome Street.

• Engaged by BHP, and in consultation with Woods Bagot, Guildhouse commissioned Kaurna artist Lawson Dodd to create a design for the main wall of the Adelaide office’s Family Friendly Room.

• Engaged by Buchan Group, Guildhouse commissioned an artist to create a mural artwork on the North-Eastern ground entrance wall of the Rundle Carpark located at 90-100 Grenfell Street. Jasmine Crisp was chosen for her concept She knew the way by heart, which utilises Adelaide reference imagery produced by Kieran Hookway over several years.

Project: Department

Infrastructure

• In 2022 City of Adelaide commissioned nine new public artworks by local artists. Part of the City of Adelaide’s $20m+ Reignite Adelaide program, the initiative is designed to give back to our community, celebrate and support local traders and businesses and provide employment opportunities for creatives. Delivered in partnership with Guildhouse, the $300,000 initiative sees artworks activate key precincts over a twelve-month delivery period. In 2022 the first three artworks were delivered by artists Jack Fran and Nicky Create.

When we set out with our fitout design, we wanted to ensure it had an inherently subtle, respectful design solution that acknowledged the diversity of our staff, clients and community, especially the Aboriginal cultures of South Australia. Guildhouse Professional Services were able to deliver exactly that, by facilitating the Tjanpi Desert Weavers and Ngarrindjeri Weavers creating artwork that recognised the connectedness of Aboriginal people and culture.

Cameron MacLeod

Department for Infrastructure and Transport