Guildhouse Annual Report 2023

We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the Traditional Owners of the land upon which we work.

We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Guildhouse is SA’s peak visual arts, craft and design organisation.

2023 was a fantastic year for Guildhouse, demonstrating stability, focus and sustainability, and our continued impact through a period of transition.

When I first joined the Board in 2019 it was Guildhouse’s commitment to its members and collaboration with likeminded partners for the benefit of a thriving arts sector that inspired me. Years on, it’s wonderful to witness the respect and connections that Guildhouse maintains and the way that Guildhouse leads the art, craft and design sector, listening to and responding to artists, giving voice to their ambition.

Guildhouse performs a critical role as the trusted peak body in the State and National arts sector. Advocacy, connection, capacity building, and paid opportunities for artistic career development are at the core of what we do.

In 2023, we welcomed our new CEO Sarah Feijen, and brought on several other key new team members. This gave cause for reflection, re-engagement with partners and supporters, and a space to reset and rebuild. It also required a sharp focus on maintaining the momentum and delivering steady growth achieved in the previous year.

I am pleased to report that in 2023, the organisation remained buoyant and prosperous as demand for Guildhouse services continued to grow.

Membership expanded across the State, most notably in regional locations, now

constituting 22% of our community, with national participation beginning to emerge.

All our flagship programs were substantially over-subscribed with quality applications. This shows the depth of talent in our community, the deep commitment at the grassroots to strive for a professional artistic career and the respect of the Guildhouse offerings.

Our membership services were booked out, our professional services initiative continued to boom, and our philanthropic and cross-industry partnerships were sustained. All this, combined, has enabled us to ensure our established positive impact continues to resonate.

In 2023, Guildhouse operations returned a healthy surplus and maintained a solid financial position with sensible cash reserves. These are retained for future strategic consideration, contingency, and flexibility in the coming years.

All this was only achieved through the generous support of our funding partners and donors. Thank you all for your shared values and commitment to artistic practice as an essential means to grow the vibrancy in our communities and build cultural capital.

I especially want to acknowledge the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation, Day Family Foundation, Ian Potter Foundation, Ades Family Foundation, Creative Partnerships Australia, Creative Visionaries and Creative Champions individuals for your treasured amplification and extension of our programs. And to the State Government of South Australia for recognising, respecting and underpinning all that we do.

I am grateful to my fellow Board members for their commitment to ensuring that the interests of artists, craftspeople and designers are at the heart of our decisionmaking and I thank the Board for their wise counsel, strategic input and informed judgement.

The good ship Guildhouse is sailing well. In 2024, it is fitting and timely for me to confidently hand over the role of Chair to Katie Sarah to lead the ongoing development and delivery of the next strategic plan and continue the flourishing of our impact.

Life is short, .. Art is long.

Andrew Cohen FAICD Chair

Andrew Cohen FAICD. Image supplied.

2023 was a monumental year for Guildhouse, a year of reflection, reconnection, dynamism and the beginning of a new chapter of stewardship. The renewed Guildhouse team was proud to continue our organisation’s legacy of providing an expansive, ambitious, and vital program of artistic and development opportunities that places artists and their needs at our core.

Importantly, I want to honour and thank the diverse Guildhouse community – our members, partners and supporters - for your energy, trust and ongoing support. Every day I am inspired by your collective generosity, tenacity, and optimism. Collaboration is central to our efforts and successes in building a bold, diverse and sustainable visual arts, craft and design sector in South Australia and beyond.

Guildhouse services and programs flourished, and the impact on artists was exceedingly positive. Membership grew by 15%; we supported over 4000 direct connections and opportunities for members; and response to our annual sector survey indicated that our services continue to improve the wellbeing, empower confidence, and grow skills in the creative community.

The year was marked by several milestone projects. We proudly facilitated $1.2 million directly to artists and arts workers. At a time when the cost of living was rising this was sustenance for artistic practice, while maintaining a critical pathway for artists to share their creativity and add value to the social, cultural and physical fabric of our State.

A highlight of the 153 creative development opportunities was the delivery of the inaugural and extraordinary Ramsay Floating Artwork commission on the iconic Popeye boat as celebration of the centenary of the birth of arts philanthropist James Ramsay. Carly Snoswell was

Sarah Feijen Chief Executive Officer

commissioned by the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation, with the support of the City of Adelaide, to create Good Job as a joyful public artwork.

Ambitious research-driven residencies that lead to the creation of powerful new studio works and exhibitions respond to our exquisite local collections, creative businesses and capital city assets continued to be a focus of the Guildhouse offerings.

Thanks to support from Arts South Australia, The Guildhouse Collections Project progressed with partners the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide Festival and Flinders University Museum of Art. The residency model was embraced by partners JPE Design Studio and through the City of Adelaide ART WORKS program. In combination,13 artists representing a diversity of arts, craft and design practice from across all career stages were welcomed into unique environments where their creativity and innovation was ignited, with resultant beautiful works shared with new audiences.

Our celebrated Catapult mentorship program provided space for 20 participants to engage in meaningful dialogue, expand their capabilities and evolve their practice. Generously supported by the Ian Potter Foundation, Country Arts South Australia, Tarnanthi Festival and Guildhouse Creative Champions donors, these artists have built lifelong connections and reported profound positive impacts on their careers.

Excitingly, the Catapult + Tarnanthi mentorship allowed Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara artist Elizabeth Close the opportunity to present her artwork SandWoman at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Elizabeth was mentored by multidisciplinary Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens, who worked together to challenge Elizabeth’s practice, push

boundaries, and question perspectives. The Guildhouse Fellowship program continues to transform and ignite artists' careers. Generously supported by the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation and delivered in partnership with the Art Gallery of South Australia, we welcomed 2023 Fellow Kyoto Hashimoto to begin a new avenue of materiality in her exquisite multidisciplinary craft and design practice. In parallel, we witnessed the flourishing painting practice of 2022 Fellow Tom Phillips and celebrated the magnificent presentation outcomes of 2021 Fellow Liam Fleming.

2023’s efforts were matched by our hard work behind the scenes to improve our membership connectivity and to advocate for the needs of our members. Standouts were the upgrade of our membership portal, along with the provision of membership services, and we proudly and resolutely campaigned for the maintenance of appropriate and affordable insurance as a foundation of professional practice. Thank you to our members for your contributions to these efforts – as always, it’s your voice that matters!

It goes without saying that none of the achievements of the past year would have been possible without the energy, compassion, camaraderie and commitment of the Guildhouse team. I thank them wholeheartedly for their significant contributions and their unending enthusiasm to make a difference for creative practitioners right across South Australia and beyond.

2024 will see the fruits of this year of delivery, experimentation, reflection and adaption. Stay tuned for a range of new professional development programs tailored to emergent needs and opportunities and building on the strengths of new partners.

Sarah Feijen. Photograph Lana Adams.

Our Intent

Guildhouse is South Australia’s peak body for visual arts, craft and design.

Values

We are artist-led

We listen to and are led by the artists, craft people and designers we represent, and provide relevant and meaningful services that respond to the needs of our community.

We nurture diversity

We are committed to building awareness of the increasing diversity in the sector and making our organisation and program inclusive and accessible.

We are connected

We build collaborative, cross-sector partnerships with clear professional outcomes to maximise our impact and reach.

Purpose

We create opportunities for artists at all stages of their careers to be sustainable and build the connectivity, capacity and profile of the arts community.

Vision

Connecting art, artists and community, Guildhouse leads a bold and diverse visual art, craft and design sector that positions artists at its core.

Creating Legacy

In 2023 we were delighted to deliver, in partnership, the publication of The Adelaide Art Scene: Becoming contemporary 1939-2000. This significant and bespoke publication is an anthology of new and archival writing revealing the untold story of the highs and lows of progressive art in Adelaide across six decades since the outbreak of the Second World War.

In partnering in a project such as this, Guildhouse was excited to be supporting the delivery of a much-needed anchor for artists, curators and the general public, to contextualise South Australia’s extraordinary contributions to Australia’s visual arts and craft movements. By examining and exposing these important histories, individuals and collectives, this project opens up dialogues about new futures for South Australian artists. The book provides a landmark first history of the development of contemporary art in Adelaide and a direct investment in the art writers, designers and editors who are an essential part of this State's creative industry.

The strength of the relationships throughout the cultural sector and our shared commitment to foster South Australian art and artists was showcased with the delivery of this anthology.

We are proud to say that in partnership with Margot Osborne (project initiator, principal author and editor), Wakefield Press (expert art publisher) and Carrick Hill (supporter with the spotlight exhibition Adelaide mid-century moderns 1950-1970, highlighting a selection

of the research) we facilitated delivery of this important book. It will enhance Adelaide's cultural reputation and sense of identity, and will have an enduring public impact.

In this vast cultural history of more than 700 pages, Margot Osborne brings together multiple voices to create a compelling, multi-faceted account of the milieu in which progressive art evolved in Adelaide. The book’s narrative encompasses the roles of key artists, landmark exhibitions, bursts of maverick art criticism and art activism, the competitive roles of art societies, the rise and fall of art galleries. It is indeed a most engaging platform that promotes wider national and international recognition of the progression, impact and influence of South Australian art.

Major commission funding from the South Australian Government’s Department of Premier and Cabinet through Arts South Australia provided essential support that had direct impact and enabled the input and paid employment of the creative practitioners involved in the project. The book includes contributions from twenty leading Adelaide arts writers and local design luminary

Rachel Harris has created a spectacular presentation with a cornucopia of over 300 images of artworks.

The reproduction of many of the images were generously provided on a complimentary basis by the Art Gallery of South Australia. And we were privileged that the launch of the book was presented in the Elder Wing of the Gallery where the foundations of South Australian art are celebrated.

By collaborating in the way we do, Guildhouse is committed to multiplying the talents, skills and potential opportunities available to the arts community including new ways of working, funding and reaching audiences.

Adelaide Art Scene is an investment in the creative cultural identity of South Australia and a valuable resource for future years. It is available for purchase direct from Wakefield Press, the Art Gallery of South Australia and other local bookshops.

Rachel Harris, Michael Bollen, Penelope Curtin, Margot Osborne, Sarah Feijen, Hon Reggie Martin MLC and Rhana Devenport AM at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Photograph Lana Adams.

Our Members

1195 Members

Throughout 2023, Guildhouse members continued to represent the diverse visual art, craft and design ecology.

Significantly, with the help of our engaged membership base and other leading arts organisations, Guildhouse successfully embarked on a national advocacy campaign to maintain affordable and appropriate insurance for artists.

We are thankful for the support from our community and creative sector. These results clearly highlight the significance of consultation, collegiality and collaboration.

Each tier of our membership offerings grew, as did demand for our services. Most notably, our Community Membership doubled due to a desire from those within the arts sector to engage with our growing range of opportunities and events.

Accredited Membership

Offering a range of benefits, including one to one support, eligibility for Guildhouse programs and tailored insurance cover for practitioners.

Community Membership

For practicing members who want to participate in Guildhouse programs and receive one to one support but do not require insurance. Also for arts workers and arts lovers who want to stay connected with the Guildhouse community and enjoy exhibition openings, collection previews and discounts on partner products and activities.

Student Membership

Free for the duration of their studies, students enrolled in tertiary or postgraduate level study.

In 2023 we saw a

102% growth of members with a Guildhouse Community Membership.

Sarah Feijen in conversation with artist Cheryl Bridgart at the Guildhouse End of Year Celebration 2023. Photograph Lana Adams.

Membership Services

In 2023 Guildhouse led, amplified or participated in over 25 advocacy and research partnerships or campaigns.

Significant advocacy and advisory efforts included participation in:

• SA Government Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy development

• SA Government Not For Profit Funding Policy review

• SA Government Small Business Strategy 2032-2030 industry leaders engagement

• SA State Brand future positions

• Australian Government refresh of the ABS Cultural and Creativity Satellite Accounts

• City of Adelaide Economic Policy Round

• University of SA Creative Industries Round

• University of SA Business value of public art to creative cities research paper

• Arts South Australia Design and Public Art Peer Assessment

• City of Adelaide Prize jury for the SA Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects

In 2023 we provided artists with

4,043 tailored career and professional development support services.

In 2023 we reached over

600,000 local, national and global audiences, showcasing SA practitioners.

This mentorship opportunity has had and will continue to have an impact on my practice, as it has allowed for dedicated time to work on the growth of a specific interest of my practice. I feel the conversations I’ve had as part of the mentorship have given me confidence and clarity in some avenues of my practice, and have propelled me forwards in a time where I wasn’t quite sure what was worthwhile pursuing and what my next move should be.

Edwina Cooper Catapult Mentee

ART WORKS Early Career Curator Chira Grasby speaking with exhibiting artists Caitlyn Davies-Plummer (Dustin-Koa) and Billy Oakley, Adelaide Town Hall, 2023. Photograph Lana Adams.

Career Stage

Emerging: 39%

Mid career: 33%

Established: 18%

Arts Worker: 7%

Other: 3%

In 2023 we saw a

22.6% increase in offering oneon-one advice sessions to our members.

The work Guildhouse does is vital for artists especially in a time where resources are extremely thin on the ground.

The organisation’s vision is clear, the programs are excellent, the staff are exceptionally good at what they do. Guildhouse provides a sense of optimism and opportunities.

2023 Sector Survey

22% of our members are based regionally.

In 2023 we saw a

36% increase in applications across our artistic programs.

Artist Brooke Rigney in conversation about her work Clinpath on Kaurna Yerta commissioned by Clinpath through Guildhouse Professional Services, 2023. Photograph Lana Adams.

2023 saw Guildhouse maintain substantial activity with strong financial outcomes. The focus of the year was delivery, impact and continuity.

The significant growth of revenue achieved in the previous year was sustained at an impressive and matched level. This supported us to progress and hone a diversity of quality programs and initiatives that directly served the artistic community.

In line with our core purpose to ignite and sustain sustainable creative careers, we committed an extraordinary 84% of expenditure to the employment of artists, craftspeople, designers and arts workers. In a time of rising costs and tightening budgets across the board, we ensured that creative employment was prioritised and impactful.

Our diversified income stream was replicated and consolidated in 2023. This evidences the sophistication and rigour of the Guildhouse model, enabling us to flex and respond to

changing conditions. And we delivered a healthy year end surplus, growing our reserves as contingency for the future.

Philanthrophic funding continued to prosper through strategic project grants and individual giving. Ongoing support from the Ian Potter Foundation and James and Diana Ramsay Foundation underpinned our flagship artistic programs. Continued support from the Day Family Foundation and Ades Family Foundation supported investment in membership services, improving our connection with members and ability to respond, empower and advocate confidently on their behalf. Importantly, our Creative Champions and Creative Visionaries donor circles provided direct support for expanded mentoring and professional development opportunities. All this was boosted by the support of a $50,000 Plus 1 matched funding grant from Creative Partnerships Australia. The collective impact of this these trusted investments cannot be under stated and is gratefully acknowledged.

Earned income thorough our Guildhouse Professional Services continued to flourish, leading to new forms of employment, profile and skills development for creative personnel in non-traditional spaces. The two-year investment by the Government of South Australia through the Department of Innovation of Skills came to fruition in 2023, bolstering our capacity to support the delivery of extraordinary new artworks while continuing to grow a solid and burgeoning pipeline of new opportunities. The awareness, respect and demand for artistic practice integrated into the public realm is strong.

We gratefully acknowledge the ongoing support of the Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia’s multi-year investment of core funding through the Arts Organisation Program stream. This financial continuity provides the foundation for our service delivery and ability to respond appropriately and confidently to sector needs.

Tristan Kerr, Power People, delivered as part of the City of Adelaide Reignite Project in partnership with Guildhouse Professional Services, 2023. Photograph Sam Roberts.

Honouring our Board

Our incredible eight-member volunteer Board members are the true heroes of our organisation. We are grateful for their generous and wise leadership and significant dedication to advance the Guildhouse vision.

Board membership is diverse and skills-based, inclusive of creative practice and wide business, marketing, strategy and legal expertise. All Board members believe in the power of art and creativity. Their collective contribution of time, wisdom and expertise makes a demonstrable impact on a cause they care deeply about.

We acknowledge that it can be a joy to be a Board member and we know that it is also a big responsibility. Thank you to all members of the Board for helping to sustain and develop our organisation. Your powerful efforts will have a transformative and lasting impact on the South Australian arts landscape.

True to the Guildhouse commitment to be artist-led, nurture diversity and build connectivity, we are proud in this feature article to showcase and celebrate our Board members that represent our artistic community.

They are integral parts of our community. They represent the breadth and interests of our members. They offer local perspectives, generate new ideas, bring connections and act as ambassadors.

Importantly, they are trusted sources, local leaders and role models, all with incredible creative practices of national and international acclaim.

Thank you Clare, Christian, Dameeli and Tsering for investing your hearts and minds in Guildhouse. A strong board is essential for a flourishing organisation. You leave a wonderful legacy.

Clare Belfrage, Guildhouse Board member 2017 - 2023, Deputy Chair 2021 - 2023

Clare Belfrage has maintained a distinguished arts practice for over 35 years. Her detailed and complex glass drawings on blown glass forms reflect the high-level skill and innovative approach to her craft that makes her one of the country’s most renowned artists in this medium. Inspired by nature and its various rhythms and energies, Clare‘s exquisite sculptural objects express her fine attention to detail, a fascination with pattern and rhythm and deep connection to the natural world.

Clare has received prestigious awards including the inaugural JamFactory FUSE Glass Prize in 2016 and the Tom Malone Glass Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia in 2005 and 2011. She was the featured artist for the 2018 SALA Festival and celebrated as one of South Australia’s most influential artists working in a craft medium through JamFactory’s Icon series, presenting a solo exhibition, A Measure of Time, for a 3 year national tour.

Clare continues to exhibit extensively and is represented in major public collections throughout Australia, the US and Europe including National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, most Australian State collections, Corning Museum of Glass, USA, Tacoma Museum of Glass, USA, Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark, Castello Sforzesco Museum, Italy and the Nijima Glass Museum, Japan. She is currently Adjunct Professor with UniSA Creative at the University of South Australia.

Clare Belfrage blowing glass at JamFactory assisted by Liam Fleming. Photograph Pippy Mount, courtesy the artist.

Christian Hall Guildhouse Board member 2021 - ongoing

Christian Hall is an artist trained in metal techniques and studio-based object making. He has been dedicated to creative practice and professional contributions through teaching, mentoring, consultation, commissions and representation of studio-based practice in visual arts for 20 years.

Christian has been selected for national and international touring exhibitions and participated in residencies locally and overseas. This includes at San W Gallery, Shanghai, China; Jam Factory and solo exhibition at Craft ACT.

Christian’s sculptural practice explores space, place, material, and time. Through his interest in metal, making, and skill, he has developed a view of objects, not as static containers for meaning, but as dynamic and productive of connections between people, places and the stuff of our material world.

Through a PhD practice-as-research project Hall explored the sculptural potential of steel as a kind of connective tissue stretched between the human and more-than-human, and living and nonliving entities. This research entailed an ethical dimension: understanding steel as enduring evidence of what we choose to hold in place. His PhD exhibition, Lines of Force, was presented at the SASA Gallery, Kaurna Building, in Adelaide in early 2023.

Dameeli Coates, Guildhouse Board member 2022 - ongoing, Deputy Chair 2023

Dameeli Coates is a Wakka Wakka woman whose family are from Southern Queensland. She describes herself as an emerging weaver, curator, textile artist and designer who grew up on Kaurna Yarta. She spent 20 years working as a Human Rights campaigner in Indigenous affairs, policy and programs across Australia for Government and non-government organisations. She lived for a short time in rural Vietnam and for 12 years in London raising a family and studying.

Dameeli has an Honours degree in Textile Design from Central Saint Martin’s College, London. Her curatorial and arts practice has been influenced by examining the effects of dispossession, displacement and settler colonial borders on Indigenous identities and collective sense of belonging.

Dameeli is deeply interested in how textiles can be both cultural critique and beautiful objects; she loves their constructed and sculptural abilities and produces three dimensional, scaled-up objects as well as everyday, interactive products like fabric and surface materials.

Tsering Hannaford, Guildhouse Board member 2023 - ongoing

Tsering Hannaford is a portrait artist based between Tarntanya/Adelaide and Warrane/Sydney.

Tsering pursued a career in painting after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Graduate Diploma in Art History at the University of Adelaide. Experience in conservation at Artlab Australia led to a deeper appreciation of techniques, materials, and the tradition of oil painting. Atelier-based training at Grand Central Atelier and the Art Students League in New York and Studio Escalier in France further informed Tsering’s practice, with a focus on traditional methods of working from life.

Her work is held in public and private collections across Australia and abroad, including the National Portrait Gallery of Australia and Sydney Modern. She is regularly included in national portrait prizes, including nine times in the Archibald Prize (highly commended in 2020).

Tsering has held positions as an education facilitator at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Vice President of the Royal South Society of Arts (where she is also a Fellow) and sponsors an award for portraiture as part of the Youthscape art awards. In her spare time, she is involved in youth philanthropy, and is currently 10x10 Philanthropy’s co-head of Adelaide.

Mentor Catherine Truman and mentee Oakey, Catapult Mentorship Program, 2023. Photograph Lana Adams.

Thank You

None of what we do could have been achieved without the incredible collaboration, generosity and passionate support from like-minded donors, partners and funders. We are incredibly thankful. Genuine partnership is fundamental to the way we work at Guildhouse. It allows us to far greater reach than going it alone.

Our community is our most precious resource, and it is strengthened by the diversity of its members. Our supporters are an essential part of this community and play a very special role; enabling artistic growth, exploration and the creation of new work, as well as empowering artists to develop the skills required to build fulfilling, sustainable careers.

We acknowledge the generosity of all our donors and partners and offer our heartfelt gratitude for their dedication and enthusiasm in 2023.

In 2023 we were fortunate to receive $50,000 matched funding support from Creative Partnerships Australia through the Plus 1 funding stream. This active support enabled us to leverage our fundraising activities and extend the reach of our services and programs to empower the careers of South Australian visual artists, crafts people and designers.

CREATIVE VISIONARIES

Our Creative Visionaries have a transformative and lasting impact in South Australia and beyond. Contributing to our core professional development programs, our Creative Visionaries help us forge ahead with our vital work in artistic development, connection and growing a strong community of practice. The contribution from our Visionaries supports artists to take creative risks, extend their skills, deepen their understanding, achieve sustainability, and strive for excellence.

• Andrew Cohen, Burnside Village Foundation

• Geoff and Annie Day OAM, Day Family Foundation

• Pam and David McKee AO

• Catherine Sarah

CREATIVE CHAMPIONS

The Guildhouse Creative Champions provide essential support for our game changing Catapult Mentorship Program. One of the most powerful ways artists refine their practice is through mentorships. Our Creative Champions encompass passionate leaders in South Australia committed to the future of creativity in our state.

• Rosey Batt

• Talia Begley

• Libby Bowen

• Nat Campbell

• Josephine Evans

• Alexei Fey

All donors, thank you for your gift

• Emma Fey

• Olivia Fuller

• Will Fuller

• Carolyn Hewson AO

• The Hon Dr Diana Laidlaw AM

• Don Manifold

David Ades, Lesley Ades, Anonymous, Rosey Batt, Talia Begley, Libby Bowen, Nat Campbell, Andrew Cohen, Annie Day, Geoff Day OAM, Josephine Evans, Samantha Faehrmann, Alexi Fey, Emma Fey, Karen Forde, Olivia Fuller, Will Fuller, Carolyn Hewson AO, Emily Hilder, Annabel Hill-Smith, The Hon Diana Laidlaw AM, Don Manifold, Rachael Manifold, Pam McKee, David McKee AO, Carolyn Mitchell, Christopher Reid, Catherine Sarah, Chris Schacht, Judith Sellick, John Stonkaj, Margaret Worth.

• Rachael Manifold

• Carolyn Mitchell

• Chris Schacht

• Judith Sellick

In 2023 we engaged

34

artists in funded, flexible mentoring experiences that support the development and extension of practice.

Professional Services

Guildhouse Professional Servicescreating a meaningful sense of place

Guildhouse Professional Services (GPS) is a Guildhouse social enterprise connecting commercial and government projects with South Australian creative professionals. By reinvesting profits into the arts ecology, GPS projects deliver wide-reaching community benefits such as employment creation, skills development and individual capacity development.

Since its inception in 2020, this unique and highly successful initiative has strengthened the South Australian creative sector by growing the arts ecology - independent artists through new commissions and projects, and in turn, fabricators, curators, designers, photographers, and more. We have opened the door to a breadth of South Australian

2023 Project Partners:

artistic and creative expertise, whilst managing the process each step of the way to ensure exceptional, best practice outcomes.

Through targeted business development and sector engagement, GPS has brokered new artistic opportunities with the private and government sector leading to a considerable number of projects covering public art strategy, commissioning, and artwork delivery. Each project has provided vital skills development for creatives, whilst connecting them with opportunities that would otherwise have been out of reach.

To date, the initiative has employed more than 169 South Australian creative professionals, of which 49 were First Nations artists,

craftspeople, and designers and 34 regional creatives.

In 2023 GPS worked with some incredible project partners spanning diverse industry sectors in the delivery of ten new artworks, with a further fourteen artworks in planning and development stages for delivery in 2024/25.

We feel exceptionally fortunate to spend our days brokering meaningful connections between creatives and South Australian businesses and local and state government departments. To the artists we have worked alongside, and to our project and creative partners – thank you. We look forward to sharing our next period of growth with you.

1000 Island, Adelaide Economic Development Agency, Aquinas College, Amalfi Pizzeria, ANZ, ARM Architecture, Buchan, City of Adelaide, Clinpath, Coffee Branch, Cohen Group, Crowne Plaza Adelaide, Cry Baby, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Econ Property Group, GD Studia, Ginos Group, Hansen Yuncken, James and Diana Ramsay Foundation, JPE Design Studio, Kyren Group, Lot Fourteen, Oxigen, Outerspace, Popeye, RCP, Sunny’s Pizza, Ted’s Cameras, TRACT, University of Adelaide, Woods Bagot.

2023 Creative Partners:

Atkins Photo Lab, Creative Pavements, Exhibition Studios, Double Diamond, Guy Surfaces, Iguana Creative, light-ctrl, Oakey, Sam Roberts Photography, Studio Piñata, Tom Roschi Photography, Topbunk, Visualcom, World’s Best Specialised Cleaning.

Carly Snoswell, Good Job, James and Diana Ramsay Foundation Floating Artwork Commission, delivered in partnership with GPS, 2023. Photograph Sam Roberts.

University of Adelaide bronze sculpture

In January 2023 the University of Adelaide engaged GPS to commission a sculpture of an eminent female scholar as a celebration of female scholarship. The sculpture contributes to the University’s Public Realm Plan for the North Terrace Campus, which maps out a series of Cultural Walks across the site to engage the broader community in the history and development of South Australia and the University. Professor Fay Gale was selected as the subject for her commitment to social justice, Aboriginal social studies and the significant impact of her research. Sculptor Meliesa Judge was selected via a limited selection process to create the artwork which will be delivered at the end of 2024.

The Ramsay Floating Artwork (Popeye)

Carly Snoswell was commissioned by the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation to create a floating artwork on the iconic Popeye in celebration of the 100th anniversary of James Ramsay’s birth. Launched in February 2023, Good Job is a joyful celebration of simple daily pleasures and accomplishments, the gold stars a symbol of a job well done. Stars hold significant meaning to Kaurna language and culture. The river, a mirror of the Milky Way in the night sky, sparkles with reflected stars in the natural landscape. The incorporated LED Kaurna wording ‘marngu-marngu’, meaning

‘speckled’, highlights the many circles of the stars and their glimmering reflection in the Karrawirra Pari. Jack Buckskin, was consulted to realise the artwork’s references to Kaurna language.

Reignite Adelaide Project

2023 saw the ongoing delivery of a partnership with the City of Adelaide in the Reignite Adelaide project. GPS was engaged in the commissioning of new wallbased public artworks by local artists to add vibrancy to main streets and laneways in hospitality, retail and community hubs across the City and North Adelaide. The $300,000 initiative, designed to give back to our community, celebrate and support local traders and businesses and provide employment opportunities for creatives, delivered eight new public artworks between 2022-23, with one more to complete the project in 2024.

Burnside Village Expansion

The Cohen Group has embarked on a major expansion of Burnside Village. The expansion will build on the Village’s reputation as a world-class shopping destination. Working alongside RCP, Buchan, Hansen Yuncken, and GD Studia, GPS was engaged in the delivery of seven artworks that will offer a refined, curated, one of a kind artisanal experience. The seven artworks will be installed early in 2025 in time for a March 2025 opening.

It has been a new experience working alongside Guildhouse in the creation of a bronze sculpture of Professor Fay Gale for the University of Adelaide.The project started with the best written artist’s brief that I have read in 25 years.

Adelaide figure sculptors are all friends and colleagues, so I was competing against artists I respect. The process was handled by Guildhouse with grace and respect.

Throughout the process

Guildhouse maintained and respected agency over my work, whilst upholding ethics and authenticity, checking sources and seeking cultural advice.

The sense that Guildhouse is an organisation run by artists for artists, never goes away. We work together toward the best outcome.

Meliesa Judge

Artist

Meliesa Judge, Professor Fay Gale University of Adelaide bronze sculpture in progress. Image courtesy the artist.

GPS HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED

Prospect Road upgrade

GPS worked closely with WAX Design and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield on the upgrade of Prospect Road between Kilburn and Blair Athol. GPS was invited to create the conceptual theme and framework for the integration of public art into the project, and then led the artist engagement and commissioning stages.

Artist Sam Songalio’s designs have been integrated into the light poles, paving design and murals. The upgrade project was completed in 2022 and won the 2023 AILA Landscape Architecture Award (Urban Design).

In 2023 we employed

69

individual artists and creative industries practitioners through Guildhouse Professional Services projects.

2023 also saw the planning and development for a number of projects including:

• Adelaide Economic Development Agency mural on the corner of Rundle Mall and James Place, for delivery in 2024

• Second iteration of the Ramsay Floating Artwork on a Popeye boat, for delivery in 2024

• Department of the Premier and Cabinet interpretive light-based wall artwork along the Queen’s Theatre western wall, for delivery November 2024

• ARM Architecture integrated artworks at Lot 51 Third Street Bowden, for delivery in 2025

In 2023 the Prospect Road Upgrade project won the AILA Landscape Architecture Award (Urban Design)

Being chosen to work with Guildhouse to create a piece for Clinpath and their Mile End site, was not only a huge honour but also a wonderful opportunity to test my creative skills and process. To date it is the largest canvas piece I have painted and it challenged me to adapt and grow my skills. Guildhouse provided a friendly interface between myself and the client, they supported me to negotiate timeframes, coordinated meetings and all communication.

Brooke Rigney-Lively Artist

Sam Songailo's paving design for the Prospect Road Upgrade Project delivered in partnership with GPS, 2022. Photograph Tom Roschi.

Program Highlights

ARTISTS ENGAGED IN OUR 2023 PROGRAMS

Amrita Hepi, Arlon Hall, Barbara Chalk, Bernadette Klavins, Billy Oakley, Bin Bai, Brad Darkson, Brad Holland, Brooke Rigney, Caitlyn Davies (Dustin-Koa), Caleb Shea, Callum Docherty, Carly Snoswell, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Carmen Glynn-Brun, Caroline Oakley, Cassie Thring, Catherine Truman, Cedric Varcoe, Charlotte Tatton, Cheryl Bridgart, Chira Grasby, Christian Hall, Craig Glasson, Cynthia Schwertsik, Dan Withey, Dave Court, Deborah Paauwe, Deidre But-Husaim, Dennis Golding, Dominic Guerrera, Dr David Sequeira, Drew Spangenberg, Edwina Cooper, Eleanor Alice, Elizabeth Close, Emmaline Zanelli, Erin O’Donohue, Fiona Castle-Schmidt, Georgina Mills, Grant Hancock, Gray Hawk, H. Fleming, Hari Koutlakis, Heather Kamarra Shearer, Helen Fuller, Henry Wolff,

Jackie Saunders, Jacob Logos, Jaquie Hagan, Jasmine Crisp, Jason Sims, Jay Lord, Jingwei Bu, Jonathan Kim, Julia Boros, Julia Robinson, Karl Meyer, Karla Dickens, Kasia Tons, Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, Kat Korossy, Kate Kurucz, Kate Larsen, Kay Lawrence, Kevin Lee, Kristal Matthews, Kylie O’Loughlin, Kyoko Hashimoto, Laura Wills, Lawson Dodd, Leah Grant, Liam Fleming, Lilly Buttrose, Lindy Lee, Lisa Vertudaches, Louise Flaherty, Lucia Dohrmann, Luke King, Lyn Anstey, Margot Osborne, Marie Faclinella, Mark Eliott, Mark Valenzuela, Matthew Fortrose, Max Ballard, Meliesa Judge, Melissa Keys, Michael Carney, Michelle Joy Magias, Michelle Kelly, Millie Hopton, Nami Kulyuru, Naomi Hunter, Nathan May, Nicky Create, Oakey, Olga Sankey, Orlando Mee,

Penelope Cain, Penelope Curtin, Peter Syndicas, Rachel Harris, Rama Kaltu-Kaltu Sampson, Reko Rennie, Richard Lewer, Rosina Possingham, Roy Ananda, Sair Bean, Sally Parnis, Sam Brooks, Sam Roberts, Sam Songailo, Sarah Moller, Seb Calabretto, Seb Humphries, Sebastian Goldspink, Sera Waters, Shane Cook, Sharmonie Cockayne, Shirley Jianzhen Wu, Silvio Apponyi, Simone Kennedy, Soda Jerk, Sonya Rankine, Sophie Hann, Steph Cibich, Stephanie Doddridge, Sue Kneebone, Taerim Claire Jeon, Talia Linz, Tess Allas, Tess Martin, Thomas Buchanan, Tian Zhang, Tom Phillips, Tristan Kerr, Truc Truong, Will Kuiper, William Mackinnon, Yartji Green, Zoe Freney.

142 artists in our artistic programs. In 2023 we engaged

A Catapult Mentorship will not only expand my knowledge in previously unexplored areas, specifically in glass installation and the commissioning/collaboration process, but also enhance my problem-solving skills through hands-on demonstrations and discussions. I anticipate this mentorship to be a transformative journey for my practice, creating a rich resource for future growth.

Shirley Wu Catapult Mentee

Installation view: Liam Fleming, Light and colour, Guildhouse Fellowship Recipient, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Photograph Saul Steed.

THE GUILDHOUSE FELLOWSHIP

Generously supported by the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation and presented in partnership with AGSA, the Guildhouse Fellowship is valued at over $50,000, and awarded annually to one South Australian mid-career visual artist, craftsperson or designer.

The Fellowship offers a transformative opportunity for artists each year, including $35,000 to support research and development and the creation of new work for presentation at AGSA.

After a competitive call out, Kyoko Hashimoto was announced as the 2023 Guildhouse Fellow. Japanese-born artist, contemporary jeweller and critical designer, Kyoko, utilises her multidisciplinary design practice to propose ethical and aesthetic challenges to the paradigms of material use in art, craft, design and industry.

Working across critical and experimental craft and design, Hashimoto advocates for new kinds of sensory engagement with materials and positions her work as tools to examine human relations to ecology. Her work connects traditional Japanese aesthetics to contemporary Australian design with craftsmanship, conceptual thinking, and a keen awareness of sociocultural context.

James & Diana Ramsay Foundation

Executive Director, Kerry de Lorme says, "A hearty congratulations to Kyoko, we recognise how important and unique opportunities such as this are, particularly with a presentation outcome at AGSA. The Guildhouse Fellowship makes a unique contribution to the development of South Australian artists’ careers and the state’s cultural economy more broadly. We can see the impact the Fellowship has had for past Fellows Troy-Anthony Baylis, Sera Waters and Liam Fleming."

In December 2023, the 2021 Guildhouse Fellow, Liam Fleming presented the outcome of his Fellowship, Light and Colour, at the Art Gallery of South Australia. It presented new sculptural glass work alongside AGSA’s permanent collection of international art.

Liam’s experience of the Fellowship has led to sales of his new body of work, a range of new commissions, national exhibition opportunities and award of the Tom Malone Glass Art Prize 2023.

2022 Guildhouse Fellow expressionist artist Tom Phillips continued his research, national travel and creative development of new paintings that highlight issues of social justice. Works that capture the everyday experiences of loneliness, alienation, vulnerability, and hardship will be presented at AGSA in 2024.

I am honoured to be selected as the next Guildhouse Fellow with AGSA and I am looking forward to developing a new body of work, exploring capacities of paper-based 2D illustrations and 3D paper-mache objects emergent from place and personal identity.

Kyoko Hashimoto

2023 Guildhouse Fellow

My overall outlook on being an artist has changed. Understanding the commitments and demands outside of making and the studio, including presenting, talking to clients, and engaging with the arts on a broader scale rather than just my practice. I developed a better understanding of the arts as a whole.

Liam Fleming

2021 Guildhouse Fellow

2023 Guildhouse Fellow Kyoko Hashimoto. Photograph Carine Thévenau.

THE COLLECTIONS PROJECT

A collaborative project between Guildhouse and iconic state collections, supported by an Arts South Australia Collaboration Grant, The Collections Project provides artists with the unique opportunity to explore and research both living and archival collections, and to develop new work for exhibition. Championing the art and artists of our time while celebrating our cultural, historic and scientific heritage, this program has demonstrated ability to provide new audience experiences while delivering long-term benefits to the artistic and career development of participating artists.

In 2023, partner collections included the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium at the Santos Museum of Economic Botany and the Flinders University Museum of Art, with new partners identified as the program evolves into 2024.

Biotic Commune for me is a reminder to be humble,to observe and listen gently and never underestimate the intelligence and resilience of the natural world of which we are lucky to be a part.

Kasia Tons

The Collections Project

Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia at the Santos Museum of Economic Botany

In February 2023, 2021 recipient Kasia Tons presented Biotic Commune at the Museum of Economic Botany as a feature of the 2023 Adelaide Festival program.

Biotic Commune explored the symbiotic relationship held between plants and humans using hand embroidery and soft sculpture. With an aim to highlight the importance that plants have had and continue to play part in human evolution, Tons’ work referenced stories of past practices in myth, medicine and nutrition alongside visions of the future that emphasizes environmental connection and value through individual care and responsibility.

Biotic Commune was accompanied by a print catalogue with essay, Communal Living, by Marie Falcinella and photo documentation by Emmaline Zanelli. Video documentation was also produced, documenting the project, its creative processes, and outcomes.

Flinders University Museum of Art

After a competitive call out with record breaking number of applications, five South Australian artists were selected to undertake The Guildhouse Collections Project with Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA).

From early career to established practitioners, the selected artists represent a diverse range of creative practices including sculpture, installation, ceramic, printmaking, performance, and assemblage:

• Bin Bai

• Stephanie Doddridge

• Sue Kneebone

• Olga Sankey

• Truc Truong

Working in parallel, the successful artists in this iteration commenced their research in 2023 towards development of major new works. Their brief was an in-depth and broad response to the curatorial theme of The Disquiet, reflecting on the alternative cultural movements and political activism of the 1970s documented in FUMA’s Australian Political Poster & Print Collection. The research will culminate in the presentation of new work in the FUMA gallery during SALA Festival 2024.

Installation view: Kasia Tons, Biotic Commune, The Guildhouse Collections Project with Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia at the Santos Museum of Economic Botany, 2023. Photograph Lana Adams.

CATAPULT

Guildhouse's Catapult programs provide creative professionals with essential funding and support to further develop their artistic practice through a meaningful mentorship.

The projects of Catapult recipients show ambition, drive and dedication. Mentees engage with inter/national mentors to develop skills, realise projects and allow time to learn more about their practice.

With the generous support of the Ian Potter Foundation and Guildhouse Creative Champions, Guildhouse awarded 7 mentorships in 2023, directly supporting 15 artists.

With support from Country Arts SA, two of these mentorships were awarded to regional artists. It was highly competitive, seeing the most applications in the program’s history.

• Dave Court and Soda Jerk

• Edwina Cooper and Penelope Cain

• Fiona Castle-Schmidt and Julia Robinson

• Jingwei Bu and Lindy Lee

• Kat Korossy and Kate Kurucz

• Lyn Anstey and Sophie Hann

• Shirley Jianzhen Wu and Mark Eliott

CATAPULT + TARNANTHI

Presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of South Australia, the 2022 Catapult + Tarnanthi mentorship saw the presentation of SandWoman by Elizabeth Close as part of the 2023 Tarnanthi Festival at AGSA.

Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara artist Elizabeth Close was mentored by multidisciplinary Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens, who worked together to challenge Elizabeth’s practice, culminating in the creation of new work that pushes boundaries and challenges perspectives, using reclaimed and revived parts of abandoned cars found on Country.

Karl Meyer, artist and expert public art fabricator (of Exhibition Studios) supported Elizabeth in the design and fabrication of her inspirational new works.

SandWoman was accompanied in the Tarnanthi catalogue with a poem by Yartji Green, about theft and loss, resistance, and renewal.

My experience was profound. It gave me a deeper understanding of how to better take the themes in my work and visually express them in a deep and layered manner.

I took three simple components and created something highly complex that speaks to many things. It is jarring and violent yet is also informed by our innate resilience.

It speaks to something unique to contemporary Australia that is widely recognised, whilst also speaking to a deeper story of colonialist injustice.

This is precisely what I sought - to better frame and contextualise my practice in a powerful and captivating manner.

Elizabeth Yanyi Close with her work SandWoman for Tarnanthi 2023, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Photograph Lana Adams.

Elizabeth Close Catapult + Tarnanthi Mentorship

ART WORKS

The ART WORKS program is delivered in partnership with City of Adelaide, with a strong focus on socially engaged contemporary practice, connecting communities through the location of artists and the presentation of artwork in accessible civic spaces.

This diverse and artist led program includes an Early Career Curator, mentored by Guildhouse, who develops and presents a comprehensive exhibition and artist talk program in the Adelaide Town Hall and Mankurri-api Kuu / Reconciliation Room. Artist and Writer in Residence opportunities are also offered, presented in the City of Adelaide ArtPOD, alongside public exchange and community workshops.

In 2023 all components of the programs were interlaced with cross-participation. The Early Curator role was awarded in combination with the Writer in Residence opportunity, and the Artist in Residence was embraced in the Town Hall programming.

Early Career Curator

• Erin O’Donohue 2022-2023

• Chira Grasby 2023-2024

Artist in Residence

• Sally Parnis

• Callum Docherty

• Carly Snoswell

Writer in Residence

• Chira Grasby

Adelaide Town Hall exhibitions:

Introspection

Featuring Barbara Chalk, Zoe Freney, Brad Holland, Simone Kennedy, Kristal Matthews, Caroline Oakley, Kylie O’Loughlin, Deborah Paauwe and Charlotte Tatton. Curated by Erin O’Donohue.

Greetings From My Living Room

Featuring Caitlyn Davies (Dustin-Koa), Millie Hopton, Michelle Joy Magias, Kevin Lee and Billy Oakley. Curated by Chira Grasby.

Soft Hair and Woven Threads

Featuring Julia Boros, Lilly Buttrose, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Lucia Dohrmann, Jaquie Hagan, Nami Kulyuru and Rosina Possingham. Curated by Chira Grasby.

Kinetic Structures

Featuring Deidre But-Husaim, Brad Darkson, Callum Docherty, H. Fleming, Rama Kaltu-Kaltu Sampson and Cynthia Schwertsik. Curated by Chira Grasby.

It's been so rewarding to nurture my skills as a Curator and Writer, and Guildhouse has supported me at every step. I'm leaving the ART WORK program as a more confident practitioner, and with a whole new perspective on what it means to work in the Arts.

Chira Grasby

ART WORKS Early Career Curator and Writer in Residence

86% of our participants said that Guildhouse services have increased their ability to develop thier practice.

ART WORKS Artist in Residence Callum Docherty at the City of Adelaide ArtPOD. Photograph Lana Adams.

UNISA BUSINESS, YUNGONDI GALLERY PROGRAM

UniSA Business has partnered with Guildhouse to present an annual series of exhibitions by contemporary South Australian visual artists in the flagship City West Yungondi Building. The aim of the program is to provide new ways of engaging with key areas of research.

The 2023 program included exhibitions by contemporary South Australian artists Lisa Vertudaches, Louise Flaherty, Michael Carney and Max Ballard.

The artists presented artist talks to UniSA Business staff, University of South Australia Contemporary Art students and public audiences.

EQUITY AND ADVISORY

In partnership with Equity and Advisory, Guildhouse presents exhibitions displayed at the Equity & Advisory premises, supporting and showcasing the work of a diverse range of South Australian artists and introducing Equity & Advisory’s community to new creative voices.

The inaugural 2022-2023 series presented:

In Good Hands

Featuring Jackie Saunders, Sonya Rankine, Cassie Thring and Henry Wolff. Curated by Steph Cibich.

A Sense of Place

Featuring Michelle Joy Magias, Cedric Varcoe. Curated by Guildhouse.

JPE DESIGN STUDIO ART IN RESIDENCE

The inaugural partnership with JPE Design Studio supported four artists in residence to undertake creative exchange within the JPE studios, culminating in the creation, exhibition, promotion and sale of new works. Artists are welcomed into the multidisciplinary practice at JPE and involved in project conversations, research, site visits and collaborations.

In 2023, recipients Craig Glasson and Michelle Kelly presented new works. Craig presented Form before function during Adelaide Fringe, continuing a researchled investigation into notions of multidimensional space and the investment of

time. During SALA, Michelle presented Dark Taxa continuing her exploration of fungi and aiming to inspire, intrigue and inform the viewer of the importance of this life form.

Henry Wolff commenced their residency, and inspired by site visits began to collect and archive weeds, towards the development of new works to be presented in 2024 that amplify their practice of vulnerability, compassion and care.

This residency provided an immersive and collaborative experience which inspired a new body of work that extended my studio practice’s reference to concepts such as geometry, form, multi-dimensional space, repetition and patterns.

I anticipate the inspiration, discoveries, and overall experience I gained from this residency will continue to inform my art practice for many years to come.

Craig Glasson JPE Artist in Residence, Fringe 2023

Installation view: Craig Glasson, Form before function, JPE Artist in Residence, Fringe 2023. Photograph Lana Adams.

MEDIA PROFILES AND PROMOTION

Guildhouse has a strong connection to media and engaging with the broader public in showcasing visual arts, craft and design in South Australia and beyond. We are proud to have showcased 39 media profiles in 2023 with strong media partnerships.

In 2023 we continued partnerships with high-profile visual arts publishers Artlink and Vault. These have both been positive partnerships that have pushed our flagship programs to a targeted national audience, through printed advertising and online ads.

Our partnership with InReview continued throughout 2023, with the monthly column In the Studio featuring Guildhouse members with a focus on featuring artists connected to our programs or with projects that the public can interact with (exhibitions, workshops etc).

We experienced consistent media coverage throughout 2023 with a major spotlight on the Popeye Floating Artwork Commission, delivered through Guildhouse Professional Services. This received a broad range of media coverage across digital, print, radio and television, including InDaily, ABC News, 7 News, 10 News, 5AA radio and The Advertiser.

In 2023 we focused attention on how we can grow and engage with specific areas of our community, creating new segmented mailing lists for our Student Members and Donors which have a click and open rate of 90%+, far exceeding industry standards.

Our Facebook page followers grew to 3,788 and Instagram followers grew to total 5,868 - a growth of 29% and 11% respectively, with our monthly and callout EDM’S being sent to a mailing list of 3,049 subscribers.

ADVICE BANK

In 2023 Advice Bank continued as a core monthly offering to our members with Artistic Programs Manager, Samantha Faerhmann, and Membership and Administration Officer, Sian Watson providing invaluable one-onone online and phone advice on funding applications, business plans, professional documentation, marketing, and more.

TOOLKITS

Guildhouse’s range of twenty-one Artist Toolkits continued to serve our membership base throughout 2023. Spanning the full spectrum of professional development, these toolkits feature advice for writing a CV, grant applications, tax, selling at markets, residencies and much more.

FOLIO

Folio is a platform to showcase a curated selection of South Australian visual artists, craftspeople and designers. Folio enables independent practitioners to include a gallery of images, a biography and links to social media platforms. Built into the Guildhouse website, the platform is a source of editorial and social media profiles of individual artists.

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media profile opportunities for Guildhouse artists. In 2023 we showcased

Advice Bank is an invaluable service. Guildhouse runs an excellent program for artists. The staff are dedicated, knowledgeable and advocate brilliantly for creatives.

2023 Sector Survey

JPE Artist in Residence Michelle Kelly profiled by InReview for In the Studio. Photograph Jack Fenby, courtesy InReview.

INFORM

INFORM provides professional development sessions and networking events designed to provide creative professionals with the knowledge, skills, information, and contacts vital to sustainable creative practice.

2023 sessions included: Application Writing with Kate Larsen, Sell your Artwork Online and Digital Literacy for Creatives with Studio Veld, Photographing Your Work with creative Sharmonie Cockayne, Money, Money, Money -Super, Tax and Insurance with The Real Thiel, Packaging Art Objects for Travel and Storage with Art Lab Australia, and Brush with the Law with Arts Law Australia.

NICE TO MEET YOU

Co-presented by Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE), Nice to Meet You is a series of public talks which invites visiting curators to share their knowledge and experiences with Adelaide audiences and arts communities.

The project is part of ACE and Guildhouse’s shared motivation to create points of connection, exchange and learning within the visual arts communities between South Australia, Australia and other parts of the world.

In 2023, Nice to Meet You saw three

interstate curators share their career journeys and insights: Tian Zhang, Talia Linz, and Luke King, with a fourth; Freja Carmichael, postponed to 2024.

REVISION

reVision is a seasonal online program thoughtfully curated to deepen connections, strengthen creative practice and grow artist skills.

The program aims to increase connectivity globally in a flexible format that responds to personal preferences. It offers an opportunity for artists to increase their wellbeing and find new models of sustainability for their practice, hearing from local and inter/national artists, arts leaders and thinkers as they unpack their approach to practice, community, criticism and future planning, especially in times of crisis.

The highlight of the 2023 reVision program were panel discussions presented by Agency in partnership with Guildhouse and curated by Agency’s Associate Curator Sebastian Goldspink. The panel session theme was the celebration and promotion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, culture and people.

R.E.P.R.E.S.E.N.T

Explored the added pressure First Nation artists have to represent their people and

how often they are called upon. Panel: Amrita Hepi and Reko Rennie

Country & Western

Explored the increasing presence of pubilc art by First Nations artists, and how artists formulate ideas for the monumental and respond to Country Panel: Tess Allas, Carmen Glynn-Braun and Dennis Golding

GUILDHOUSE PODCAST

The Guildhouse podcast series, Voice of the Artist, continued to grow in 2023. Preexisting video recordings of the reVision Speaker Series and Symposiums have been made accessible in an audio format. The podcast features conversations with creative minds from around the globe discussing contemporary arts practice.

All episodes of the podcast are available to listen via podcast apps and online.

The session was great, providing that niche information to artists and arts professionals is a brilliant opportunity.

INFORM Art Packaging and Handling participant

Nice to Meet You: Luke King, event documentation at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental for National Week of Deaf People, 2023. Photograph Peter Fong.

GUILDHOUSE STAFF

Sarah Feijen Chief Executive Officer

Laura Geraghty Operations Manager

Tracy Le Cornu Professional Services Manager

Samantha Faehrmann Artistic Programs Manager

Merinda Edwards Marketing and Development Manager

Lana Adams Communications and Design Coordinator

Sian Watson Membership and Administration Officer

Nicola Sutcliffe Programs Producer

Polly Dymond Events Officer

Chira Grasby ART WORKS Emerging Curator 2023

Clare Suridge Finance Officer

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTANTS

Christine Cholewa

Julianne Pierce

Carollyn Kavanagh

Jenni Caruso Saltbush Consulting

Jack Buckskin Kuma Kaaru Cultural Services

Matthew Fortrose

Sam Songailo

Jasmine Crisp

STRATEGIC CONSULTANTS

Kate Larsen

BOARD

The Guildhouse Board consists of eight directors all of whom bring a wealth of experience and expertise from the visual arts, craft and design industries and business.

Andrew Cohen, Chair

Katie Sarah, Deputy Chair (incoming)

Clare Belfrage, Deputy Chair (outgoing)

Talia Begley

Dameeli Coates

Christian Hall

Kirsteen Mackay

Stuart Symons

Tsering Hannaford

ARTIST ADVISORY GROUP

The Guildhouse Artist Advisory Group provides input into our programs to ensure their relevance to artists, craftspeople and designers across South Australia.

Roy Ananda

Thomas Buchanan

Brad Darkson

Bernadette Klavins

Kay Lawrence

Kaspar Schmidt Mumm

Guildhouse 2023 Staff (L-R): Sian Watson, Nicola Sutcliffe, Laura Geraghty, Polly Dymond, Merinda Edwards, Sarah Feijen, Samantha Faehrmann, Tracy Le Cornu, Lana Adams.

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Cover image: Installation view: Tarnanthi 2023, featuring SandWoman by Elizabeth Yanyi Close, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Photograph Saul Steed.