The Mill seeking Voluntary Board Members

Become a Champion for the Arts

The Mill, Adelaide, is seeking new volunteer Members to join the Board.

What is The Mill?

Since 2013 The Mill has built a community where artists and audiences connect to generate new ideas, have exciting insights, and develop a broad appreciation of the significant contribution the arts make to the vibrancy and future of South Australia (SA).

In 2023, The Mill achieved the considerable milestone of 10 years in operation, solidifying its reputation as a visionary and inclusive organisation with an artistic program that provides national impact. Each year The Mill supports and presents over 1,000 artists and creatives from diverse backgrounds and at all stages of their careers.

The Mill’s multipurpose venue combines artist studios and creative workspaces, two galleries, a performing arts space, photography studio and tools workshop. In April 2023, The Mill expanded from 39 to 57 studios and is now home to over 60 independent artists, makers and creative businesses. This thriving creative center strengthens the SA arts sector through the sharing of knowledge, skills and networks; and by enabling and encouraging creatives to practice in Adelaide.

Is this for you?

We are seeking individuals who can strengthen the work of The Mill’s Board with their professional skills and experience. You will join a focused Board keen to share their passion for The Mill with you and draw on the guidance you bring in your expertise.

We are specifically seeking people with the following professional experience:

• Professional independent practising artists

• Arts workers with experience working with government

• Fundraising / philanthropic / corporate partnerships experience

The Mill actively supports diversity at all levels of the organisation and we encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people with a disability.

For further details contact CEO Katrina Lazaroff on 0406 991 330 or director@themilladelaide.com for a confidential conversation.

To submit an EOI please include a 1 page cover letter outlining why you think you would be interested and suitable for the role and a CV including 3 referees.

EOI submissions to director@themilladelaide.com

Submissions close on January 31, 2024, at 5pm.

Call-out: Visual Arts Studio Residency 2024

Applications are now open for The Mill’s Visual Arts Studio Residency presented in cooperation with Mahmood Martin Foundation. One First Nations and/or Culturally Diverse artist will be given the opportunity to join The Mill community, receiving a 9-month studio space in 2024 and an exhibition outcome as part of The Mill Showcase in 2025. The artists will be selected through an open call-out addressing criteria assessed by a panel of The Mill and Mahmood Martin Foundation.

Thanks to Mahmood Martin Foundation, the selected artists will join our community of studio artists with their own private workspace at 154 Angas St, allowing them to develop their practice within a professional environment. Working at The Mill positions artists alongside other professional and emerging artists, providing encouragement, inspiration and facilitating networking and collaboration. This residency encourages collaboration between artists from diverse backgrounds, extending artists' practice and exploring new territories.

In addition, the artists will be given the opportunity to exhibit work created in the studio in The Mill Showcase, providing a public outcome for the program and profiling the artist to a wider audience. The artists will also have access to discounts for Premier Arts Supplies and Central Artist Supplies, as well $550 towards exhibition and workshop production.

Key dates

Applications open: Wednesday, November 1

Applications close: Monday, December 4, 9am

Notified: Week beginning December 18

Studio residency timeframe: May 2024 - January 2025

• Eligibility

  Eligibility:

  This is an identified opportunity, specifically being made available to a First Nations and/or Culturally Diverse artist who are:

  -Emerging and/or established

  -Committed to making their practice their main hustle 

  -Seeking space and time to develop a concept/body of work for exhibition

  -Looking to connect with a community of professional practitioners

  -Based in South Australia

  We strongly encourage applications from disabled artists. 

• Who is not eligible?

  -Artists who are students or who work full-time 

  -Artists who do not identify as First Nations and/or Culturally Diverse

• Selection Criteria

  The recipients will be selected by a panel comprising of The Mill and Mahmood Martin Foundation based on the following criteria:

  -The artist identifies as First Nations and/or Culturally Diverse

  -The artistic merit of artist practice and proposed body of work to be developed

  -The need for this opportunity in realising the project, enhancing practice, and/or developing a profile

  -A strong desire to connect with the community of multidisciplinary artists at The Mill

  -Availability and commitment to utilising the studio space

• What you get

  -9 months access to a dedicated studio space at The Mill (including access to high-speed internet via Gig City, all overheads and outgoings) at no charge

  -Access to other shared areas at The Mill including the workshop, meeting space, kitchen and other public areas

  -Professional and artistic support from The Mill’s team (including professional development advice, artistic critique and more) 

  -Introductions to The Mill’s studio community to aid with networking and professional development

  -An exhibition in The Mill Showcase, delivered in consultation with The Mill’s Visual Arts Curator

  -Profiling via The Mill’s networks, including social media, mailing list and events

  -The opportunity to liaise directly with The Mill’s supporters and develop relationships

Read about our 2021 Sponsored Studio recipients Holly Childs and Hussain Alismail, and our 2022 Sponsored Studio recipients Viray Thach and Tikari Rigney, our 2023 recipients Yasemin Sabuncu and Chris Siu and our Delima Residency recipient Alyssa Powell-Ascura.

If you have any questions, or would prefer to apply via phone call or zoom, please email visualarts@themilladelaide.com

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This Visual Arts Studio Residency is presented in co-operation with Mahmood Martin Foundation.

Exhibition Space Program: Open Call Out

The Mill is calling for Expressions of Interest for our gallery program in 2024 and beyond

This year we are mixing things up, rather than having a hard deadline for exhibition applications we are introducing a rolling, open call out. 

We want this process to be more accessible, and to reduce the labour required for artists to express their interest in exhibiting with us. We want to hear about your ideas, and respond to artist and audience interests. 

So, what is the process?

Please fill in the application form with short but concise answers. Introduce yourself, your practice and your exhibition idea. 

We'll get in touch to have a chat if your exhibition idea resonates with our curatorial direction and organisational aims. 

We no longer charge Gallery hire to artists in the Exhibition Space Program. Submitting a proposal is no guarantee of acceptance.

About The Exhibition Space

The Mill’s Exhibition Space is located on the Angas Street Window Frontage of 154 Angas Street. The gallery is a rectangle footprint with approx 16.4 linear m of hanging wall space, and 38.8 square metres of floor space. The Exhibition Space is oriented prominently at the front of The Mill’s building with a large window facing Angas Street. It sits adjacent The Mill Showcase gallery, The Mill's office and Creative Industry studios. The Space has professional lighting, wall mountable screens, two projectors and a number of plinths are available for artists to use.

We want to make the application process easy to navigate, please get in contact if you have any questions or need assistance. Email The Mill’s Visual Arts Curator Adele Sliuzas: visualarts@themilladelaide.com

The Mill: Seeking Finance Officer

The Mill is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Finance Officer to join its small team.

The Finance Officer is a key member of The Mill team. The Finance Officer’s role is accountable to the CEO/Artistic Director, General Manager and The Mill Board, for delivery of financial management and reporting.

This role works in close collaboration with the CEO/Artistic Director, General Manager and The Mill accountants. Key responsibilities for the Finance Officer is to manage; payroll, accounts receivable, reconciliation of accounts, ATO payments, ROCO reporting, financial board reports and updates of organisational budgets through Xero.

Please read the attached Job Description thoroughly before applying.

Key dates

Applications open: Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Applications close: Friday, September 15, 2023, 9:30am

Interviews: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 between 12pm - 4.30pm

Position starts: Week of September 25, September 29 handover day

We require a one-page cover letter and up-to-date CV to be sent to The Mill's CEO/Artistic Director Katrina Lazaroff at your earliest convenience: director@themilladelaide.com