Abbey Rawson is a multidisciplinary artist based in South Australia. She explores history, nature, curiosities, anthropomorphism, folklore and storytelling as a visual artist, a writer, an animator, an illustrator and a theatrical improviser.
Abbey graduated from the Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design at ACArts, specialising in fine art printmaking. She is currently studying animation and archaeology, which informs her practice. Abbey completed a six-month Mentorship with Sally Heinrich (a renowned writer & illustrator) and undertook the Creative Incubator Program at TAFESA focusing on illustration and digital processes.
Abbey was awarded the IAF Franz Kempf Printmakers Award, and has travelled to Italy, Scotland & India to learn from master artists and crafts people through The Helpmann Academy & Carclew House. Abbey has undertaken improvised theatre workshops for four years, and is a teacher and performer with On The Fly, Story Snorts and Alex & The Babes.
Erin is an emerging artist working traditionally in watercolour and gouache. She commenced her Bachelor of Creative Arts at Flinders University and ACArts in 2020 and graduated in 2023. In the same year, she was selected for the Helpmann Graduate Exhibition and received the Hill Smith Art Advisory Award and Square Holes Award. She has exhibited in the Parklands Art Prize, Collective Haunt, and SALA.
Renfrey’s practice explores inner worlds, ecology and imagination. She investigates these ideas through anthropomorphism and magical realism, merging our world with fantastical elements.
Erin is currently based on Kaurna Land, South Australia
Alicia Butt is a South Australian emerging artist specialising in ceramics. Butt explores the importance of tactility to the medium of ceramics by creating handcrafted functional pieces with textured surfaces that are pleasing to look at and pleasant to handle. Her work shows a thoughtful approach to the making process and a sense of curiosity to the possibilities of the materials.
She hopes to capture a sense of elegance in her designs and takes pride in the precision she shows in the refinement of each piece. She is driven by a desire to master her craft and to share her practice with others through the unique pieces that she creates. Each piece is made with patience and care to create something one of a kind for people to enjoy using in their everyday lives.
Alicia graduated from Flinders University and Adelaide College of the Arts in 2020 with a Bachelors Degree in Creative Arts (Visual Arts). She is currently working alongside other creatives at The Mill to establish her own small business Ali Potter Ceramics which is a one-woman operation.
As the last of 9 children in a small country town, I’ve seen a lot. When I grew up, I graduated from Flinders Drama Centre, going on to work extensively in theatre, live art and screen as well as developing an arts practice of making theatre shows from intimate conversations with other humans. I work with collaborators that include installation-theatre companies in Demark and Singapore, and various companies locally including The Rabble, Arts House, Aphids, Open Space Contemporary Arts, No Strings Attached, STC SA, Brink Productions, No Strings Attached and Vitalstatistix. Some of my shows have won awards, some of my projects such as The Australian Bureau of Worthiness have been long standing, and some of my theatre performances have grabbed attention.
I collaborate and act in various screen projects, working with the ABC, Rob Marchand, Shalom Almond, Ian Bone, Craig Behenna and Nate Charles. I collaborate regularly with Sarah John, a visual artist and theatre maker based in Denmark, and delivered my new autobiographical work, The Photo Box with Vitalstatistix and Brink Productions, presented by the Adelaide Festival in 2022.
I have now embarked on a story-telling theatre performance experiment where I create my story set list based on conversations with the audience, so the show is totally improvised and different every night. I am also the proud mum of 9-year old triplets, which is a show all of its own.
Youth Inc. is a learning alternative for students aged 17-24. The senior secondary school doesn't do classes or use standard classrooms. Instead, it focuses on experiential learning in real-world settings. While the school is on Hindley St, Youth Inc.'s current Tinker Tech project operates from The Mill. Young people in the project focus on woodworking skills ranging from introductory hobby and handy skills to pre-vocational construction industry readiness. The project crew also enjoy learning from and connecting with established makers who share the space.
Community Bridging Services (CBS) Inc. is a South Australian Not-for-Profit organisation with the goal of helping people with disabilities achieve success through personal choice and control.
Since 1999, CBS Inc. have been running art classes and recreation supports for clients all over South Australia. CBS Inc. believe art should be an accessible outlet for people with any ability.
In these classes, a range of artistic expressions are explored including painting, drawing, and photography. The Arts Facilitator works alongside clients to develop their skills in their area of interest and have the opportunity to exhibit their art in the yearly exhibitions if desired.
You can also check out CBS Inc. Social Enterprise initiative, the Bearded Dragon Gallery, for a permanent display of artwork by local artists living with disability.
Yana Lehey is an environmentally motivated visual artist based on Kaurna land. Her practice spans various mediums, covering drawing, painting, and sculpture, depending on what a project calls for. Most recently, she has applied a textile approach to petroleum-based waste materials like plastic and rubber on a large scale, creating oversized crocheted sculptural works. She developed the necessary techniques as an accessible means for the every person to tackle the waste problem without the need for expensive technology and infrastructure.
Yana’s interest in environmental art first started to gain traction in 2020, with her first solo exhibition Face Up, featuring monumentally scaled watercolour portraits of nine young climate activists from diverse cultural backgrounds with diverse approaches. The research behind this project formed the basis for Yana’s current practice.
I make impressionistic sculptures and paintings inspired by nature, influenced by my experience. I share emotions and memories, capturing moments of wonder and nostalgia.
My work reflects themes of evocative objects and memento, inviting viewers to reflect on their own experiences. By blending nature with feelings, I hope to remind people of the beauty around us and the importance of connecting with our surroundings, places and memories we share with our loved ones.
When not painting in her home studio in the Adelaide Hills, you’ll find artist August Porter getting her hands dirty in the garden. As an abstract and semi-abstract painter and landscape designer, she draws inspiration from her home’s surrounding bushland. After years of observing the environment and being a passionate gardener, August truly understands nature’s rhythm. Her deep connection to the natural world allows her to paint the peaceful and dynamic life force.
Self-taught, with years of painting as a hobby, August took the leap to full-time artist in 2020-and has not looked back. As an intuitive painter, she evokes the elusive and intangible, reflecting what can only be felt or sensed as an indescribable beauty of the landscape.
August’s work explores beyond the surface of what we see and embodies the land’s spirit. She creates depth through layers, and fluid strokes result in dynamic movements within the paintings.
Rarely static, each piece depicts the fleeting yet eternal, continuous cycle of life. She’s currently exploring these themes on a larger scale and is excited to see what emerges.
Born and raised in Nigeria, Gbuyi now lives in Adelaide, South Australia, and creates imagery that celebrates the lives of his clients. His aim is to capture the emotional depth and empathetic details of a subject, effectively telling the story they want to share with the world. Gbuyi concentrates on bringing the subject and the space they inhabit alive and connected to the viewer. You’ll often see landscape photographs from his explorations in Adelaide, but he is known for the soft, calm, and powerful portraits he takes.
Gbuyi obtained degrees in science and business; however, he has always seen the world through photographs. His unique understanding of light, colour, and composition has informed his photography style and process.
Ku Arts is the South Australian support organisation for Aboriginal art centres and artists. We have a twenty-five-year history of providing advocacy, support services, creative skills and professional development opportunities for artists and arts workers across all stages of their careers, in support of a strong and vibrant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts sector.
The Mill studio provides open access for artists to on-site training such as canvas stretching and colour mixing or an available studio for Tarntanya-based artists to work from whilst creating networking opportunities for artists and Ku Arts staff with The Mill’s cohort of multidisciplinary artists.
Chiranjika (Chira) Grasby is an Adelaide based emerging artist, curator, and tattoo artist. She completed a Bachelor of Visual Art at Adelaide Central School of Art in 2019 focusing on oil painting and miniature portraiture. During her studies she completed an internship through Flinders University Art Museum, was involved in Carclew’s 2019 Emerging Curator program, and is currently the 2023 Early Career Curator and Writer in Residence for Guildhouse.
Her practice spans across painting, illustration, ceramics, textiles, and tattooing. She’s interested in exploring connection, particularly that of herself and her cultural heritage, but also the relationships of herself and her loved ones. Often this involves the incorporation of autobiographical iconography and symbolism, with nods to personal narrative as well as the outward influence of pop culture on her childhood. As a culturally mixed artist she recognizes a broken link between herself and her lineage, and endeavors to use art as a means to reconnect and further explore her identity.
Anthea is a visual artist and inveterate maker. Born in Millicent, now living in Adelaide, her formal qualifications include an Advanced Diploma in Visual and Applied Art, North Adelaide School of Art, a Graduate Diploma in Management (Arts), UniSA and a Graduate Certificate in Art History (Australian Colonial and Modern), University of Adelaide. In 2023, Anthea received the award of a Diploma in Atelier Art, Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism, Adelaide (an accredited atelier with the International Art Renewal Centre).
Supplementing her formal studies, she has also attended numerous masterclasses at Adelaide Central School, summer school at the London Academy of Realist Art and life painting with acclaimed contemporary artist Shane Wolf in Yorkshire, UK. After the disappointment of a cancelled three months study at the New York Academy in 2020, Anthea was invited to and will be attending, a one-month residency at Chateaux d’Orqueveaux in France in June 2024.
Anthea has successfully participated in numerous local and interstate art exhibitions and competitions and has had photographs of her works published. While her art training and focus has been on figurative oil painting and drawing, she also enjoys creating with textiles, mixed media, paper and found objects. Anthea is enthralled by the principles, elements and techniques incumbent in developing an artistic piece.
Meet Shazia Shehzad, a paper sculptor, installation artist, and engaging storyteller. She skillfully crafts paper into sculptures that tell human stories, displayed in Australia, the Middle East, and Asia, leaving a lasting impact. She collaborates with prestigious galleries and state cultural events, leading enlightening workshops. Shazia has integrated modern technologies such as AR and VR to breathe life into her art and make it more engaging.
She offers therapeutic art in healthcare and wellness settings, providing support for mental health and disabilities.
With a passion for sharing her craft, Shazia has taught paper art at Virginia Commonwealth University and cultural centres globally.
Martine studied in the UK, obtaining a BA Hons degree in Textile Design. ‘My main area of study was printed textiles; however, after leaving Uni, I pursued painting and illustration. Always wanting to illustrate a children’s book, I could not believe my luck when I got a job with Jan Pienkowski, the pop up children’s book illustrator, working on his book called ‘Robot’ at his home studio in London.’
In 1994, Martine emigrated to Australia and continued to paint, entering many fundraising art exhibitions and Gallery exhibitions. She heard about a Printmaking group and decided to join Union Street Printmakers, re-kindling her love of printing. Martine’s prints have been in many exhibitions with other Printmakers.
Martine also works on community-based projects and at present, is working on painting Stobie poles in Kent Town for the Kent Town Residents Association.
Now that Martine has joined The Mill, she feels she can explore different mediums, using materials that would otherwise be thrown away to create 3D pieces while continuing to paint and print.
Renee is an emerging queer writer and a lifelong resident of Adelaide. Her focus is creative writing, but she is passionate about all forms of art and writing.
To grow her writing practice, she studied a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Creative Writing, sub-majoring in Cultural Studies at UniSA.
She went onto complete her Honours researching Australian coming-of-age YA fiction.
In 2022, Renee was the recipient of City Mag 2022 Writer in Residence January-June residency based at The Mill.
Piri Eddy is an award-winning playwright, writer, screenwriter, and producer living and working on Kaurna country.
His work has been produced for Radio National and published in such places as Westerly Magazine, Island, and Australian Book Review. Piri won the 2020 Jill Blewett Playwrights Award for his one-act play Forgiveness, which premiered at RUMPUS in 2021.
Erin Daniell is a contemporary jeweller and visual artist working across Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide) and Naarm (Melbourne). She completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) at Flinders University in 2021 with a focus on jewellery and object design. During 2022 she participated in the Jamfactory Associate Training Program in the Jewellery and Metal Studio, where she assisted in workshop facilitating. Her works explore themes of growth and beauty through the organic forms found in her jewellery collections.
Growing up on the coast has influenced the design process of Daniell’s work, as she feels a strong connection to the ocean. By using a unique process of cire perdue techniques, she creates dramatic surface textures that are suggestive of the natural world; like spiral growth patterns of molluscs or striations found in an eroding coastline. By combining fluid shapes with archaeological design references, Daniell creates jewellery and small-scale sculptures that both appear to have grown out of the earth and forged by the hand of a maker. Craftsmanship is at the core of her practice with a strong emphasis on traditional casting methods and locally sourced materials. The intuitive process of making is a spiritual and healing practice that continues to drive her production.
Internationally focused creative arts production company Light Sound Art Film is committed to telling stories which bring the world closer together.
Our latest feature documentary, Watandar, My Countryman, premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival and will be released in Australian cinemas in 2023.
Previous films include; The Staging Post, Highly Commended ‘Best Stand-Alone Documentary’ Australian Directors’ Guild, Searching For Michael Peterson, about a 70s schizophrenic surfing legend, Morrowind Babies, inside revered computer game company Bethesda Softworks, and Aceh – Ten Years After the Tsunami for USAID, now on permanent display at the Aceh Tsunami Museum.
We believe that we’re all a little bit more connected than we think.
Adelaide’s premier creative school for multidisciplinary string instrumentalists.
Instrumental lessons from experienced, award winning & qualified teachers.
Learn GUITAR, BASS, UKULELE or BANJO. Covering various POPULAR STYLES like jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass, funk & folk. We also offer lessons in JAZZ & THEORY to expand your musical knowledge.
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We offer in-person & online lessons.
We are dedicated to providing high-quality music education.
Our school is passionate about helping students of ALL AGES & SKILL LEVELS explore the world of music through their instruments. We believe it’s never too late to learn an instrument. No matter where you are in life we have a lesson for you.
Start your musical journey today or take your playing to the next level.
Whether you’re a BEGINNER taking your first steps into the musical realm or a PROFESSIONAL player looking to refine your technique, we have a program tailored to suit your needs.
Calamity Tash, local queer Craft Wizard, believes art is for everyone and is most passionate about inclusivity and accessibility to the creative arts. Over the last decade Tash has been skill sharing with communities across the globe. The spreading of craft joy will continue as Tash becomes an enthusiastic resident at The Mill. Tash’s signature sparkle and use of whimsical dolls have been her wearable art trademark. Calamity Tash joins us on a journey of self expression and discovery. Her private studio will see the creation of many a weird and wonderful thing.
The Australian Youth Climate Coalition is Australia’s largest youth-run organisation, our mission is to build a movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis.
Young people have the most to lose from climate change, but we also have a lot to gain. Climate change is our best opportunity to create a world that works for everyone, not just a few. We can power our lives with the wind and sun, and ensure access to clean energy and job opportunities for all.
We believe that the only way to solve the climate crisis is through a social movement - a groundswell of support and momentum that is powerful enough to inspire the change we need and hold decision makers to account.
Our vision is for a fair and just world, with a stable climate and healthy environment for our communities and future generations.
We educate, inspire and mobilise young people to win campaigns for a safe climate, to keep fossil fuels in the ground and build a future powered by clean energy.
AYCC is a national organisation, with some staff and volunteers based in Adelaide. Maddie, who works out of the Mill, is AYCC's Organising & Training Director.
A long time ago Robert Viner-Jones, AKA Bob Window left Adelaide in search of all things fashion.
4 years of fashion studies, 25 years as a fashion designer with a side distraction of 3 years at The National Art School, Darlinghurst learning all things textile design and printing left him with a hunger to combine beautiful hand printed fabrics with his obsession with the mid century aesthetic, hence ‘bob window’ was born.
Bob believes colour and whimsy should be a part of everyone’s life. He also believes in the purity of individual design and hand printed, hand made treasures.
He’s back in Adelaide now and creating all manner of loveliness at The Mill.
H. Fleming is a contemporary realist painter based in Adelaide (Kaurna Country), South Australia. Fleming’s practice blends together traditional and contemporary approaches to painting. Fleming works in the pre-established traditions of Still Life and Portraiture, utilising them as avenues to address the shared experience of contemporary life.
Juliane Brandt is a figurative sculptor and her artworks are always an invitation for the viewer to engage and discover intricate facial expressions that visualise an interaction with the surroundings.
Born in Berlin, Germany, and since 2022 based in Adelaide, Juliane´s work evolved from a long process of studies and experiments formed by different influences. Throughout her life, she was able to experiment with many different materials and artistic forms, further developing her skills by gaining extensive practical experience during her Art & Design studies in Berlin and London.
Juliane has presented her art in various exhibitions across Europe. Her artwork is on permanent display in different venues and also found in private collections. In 2023, she received a People’s Choice Award at the ‘Sculpture in the Garden’ Exhibition at Wollongong Botanic Garden, NSW.
Alexis is a freelance travel writer and editor with more than fifteen years' experience in the publishing industry. With a focus on adventure travel, wildlife and cultural experiences he has spent years exploring the world in search of the stories that others pass by. His creative, well-researched work has featured in a range of glossy magazines and leading online publications including The Guardian, Qantas, Australian Traveller, SAMotor, Get Lost, Luxury Escapes, Lonely Planet and Wild.
Lauren Kathleen (she/her) is an Adelaide-based illustrator, whose bright, colourful work is inspired by nature and her wanderings through the world. She works primarily digitally, and with oil or acrylic paint to capture simple, everyday moments of beauty and stillness, finding pockets of peace in gardens, forests, the ocean, and the sky. The building blocks of her work are always long walks, exploration, and contemplation.
Lauren also writes poetry and prose, and can often be found with a film camera in hand, observing always and collecting inspiration from the world around her in all forms, sometimes visually, sometimes in writing. She enjoys using all these components of her creative practice together, to develop projects that incorporate the poetry of both words and images.
Lauren’s current focus is on finding new applications for her art, exploring new mediums, and creating more than she consumes, to develop an ever-evolving portfolio of work that represents her perspective.
Kate Verner is an emerging South Australian illustrator from a rural background. Her art has a strong focus on expressing emotion, personality and memory through pattern work.
Her passion for art began as a child with a love of bold style and detailed oriented children’s book illustration. Kate graduated from The University of South Australia in 2020 and has since been involved in numerous group exhibitions including the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition (2020) and 100 Barossa Artists (2020), leading into her first solo exhibition during the 2021 SALA. Her exhibition titled Fragments was the beginning of her new focus on abstract design.
Kate’s print collections are predominantly sweet and simple character designs perfect for children’s rooms and modern homes. Tossed in also are more vibrant works which express simple narratives or simply look beautiful. Her work is available for purchase at her online stores or at markets in Adelaide throughout the year.
Into 2022 Kate is focusing on expanding her skills by exploring visual arts mediums and returning to working with wood and clay. She is also working on expanding her store to included sustainably made garments featuring her developing colourful style.
Multi-instrumentalist and solo artist, My Cherie, works from the sound studio at The Mill. Combining a dense mixture of ethereal, jazz-inspired guitar, live looping, atmospheric synth and hip-hop groove underneath pure, angelic vocals, My Cherie has exploded onto Adelaide’s music scene with an electrifying and unforgettable fashion.
Bethan graduated from SAE Adelaide in 2017 with a Diploma of Sound Production, and has been working as a freelance audio engineer ever since. She works predominantly from her studio at The Mill, but also frequently runs sessions out of the many other amazing studios Adelaide has to offer - all the while being a graduated Intern from Chapel Lane Studios.
Bethan offers mixing, mastering, recording and producing on an international scale. When she is not working with clients, she makes her own music under the alias MARRS.
Eleanor Green is an emerging artist based in Adelaide, South Australia. She specialises in painting made-to-order watercolour animal portraits.
Her passion for painting started at a young age, inspired by her love of animals and nature. Over the past few years, she has been focused on developing her own colourful and life-like painting style.
Now 23, Eleanor runs her own business, Illustrations by Eleanor. She now works mostly on commission, painting portraits of dogs, cats, and horses for clients all over the world. With each new piece, Eleanor works to capture each animal’s unique personality and spirit.
As of 2021, Eleanor also holds market stalls around Adelaide, selling native Australian animal artwork, and offering on-site animal portraits.
For more information, and to see Eleanor’s other works, visit her Instagram and Facebook pages.
I had never considered being a photographer as a career until a friend of mine who worked at a local recording studio plonked a camera in my hands and said “we need to capture a massive recording day for an artist and I need someone who can hold their own in a room full of people”. I looked at him in disbelief, I had never picked up a camera in my life let alone knew how to use one! He quickly showed me the basics and after a long recording day, I just never looked back. It wasn’t the equipment itself that I fell in love with that day, it was the whole process - it was capturing someone so passionate about what they did, that pulled me in.
Since that day, I pride myself to be just as passionate about the services I provide to my clients, whether I’m photographing social media images for businesses, live gigs for local musicians, strength training at the gym or beautiful event celebrations, you can guarantee I’m loving every minute of it!
It’s funny in life how somethings choose you and I am so glad photography did because I have never loved anything more than capturing amazing moments.
Tom Borgas is an artist working from a sculptural foundation across multiple platforms including gallery and project work, public sculpture, festival interventions and performance. Developed through an oscillation between digital and analogue processes his work is an investigation of the space between image and object, virtual and physical, maker and viewer.
Tom has exhibited at shows and galleries around Australia, most recently as part of the Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial. Other works have been included as part of programs at the Contemporary Arts Centre of South Australia, The Jam Factory, Artisan in Brisbane, Salamanca Arts Centre in Hobart, FELTspace ARI, Hatched 2013 and PICA Salon 2014. He the recipient of a number of awards and prizes including the The Helpmann Academy/Hilton Hotel emerging art commission, the Hill Smith Gallery/Helpmann Academy Friends Travel Prize and the 2015 Lismore Regional Gallery Splendour in the Grass New Art Commission. Tom’s practice has also received support through contributions from the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts South Australia, Copyright Angency, NAVA and the Helpmann Academy.
The music production studio at The Mill is home to Michael Carver, who works on recording, mixing and mastering projects for bands and musicians; pop music production with local and interstate artists, and music composition for film.
Evie is a visual artist and also practices improvised dance.
She has worked in residential aged care and with older people living in the community and as a facilitator of art workshops for adults living with dementia and those without this challenge.
Currently she works in a primary school with 8 year olds with learning difficulties and continues her daily art practice as well as conducting art workshops for beginners.
In 1995, while living in Sydney, she began Art studies at the Bondi Road Art School. These classes ignited her enthusiasm for the visual arts and she is indebted to her inspiring tutors at Bondi for guiding her into the world of art.
Since 2007 she has contributed to improvised movement dance sessions through Interlay, shared improvised dance practice, contact improvisation and improvised theatre. Improvised movement forms have together with her art practice have been an avenue for to express spirituality, creativity and art as a healing practice.
Evie works intuitively with textures and mixed media. She has realised the potential of art to emotionally heal the human soul and to promote spiritual growth in the art practitioner and in those people who view the artwork
In her workshops she creates a space for participants to express themselves without fear of judgment and encourages participants to reveal their inner landscape using a variety of media.
From 2015 she creating knitted and crocheted wearable art e.g ponchos, embroidered items and cloth dolls as well as developing her photography and mixed media art practice.
Blake ‘Blakesby’ Canham-Bennett is a multi-award winning hatter (he is not a milliner), and one of the few in Australia reviving the traditional artform of men’s hat making. His hats have crossed the world, worn in America, New Zealand, Switzerland, Siberia, Egypt, and many more.
Andrew Dearman is an Adelaide based artist/educator with experience in a range of disciplines including sculpture, photography, and arts writing.
In recent years he has explored a more academic research practice which focuses on embodied epigenetically inherited memory of place.
Currently, Andrew is developing an analogue photographic practice using a ‘camara minutera’, an instant box camera used by street photographers primarily for the purpose of portraiture.
