Since June, Studio Veld have been working with us to present the Studio Veld Award.

This program provides professional development workshops for Studio Artists, covering values, content strategy, UX essentials and building website pathways, with participants going into the draw to win a $12,000 custom website design.

We're delighted to share that Tash Evele, known to many as Calamity Tash, is this year’s award recipient. Tash came to every workshop ready to think hard about her practice and her digital presence, and Studio Veld are looking forward to working alongside Tash over the coming months.

About the artist

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.

This program has support from

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Exhibition: Joeulla Coulthard, Juanella Donovan and Lisa Khan, Held

Adele Sliuzas · August 23, 2026

Image: Lisa Khan, *Intergenerational Wealth of Knowledge* (detail) Photo: courtesy of the artist

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July 27 - September 4, 2026

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Opening night, Wednesday, July 29, 5:00- 7:30pm

list of works

Gallery I, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

You can find Held in The Mill’s Foyer Gallery, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
The Mill’s galleries is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

For SALA 2026 we are excited to present Held, a new group exhibition featuring new work by First Nations artists Joeulla Coulthard (Adnyamathna, Kuyani), Juanella Donovan (Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Arrernte), and Lisa Khan (Yankunytjatjara/ Antakirinja/ Pitjantjatjara). This exhibition explores the artists practices across painting, weaving, sculpture and ceramics. As mothers, each of these artist’s plays a vital role in caring for family and caring for Country. We know that mothers hold so much strength and tenderness, veracity and knowledge. These qualities are passed down through generations from mother to child, and for these women, their art practices reflect the ongoing practice of holding and sharing knowledge and stories.

This exhibition is presented with support from Ku Arts and the City of Adelaide’s Arts and Community Arts and Cultural grants.

Yura Billa, 2026
stoneware
This particular sculpture holds great cultural significance, this shows the two Moiety systems in Adnyamathanha Culture also known as Velnarpa, the two points on this sculpture is a representation of Arraru (North Wind) largest point and Marthari lower point ( South Wind). This was our two marriage systems and the children always follow the mothers bloodline.
Idiawi (Edeowie), 2026
stoneware
This sculpture is Ikara (Wilpena Pound) Looking from the western side of the mountain range. The concentric circle represents Awi (Water) and the other concentric shapes is the Yarta (Country).
Ikara Undu Ulla Ulla, 2026
stoneware
This sculpture represents Ikara ( Wilpena Pound) from sunset side, the lines down the side presents the sun hitting the side of the range on sunset as the concentric shapes on the top is the Yarta (country) that settles on the top of the mountain range.
Ikara Yurlu, 2026
stoneware
This Platter is Ikara ( Wilpena Pound) the meeting place where Yurlu( King Fisher Man) travelled to hold the ceremony for our people. Ikara has many sacred spots, one being a birthing Place for woman many years ago.
Yarta, 2026
stoneware
This Sculpture is Yarta (country) this represents the Flinders Ranges the Adnyamathanha people. Adnya means rock and Mathanha means people, we are the rock people, the hill people of the Flinders Ranges.
Ikara, 2026
stoneware
This Sculpture is a part of Ikara (wilpena) Pound you can see this particular spot from the Western side of the mountain Range.
Ikara Vurtu vurtu (wilpena Dusty Dusty) , 2026
acrylic on canvas
This painting Represents the land formations surrounding Ikara (Wilpena Pound) the concentric lines that continue in each other is my representation of the land looking down from a Birds Eye view. Ikara is a special place as its where we held cultural ceremonies. The colour represents the change in season when the country is dry and dusty.
Awi Awing Yarta, 2026
acrylic on canvas
This painting is a representation of country. Specifically, after large rain, the blues represent the rain the sits on country across the vast mountain ranges, surrounding and including Ikara (Wilpena Pound). After rain the country is in abundance.
Yarta (country) is important to me, it’s where I grew up learning from my family, it’s where I continue my art and it’s where my kids now learn culture.
Joeulla Coulthard is an Adnyamathna, Kuyani artist who grew up on Country in the northern Flinders Ranges. Her work includes painting and ceramics which speak about the landforms where she grew up, the seasons, and the cultural stories of Yarta. For Joeulla, artwork is a conversation piece, talking about the meaning and why it was made keeps her art and culture alive. Joeulla has exhibited in Blinman Art, Tarnanthi, and Wilpena Art.
Hold me, 2022
natural fibres, waxed Hemp thread, human hair, recycled fabrics of Juanella’s Grandmother and woven emu feathers
Hold Me is a woven carry dish symbolic representing 5 generations of women connected through the woman's line passed mother to daughter. My great grandmother, grandmother, mother, myself and my daughters. Each woven with a cloth or hair belonging to or fibre representing, through time our DNA intertwined and becoming one. Passing on of tradition, knowledge, sacred customs, identity and belonging.
Watarchi, 2026
raffia and woven emu feathers
Yutara and Ita, 2026
native lemongrass, raffia and white cockey feathers
Kookaburra, 2026
raffia and kookaburra feathers

Sacred Vessel: These vessels tell the story of knowledge of country and continuity of cultural practices. The importance of handing the knowledge to the next generation to carry us into the future. As women our bodies are vessels for life, we care for, nurture, love, protect and teach the keepers of tomorrow. Every songline, every custom, and every deep truth is gathered and held safe, poured into the vessels of our collective memory. Cultural preservation sustains us It is who we are, a sacred legacy ensuring longevity and that the fire of our identity is never extinguished. We fill our vessels of knowledge, understanding the profound importance of handing this knowledge down to the next generation.
Juanella Donovan nee McKenzie, is an Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Arrernte woman of South Australia living and working on Barngarla land, Port Augusta. Juanella is a multi-disciplinary artist, best known for her unique ability to make intricate works with woven emu feathers. She has been in countless exhibitions since childhood and, in recent years, won Malka aboriginal Art Prize 2020, won the breaking Ground award 2021, Ramsay Art Prize Finalist 2021, Pt Augusta NAIDOC Artist of the year 2022, NATSIAA finalist and people’s choice winner 2022, NATSIAA finalist and people’s choice winner 2025. Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award finalist 2025 and Wollongong Art Prize finalist 2025. She is currently developing work for The National Textile Triennial which will open in September 2026 in Tamworth NSW and later tour nationally.
Kungkarangkalpa (Journey of the Seven Sisters) I-III, 2026
acrylic on canvas board

These three paintings tell the story of Kungkarangkalpa (The Seven Sisters), one of the great ancestral stories of Australia’s Western Desert. It is a living cultural story shared across many Aboriginal nations and one that belongs to my Yankunytjatjara, Antikirinja and Pitjantjatjara heritage.
For Aboriginal people, these stories are more than legends. They are living knowledge that connects us to Country, family, culture and the night sky. They teach us how to live, how to care for one another and how our ancestors shaped the land we know today.
My middle name is Purveen, a Persian name popular in Pakistan, meaning Pleiades - the star cluster known around the world as the Seven Sisters. I’ve always loved that both sides of my heritage share this connection to the same stars. Although the stories are different, they remind us that people across cultures have long looked to the night sky for meaning, guidance and belonging.
I was taught the Kungkarangkalpa story by my family from a young age. As a child I lived at Cave Hill near Amata on the APY Lands, a place deeply connected to this story. My great-grandfather’s family came from this area, and it remains an important cultural landscape today, with ancient cave paintings, sacred places and generations of knowledge held within the Country itself.
The Seven Sisters descended from the sky and travelled across the desert, creating and naming places as they journeyed. Their travels formed waterholes, landmarks and sacred sites that continue across hundreds of kilometres of the Western Desert. These places are connected through songlines / ancient cultural pathways that carry history, law and knowledge from one generation to the next.
Throughout their journey the sisters are pursued by Wati Nyiru, a powerful ancestral man who can transform himself and use deception in his attempts to catch them. The sisters survive because they stay together, listen to one another and follow the wisdom of the eldest sister.
She has always been my favourite part of the story. She is calm, observant and protective. She teaches her younger sisters to recognise danger and not to be deceived by appearances. At one point she warns them not to eat fruit from a beautiful tree because she knows it is a trap. Her wisdom and leadership keep the sisters safe.
I think this is why the story has stayed with me throughout my life. It reminds me of the strength of Aboriginal women, the importance of listening to our elders and the responsibility we have to protect one another. These teachings remain just as relevant today as they have been for thousands of years.
Across these three paintings, the story unfolds as one continuous journey. The flowing lines represent the movement of the sisters across Country and the pathways that connect places, people and stories. The circular forms represent camps, significant places and the sisters themselves. The largest circle symbolises the eldest sister, while the red circle in the central painting represents Wati Nyiru, whose presence follows throughout the journey. In the final painting, the sisters return to the sky, becoming the Pleiades star cluster that can still be seen above us today.
Creating this series has been deeply personal. It honours the stories passed down through my family and celebrates the connection between both my heritages through the shared significance of the Pleiades.
For me, these works are ultimately about women holding one another through knowledge, love and protection. They reflect the spirit of Held: the quiet strength of mothers, sisters, aunties and grandmothers who carry culture, safeguard knowledge and continue to hold families and communities together across generations.
Lisa Khan is a Yankunytjatjara/ Antakirinja/ Pitjantjatjara artist from Coober Pedy. Lisa paints her Grandmother's ngura (my home, the land and rockholes) as well as her Grandfather’s country, he was born at Wallitina Station. She says ‘when I paint, I feel connected to my country and my grandparents who aren't here anymore, It is my job to look after the country and the stories from my grandmothers.’

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

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Exhibition: Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo, A scratch to a whisper

Adele Sliuzas · August 20, 2026

Image: Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo, *Untitled*, 2026, coloured pencil on found wood and masonite box, 50cm x 91.9cm x 6.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

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July 27 - September 4, 2026

Opening night, Wednesday, July 29, 5:30- 7:30pm

list of works

Gallery II, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

You can find Nicolas’ exhibition in The Mill’s Gallery II, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
Gallery II is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present A scratch to a whisper, a new exhibition by Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo. In this exhibition Nicolas explores materiality, mark-making and trace through a series of works on found surfaces. Using previously discarded panels, boards and pages, Nicolas examines the relationship between surfaces and the body, both as the material of our human ecology and as artefacts of our culture.

Through this body of work Nicolas draws our attention to mark making, honouring found marks- carpenters measurements once hidden on the inside of cabinets, scuffs from use, the wearing away of surface through repetitive touch. Through studio practice, they add layers of text like marks, sometimes referencing writing, scribbles, shopping lists, diary entries, and sometimes gestural, abstract marks across the surface.

Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo (they/them) is an emerging visual artist living and practicing on Kaurna land. Utilising primarily drawing and sculpture, their work revolves around an interest in human-object dynamics and finding unexpected ways of viewing often mundane, found materials. Through material-led experimentation, they attempt to intervene with objects as a way to dislodge them from familiar day-to-day contexts and blur the lines between material, place, self, and others, all in a world that grows increasingly dense and chaotic.
Nicolas is a recent graduate from The Adelaide Central School of Art (2024) and is also an active member of Highhorse Collective, a multidisciplinary artist-run group active in the SA arts scene.
A scratch to a whisper is a collection of artworks that explore the concept of the trace, and how mundane human rituals render themselves into physical memory. Sparked from a wider interest in material histories, this body of work makes use of drawing and mark-making as tools to document narratives of who, how, where, and what. Each piece carries with it an abstract record of a particular moment in time, as passing interactions, thoughts, gestures, and routines are archived onto the object’s surfaces - mindlessly, compulsively, curiously.
The work examines the crossovers between humans and objects, and how the spaces we inhabit and the materials we use remember us. Routine registers itself a physical existence through our collisions with the material world – a door, opened daily, leaves a reminder of itself through scuff marks on the floor. Notations are inscribed on whatever materials are on hand – phone numbers copied on receipts, to-do lists scribbled in the margins. Mundane traces of our actions become preserved as anthropological artefacts. In much the same way, I myself have become frozen into the spatial and temporal record, whispering out upon the surfaces of these objects and calling to the viewer and others beyond.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

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Exhibition: Jen Trantor, CONGRATULATIONS

Adele Sliuzas · August 17, 2026

Image: Jen Trantor, CONGRATULATIONS, on not shooting anyone today, CONGRATULATIONS, you didn’t poison anyone today, CONGRATULATIONS, on taking a great shot, photo: Russell Millard

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July 27 - September 4, 2026

Opening: Wednesday, July 29, 5-7:30pm

list of works

Foyer Gallery, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

You can find Jen’ exhibition in The Mill’s Foyer Gallery, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
The Mill’s galleries is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present CONGRATULATIONS, a new exhibition by Jen Trantor. With cheeky humour and more than a touch of sarcasm, Jen offers the least of us an opportunity to be celebrated. Her delightful series of medals commemorate mundane and everyday achievements - CONGRATULATIONS, you made it out of bed!!! We all get a chance to be decorated with rich velvet ribbons, embellished beading and gold work.

For Jen this is an opportunity to share about her own small wins. Each of these daily achievements are what add value, enjoyment and creative fulfilment to our lives. Sure, you could go run a sub-two-hour marathon, or, you could celebrate yourself for living your life in line with your values, knowing yourself deeply, and cherishing your friends. Don’t get too mushy about it though, this is all meant to be a bit tongue in cheek!

Jen Trantor is an installation artist using beads, embellishments, fabric and wire. Her work is a playful commentary, combining traditional craft methods with a contemporary twist and a touch of humour.
Jen Trantor is a petty and slightly ironic artist.
This body of work is based on the jealousy of her very athletic partner who has so many medals……..it’s ridiculous!
So she has created an exhibition around the medals that she should have been awarded.
She hopes that others can relate.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

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Artist Talk: Juanella Donovan and Lisa Khan, Held

Adele Sliuzas · August 15, 2026

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Artist Talk

When: Friday, September 4, 4:30-5:30pm

Gallery I, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

You can find Held in Gallery I, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
The Mill’s galleries are open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

Join exhibiting artists Juanella Donovan (Adnyamathanha / Luritja / Arrernte) and Lisa Khan (Yankunytjatjara / Antakirinja / Pitjantjatjara) in conversation with The Mill’s Visual Arts Curator Adele Sliuzas as part of our SALA exhibition Held.

Hear the artists speak about process, material and making work about caring for family and caring for Country.

This exhibition is presented with support from Ku Arts and the City of Adelaide’s Arts and Community Arts and Cultural grants.

Juanella Donovan nee McKenzie, is an Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Arrernte woman of South Australia living and working on Barngarla land, Port Augusta. Juanella is a multi-disciplinary artist, best known for her unique ability to make intricate works with woven emu feathers. She has been in countless exhibitions since childhood and, in recent years, won Malka aboriginal Art Prize 2020, won the breaking Ground award 2021, Ramsay Art Prize Finalist 2021, Pt Augusta NAIDOC Artist of the year 2022, NATSIAA finalist and people’s choice winner 2022, NATSIAA finalist and people’s choice winner 2025. Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award finalist 2025 and Wollongong Art Prize finalist 2025. She is currently developing work for The National Textile Triennial which will open in September 2026 in Tamworth NSW and later tour nationally.
Lisa Khan is a Yankunytjatjara/ Antakirinja/ Pitjantjatjara artist from Coober Pedy. Lisa paints her Grandmother's ngura (my home, the land and rockholes) as well as her Grandfather’s country, he was born at Wallitina Station. She says ‘when I paint, I feel connected to my country and my grandparents who aren't here anymore, It is my job to look after the country and the stories from my grandmothers.’

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

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LIMITLESS 2026

Adele Sliuzas · August 13, 2026

September 16 - October 9

opening party tickets!

Opening party: Friday, September 18, 5-8pm

Finissage & Awards Night: Friday, October 9, 4:30-6:30pm

Galleries, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

You can find LIMITLESS in our galleries, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
Our galleries are open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

LIMITLESS 2026 is our annual fundraiser exhibition, featuring over 250 South Australian artists.

Together we’ll be raising vital funds for The Mill, helping to provide opportunities for local artists, while celebrating the abundance of talent within the South Australian arts community.

It's kind of like that other popular anonymous exhibition, but we'll have A5 artworks priced at $100 and a selection of larger works at a higher price point.

And, importantly, we split sales with the artist 50/50, putting money back in their pockets.

All artworks will be anonymous in the exhibition, with artists' names and details shared with buyers at the end.

Aaron Nassau, Abbey Louise Rawson, Adam iljee Albert Chim, Alice Hu, Alice Parle, Alison von der Borch, Alicia Butt, Alicia Dunn, Alix Rogerson, Amee Dennis, Amman Knight, Amy Southwell, Amy Yang, Ana Koch, Anadi Sharma, Anastasia Goncharova, Andrea Przygonski, Andrea Travaglia, Andrew Dearman, Aniqah Birader, Anna Goodhind, Anna Shen, Anne Smith, Annie Millard, Anthea Jones, Ariela Rose, Arlon Hall, Ash Weller, Audrey Menz, August Porter, Austin Tily, Aya Jade, Aya Trevisan, Aylan Buliga, Aysan Gholipoorkhalili, Aysh Field, Bec Francis, Bethany Cherry, Bianca Joanna Buliga, Brayden Wilkinson, Bri Hammond, Brick Laws, Bridgette Minuzzo, Brooke Walker, Bundy Bannerman, Caitlin Mohr, Cam Monaghan, Camille Rouliere, Carmen Alcedo, Casper Tucker, Cathy Matson, Catriona Smith, Chin Ton Naomi Tang, Chloe Martin-Dex, Christian Best, Christiane Niess, Christina Blair, Christina Evans, Claire Birbeck, Colwin Lee, Crista Bradshaw, Dai Trang Nguyen, Damien Warman, Dan Withey, Danielle Clark, David Grech, David Markus, David Smith, Deborah Smalley, Deklyn Hearn, Delphine Allert, Dina Psichogiopoulos, Eleanor Green, Ella Pietsch, Ellie Calligeros, Emiko Artemis, Emily Lownds, Emma Daisy, Erin Renfrey, Estephania Corbelletta, Evie, Evie Catt, Faith Monger, Fangzhou Li, Finn Watson, Fiorenzo Murabito, Frankie Acacia, Freddy Ramly-Peck, Hamish Fleming, Hamish Maggs, Hari Koutlakis, Helen Lawlor, Jacqueline Eyers, Jacqueline Lagonik, Jada Sharp, Jade Zander, Jaden Bressan, Jelena Fabri, Jen Gibson-smith, Jen Trantor, Jessie Lock, Jessie Hui, Jezabel Monkhouse, Jiguo Ma, Jingwei Bu, Jo Ferguson, John Hopkinson, Jonathan Pearce, Josh Coonan, Joshua Sleep, Joy Harvey, Judith Klavins, Jueyan Li, Julie Noble, Julie Peard, Julie Sanderson, Justina Legoe, Karen Kammermann, Karen Lownds, Kari Cooper, Karla Hitchcock, Kate Cuthbert, Kate Durham, Kate Verner, Kathy Hoffman, Katie Morris, Kayla Diamond, Keeks, Kel Hummel, Kelley Lewis, Kelly Fontanarosa, Kim Turner, Kimon Smith, Kira Raams, Kristy Bennets, Kirstie McGregor, Kirsty Martinsen, Kody Mohamad, Kristyan Evele, Koleta Kola, Laura Gent, Laura Wills, Lauren Downton, Lauren Kathleen, Leah Leventeris, Leigh Warren, Liliah, Lilla Berry, Lily Claridge Bell, Lily Peard, Lily Roach, Lin Markus, Linda Bromley, Linda Robin, Lindsay Nicholson, Lisa J Smith, Lottie Pea, Luca Rocca, Lucinda Penn, Lucky Smith, Luke Clayton, Lydia Eden, Lynelle K Williams, Maddie Stevens, Madeleine Coates, Madeline Dee, Mae Giselle Fagan, Marc Fullager, Mark O'Reilly, Martine Whalley, Matt Sheehy, Meg Mader, Megan Debicki, Mel Au, Melak Khaleel, Mia Behrens, Mia Osborn, Michelle Ann Kenney, Michelle Yazbeck, Miranda Bede, Misha Mazumdar, Mitch Hearn, Mokeira Moraa, Molly Pfeiffer, Monty Flora, Nadera Rasulova, Nadia Penta, Nella D, Nerissa Douglas, Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo, Nicole Haynes, Nicole Kolesnik, Nicole McQuillan, Oh Brother, Olivia Kathigitis, Parinita, Pat Smith, Patricia Walton, Peter Francisco, Peter Lloyd Culley, Peter Owen, Phil O'Brien, Rebecca O'Leary Rebecca Whittemore, Rebekah Rocca, Renata Rozenbilds, Riley Pickering, River, Robert Viner-Jones, Romina Ienco, Ronny Stone, S G, Sa'art Studio, Sabina Fisher-McCarron, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Sam Howie, Sam Wiechula, Sandhya Mulchandani, Sarah Keane, Sarah McDonald, Sarah Roberts, Sasha Dylan Bell, Sayge Conniff, Seb Calabretto, Sharifah Sorayya, Shayla Hanisch, Sienna Montgomery-Pittaway, Simone, Simone Kennedy, Simone Wise, Sonali Patel, Sophie Fagan, Sophie Goh, Sophie Zodrow, Stu Nankivell, Sue Ninham, Susan Charlton, Susanna Cooney, Susie Jenner, Suye Jung, Suzie Lockery, Tash Evele, Thom Buchanan, Tia Barr, Tiana Mitchell, Tom Borgas, Tori Nguyen, Tracey Hansell, Tracy Crisp, Trish Larkin, Tushar Patel, Véra Ada, Vern Schulz, Viola Rocca, Wan Vincy Chan, wang weiguo, Wee Shiang Tay, Wendy Campbell, Will Nolan, Willow Mader, WOODLAMBS, Xiangwei Wang, Yana Lehey, Yollie Boag, Yooyoung, Zel and more to come.
For the first time, we are excited to announce the LIMITLESS Artists Awards.
Recognising outstanding South Australian artists, the $500 awards are presented across four categories:
- The Fuller Award for Create Feeling
- The CBS Disabled Artist Award
- The Scotch College Emerging Artist Award
- People’s Choice Award supported by the K&S Langley Family
Artists can nominate for multiple awards.
Awards will be announced at the Finissage & Awards Night on October 9.

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public program, dance residency

Dance Residency: Marcus Louend, Good Mourning

chloe metcalfe · August 11, 2026

Showing and Q&A

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When: Friday, August 28, 6-7pm

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Note: Please arrive 15 minutes early to grab a drink. This event will be 1 hour (including a Q&A).

This showing and Q&A will be held in The Breakout. Please come to The Mill at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.
Please arrive at 5:45pm for a 6pm sharp start.
This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).
Accessibility
Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Good Mourning is a physical theatre work exploring grief through the relationship between the body and objects of support, examining how adornment and material forms become physical and symbolic appendages that bear the weight of the grieving body.

In unveiling the relationship to these sculptural supports, this work-in-development will also trace the body’s bond to an absent object, and how the physical experience of being supported, restricted, or transformed can leave an embodied residue.

The showing will be followed by a short Q&A with Marcus and their collaborative team, hosted by The Mill CEO/Artistic Director Katrina Lazaroff. Audiences will have the opportunity to ask questions about the development and provide feedback about the performance.

About the artists:

Marcus Louend is a dancer, performance artist, and choreographer seeking to decentralise their movement and art practice through collective organisation. Using equitable social models, their ambition is to help educate individuals seeking deeper connection and understanding to movement and its radical potential physically, emotionally, and socially.
Marcus currently works as a tutor and guest performer with Restless Dance Theatre, Australia's leading company working with neurodiverse and disabled artists. This partnership continuously offers the opportunity to inclusively work with the broader community—artists and non-artists—making movement accessible to everyone, and diversifying future practices.
As a mentor, creator, and performer, their work seeks to innovatively dismantle personal, social, structural, and systemic barriers, in order to recalibrate somatic experiences into a sustainable practice.
Nat Penney (b.1991) is an artist based in Tarntanya (Adelaide). Combining processes from timber furniture making and metal fabrication with found and formed objects, she considers the sensory desires in things, looking for subconscious object impulses. She’s driven by an obsession and confusion over psychological and emotional states and their reciprocal exchange with our relationships, environments, and the objects we engage with.
Recent works are drawing from experiences of loneliness and how they are shaped not only by absence, but by conditional presence. Looking into the atmosphere of familial domesticity she searches for pleasing points of interconnectedness between the familiar and the eerie; for absurdist moments that engage themselves through futile motion and maybe make you smirk.
Her practice often incorporates materials weighted heavily in nostalgia, such as tiles from her renovated childhood bathroom or her parents’ wooden tennis racquets, embedding personal histories into sculptural objects. These materials act as communicators and carriers of memory, yet memory and nostalgia themselves are malleable, untrustworthy, and sometimes irresponsible, reshaping perception and altering what we take to be truth.
Paige Neis-Beer (she/her) is an artist and stylist with over seven years of experience in the fashion industry, across London and Kaurna Land. Her practice spans styling, costume-making and product design.
Working between fashion and wearable art, and more recently with silicone as a core medium, her practice draws on the surreal and the strange, fusing the grotesque with the beautiful. Paige has an ongoing fascination with visceral materials and explores unconventional approaches to making. Her work often explores themes of identity, whether as the observer or the observed.
In February 2025, Paige undertook a 2.5 month residency at Household Gallery, where she collaborated with tattoo artist Hasini Wisna and developed a collection of wearable art pieces that mimic flesh-like forms and second skins.
The residency marked a turning point in Paige’s practice, introducing new materials and sculptural processes that now sit at the centre of her work.
Paige is continuously interested and passionate about collaboratively working with artists across different disciplines, to create space for conversation, exchange and connection.

This residency has support from

centre stage residency

Centre Stage Residencies: Announcing the successful 2026 recipients

chloe metcalfe · August 10, 2026

We are thrilled to announce Alby T Grace and David Salter as the recipients of our 2026 Centre Stage Residencies.

The Centre Stage Residencies are presented in collaboration with Adelaide Fringe as part of their Arts Industry Collaborations program. This unique incubator program is for South Australian artists to progress a new performance work in its second or third stage of development to the next level, culminating in a season at The Mill as part of the 2027 Adelaide Fringe Festival.

About the artists:

Alby T Grace has been writing stories since he had a pen license. After graduating from an acting course in 2007, he founded a theatre company called Duende with other graduates, which went on to produce ten new Australian plays, many of them written by Alby. These include the acclaimed The Embryos, No Hello and Slicing and Dicing. In more recent years, he co-wrote the film Awoken with Daniel Phillips, and has written six plays commissioned by SAYARTS for young people. In 2023 he and some friends founded Zero Theatre Collective who regularly host reading nights and have developed the yet-unproduced Bois Ch@t in 2024. Proudly non binary, and a single dad, Alby’s work is funny, political, ecological and challenging.
David Salter is a South Australian based actor, musician and puppeteer whose practice focuses on surreal experimental ventriloquism.
His debut solo show Make Believe - Children's songs for Grown-Ups won Best Cabaret at the 2018 Curtain Call Awards. He co-wrote and performed the 2024 sell-out Disney-Musical-Horror-Comedy hit Distopia, returning to the Fringe again in 2025 with a sold-out season of An Evening with Dame Granny Smith, winning Best Variety. The show has toured to London, Edinburgh, and New York. David strives to make work that be enjoyed equally by a broad range of audiences, with Granny Smith being a hit for multiple generations.

This residency has support from

public program

Studio Tours

Adele Sliuzas · August 6, 2026

January - November, 2026

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Fortnightly tours alternating Tuesdays, 11am, and Fridays, 4:30pm

groups 6+ inquiry

The Mill Foyer, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

45 minutes duration

Free entry, all welcome

The Mill’s monthly Studio Tours will begin in the Foyer at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

Discover your next favourite artist or maker at The Mill. See behind the scenes of our 70+ studio on a free, fortnightly studio tour.

We open our doors for tours on alternating Tuesdays and Fridays; inviting audiences to explore our studios and engage with our community.

Whether you're an art lover, a curious wanderer, or just keen to see creativity in motion, these tours promise inspiration and new connections at every turn.

Social clubs, community organisations and groups of 6+ can register for private tours by emailing info@themilladelaide.com.

first nations residency, public program

First Nations Dance Residency: Keisha Barrow, Yaitya

chloe metcalfe · August 3, 2026

Showing and Q&A

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When: Friday, September 25, 6-7pm

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Note: Please arrive 15 minutes early to grab a drink. This event will be 1 hour (including a Q&A).

This showing and Q&A will be held in The Breakout. Please come to The Mill at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.
Please arrive at 5:45pm for a 6pm sharp start.
This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).
Accessibility
Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Yaitya is the first development of dance theatre work by Keisha Barrow (Wills).

The idea for Yaitya comes from Keisha's experiences of disconnection and grief alongside the many ways we find connection, identity and belonging, particularly within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. The work will explore familial cultural identity, the return to her mob and how her Aboriginal culture has shaped the person she is today.

Keisha will be working with Kaine Sultan-Babij as artistic mentor throughout the residency, Tiarna Power as dancer/collaborator and Sascha Budimski consulting on sound design. She has also been supported by Caleena Sansbury conceiving and planning for the residency.

The showing will be followed by a short Q&A with Keisha and her collaborative team, hosted by The Mill CEO/Artistic Director Katrina Lazaroff. Audiences will have the opportunity to ask questions about the development and provide feedback about the performance.

About the artists:

Keisha Barrow is a Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri artist with over 20 years of experience in dance, specialising in Cultural dance, jazz, contemporary, and hip hop.
Her artistic journey began in childhood through calisthenics and acrobatics, later expanding into choreography and performance with Riverland Youth Theatre and Kurruru Youth Performing Arts.
A graduate of NAISDA Dance College and AC Arts, she has performed with Bangarra at the Sydney Opera House, as a core dancer with WAYIN:THI for Gluttony and contributed to major festivals including the Australian Youth Dance Festival, and worked alongside cultural leaders like Uncle Karl, Uncle Moogy and ODAS at Indigenous AFL events.
Now an Aboriginal Community Education Officer at Victor Harbor Primary School, Keisha teaches dance to Nunga students and creates across a range of mediums including dot painting, weaving, sculpture, and song. Her work is deeply rooted in culture, community, and storytelling.
Tiarna Power is a proud young Ngarrindjeri and Narungga emerging artist, deeply dedicated to her craft and culture. With 15 years of training in hip-hop at Flava Dance Studios, she has refined her skills through various stage performances and productions, as well as more intimate showcases. Recently, her artistic journey has expanded to include traditional dance, participating in groups like WAYIN:THI produced by The Mill and Of Desert and Sea. This involvement has sparked her passion for contemporary Indigenous dance, leading her to train at NAISDA for a time. Tiarna’s unwavering commitment to her heritage and artistic expression continues to shape her unique voice in the dance community, making her a powerful presence in the world of performance.
Arrernte and Gurindji Contemporary Dance Artist, Kaine Sultan-Babij, is making a lasting impact on the world of dance and drag.
With a background that includes performing with Leigh Warren and Dancers, Bangarra Dance Theatre, and the Australian Dance Theatre, Kaine has skilfully blended Contemporary Dance and Contemporary Indigenous Dance. Based in Kaurna Country, Kaine stands as an Independent Dancer and Choreographer, contributing to the vibrant Australian performing arts scene.
Beyond Kaine's achievements in the dance world, the emergence of Estelle, a captivating Drag Performer and Persona, has added another layer to their artistic repertoire. Estelle quickly gained recognition, establishing herself as a standout performer in the Adelaide Drag Scene. Through electrifying performances, Estelle has earned a respected place in the realm of drag.
Together, Kaine and Estelle embody a powerful fusion of Tradition, creativity, and contemporary expression, making a lasting impression on the dance and drag communities in Australia.

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galleries

Exhibition: Sharifah Sorayya, The Unspoken: Intimate portraits & silent dialogues

Adele Sliuzas · July 30, 2026

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October 16, 2026- January 15, 2027

Opening night: Friday, October 16, 5:30-7:30pm

list of works

Gallery II, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

You can find The Unspoken: Intimate portraits & silent dialogues in Gallery II, located at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
The Mill’s galleries are open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present The Unspoken: Intimate portraits & silent dialogues, a solo exhibition by Sharifah Sorayya as part of OzAsia Festival 2026.

Using the photogravure technique, this layered, mixed-media series explores her identity as an Asian woman of mixed heritage, reflecting on family, her transcontinental existence as a global citizen and the resilience forged through life's unexpected challenges.

Sharifah Sorayya is a Malaysian-born interdisciplinary artist based on Kaurna land by way of England, Saudi Arabia, and Canada. She is heavily influenced by her familial and personal lived history, particularly through pre and post-independence Malaysia - including the 1969 May 13 Racial Riots which impacts on the way she manages conflict and trauma.
Her work has been exhibited throughout Australia, Japan and Indonesia, and is held in private collections across Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the UK.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

galleries, public program

LIMITLESS 2026 Finissage & Awards Night

Adele Sliuzas · July 28, 2026

October 9

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Finissage & Awards Night: Friday, October 9, 4:30-6:30pm

Galleries, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

You can find LIMITLESS in our galleries, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
Our galleries are open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

LIMITLESS 2026 is our annual fundraiser exhibition, featuring over 270 South Australian artists.

Join us for the final celebration and awards night, announcing the recipients of the Fuller Create Feeling Award, the CBS Disabled Artist Award, the Scotch College Emerging Artist Award and the People's Choice Award supported by the K&S Langley Family.

Your last opportunity to purchase artworks and make a night of it.

Aaron Nassau, Abbey Louise Rawson, Adam iljee Albert Chim, Alice Hu, Alice Parle, Alison von der Borch, Alicia Butt, Alicia Dunn, Alix Rogerson, Amee Dennis, Amman Knight, Amy Southwell, Amy Yang, Ana Koch, Anadi Sharma, Anastasia Goncharova, Andrea Przygonski, Andrea Travaglia, Andrew Dearman, Aniqah Birader, Anna Goodhind, Anna Shen, Anne Smith, Annie Millard, Anthea Jones, Ariela Rose, Arlon Hall, Ash Weller, Audrey Menz, August Porter, Austin Tily, Aya Jade, Aya Trevisan, Aylan Buliga, Aysan Gholipoorkhalili, Aysh Field, Bec Francis, Bethany Cherry, Bianca Joanna Buliga, Brayden Wilkinson, Bri Hammond, Brick Laws, Bridgette Minuzzo, Brooke Walker, Bundy Bannerman, Caitlin Mohr, Cam Monaghan, Camille Rouliere, Carmen Alcedo, Casper Tucker, Cathy Matson, Catriona Smith, Chin Ton Naomi Tang, Chloe Martin-Dex, Christian Best, Christiane Niess, Christina Blair, Christina Evans, Claire Birbeck, Colwin Lee, Crista Bradshaw, Dai Trang Nguyen, Damien Warman, Dan Withey, Danielle Clark, David Grech, David Markus, David Smith, Deborah Smalley, Deklyn Hearn, Delphine Allert, Dina Psichogiopoulos, Eleanor Green, Ella Pietsch, Ellie Calligeros, Emiko Artemis, Emily Lownds, Emma Daisy, Erin Renfrey, Estephania Corbelletta, Evie, Evie Catt, Faith Monger, Fangzhou Li, Finn Watson, Fiorenzo Murabito, Frankie Acacia, Freddy Ramly-Peck, Hamish Fleming, Hamish Maggs, Hari Koutlakis, Helen Lawlor, Jacqueline Eyers, Jacqueline Lagonik, Jada Sharp, Jade Zander, Jaden Bressan, Jelena Fabri, Jen Gibson-smith, Jen Trantor, Jessie Lock, Jessie Hui, Jezabel Monkhouse, Jiguo Ma, Jingwei Bu, Jo Ferguson, John Hopkinson, Jonathan Pearce, Josh Coonan, Joshua Sleep, Joy Harvey, Judith Klavins, Jueyan Li, Julie Noble, Julie Peard, Julie Sanderson, Justina Legoe, Karen Kammermann, Karen Lownds, Kari Cooper, Karla Hitchcock, Kate Cuthbert, Kate Durham, Kate Verner, Kathy Hoffman, Katie Morris, Kayla Diamond, Keeks, Kel Hummel, Kelley Lewis, Kelly Fontanarosa, Kim Turner, Kimon Smith, Kira Raams, Kristy Bennets, Kirstie McGregor, Kirsty Martinsen, Kody Mohamad, Kristyan Evele, Koleta Kola, Laura Gent, Laura Wills, Lauren Downton, Lauren Kathleen, Leah Leventeris, Leigh Warren, Liliah, Lilla Berry, Lily Claridge Bell, Lily Peard, Lily Roach, Lin Markus, Linda Bromley, Linda Robin, Lindsay Nicholson, Lisa J Smith, Lottie Pea, Luca Rocca, Lucinda Penn, Lucky Smith, Luke Clayton, Lydia Eden, Lynelle K Williams, Maddie Stevens, Madeleine Coates, Madeline Dee, Mae Giselle Fagan, Marc Fullager, Mark O'Reilly, Martine Whalley, Matt Sheehy, Meg Mader, Megan Debicki, Mel Au, Melak Khaleel, Mia Behrens, Mia Osborn, Michelle Ann Kenney, Michelle Yazbeck, Miranda Bede, Misha Mazumdar, Mitch Hearn, Mokeira Moraa, Molly Pfeiffer, Monty Flora, Nadera Rasulova, Nadia Penta, Nella D, Nerissa Douglas, Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo, Nicole Haynes, Nicole Kolesnik, Nicole McQuillan, Oh Brother, Olivia Kathigitis, Parinita, Pat Smith, Patricia Walton, Peter Francisco, Peter Lloyd Culley, Peter Owen, Phil O'Brien, Rebecca O'Leary Rebecca Whittemore, Rebekah Rocca, Renata Rozenbilds, Riley Pickering, River, Robert Viner-Jones, Romina Ienco, Ronny Stone, S G, Sa'art Studio, Sabina Fisher-McCarron, Sakthivel Eakambaranathan, Sam Howie, Sam Wiechula, Sandhya Mulchandani, Sarah Keane, Sarah McDonald, Sarah Roberts, Sasha Dylan Bell, Sayge Conniff, Seb Calabretto, Sharifah Sorayya, Shayla Hanisch, Sienna Montgomery-Pittaway, Simone, Simone Kennedy, Simone Wise, Sonali Patel, Sophie Fagan, Sophie Goh, Sophie Zodrow, Stu Nankivell, Sue Ninham, Susan Charlton, Susanna Cooney, Susie Jenner, Suye Jung, Suzie Lockery, Tash Evele, Thom Buchanan, Tia Barr, Tiana Mitchell, Tom Borgas, Tori Nguyen, Tracey Hansell, Tracy Crisp, Trish Larkin, Tushar Patel, Véra Ada, Vern Schulz, Viola Rocca, Wan Vincy Chan, wang weiguo, Wee Shiang Tay, Wendy Campbell, Will Nolan, Willow Mader, WOODLAMBS, Xiangwei Wang, Yana Lehey, Yollie Boag, Yooyoung, Zel and more to come.
For the first time, we are excited to announce the LIMITLESS Artists Awards.
Recognising outstanding South Australian artists, the $500 awards are presented across four categories:
- The Fuller Award for Create Feeling
- The CBS Disabled Artist Award
- The Scotch College Emerging Artist Award
- People’s Choice Award supported by the K&S Langley Family
Artists can nominate for multiple awards.
Awards will be announced at the Finissage & Awards Night on October 9.

The LIMITLESS 2026 Awards are supported by

first nations residency

First Nations Dance Residency 2026: Keisha Barrow

chloe metcalfe · July 28, 2026

We are thrilled to announce Keisha Barrow as the recipient of the First Nations Dance Residency for 2026.

Keisha will be supported by WAYIN:THI Co-Leads Caleena Sansbury and Kaine Sultan-Babij during this residency.

This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.

About the artist:

Keisha Barrow is a Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri artist with over 20 years of experience in dance, specialising in Cultural dance, jazz, contemporary, and hip hop.
Her artistic journey began in childhood through calisthenics and acrobatics, later expanding into choreography and performance with Riverland Youth Theatre and Kurruru Youth Performing Arts.
A graduate of NAISDA Dance College and AC Arts, she has performed with Bangarra at the Sydney Opera House, as a core dancer with WAYIN:THI for Gluttony and contributed to major festivals including the Australian Youth Dance Festival, and worked alongside cultural leaders like Uncle Karl, Uncle Moogy and ODAS at Indigenous AFL events.
Now an Aboriginal Community Education Officer at Victor Harbor Primary School, Keisha teaches dance to Nunga students and creates across a range of mediums including dot painting, weaving, sculpture, and song. Her work is deeply rooted in culture, community, and storytelling.

This project has support from

ozasia residency

OzAsia Festival Residency 2026: Hanna Instrell-Walker

chloe metcalfe · July 28, 2026

We are thrilled to announce Hanna Instrell-Walker as the recipient of the OzAsia Festival Residency for 2026.

Hanna will be collaborating with Alix Kuijpers, Caroline De Wan and Jazzy Williamson-Gray for this residency.

This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.

About the artists:

Hanna Instrell-Walker is a Japanese-Australian dance artist and creator working on Kaurna Land. Shortly after graduating from Adelaide College of the Arts, she co-founded Alchemy Dance Collective alongside colleagues
Kate Burgess and Caroline De Wan. Alchemy has given Hanna a platform to produce her own work, SOUL (Adelaide Fringe 2023), plus co-produce and co-curate events and works including Trilogy Film Fest (2023) and J.A.C.D (2023-2024). Independently, Hanna has also choreographed as part of Mimi Yoshii’s Les Japonaises (2023), worked as tour manager for Alix Kuijpers’ Grim Grinning Ghosts for Melbourne Fringe 2024, as well as co-produced Kate Burgess’ Full Time Ex-Lover (Adelaide Fringe 2025).
In Hanna’s current choreographic research, she is deeply influenced by the idea of quantum entanglement, intrinsic connection, manifestation, and the human subconscious. Movement styles such as Nihon Buyo, Butoh, plus Japanese horror aesthetics mixed with these philosophies make up Hanna’s interests when building work.
Alix Kuijpers is a multidisciplinary performing artist working across contemporary dance, choreography and sound design, with an independent queer practice.
A graduate of Adelaide College of the Arts, Kuijpers creates dance theatre while generating original sound scores for their work. They were the first person to complete a dance honours at a South Australian institution, earning First-Class distinction for the solo IMMATERIAL. Their work has received major recognition, including the 2023 Adelaide Fringe Emerging Artist Award for the duo i know the end, and the 2024 Centre Stage and Dancehouse Residency awards at The Mill for the solo Grim Grinning Ghosts.
In 2025 they joined the inaugural B12:Mavericks program in Berlin, supported by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust. Between 2023 and 2025 they contributed sound work to collaborations with Johannes Wieland (BER), Motus Collective (SA), Sarah Wilson (SA), Circus SA (SA) and Silverfish (NYC).
Caroline De Wan started ballet at the age of 5. She realised her true interest lay in contemporary dance and began training at QL2 Dance. Here she worked with choreographers such as Kristina Chan, Daniel Riley, Sara Black, and James Batchelor. In 2018, Caroline choreographed and produced her first full length work for Sydney Fringe, To Fall in Love With An Artist.
Following her return from Sydney she was commissioned for two further works, Comfort Ending II, performed at the Canberra Museum and Gallery, and You're Not Special (because you went to a party) performed at a rave.
Caroline moved to Adelaide in 2019 to complete a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance). After graduating, Caroline founded Alchemy Dance Collective with Kate Burgess and Hanna Instrell-Walker, providing performance and training opportunities to the Adelaide dance community. She has also developed a keen interest in dance videography and teaches accessible videography skills to other artists.
Jazzy is a movement artist and performer based on Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide, South Australia). She graduated with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) from Adelaide College of the Arts and has since worked internationally with ilDance’s ilYoung program in their production of Skin Issues.
She has also worked with Australian Dance Theatre, Restless Dance Theatre, Sound of Circus Australia, and a variety of independent projects, allowing her to gain experience in diverse contexts and refine her artistic identity.
Jazzy’s choreographic interests include explorations of the complexities of the human condition and embracing the unusual and uncomfortable, including exploring social, political and philosophical matters and darker themes, often using improvisation as a tool to uncover potent world-building and rich imagery.
Her evolving movement language is grounded in elements of tension, release, and interrupted momentum to invite unexpected pathways and possibilities within the body.
Sophie is an Australian dance artist, teacher, and performer based on Kaurna Country.
Her practice is rooted in deep research, focusing on movement as a process of constant exploration in intuition, physicality, and deep listening. She is profoundly interested in investigating how being present in different places transforms and influences her body, mind and dance.

Since her graduation from Adelaide College of the Arts in 2022, Sophie has been privileged to work alongside many Australian artists and companies. Making her professional debut in 2023 in Motus Collective’s The Leftovers, she has since collaborated and performed works with DanceHub, Shifting Lives Theatre, Motus Collective, Murk Lurker, Tayla Hoadley, Alix Kujipers, Isobel Stolinski, and Zoë Dunwoodie. Sophie’s work the great thinning premiered in early 2026 as part of NEW ROMANTICS, winning Weekly Best in Dance at the 2026 Adelaide Fringe Festival. This was Sophie’s first self-choreographed and solo-performed work, marking a significant and exciting milestone in her creative career thus far.

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dance residency

Dance Residency 2026: Marcus Louend

chloe metcalfe · July 28, 2026

We are thrilled to announce Marcus Louend as the recipient of the Dance Residency for 2026.

Marcus will be collaborating with Nat Penney and Paige Neis-Beer during this residency.

This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.

About the artist:

Marcus Louend is a dancer, performance artist, and choreographer seeking to decentralise their movement and art practice through collective organisation.
Using equitable social models, their ambition is to help educate individuals seeking deeper connection and understanding to movement and its radical potential physically, emotionally, and socially.
Marcus currently works as a tutor and guest performer with Restless Dance Theatre, Australia's leading company working with neurodiverse and disabled artists. This partnership continuously offers the opportunity to inclusively work with the broader community—artists and non-artists—making movement accessible to everyone, and diversifying future practices.
As a mentor, creator, and performer, their work seeks to innovatively dismantle personal, social, structural, and systemic barriers, in order to recalibrate somatic experiences into a sustainable practice.
Nat Penney (b.1991) is an artist based in Tarntanya (Adelaide).
Combining processes from timber furniture making and metal fabrication with found and formed objects, she considers the sensory desires in things, looking for subconscious object impulses. She’s driven by an obsession and confusion over psychological and emotional states and their reciprocal exchange with our relationships, environments, and the objects we engage with.
Recent works are drawing from experiences of loneliness and how they are shaped not only by absence, but by conditional presence. Looking into the atmosphere of familial domesticity she searches for pleasing points of interconnectedness between the familiar and the eerie; for absurdist moments that engage themselves through futile motion and maybe make you smirk.
Her practice often incorporates materials weighted heavily in nostalgia, such as tiles from her renovated childhood bathroom or her parents’ wooden tennis racquets, embedding personal histories into sculptural objects. These materials act as communicators and carriers of memory, yet memory and nostalgia themselves are malleable, untrustworthy, and sometimes irresponsible, reshaping perception and altering what we take to be truth.
Paige Neis-Beer (she/her) is an artist and stylist with over seven years of experience in the fashion industry, across London and Kaurna Land.
Her practice spans styling, costume-making and product design. Working between fashion and wearable art, and more recently with silicone as a core medium, her practice draws on the surreal and the strange, fusing the grotesque with the beautiful.
Paige has an ongoing fascination with visceral materials and explores unconventional approaches to making. Her work often explores themes of identity, whether as the observer or the observed.
In February 2025, Paige undertook a 2.5 month residency at Household Gallery, where she collaborated with tattoo artist Hasini Wisna and developed a collection of wearable art pieces that mimic flesh-like forms and second skins. The residency marked a turning point in Paige’s practice, introducing new materials and sculptural processes that now sit at the centre of her work.
Paige is continuously interested and passionate about collaboratively working with artists across different disciplines, to create space for conversation, exchange and connection.

This residency has support from

theatre residency

Theatre Residency 2026: Nicky T. Li

chloe metcalfe · July 28, 2026

We are thrilled to announce Nicky T. Li as the recipient of the Theatre Residency for 2026.

Nicky will be collaborating with Jamie Hornsby for this residency.

This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.

About the artist:

Nicky T. Li is a Kaurna-based Hong Kong artist with a passion for music theatre and experimental arts. She graduated from UniSA with a Bachelor of Arts in 2020. She developed and presented Signal: A Theatrical Mixtape through ActNow Theatre's MakeSpace Residency in 2022. Nicky was part of Nexus Arts’ 2023 Interplay cohort where she grew as a singer-songwriter. After receiving the Helpmann Creative Development Grant, she presented a sold out season of retro bilingual cabaret Leslie & Anita: Fallen Stars of Hong Kong in Adelaide Fringe 2024. Her work is highly endorsed by the local Hong Kong community and fellow Asian Australian artists. Through her work, she navigates through newfound identities and attempts to replant her heart in her heritage. In her performance, she speaks authenticity, in the hope of finding a community.
Being socially conscious, she provided cultural consultancy to RUMPUS, State Theatre Company SA and Australian Dance Theatre. Nicky became a published reviewer through ArtsHub’s Amplify Collective and Helpmann Academy InReview Mentorship.
In 2025, Nicky made her professional stage debut in Adelaide Festival’s international opera Innocence. Nicky is currently a Captain Starlight at the Starlight Children's Foundation, bringing joy to sick children and their families in hospitals.

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galleries

Exhibition: Hamish Fleming, NOWHERE IS EVER REALLY THAT DARK

Adele Sliuzas · July 28, 2026

Photo: Hamish Fleming, *The Roof is Leaking*, (detail) 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

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October 16, 2026 - January 15, 2027

Opening night: Friday, October 16, 5:30-7:30pm

list of works

Gallery I, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

You can find Nowhere Is Ever Really That Dark in Gallery I, located at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
The Mill’s galleries are open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present NOWHERE IS EVER REALLY THAT DARK, a new exhibition of paintings by Hamish Fleming.

Working within his signature gritty realist style, Hamish Fleming presents a series of nocturnal scenes, backstreet roadsides and spaces of intimate solitude. Works depict everyday scenes seen through new light, pragmatic building such as fast-food chains and service stations are reframed through the slow and lingering attention necessary for painting from life.

Hamish contrasts modern subjects with his traditional approach creating what he calls a ‘harmonious contradiction’. He writes ‘These paintings possess a sense of inherent solitude, drawn from lived experience. The resulting works used this common experience to invite the viewer into an intimate dialogue that is at times amusing, bleak and comforting.’

Adelaide-based painter Hamish Fleming blends the unlikely combination of grunge aesthetics and classical realism, creating a distinctive style that merges the raw with the refined. Driven by a fundamental curiosity and an obsessive pursuit of understanding, Fleming often focuses on unremarkable aspects of contemporary life, capturing scenes and objects that are usually overlooked. His work frequently explores subtle juxtapositions, creating an intriguing tension between the familiar and the unexpected.
Despite his contemporary subject matter, Fleming approaches his art with a deep respect for tradition. He works exclusively from life, rejecting reference photos and digital aids, and even makes much of his own paint from raw pigments. This hands-on process reflects his blunt artistic demeanor, rooted in a desire to understand the inherent qualities of both materials and subjects. He embraces what is present, rather than seeking idealized representations.
The result is a series of paintings that exude a palpable atmosphere, drawing the viewer in with gritty yet harmonious details. The works invite deeper reflection, encouraging viewers to lose themselves in the subtle complexities of everyday life, captured through Fleming's unique lens.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

OzAsia Festival Residency: Hanna Instrell-Walker, I'll Sleep When I Die

chloe metcalfe · July 22, 2026

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Showing and Q&A

When: Thursday, October 15, 5-6pm, and Friday, October 16, 4-5pm and 6:30-7:30pm

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Note: Please arrive 15 minutes early to grab a drink. This event will be 1 hour (including a Q&A).

This showing and Q&A will be held in The Breakout. Please come to The Mill at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.
Please arrive 15 minutes early to get a drink.
This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.
The entrance into The Breakout is wheelchair accessible, with no internal steps.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Hanna Instrell-Walker collaborates with Alix Kuijpers, Caroline De Wan, and Jazzy Williamson-Gray to explore modern Japanese society and its need for constant work and lack of rest.

I’ll Sleep When I Die is a direct reference to the unethical, overworking culture in Japan. With new original sound by Alix Kuijpers, Japanese horror and art along with experimentation of light and darkness help to inform the storytelling of this new work-in-progress, creating a melancholic reminder that sometimes it’s okay to slow down.

About the artist:

Hanna Instrell-Walker is a Japanese-Australian dance artist and creator working on Kaurna Land. Shortly after graduating from Adelaide College of the Arts, she co-founded Alchemy Dance Collective alongside colleagues
Kate Burgess and Caroline De Wan. Alchemy has given Hanna a platform to produce her own work, SOUL (Adelaide Fringe 2023), plus co-produce and co-curate events and works including Trilogy Film Fest (2023) and J.A.C.D (2023-2024). Independently, Hanna has also choreographed as part of Mimi Yoshii’s Les Japonaises (2023), worked as tour manager for Alix Kuijpers’ Grim Grinning Ghosts for Melbourne Fringe 2024, as well as co-produced Kate Burgess’ Full Time Ex-Lover (Adelaide Fringe 2025).
In Hanna’s current choreographic research, she is deeply influenced by the idea of quantum entanglement, intrinsic connection, manifestation, and the human subconscious. Movement styles such as Nihon Buyo, Butoh, plus Japanese horror aesthetics mixed with these philosophies make up Hanna’s interests when building work.
Alix Kuijpers is a multidisciplinary performing artist working across contemporary dance, choreography and sound design, with an independent queer practice.
A graduate of Adelaide College of the Arts, Kuijpers creates dance theatre while generating original sound scores for their work. They were the first person to complete a dance honours at a South Australian institution, earning First-Class distinction for the solo IMMATERIAL. Their work has received major recognition, including the 2023 Adelaide Fringe Emerging Artist Award for the duo i know the end, and the 2024 Centre Stage and Dancehouse Residency awards at The Mill for the solo Grim Grinning Ghosts.
In 2025 they joined the inaugural B12:Mavericks program in Berlin, supported by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust. Between 2023 and 2025 they contributed sound work to collaborations with Johannes Wieland (BER), Motus Collective (SA), Sarah Wilson (SA), Circus SA (SA) and Silverfish (NYC).
Caroline De Wan started ballet at the age of 5. She realised her true interest lay in contemporary dance and began training at QL2 Dance. Here she worked with choreographers such as Kristina Chan, Daniel Riley, Sara Black, and James Batchelor. In 2018, Caroline choreographed and produced her first full length work for Sydney Fringe, To Fall in Love With An Artist.
Following her return from Sydney she was commissioned for two further works, Comfort Ending II, performed at the Canberra Museum and Gallery, and You're Not Special (because you went to a party) performed at a rave.
Caroline moved to Adelaide in 2019 to complete a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance). After graduating, Caroline founded Alchemy Dance Collective with Kate Burgess and Hanna Instrell-Walker, providing performance and training opportunities to the Adelaide dance community. She has also developed a keen interest in dance videography and teaches accessible videography skills to other artists.
Jazzy is a movement artist and performer based on Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide, South Australia). She graduated with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) from Adelaide College of the Arts and has since worked internationally with ilDance’s ilYoung program in their production of Skin Issues.
She has also worked with Australian Dance Theatre, Restless Dance Theatre, Sound of Circus Australia, and a variety of independent projects, allowing her to gain experience in diverse contexts and refine her artistic identity.
Jazzy’s choreographic interests include explorations of the complexities of the human condition and embracing the unusual and uncomfortable, including exploring social, political and philosophical matters and darker themes, often using improvisation as a tool to uncover potent world-building and rich imagery.
Her evolving movement language is grounded in elements of tension, release, and interrupted momentum to invite unexpected pathways and possibilities within the body.
Sophie is an Australian dance artist, teacher, and performer based on Kaurna Country.
Her practice is rooted in deep research, focusing on movement as a process of constant exploration in intuition, physicality, and deep listening. She is profoundly interested in investigating how being present in different places transforms and influences her body, mind and dance.

Since her graduation from Adelaide College of the Arts in 2022, Sophie has been privileged to work alongside many Australian artists and companies. Making her professional debut in 2023 in Motus Collective’s The Leftovers, she has since collaborated and performed works with DanceHub, Shifting Lives Theatre, Motus Collective, Murk Lurker, Tayla Hoadley, Alix Kujipers, Isobel Stolinski, and Zoë Dunwoodie. Sophie’s work the great thinning premiered in early 2026 as part of NEW ROMANTICS, winning Weekly Best in Dance at the 2026 Adelaide Fringe Festival. This was Sophie’s first self-choreographed and solo-performed work, marking a significant and exciting milestone in her creative career thus far.

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scotch college residency

Scotch College Residency 2026: Piri Eddy

Adele Sliuzas · July 13, 2026

We are thrilled to announce Piri Eddy as the recipient of the 2026 Scotch College Residency.

In partnership with Scotch College, Piri will receive a six-week paid residency within the English Faculty. Aiming to help further develop students’ writing and communication skills responding to creative themes.

About the writer:

Piri Eddy is an award-winning writer and producer living and working on Kaurna land.
As a screenwriter, Piri won Best Short Film at the 54th AWGIE awards for The Last Elephant on Earth, which had its international premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in such places as The Saturday Paper, Island Magazine, and Westerly Magazine and he has written arts criticism and reviews for Australian Book Review and CityMag.
Piri’s debut play Forgiveness won the 2020 Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award. His follow-up The Spoil was nominated for the same award in 2024 and was a finalist for the 2026 Australian Theatre Festival NYC New Play Award.
Piri has been a writer-in-residence at the Adelaide Festival Theatre, The Mill, and Writers SA, and was a 2025 SA Literary Fellow at the State Library South Australia. He has a PhD in Creative Writing from Flinders University.

Theatre Residency: Nicky T. Li, Signal 2.0

chloe metcalfe · July 4, 2026

Showing and Q&A

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When: Friday, August 14, 6-7pm

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Note: Please arrive 15 minutes early to grab a drink. This event will be 1 hour (including a Q&A).

This showing and Q&A will be held in The Breakout. Please come to The Mill at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.
Please arrive at 5:45pm for a 6pm sharp start.
This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).
Accessibility
Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Signal 2.0 is a new multidisciplinary work in response to the Hong Kong political climate.

This first stage development is led by Nicky T. Li in collaboration with Jamie Hornsby, under the mentorship of Valerie Berry and Joon-Yee Kwok. Hong Kong artists Vincy Chan, Lok. and Chris Siu have provided cultural consultation.

Signal 2.0 explores “how do we keep living without forgetting.” This work serves as a reminder that the revolution is not over, but simply, dormant.

This is a story for every person who has had their culture and identity suppressed, whether that is in the past, or now.

The work in progress will include elements of the work developed throughout this residency, followed by a short Q&A with Nicky and her creative team, hosted by The Mill CEO/Artistic Director Katrina Lazaroff.

Audiences will have the opportunity to ask questions about the development and provide feedback about the performance.

About the artists:

Nicky T. Li is a Kaurna-based Hong Kong artist with a passion for music theatre and experimental arts. She graduated from UniSA with a Bachelor of Arts in 2020. She developed and presented Signal: A Theatrical Mixtape through ActNow Theatre's MakeSpace Residency in 2022. Nicky was part of Nexus Arts’ 2023 Interplay cohort where she grew as a singer-songwriter. After receiving the Helpmann Creative Development Grant, she presented a sold out season of retro bilingual cabaret Leslie & Anita: Fallen Stars of Hong Kong in Adelaide Fringe 2024. Her work is highly endorsed by the local Hong Kong community and fellow Asian Australian artists. Through her work, she navigates through newfound identities and attempts to replant her heart in her heritage. In her performance, she speaks authenticity, in the hope of finding a community.
Being socially conscious, she provided cultural consultancy to RUMPUS, State Theatre Company SA and Australian Dance Theatre. Nicky became a published reviewer through ArtsHub’s Amplify Collective and Helpmann Academy InReview Mentorship.
In 2025, Nicky made her professional stage debut in Adelaide Festival’s international opera Innocence. Nicky is currently a Captain Starlight at the Starlight Children's Foundation, bringing joy to sick children and their families in hospitals.
Jamie Hornsby is an award-winning playwright, performer, composer, photographer and emerging screenwriter. He is the winner of two AWGIE Awards from the Australian Writers' Guild, including the prestigious David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre, as well as the Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Ruby Award.
His work has been seen nationally and internationally, most recently with his play Python being presented for three Off-Broadway readings as part of the 2024 Australian Theatre Festival NYC. He received his third AWGIE nomination in 2026 for We've Got All The Time in the World* (Terms and Conditions Apply).
He has been commissioned three times by Jopuka Productions, most recently for The Boys on the Bus, remounted in 2023 at ATYP’s Rebel Theatre in Sydney. He has written for ActNow Theatre/State Theatre Company South Australia’s Decameron 2.0, and he has been a finalist in the Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting, the Stoddard Playwright Award, and the Australian Theatre Festival’s New Play Award.
Recent composing credits include The Glass Menagerie (State Theatre Company South Australia) and Four Quartets (Wounded Surgeon/Old Fitz, Sydney)

He is the cofounder of acclaimed independent theatre company Madness of Two, whose most recent production Starweaver premiered as part of the State Theatre Company South Australia’s 2024 STATESIDE Season to rave reviews. He is a graduate of Adelaide College of the Arts as an actor.

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About Lisa

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About the artist

Artist Statement

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Visiting the exhibition

About the artist

Artist Statement

Artist Talk

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About Juanella

About Lisa

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Meet the artists

LIMITLESS 2026 Awards

Showing and Q&A

Getting to the showing

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Marcus Louend

Nat Penney

Paige Neis-Beer

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Alby T Grace

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Showing and Q&A

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Keisha Barrow

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Kaine Sultan-Babij

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About Sharifah

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Meet the artists

LIMITLESS 2026 Awards

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Keisha Barrow

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Hanna Instrell-Walker (Director/Choreographer)

Alix Kuijpers (Sound Designer)

Caroline De Wan (Movement Artist)

Jazzy Williamson-Gray (Movement Artist)

Sophie Hollingworth (Movement Artist)

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Marcus Louend (Lead Artist)

Nat Penney (Set Design)

Paige Neis-Beer (Costume)

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Nicky T. Li

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About Hamish

Showing and Q&A

Getting to the showing

About the artist:

Hanna Instrell-Walker (Director/Choreography)

Alix Kuijpers (Sound Design)

Caroline De Wan (Movement Artist)

Jazzy Williamson-Gray (Movement Artist)

Sophie Hollingworth (Movement Artist)

About the writer:

Piri Eddy

Showing and Q&A

Getting to the showing

About the artists:

Nicky T. Li

Jamie Hornsby