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Artist talk: Oriana Julie, Head in the Clouds

Adele Sliuzas ·

Artist Talk

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When: Friday, February 14, 5:30-6:30pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: Free

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 Oriana Julie and The Mill's Visual Arts Curator Adele Sliuzas for a chat about Oriana’s new solo exhibition Head in the Clouds, showing in Gallery II.

About the exhibition

We are excited to present Head in The Clouds, a new exhibition by Oriana Julie developed through our Visual Arts Studio Residency presented with support from donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.

Head in The Clouds is an exploration of creative play, embracing spontaneous method making in order to form a hybrid, affective sanctuary. Oriana uses foraged objects - discarded furniture, vintage glassware, beads, synthetic fibers, and organic matter - turning everyday items into objects of divine contemplation.

  • Situated on Kaurna Land in Adelaide, Oriana pioneers a visual language rooted in Afro-surrealism, leveraging imagination to embrace empowering diasporic narratives. She blends bold visual and performance artistry to spark dialogue on time, identity, and culture, transforming personal narratives into spaces of sublime escape informed by personal mythos. Her work is characterized by a fusion of African American and Italian heritage, shaped by her upbringing on an Air Force base in Woomera and the lush landscapes of the Adelaide Hills. These diverse influences create a unique exploration of cultural identity.

    Oriana’s creative process is deeply connected to the sensory experiences of the body. Utilizing various mediums such as oil paint, beads, and resins, she creates immersive environments that translate embodied sensations into material expression. Inspired by Rococo, Surrealist, and Neoclassical aesthetics, her work blends symbols and motifs into a harmonious chaos.Through her innovative approach, Oriana contributes significantly to the academic and artistic discourse on Afro-surrealism and its relevance in contemporary art culture

    In 2022, Oriana graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Art from Adelaide Central School of Art, earning an invitation to pursue Honours. Over the past few years, she has secured various commissions and residencies. In 2021, she participated in the Nexus Arts Studio residency, held her first solo exhibition, and engaged in a mentorship with Faye Blanche of the Unbound Collective, which enriched her artistic perspective and earned her a nomination for the Don Dunstan Foundation Award. In 2024, she was awarded the Mill Visual Arts Residency, with a solo show planned for 2025, and participated in the Post Ofiice Project’s Studio residency. She was also invited to partake in the Post Office Projects Performance Program, supported by the Creative Industries Grant from the City of PAE and the Kick Start Graduate Grant from Adelaide Central School of Art.

    Oriana continues to push the boundaries of Afro-surrealism, contributing to its discourse and evolution within the contemporary art world. Her work not only reflects her unique cultural heritage and personal experiences but also serves as a powerful commentary on the complexities of identity and the human condition.

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Workshop: Beading with Oriana Julie

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Oriana Julie

Workshop

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When: Saturday March 1, 12pm-2pm

Where: The Exhibition Space, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $45 (+ booking fee)

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 artist Oriana Julie for a beading workshop where you’ll learn about Oriana’s approach to art-making while creating a unique beaded object.

This workshop is presented as part of Oriana's solo exhibition Head in the Clouds, currently showing in Gallery II, presented with support from donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.

What to expect:

Seated within Oriana's exhibition, guests will spend two hours learning basic techniques and creating their own small-scale beaded fruit object. All materials provided, participants can take their fruit home on the day.

Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available.

  • Situated on Kaurna Land in Adelaide, Oriana pioneers a visual language rooted in Afro-surrealism, leveraging imagination to embrace empowering diasporic narratives. She blends bold visual and performance artistry to spark dialogue on time, identity, and culture, transforming personal narratives into spaces of sublime escape informed by personal mythos. Her work is characterized by a fusion of African American and Italian heritage, shaped by her upbringing on an Air Force base in Woomera and the lush landscapes of the Adelaide Hills. These diverse influences create a unique exploration of cultural identity.

    Oriana’s creative process is deeply connected to the sensory experiences of the body. Utilizing various mediums such as oil paint, beads, and resins, she creates immersive environments that translate embodied sensations into material expression. Inspired by Rococo, Surrealist, and Neoclassical aesthetics, her work blends symbols and motifs into a harmonious chaos.Through her innovative approach, Oriana contributes significantly to the academic and artistic discourse on Afro-surrealism and its relevance in contemporary art culture

    In 2022, Oriana graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Art from Adelaide Central School of Art, earning an invitation to pursue Honours. Over the past few years, she has secured various commissions and residencies. In 2021, she participated in the Nexus Arts Studio residency, held her first solo exhibition, and engaged in a mentorship with Faye Blanche of the Unbound Collective, which enriched her artistic perspective and earned her a nomination for the Don Dunstan Foundation Award. In 2024, she was awarded the Mill Visual Arts Residency, with a solo show planned for 2025, and participated in the Post Ofiice Project’s Studio residency. She was also invited to partake in the Post Office Projects Performance Program, supported by the Creative Industries Grant from the City of PAE and the Kick Start Graduate Grant from Adelaide Central School of Art.

    Oriana continues to push the boundaries of Afro-surrealism, contributing to its discourse and evolution within the contemporary art world. Her work not only reflects her unique cultural heritage and personal experiences but also serves as a powerful commentary on the complexities of identity and the human condition.

  • Informed by my childhood experience of always "having my head in the clouds" and being "off with the fairies," this body of work seeks to reframe this personal narrative into a space of sublime escape through spontaneous method-making, depicting a personal mythos.These moments of sublime escape explore the function of fantasy as an intrinsic tool for imagination, deeply connected to embodied feelings. In this realm of sublime escapism, I grant myself permission to delve into the depths of my being and emotions. The works can be viewed as an internal dialogue, manifesting in tactile forms.

    The exhibition unfolds as an internal conversation, guided by personal mythos and translated into the tactile and material expression of embodied sensation. The sensory processes of the body are integrated into the art-making, forming an intrinsically connected environment through various mediums. In this space, distinctions between worlds and categories dissolve. Soft hues articulate a union between the characters and the spaces they inhabit. During these moments of sublime escape, the characters find solace in transcending societal constraints, becoming unapologetically empowered.

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The Visual Arts Residency is presented with support from donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin

 

brand x residency

Brand X Residency 2025: The Kinetik Collective

chloe metcalfe ·

We are thrilled to announce The Kinetik Collective as the recipient of the 2025 Brand X Residency, presented in partnership with Brand X, Sydney.

This residency offers place and space as part of a vibrant arts community, for artists to develop and show new or existing work and then take that work interstate for further development, presentation and networking opportunities.

The Kinetik Collective will be in residency and performing as part of Brand X’s Flying Nun season March 10-15, 2025.

About the artists:

  • Bianka Kennedy (Designer/ Co-Founder of The Kinetik Collective): Bianka is a designer + maker with a diverse practice, working across the stage, screen and gallery settings. Bianka has been Head of Prop Making for the multi-award-winning children’s TV series Beep and Mort, lectured in the creative industries division of Adelaide College of the Arts, is Co-Founder of Kinetik Collective and operates a workshop from Fab, the former acclaimed George Street Studios. Currently, Bianka is working on the design of DreamBIG festival (2025).

    Bianka’s design for State Theatre Company of South Australia’s 2019 sold-out season of Animal Farm was a national finalist in the Australian Production Guild’s awards for emerging designer for live performance. Her debut solo exhibition Sugar won an Adelaide Fringe 2021 visual arts award and was an industry example of integrating accessibility into the design, fabrication and exhibition of an art experience. Her accessible theatre designs have also been recognised with a 2022 Ruby Award. Permanent public artworks can be found in Adelaide and in the Kangaroo Island Sculpture Trail. Collaborators include Warner Brothers, Windmill Theatre, Windmill Picture + ABC, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Theatre Republic, Kinetik Collective, Crossover (London) + Adelaide Fringe, Largent Studio (New York) +FOMO, Fox Creek + Garden of Unearthly Delights, SA Water, SA Tourism Commission, SA Power Networks, Adelaide City Council, independent theatre and private commissions.

  • Clara Solly-Slade (Director/ Co-Founder of The Kinetik Collective): Clara graduated from the acting stream of The Adelaide College of the Arts (2013) then undertook further training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London (Acting Shakespeare course, 2016). In 2017 she trained in Italy with La Mama Experimental Theatre Company at their International Directors Symposium. Clara was awarded the Helpmann Academy’s Neil Curnow Award (2018) where she interned in the USA with The H.E.A.T Collective, Working Classroom and continued her work with La Mama Experimental Theatre Company. She is a member of the multidisciplinary art collective The Bait Fridge.

    Clara worked for two years full-time as an Emerging Director Fellow with the State Theatre Company of South Australia and State Opera of South Australia (2019-2020). In 2021 Clara directed Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons at Adelaide Collage of the Arts and for Dream Big Children’s Festival with Finnigan Kruckemeyer’s Everything They Ever Said with Fingers Crossed Behind their Backs for the Say Art’s Youth Ensemble. Co-Founder of Independent Company The Kinetik Collective she Directed Kill Climate Deniers in 2022 as part of The State Theatre Company of South Australia’s ‘Stateside Program’. Clara Co-Directed The River that Ran up Hill with Andy Packer for Slingsby Theatre Company presented in the 2023 Adelaide Festival, Hypercolour Miscellaneous Bistro Buffet with Dave Court for Slow Mango and The Bait Fridge as a part of Illuminate Festival and The Sight with Victoria Falconer for Dark Mofo.

  • Anthony Nocera is a writer based in Adelaide. He writes essays, criticism and plays.

    In 2017, he was commissioned to co-write Boys of Sondheim for Woodward Productions. The play premiered at Melt Festival before touring to Sydney Mardi Gras in 2019. In 2023, Anthony’s work My Hair is Thinning was developed as part of Vitalstistix’s Adhocracy program and Theatre Republic presented his short play Black Widow Pussy as part of the FUTURE:PRESENT new writing incubator.

    Anthony’s writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, The Age, Metro, Vice, Voiceworks and CityMag among many others. His essays have been anthologised in collections published by Black Ink and Wakefield Press. He has appeared at the National Young Writers Festival and Noted Festival.

    His work has been rejected from many publications and places of note.

  • Zoë is a performing artist and emerging maker currently living and working on Kaurna Yerta. She studied at the New Zealand School of Dance graduating in 2011 with a Diploma in Dance Performance and is a NZSD Distinguished Alumni for 2021.

    After being offered a position at Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) in 2012, Zoë worked full-time and as a guest dancer until 2020 under the directorship of Garry Stewart.

    As an ADT dancer and independent artist, Zoë has toured nationally and internationally, and worked with local and international choreographers including Daniel Jaber (Nought and Dirt) and Ina Christel Johannessen (North).

    Whilst living in SA, Zoë has also performed with local companies in children’s theatre and puppetry shows including Patch Theatre Company (Home and I Wish...), Windmill Theatre Co (Grug and Bluey’s Big Play) and Windmill Pictures (Beep and Mort: Season 1 and Season 2).

    Zoë is an emerging maker and in 2023 she choreographed Co-Incident which featured fourteen AC Arts students. She also completed a first-stage development for her new dance theatre work Llama, which deals with motherhood, transformation, and intergenerational peculiarities.

    When she isn’t performing, Zoë enjoys teaching people of all ages and abilities within a wide range of dance organisations, institutions, and studios.

  • Elizabeth Hay (Performer): Elizabeth is a graduate of the Flinders Drama Centre and lives and works as an actor on Kaurna land. Her theatre credits include Hibernation, The Gods of Strangers, Red Cross Letters, Volpone and Jesikah for the State Theatre Company South Australia, The Garden for Theatre Republic, Baba Yaga, Grug and Grug and the Rainbow for Windmill Theatre Company, Yo Diddle Diddle and The Lighthouse for Patch Theatre Company, and the Helpmann Award-winning Emil and the Detectives for Slingsby. Elizabeth was part of the Australian cast of Girl from the North Country for GWB Entertainment/STCSA.

    She joined the main cast of Danger 5 as ‘Holly’ for the series return on SBS and has worked on many other locally made television productions, commercials, and short films. Most recently, she appeared in A Sunburnt Christmas on Stan. Elizabeth is the voice of Olli in Sun Runners, a collaboration between Audioplay and Windmill Theatre Company.

    Elizabeth made her directing debut in the inaugural season of RUMPUS at the end of 2019, with Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves.

  • Max is an artist working on Kaurna land, specialising in real-time visual arts, interactive programming, and artistic integration with multimedia systems. Max graduated with a BA in Photography from Charles Sturt University in 2012 and built their technical skills by working at art festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe, Sydney Festival and Adelaide Fringe, and was creative producer at The Lab (Adelaide) until 2022.

    Max is a member of The Bait Fridge arts collective and is currently based at Washdog Studios. From a lifelong interest in digital technology, Max has developed a creative practice that blends technical knowledge and multimedia arts, centred around collaboration and experimental process. Installation works include In The Belly Of The Beast (2023), a participatory experimental performance, and Computer Vision (2021) an early AI synthesized video installation. Notable collaborations include ROCKAMORA by Kaspar Shmidt Mumm at ACE Adelaide (2023), Trippin Up (2023) music video by The Jungle Giants created with volumetric 3D data, and ATM-001 (2023), an AI powered talking vending machine by Dave Court. With a diverse range of skills including photography, music and sonic arts, interactive programming, performance art, and lighting design, Max's experience allows them to connect and create using technology across disciplines. Max is proud to be have been selected to be one of Creative Australia’s Digital Fellows for 2024.

  • Adelaide-based musician and community arts facilitator, Mat Morison (he/they), is always looking for new ways to forge connections between disparate styles and ideas. Originally training in jazz piano, Mat has since taken their skills in improvisation and applied it to a wide variety of pursuits, from film and theatre composition, to performance art, Auslan interpreting, community arts facilitating, coding, and language making.

    Mat performs regularly with musical outfit Slowmango, and performance art group The Bait Fridge, and is the Coordinator of Music at disability arts organisation Tutti Arts. They also work in Deaf adult education classes at TAFE SA, and contribute to a number of other community arts organisations such as Girls Rock! Adelaide, Open Space Contemporary Arts, and MUD.

  • Rob (they/them) is an actor, and writer born in the USA and currently based on Kaurna country. Prior to graduating from Sydney Actors School in 2021, Rob studied engineering, education, and dance, having trained in Ballet (RAD) for 10 years.

    They dive head first into everything they do; from contemporary works - Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Shane Anthony, 2021), to classic texts - The Comedy of Errors (Kyle Rowling, 2019), to short works of their own devising - Chip Off The Old Block (Rob C Wells, 2023).

    After the 2022 season touring Australia with Poetry In Action, Rob last year moved to Adelaide for love. With a few things in the works, they can't wait to continue to tell challenging stories, and show their dad that the theatre isn't just a "stage".

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centre stage residency

Centre Stage Residencies: Announcing the successful 2024 recipients

chloe metcalfe ·

We are thrilled to announce Poppy Mee and Praise Mangena as the recipients of the 2024 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 2025 Adelaide Fringe Festival.

About the artists:

  • Poppy Mee is an actor, writer and theatre-maker working on unceded Kaurna land. Since completing her undergraduate training at ACArts in 2017, she has worked as an actor and writer on numerous local and interstate stage and screen projects.

    Credits include Heavy Red, Lucy and DiC and Stateless. In 2019 she was the recipient of a Carclew Fellowship to study theatre-making at Fourth Monkey in London, resulting in her first solo project, A Slight Exaggeration, which premiered at The Mill for Adelaide Fringe 2021. As a member of RUMPUS Theatre she performed in various productions as well as serving as co-head writer on Hamlet In The Other Room (2021).

    Poppy recently undertook specialist training at L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France, studying Le Jeu and clowning performance technique. Her second solo work, PSYCHOPOMP: A Cordial Evening with the Messenger God of Hope and Doom, premiered its initial season at The Courtyard of Curiosities at Adelaide Fringe 2024, and is currently holding its second creative development for Fringe 2025, with support from Adelaide Fringe and The Mill. Poppy is a proud MEAA member.

  • Praise Mangena is a multidisciplinary performing artist, based in Kaurna Country-Adelaide, with strong interests in dance and poetry. Over the last three years she has featured in a variety of events and performances such as Word on the Street Vol. 2 (2024), Draw Your (S)words (2024), SA Playwrights Reading Night (2022/24), Mixed Bag Poetry (2023), Soul Lounge (2023), JAUMA FEST (2023) and WOMAD (2022). 

    This year, she debuted as a music video director under the company of Adverse Reign for ‘KABALA’ (by Magajie) and this sets as a continuation of her exploration in art now adding script writing as a skill. She’s continued her work as a creative director in the company playing an integral role in the success of the most recent live show of Word on the Street Vol. 2 which was featured Live at the Lab during the 2024 Illuminate Adelaide Winter Festival. 

    Her journey continues as she prepares to officially launch her project ‘Art is the Medium’ at The Mill Adelaide with musicians Jack Green and Vanté Kay for the 2025 Fringe season. 

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public program, galleries

Exhibition: HELD, Youth Inc. SALA exhibition

Adele Sliuzas ·

August 30 - September 19, 2024

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find HELD in The Mill’s Exhibition Spaces,
    located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    Open Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm.

The Mill is pleased to host HELD, an exhibition of artworks by Youth Inc. students. Inspired by Maira Kalman’s book Women Holding Things, this exhibition features artworks and creative writing that explore the things we hold physically and metaphorically.

  • Holding a specific thing

    is a very nice thing to do.

    You are standing there

    and you hold

                     an enormous cabbage.

                      Or a violin.                  

                      Or a bright balloon.

    That is a job in and of itself.

    The simple act of doing one thing.

                                     —Maira Kalman, Women Holding Things

  • Youth Inc. is a new learning alternative designed for young people aged 17-24 who are looking for something different.

    Our School is specifically designed for young people who want to change their world, to dare to dream and discover who they are; their unique gifts, talents and strengths. To figure out what a meaningful, fulfilling and joyful life is to them.

    Youth Inc. is a vibrant, inclusive and affirming learning community that welcomes young people of all identities and lived experiences. We work hard to co-create a space where everyone belongs, where everyone in our  community feels seen, heard and valued for who they are and how they identify.

    Exploring and expressing who you are and/or who you want to be is our "pounding heart". We make space for you to explore your values, strengths, passions, experiences, so you can be your true and full self. 

  • 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

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First Nations Dance Residency: Caleena Sansbury, 'Mullamar'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Supplied by Caleena Sansbury.

Showing and Q&A

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When: Friday, September 13, 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 Mill Breakout. Please come to the Exhibition Space 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 arrival 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

Mullamar is a new project by Caleena Sansbury, in collaboration with Adrianne Semmens and Kaine Sultan Babij, aiming to create a rich, multidimensional exploration of her great-grandmother Mary Cooper’s life.

By blending storytelling, physical movement, and projection, this creative development will investigate the personal and systemic challenges faced by Aboriginal people in the 1940s, highlighting their resilience and cultural significance.

About the artist:

  • Caleena Sansbury is a prominent First Nations artist whose diverse background and extensive experience have established her as a leading figure in the arts. Her heritage, encompassing Ngarrindjeri, Narungga, and Kaurna cultures, deeply influences her work and perspective.

    A graduate of NAISDA Dance College, Caleena’s career spans various disciplines including performance, choreography, and program coordination. She has showcased her talents on both national and international stages, working with respected artists and companies.

    Her notable collaborations include:

    • Vicki Van Hout on productions like Long Grass and Les Festivities Lubrufier.

    • Thomas E. S. Kelly on the performance work [MIS]CONCEIVE.

    • Karul Projects on the piece SSHIFT.

    Caleena’s experience extends to children's theatre, where she has performed in shows produced by InSite Arts such as Saltbush and Our Corka Bubs, and with Polyglot Theatre in Tangled. Her work demonstrates a deep understanding of both dance and theatre, particularly in contexts involving young audiences.

    In addition to her performance career, she has contributed to theatre as an actor in Legs On the Wall’s The Man With The Iron Neck and has showcased her organizational skills as a producer for the Melbourne Fringe in 2018. She has also toured South Australia with Taree Sansbury’s Mi:wi 2019, and performed in Jacob Boheme’s dance work Gurranda in 2024. Caleena continues to perform and practice dance in and throughout South Australia. 

    Currently, Caleena is a Program Coordinator at The Mill, an award-winning multi-disciplinary arts organisation. Her role at The Mill continues to reflect her commitment to fostering a vibrant and dynamic First Nations arts community.

public program, galleries

LIMITLESS: The Mill Fundraiser Exhibition

Adele Sliuzas ·

October 4-11, 2024

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Exhibition event: Friday, October 11, 5:30-8pm

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The Exhibition Space, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

Please note we are not open on Monday, October 7, due to the public holiday.

  • You can find LIMITLESS 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 has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 is excited to be hosting LIMITLESS, a fundraising exhibition shining a light on over 100 local artists.

This fundraiser exhibition will raise funds for our multi-arts hub while celebrating the abundance of artistic talent within the South Australian visual arts community, including work by established artists, visual arts students and graduates, local artist studio collectives, The Mill resident artists and The Mill alumni artists.

The exhibition invites audiences to find their favourite piece to add to their collection. All A5 artworks are priced at $100, with artists working in diverse mediums and styles. The exhibition features emerging alongside established artists, with all artists’ names kept anonymous in the exhibition. Artist’s names and details will be revealed when the buyer takes the work home. 

Sales from this fundraising exhibition support the artist and The Mill, helping us to achieve our vision for a thriving and prosperous arts culture in South Australia.

  • Sales from this exhibition will support the artist, and The Mill, fullfilling our mission to provide affordable creative studios, a community hub, professional development and presentation opportunities for artists.

  • We're excited to have submissions from:

    Carmen Alcedo, Mel Au, Sophia Bedford, Mia Behrens, Isabella Bianchini, Blakesby, Yolanda Boag, Sara Boni, Tom Borgas, Chloe Bower, Crista Bradshaw, Juliane Brandt, Jingwei Bu, Louis Bullock, Alicia Butt, Seb Calabretto, Asha Camacho, Jack Casper, Evie Catt, Madeleine Coates, Anastasia Comelli, Kate Cuthbert, Lettee Dametto, Andrew Dearman, Stephanie Doddridge, Lottie Emma, Tash Evele, Leon Ferrante, Lynette Fisher, Peter Francisco, Timothy Gambell, Oliver Gerhard, Jen Gibson-Smith, Anna Goodhind, Pj Graber, Rob Gutteridge, Bri Hammond, Evie Hassiotis, Nicole Haynes, Katherine Hoffman, John Hopkinson, Alice Hu, Romina Ienco, Malinda Jenner, Joanna Juers, Olivia Kathigitis, Lauren Kathleen, Keirart,Brent Leideritz, Jordanah Liston, Amelia Luke, Amanda Lundbäck, Meg Mader, Melody Marshall, Sascha Millard, Bridgette Minuzzo, Sienna Montgomery-Pittaway, Evy Moschakis, Tahneisha Mottishaw, Swapna Namboodiri, Stu Nankivell, Tori Nguyen, Larnce O’Flaherty, Liliana Pasalic, David Peace, Gough Pitawat, August Porter, Alyssa Powell-Ascura, Mary Pulford, Erin Renfrey, Alix Rogerson, Kelly Rowe, Vern Schulz, Scout, Morgan Sette, Adele Sliuzas, Lucky Smith, Jadranka Sunde, Nicole Szymanczyk, Jen Trantor, Tracey Vale, Martine Whalley, Rebecca Whittemore, Socorro Wickens, Bob Window, yeahdope, Rebecca Zanker and more to come!

public program, workshop, masterclass series

Workshop: Tufting Tapestries with Liliana Pasalic

Adele Sliuzas ·

Photo: Daniel Marks.

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Workshop

When: Saturday, September 28, 12:30-3:30pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $125 (+booking fee)

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 artist Liliana Pasalic for a tufting workshop where you’ll learn to make your own tufted tapestry artwork.

You’ll not only experience hand tufting and machine tufting, you’ll also learn about what materials can be used and non-traditional mediums that can engage your creativity.

What to expect:

This 2.5 hour session will combine hand tufting, machine (gun) tufting and painting. You’ll create a stretched, ready-to-hang, mixed-media artwork that you will take home!

Hear from Liliana about the techniques she uses when creating her stunning tapestry artworks. You will learn how to make your own tufting frame from reclaimed materials and gain knowledge about which fabrics can be used for tufting. Participants will talk about the possibilities of combining non-traditional mediums, boosting creativity and the benefits of a regular creative output.

Additionally, participants will contribute to a collaborative machine-tufted piece that will stay in the gallery and be exhibited as part of a future event in the gallery.

All materials included.

  • Liliana Pasalic has lived in Zagreb, London, and now Adelaide, working primarily with painting and tapestry.

    Her practice explores themes of home and identity, frequently referencing archetypal women’s roles and stereotypical suburban depictions.

    Utilizing contemporary and historical textile and tapestry techniques and drawing from her formal background in industrial design, Pasalic pushes the boundaries of her mediums, blurring and combining individual disciplines and newly incorporating LED lighting directly into the works.

    “I have collected a lot of photographic source materials of pasted-up posters in the urban environments of the cities where I have lived, and within these photographs I find and extract motifs and remnant graphic elements. These refer, like a woven visual history, of my familiar psychologically mapped home environments.”

    Pasalic has exhibited in solo and group shows around the world, including in Zagreb, Ljubljana, New York, Brussels, Vienna, Adelaide, Jerusalem, and Canberra. She had a solo exhibition "Multiverse" at The Mill Adelaide at the beginning of 2024.

    Pasalic will be exhibiting with Kolbusz Space gallery in Perth later in 2024 with a solo in 2025. Her solo opens in Our Neon Foe in Sydney in September 2024. She is currently a finalist in the prestigious Woolahra Small Sculpture Prize.

public program, masterclass series

Movement Workshop: Exploring Sound from a D/deaf Perspective

Adele Sliuzas ·

All images: Chisato Minamimura, Scored in Silence, by Mark Pickthall.

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Workshop

October 27, 11am-1pm

The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

$35 (+ booking fee)

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 Deaf artist Chisato Minamimura for a workshop that will explore your movement and senses.

What to expect:

Drawing on improvisation and her unique way of exploring sound and movement as a Deaf artist, Chisato Minamimura will lead participants through an exploration to focus and use their senses to create movements that are unique to them. The group will also investigate the importance of personal space and relationships with others, using patterns and geometric shapes.

Chisato speaks in British Sign Language and will be accompanied by two interpreters.

Experience level:

All ages and all people who are comfortable with movement, as the workshop will involve a lot of moving around. Wear relaxed clothing and be prepared to move barefoot.

  • Chisato Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist, choreographer and BSL art guide.

    Born in Japan, now based in London, Chisato has created, performed and taught internationally and is currently a Work Place artist at The Place.

    Chisato trained at Trinity Laban in London and holds a BA in Japanese Painting and MA from Yokohama National University. Chisato approaches choreography and performance making from her unique perspective as a Deaf artist, experimenting with and exploring the visualisation of sound and music.

    By using dance and technology, Chisato aims to share her experiences of sensory perception and human encounters.

 

Scored in Silence is showing as part of OzAsia Festival 2024 and is supported by the Playking Foundation.

 

centre stage residency, public program

Centre Stage Residency: Praise Mangena, 'Art is the Medium'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Supplied by the artist.

Showing and Q&A

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When: Friday, November 1, 6-7pm

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 Mill 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 arrival 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

Praise Mangena, Jack Green and Jade Ianella collaborate in this work-in-progress showing, weaving together music, movement and spoken word poetry.

“Dear Lover”, she begins to speak, unseen, her disembodied consciousness extending an invite into a world of creation. The music plays, each string and key carefully woven as the words are truthfully spoken…”no longer just an incarnation, I am the threads in words that spell out the birth of Nubian Queen”.

Art is the Medium is being developed as part of The Mill’s Centre Stage Residency, in collaboration with Adelaide Fringe, and will be presented as part of The Mill’s 2025 Adelaide Fringe program.

The showing will be followed by a short Q&A with Praise, 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 artist:

  • Praise Mangena is a multidisciplinary performing artist, based in Kaurna Country-Adelaide, with strong interests in dance and poetry. Over the last three years she has featured in a variety of events and performances such as Word on the Street Vol. 2 (2024), Draw Your (S)words (2024), SA Playwrights Reading Night (2022/24), Mixed Bag Poetry (2023), Soul Lounge (2023), JAUMA FEST (2023) and WOMAD (2022). 

    This year, she debuted as a music video director under the company of Adverse Reign for ‘KABALA’ (by Magajie) and this sets as a continuation of her exploration in art now adding script writing as a skill. She’s continued her work as a creative director in the company playing an integral role in the success of the most recent live show of Word on the Street Vol. 2 which was featured Live at the Lab during the 2024 Illuminate Adelaide Winter Festival. 

    Her journey continues as she prepares to officially launch her project ‘Art is the Medium’ at The Mill Adelaide with musicians Jack Green and Vanté Kay for the 2025 Fringe season. 

 

The Mill’s Centre Stage Residencies are presented in collaboration with Adelaide Fringe as part of their Arts Industry Collaborations program

 
 
 

dance residency, public program

Dance Residency: Tanya Voges, The Score: A Dance Work-in-Progress

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Morgan Sette.

Showing and Q&A

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When: Friday, November 15, 6-7pm

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 Mill 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 arrival 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

The Score is a new work by dance artist Tanya Voges developed and performed with musician Belinda Gehlert and emerging dancers Alix Kuijpers, Fern Mines, Amelia Watson and Queenie Wu.

Current neuroscience research supports the theory that memories of life events are held in the fibres of our being, embodied pre-verbal states and memories written on the body. The work of polyvagal theorist Stephen Porges and neuroscientist Bessel Van Der Kolk - who wrote “The Body Keeps the Score” - as well as the work of seminal dance movement therapists and somatic practitioners all influence Tanya's new suite of works.

The Score is a contemporary dance work with live music that will draw audiences in to reflect on their physical experiences of navigating life and propose the role of the body in holding memories and in the development of the sense of self.

The showing will be followed by a short Q&A with Tanya, 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:

  • Tanya Voges is an interdisciplinary artist, facilitator and dance movement therapist, whose work is based on her history of dance. Through an attempt to constantly capture the ephemerality of dance, Tanya works with mark-making and performance drawing, through film and photography, interviews and spoken word. Tanya’s dance works bridge arts and health and engage with the community through site-specific performances, workshops and choreography for diverse groups from mothers with their babies, youth dance practice, and professional performers through to the elderly.

    A graduate of Victorian College of the Arts (2004) and Melbourne University (2023), Tanya has worked with renowned choreographers in Australia and toured overseas in a career that spans 25 years. Living and working on the unceded Kaurna and Peramangk Lands of South Australia, Tanya’s work has been supported by Australian Dance Theatre, Dance Hub SA and The Mill. Artist Residencies at Flinders Medical Centre and South Australian Museum have extended her practice, and long-term collaboration with Louise Flaherty (visual artist) and Belinda Gehlert (musician) has produced two site-specific participatory performances Memorial for Forgotten Plants (Parklands 2020, Nature Fest 2021, Adelaide Fringe Festival 2022) and Understory (Fabrik, Lobethal 2023).

    More information: www.tanyavoges.com

  • Belinda Gehlert plays the Violin, Viola and Piano as an independent musician and with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Collaborating with diverse artists Belinda creates and produces electronic music and live performance for theatre, dance, live art, ensembles and bands. Her professional creative practice as a musician spans two decades. Since 2005 she has been writing chamber music, producing original electronic music and writing for the screen.

    As a member of the Australian Art Music and Ruby Award winning, Adelaide-based Zephyr Quartet, Belinda performed throughout Australia, The Philippines, England, Ireland, Germany, Scotland and The Netherlands. Belinda has composed and arranged music for Brink Productions, Patch Theatre Company, The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Restless Dance Theatre, Vitalstatistix, State Theatre Company of South Australia and is the 2020 COMA (Contemporary Original Music Adelaide) Composer in Residence.

    Since 2020, Belinda has collaborated on site-specific, participatory performance works Memorial for Forgotten Plants and Understory with visual artist Lousie Flaherty and dance artist Tanya Voges (www.louiseflaherty.com/lobethal)

    Website: https://www.belindagehlert.com/

  • Kunyi (Queenie) Wu is a Chinese born, SA (Kaurna Land) based independent dance artist and educator. A graduate of Adelaide College of the Arts in 2022, Kunyi performed alongside ADT dancers in Daniel Riley’s Savage and danced in works by Alison Currie and Lee Brummer. Since graduating, she has worked with choreographers Alison Currie, Sue Healey and performed with Alchemy Collective and Adelaide Sakura Troupe.

    Her interest in researching human connection has led her to integrate social, emotional, cultural and physical approaches to working with people of different ages and disciplines, translating these experiences and information into her physical practices of performing and pedagogy.

    @queenie.k.w

  • Amelia Watson is an independent performance artist who works between Italy, The Netherlands and Australia. Born on Kaurna Land in Australia, Amelia has a detailed and long background training in diverse movement styles including martial arts, tumbling, floor work, yoga, puppeteering, improvisation, ballet and contemporary dance. Amelia is a 2020 graduate from Adelaide College of Arts, a 2023 Helpmann Academy Fellowship Recipient and a 2023 graduate of Interdisciplinary Art (specialising in contemporary dance and dramaturgy) through Anfibia Art in Bologna, Italy. As well as working with independent choreographers in Australia and Europe, Amelia continues to create work through an anthropological lens and is interested in ‘universal feelings’, hands-on research and social sciences. @milolikethedrink

    Amelia Watson Showreel: https://youtu.be/Mg2DPhVgKIc

  • Alix Kuijpers is an emerging freelance choreographer, performer and sound designer. Kuijpers’ notable achievements include being the first dance honours student at a South Australian institution, and receiving first-class honours from Flinders University for his solo work IMMATERIAL.

    Since graduating from Adelaide College of the Arts, Alix has participated in dance festivals throughout the USA and Europe, performing for Jacob Jonas Company and Thar Be Dragons while overseas. Kuijpers was awarded Best Dance weekly award for his Adelaide Fringe debut ‘i know the end’ and the Emerging Artist Award for Fringe 2023 and toured the work to Melbourne Fringe.

    Alix is passionate about representing as a South Australian artist and champions emerging artist voices through his roles and initiatives as Dance Hub SA's 2023 Associate Artist and as one of Carclew’s 2023 Sharehouse Residents.

    @alix_gaga_krueger

  • Fern Mines is a South Australian emerging independent artist and teacher, dancing and working on Kaurna Meyunna Yerta. After graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2021 Fern has begun to establish herself in the South Australian Sector. Central to Fern’s artistic practice is a deep love of movement and belief in the importance of dance as both creative expression and a well-being practice. Alongside her dance training, Fern has always loved teaching and currently shares her passion with students from toddlers through to adults at a number of South Australian Schools.

    As a Sharehouse resident at Carclew, Fern co-created Groundskeeping regular dance sessions for the contemporary dance sector with Alix Kujipers and collaborated with Alchemy Dance Collective to present At a mansion.

This program has support from

 
 

masterclass series, workshop, public program

Workshop: Screen Printing with Bob Window

Adele Sliuzas ·

Photo: courtesy of the artist

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Workshop

When: Saturday, November 9, 12:30-3:30pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $125 (+booking fee)

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 artist Bob Window for a screen printing workshop where you’ll learn to print on fabric!

This beginner level workshop will explore Bob’s signature styles with shapes, layers and stunning colours.

What to expect:

In this 3 hour session you will learn the basics of screen printing, and learn two different techniques for creating amazing prints! Master screen printer Bob Window will share his expertise, and guide participants through the process of printing using pre-exposed screens, followed by printing with blank screens and butchers paper.

Bob will provide participants with 1m of fabric, but you are welcome to bring along additional fabric, tshirts or totes - natural fibers only please.

This can be a messy process, so please wear covered shoes and studio clothes or an apron.

At the end of the day you will get to take home your amazing screen printed artworks!

  • Robert Viner Jones (AKA Bob Window) is a contemporary printer/painter based in Adelaide (Kaurna Country). Robert’s works offer bold, uncompromising graphics - stark and confident in their nature. Trained in Sydney, obsessed with design and colour, Robert’s works draw heavily on fearlessness of mid 20th century design plus an unbridled willingness to simply paint and print things that make him smile.

    https://bobwindow.com.au/

centre stage residency, public program

Centre Stage Residency: Poppy Mee, PSYCHOPOMP

chloe metcalfe ·

Photos: Jamie Hornsby.

Showing and Q&A

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When: Thursday, November 28, 6-7pm

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 Mill 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 arrival 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

PSYCHOPOMP depicts a titular character, a temperamental god who inhabits the interstitial space between life and death, and ferries human souls across the breach.

Poppy will seek to explore various new methods of audience participation and emotional and physical intimacies between performer and audience. Poppy invites audiences to join her in a playful exploration that will involve participatory games, dancing and moving in the space, and a post-showing conversation about intimacy and physical touch in a theatrical/performance environment. 

PSYCHOPOMP is being developed as part of The Mill’s Centre Stage Residency, in collaboration with Adelaide Fringe, and will be presented as part of The Mill’s 2025 Adelaide Fringe program.

The showing will be followed by a short Q&A with Poppy, 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:

  • Poppy Mee is an actor, writer and theatre-maker working on unceded Kaurna land. Since completing her undergraduate training at ACArts in 2017, she has worked as an actor and writer on numerous local and interstate stage and screen projects.

    Credits include Heavy Red, Lucy and DiC and Stateless. In 2019 she was the recipient of a Carclew Fellowship to study theatre-making at Fourth Monkey in London, resulting in her first solo project, A Slight Exaggeration, which premiered at The Mill for Adelaide Fringe 2021. As a member of RUMPUS Theatre she performed in various productions as well as serving as co-head writer on Hamlet In The Other Room (2021).

    Poppy recently undertook specialist training at L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France, studying Le Jeu and clowning performance technique. Her second solo work, PSYCHOPOMP: A Cordial Evening with the Messenger God of Hope and Doom, premiered its initial season at The Courtyard of Curiosities at Adelaide Fringe 2024, and is currently holding its second creative development for Fringe 2025, with support from Adelaide Fringe and The Mill. Poppy is a proud MEAA member.

 

The Mill’s Centre Stage Residencies are presented in collaboration with Adelaide Fringe as part of their Arts Industry Collaborations program

 
 
 

public program, alyssa powell-ascura, galleries

Finissage: A Resting State and Halo-halo

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Alyssa Powell-Ascura, Kain Tayo, 2023-24, photo: Louis Bullock

August 23, 2024

finissage tickets

Finissage: Friday August 23, 4:30-6:30pm

The Exhibition Space, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Halo-halo and A Resting State in The Mill’s Gallery I and II, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    The Mill's Galleries is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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.

Please join us for the closing event for The Mill's SALA exhibitions, A Resting State and Halo-halo.

A Resting State is a group exhibition curated by resident artist Hamish Fleming, featuring work by Hamish Fleming, George Gilles, Anthea Jones, Robert Viner Jones and Billy Oakley.

Halo-halo is a solo exhibition by Alyssa Powell-Ascura developed through the Delima Residency in Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia, and at The Mill, in cooperation with the Mahmood Martin Foundation.

More about A Resting State
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public program, galleries

Artist talk: Hamish Fleming, A Resting State

Adele Sliuzas ·

Photo: Morgan Sette.

Artist Talk

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When: Friday, August 9, 5:30-6:30pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: Free

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 Hamish Fleming and The Mill's Visual Arts Curator Adele Sliuzas for a chat about his group exhibition A Resting State, showing in Gallery I at The Mill as part of SALA Festival.

About the exhibition

The Mill is excited to present A Resting State, a new exhibition curated by resident artist Hamish Fleming, featuring work by Hamish Fleming, George Gilles, Anthea Jones, Robert Viner Jones and Billy Oakley. In A Resting State artists have used the medium of painting as a device to create mood and atmosphere within everyday environments. Self-taught artist and now emerging curator, Hamish, has worked closely with the artists to develop an exhibition environment that is rich with feeling through the use of lighting, texture and colour.

  • H. Fleming is a contemporary realist painter currently based in Adelaide (Kaurna Country), South Australia. Fleming is a self-taught artist, working closely both with and against the long-standing traditions of realism. He works solely from life, without the use of any reference photos, to convey the subtler elements of the human experience through frequently mundane subject matter. Fleming’s practice draws upon many influences, ranging from the classical masters and post-modernism, to gothic and dirty realism literature. In 2023 Hamish has been a finalist in the Bluethumb Art Prize, Centre for Creative Health Art Prize, and Smallacombe Prize, and winner of the Young Artist Category, Adelaide Parklands Art Prize.

    https://hflemingartist.squarespace.com/

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breakout makes, public program

Breakout Makes: August Showing

Adele Sliuzas ·

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Showing

When: Friday, August 30, 3:30-4:40pm and 6:30-7:40pm

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

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 us for the first Breakout Makes showing, showcasing three local artists in a fun and intimate variety show.

Breakout Makes is a new pilot program designed to provide artists with a regular platform for sharing newly developed work with audiences.

Aiming to build an open and inclusive community of makers across different disciplines and to bring audiences into the process of making new work, encouraging them to value the ‘blood, sweat and tears’ that goes into creating a performance.

About the artists:

  • A performing arts maker for 30 years, Jo specialises in theatre that’s comical, musical, interactive and provocative.

    Prolific in her output, invention and creativity, she has produced short films/video, full length theatre pieces, solo/duo cabaret acts & full length shows, comic pieces, roving characters, songs, clown theatre shows, workshop series, workplace performance content, music theatre.

    Founding member of Restless Dance Company and Slack Taxi, Artistic Director of No Strings Attached for 5 years, she has trained with master teachers OS and has an ADV DIP in screenwriting.

    Jo aims to make works that connect, explore and celebrate what it means to be human.

  • Dalmas Otieno is a 39 year old contemporary dance artist born and raised in Kenya. He began his dance career in 2006 with Pamoja dance group. Pamoja dance group consists of mixed ability dancers with and without disabilities. Able?...Disabled?...Differently abled.

    With Pamoja dance group, Dalmas won the US Embassy diversity and culture dance competition award in 2010

    Dalmas has featured in different productions with Pamoja dance group that include; mother tongue, Koncrete City, Mkwezi, Elephant Stories among others.

    Dalmas has also featured in two music videos; 'Simama' by Mutinda and 'Politricks' by Namatsi Lukoye.

    In 2012 during his brief holiday in South Australia, Dalmas conducted a few dance workshops at Restless Dance theatre which saw him perform his solo piece 'Three Phases' for the restless dancers and their parents/caregivers.

    In 2013 he collaborated and performed with C.i.e Wayo, a France based dance company. He performed M'aime Pas Mal (I like me) in different festivals across 8 cities in France with Kenyan dancer Mani Mungai and British dancer John Bateman.

    He has also worked on some solo projects along the way; 'Three phases' (2010) and 'Je Vous Aime Aussi' (2014)

    Dalmas uses body movement to pass across message and mainly encourages people living with disabilities that they can turn their so-called disadvantage to be their greatest advantage. He believes that losing his leg was a blessing in disguise.

  • Poppy Mee is an actor, writer and theatre-maker. She creates highly theatrical performances steeped in satire, existentialism and a thick dollop of whimsy.

    As an screen actor Poppy has appeared in Stateless, Lucy and DiC, as well as having co-wrote and performed in Hamlet In The Other Room at Rumpus Theatre and numerous independent projects locally and interstate.

    PSYCHOPOMP is Poppy's second solo work, which she is currently redeveloping for its sophomore season at Melbourne Fringe Festival. Poppy is a proud MEAA member.

    "She could be the child of Apollo and Dionysus in the flesh" ★★★★ The Adelaide Show Podcast 

    “Poppy Mee has a natural flair for storytelling.” ★★★★ 1/2 Mindshare 

    “Funnier than many stand-up comics mining the same field.” ★★★★ The Clothesline 

    “Acting chops and storytelling are second to none” ★★★★ 1/2 Upside Adelaide

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alyssa powell-ascura, public program, galleries

Artist talk: Alyssa Powell-Ascura, Halo-halo

Adele Sliuzas ·

Alyssa Powell-Ascura in her studio as part of the Delima Residency, presented in cooperation with the Mahmood Martin Foundation. Photo: Daniel Marks.

Artist Talk

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When: Friday, July 26, 5:30-6:30pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: Free

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 Alyssa Powell-Ascura and The Mill's Visual Arts Curator Adele Sliuzas for a chat about her exhibition Halo-halo, showing in Gallery II at The Mill as part of SALA Festival.

About the exhibition

The Mill is excited to present Halo-halo, a new exhibition by Alyssa Powell-Ascura developed through the Delima Residency in Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia and at The Mill. Alyssa explores her Filipino heritage and her experience of undertaking the residency in Malaysia through video, installation, photography and personal essays. Her work touches on multi-sensory experiences, bringing audiences into the act of kamayan - a traditional Filipino method of eating with bare hands. She invites audiences to immerse and participate within her installation environment. Photographs evoke the lush, humid environment at Rimbun Dahan and create a conversation between Alyssa’s experience in Malaysia, her ancestral home in Pilipinas (The Philippines) and growing up here in ‘Australia’

Halo-halo is presented in cooperation with the Mahmood Martin Foundation.

  • A self titled “slashie”, Alyssa Powell-Ascura is a multi-hyphenated creative. Proud to have grown up in Bundjalung country in a Filipino-Italian-Australian household, she has a background that has given her an interesting, layered perspective on the world.

    Alyssa works across a variety of artistic mediums including: writing, conceptual art, immersive installation, traditional and mixed digital media, just to name a few.

    Her personal belief in the interconnected relationship of humans to nature drives her to pursue advocating better care of ourselves and our Earth. A finalist of the inaugural SA Environment Awards 2023, she is nominated for her environmental advocacy and using her platform as an emerging creative to promote sustainability and inspire young people.

    Motivated to bridge a deeper understanding and connection of Indigenous Philippines and pre colonial Indigenous Australia, Alyssa aims to be actively involved in the intersections she is a part of.

    Her creative work has been featured in a variety of local and international publications such as: Local Brown Baby (US), Kindling and Sage magazine (AU), Blank Street Press (AU) and The Philippine Times (AU). She has been published in The Entree.Pinays' anthology "The Calamansi Story: Filipino Migrants in Australia".

    If she’s not talking to the local Aunties and writing about food and culture, she can be found by the beach patting puppies who stop by to say hello.

read more about the exhibition

This project has support from

 
 
 

The Mill’s Visual Arts Studio Residency is presented in cooperation with Mahmood Martin Foundation

 
 
 

alyssa powell-ascura, public program, masterclass series, galleries

Workshop: Kain Tayo [let's eat] with Alyssa Powell-Ascura

Adele Sliuzas ·

Artwork: Sari Sari Store, Alyssa Powell-Ascura. Photo: Daniel Marks.

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Workshop

When: Sunday, July 21, 12-3pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $45 (+booking fee)

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    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 artist Alyssa Powell-Ascura for a relaxed lunch gathering where you’ll learn about Alyssa’s approach to art-making through the lens of food, family and culture.

Experience making your own halo-halo, learning about Filipino food through the act of kamayan (eating with hands) and feast through a curated menu featuring iconic Filipino food favourites.

This workshop is presented as part of Alyssa's solo exhibition Halo-halo, currently showing at The Mill in cooperation with Mahmood Martin Foundation.

What to expect:

Seated within Alyssa's exhibition, guests will be served traditional Filipino dishes and learn about Kamayan (eating with hands). All food provided, and the bar will be available to purchase wines from Hither & Yon and take home a complimentary Mama Sita’s package to recreate Filipino dishes at home.

Dietary note:

Vegan options available.

  • A self titled “slashie”, Alyssa Powell-Ascura is a multi-hyphenated creative. Proud to have grown up in Bundjalung country in a Filipino-Italian-Australian household, she has a background that has given her an interesting, layered perspective on the world.

    Alyssa works across a variety of artistic mediums including: writing, conceptual art, immersive installation, traditional and mixed digital media, just to name a few.

    Her personal belief in the interconnected relationship of humans to nature drives her to pursue advocating better care of ourselves and our Earth. A finalist of the inaugural SA Environment Awards 2023, she is nominated for her environmental advocacy and using her platform as an emerging creative to promote sustainability and inspire young people.

    Motivated to bridge a deeper understanding and connection of Indigenous Philippines and pre colonial Indigenous Australia, Alyssa aims to be actively involved in the intersections she is a part of.

    Her creative work has been featured in a variety of local and international publications such as: Local Brown Baby (US), Kindling and Sage magazine (AU), Blank Street Press (AU) and The Philippine Times (AU). She has been published in The Entree.Pinays' anthology "The Calamansi Story: Filipino Migrants in Australia".

    If she’s not talking to the local Aunties and writing about food and culture, she can be found by the beach patting puppies who stop by to say hello.

read more about the exhibition

This project has support from

 
 
 

The Mill’s Visual Arts Studio Residency is presented in cooperation with Mahmood Martin Foundation

 
 
 

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Virtual Gallery: Alyssa Powell-Ascura, Halo-halo

Adele Sliuzas ·

For June-August 2024 The Mill presents Halo-halo, a new exhibition by Alyssa Powell-Ascura developed through the Delima Residency in Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia, and at The Mill.

Halo-halo has been developed as part of The Mill’s Visual Arts Studio Residency program presented in cooperation with the Mahmood Martin Foundation.

This Virtual Gallery includes exhibition photography and social photography from the opening night and will include the live stream of Alyssa’s artist talk.

read more about Halo-halo
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Photo: Daniel Marks

Some of the works showcased in “Halo-Halo” draw inspiration from living indigenous practices, for example, the act of kamayan seen in the video work Kain Tayo, employ the method of eating food with your hands, where communal feasting becomes a metaphor for shared experiences and collective consideration.

Central to my artistic vision is the conscious incorporation of repurposed or found items. Everyday items common in Filipino households, such as the ubiquitous kumot or blanket, serve as anchors, becoming symbols of resilience and adaptation; ultimately interrogating the assignment of value of these otherwise ordinary items when shown in a gallery setting.

During the Malaysian part of my Delima Residency, I engaged directly with community members, witnessed rural rituals, and embarked on a personal journey. This immersive experience deepened my connection to my Filipino lineage, shaping the spiritual dimension of my artistic practice.

Halo-halo is more than an exhibition — it is a celebration of the fifth largest migrant community in Australia whose ties to Indigenous Australia transcend pre-colonial times. It is an extension of myself, my unapologetic love letter to my Filipino ancestry and Australian upbringing.

Halo-halo (loose translation mix-mix or mixed) is the name of a popular Filipino shaved ice dessert made by layering a concoction of various ingredients. Each layer of different traditional toppings can be eaten one by one, or usually mixed, eventually combining into a sweetened dessert.

As an emerging multi-hyphenate artist, my first major solo exhibition at The Mill shows my investigation of cultures and the intersections I find myself in as an Asian Australian; a halo-halo of identities, the overarching theme of the exhibition.

Through the lens of food, family and culture, the audience is welcomed to a seat at the table, weaving together threads of tradition, memory, and contemporary discourse into a rich tapestry of multi-sensory experiences. Much like halo-halo, the exhibition showcases diverse works that are experimental in nature that you can consume on its own — and then all together, creating a mouthful of complementing ideas.

Photo: Morgan Sette

Photo: Daniel Marks

Install photos: Daniel Marks

This project has support from

 
 
 

The Mill’s Visual Arts Studio Residency is presented in cooperation with Mahmood Martin Foundation

 
 
 

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Virtual Gallery: Chris Siu, Riot on an Empty Street

Adele Sliuzas ·

For our first exhibition of 2024 The Mill presented Riot on an Empty Street, a new exhibition of photographs by Chris Siu derived from his ongoing project Then We Keep Living. This exhibition has been developed as part of The Mill’s Visual Arts Studio Residency program presented in cooperation with the Mahmood Martin Foundation.

This Virtual Gallery includes exhibition photography and social photography from the opening night and the live stream of Chris’ artist talk.

read more about Riot on an Empty Street
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Photo: Daniel Marks

My residency at The Mill has been dedicated to developing the long-term photography project titled Then We Keep Living. The project navigates my relationship with Hong Kong through a two-volume narrative presented in medium format analogue photography. This exploration takes place against the backdrop of the 2019 mass civil unrest in Hong Kong, followed by my life in diaspora here in Australia.

The two respective volumes delve into representations of dispossession and defiance amidst the city’s ongoing socio-political transformation, contrasting with poignant reflections on diasporic experience and its isolating facets associated with cultural displacement, marginalisation, and disconnection. The project stands as a testament to the nuanced interplay of political dilemmas, self-discovery, and the frequently overlooked, profound repercussions of civil unrest.

Photo: Daniel Marks

Social photos: Daniel Marks

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