Abbey Rawson is a multidisciplinary artist based in South Australia. She explores history, nature, curiosities, anthropomorphism, folklore and storytelling as a visual artist, a writer, an animator, an illustrator and a theatrical improviser.
Abbey graduated from the Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design at ACArts, specialising in fine art printmaking. She is currently studying animation and archaeology, which informs her practice. Abbey completed a six-month Mentorship with Sally Heinrich (a renowned writer & illustrator) and undertook the Creative Incubator Program at TAFESA focusing on illustration and digital processes.
Abbey was awarded the IAF Franz Kempf Printmakers Award, and has travelled to Italy, Scotland & India to learn from master artists and crafts people through The Helpmann Academy & Carclew House. Abbey has undertaken improvised theatre workshops for four years, and is a teacher and performer with On The Fly, Story Snorts and Alex & The Babes.
Erin is an emerging artist working traditionally in watercolour and gouache. She commenced her Bachelor of Creative Arts at Flinders University and ACArts in 2020 and graduated in 2023. In the same year, she was selected for the Helpmann Graduate Exhibition and received the Hill Smith Art Advisory Award and Square Holes Award. She has exhibited in the Parklands Art Prize, Collective Haunt, and SALA.
Renfrey’s practice explores inner worlds, ecology and imagination. She investigates these ideas through anthropomorphism and magical realism, merging our world with fantastical elements.
Erin is currently based on Kaurna Land, South Australia
Alicia Butt is a South Australian emerging artist specialising in ceramics. Butt explores the importance of tactility to the medium of ceramics by creating handcrafted functional pieces with textured surfaces that are pleasing to look at and pleasant to handle. Her work shows a thoughtful approach to the making process and a sense of curiosity to the possibilities of the materials.
She hopes to capture a sense of elegance in her designs and takes pride in the precision she shows in the refinement of each piece. She is driven by a desire to master her craft and to share her practice with others through the unique pieces that she creates. Each piece is made with patience and care to create something one of a kind for people to enjoy using in their everyday lives.
Alicia graduated from Flinders University and Adelaide College of the Arts in 2020 with a Bachelors Degree in Creative Arts (Visual Arts). She is currently working alongside other creatives at The Mill to establish her own small business Ali Potter Ceramics which is a one-woman operation.
As the last of 9 children in a small country town, I’ve seen a lot. When I grew up, I graduated from Flinders Drama Centre, going on to work extensively in theatre, live art and screen as well as developing an arts practice of making theatre shows from intimate conversations with other humans. I work with collaborators that include installation-theatre companies in Demark and Singapore, and various companies locally including The Rabble, Arts House, Aphids, Open Space Contemporary Arts, No Strings Attached, STC SA, Brink Productions, No Strings Attached and Vitalstatistix. Some of my shows have won awards, some of my projects such as The Australian Bureau of Worthiness have been long standing, and some of my theatre performances have grabbed attention.
I collaborate and act in various screen projects, working with the ABC, Rob Marchand, Shalom Almond, Ian Bone, Craig Behenna and Nate Charles. I collaborate regularly with Sarah John, a visual artist and theatre maker based in Denmark, and delivered my new autobiographical work, The Photo Box with Vitalstatistix and Brink Productions, presented by the Adelaide Festival in 2022.
I have now embarked on a story-telling theatre performance experiment where I create my story set list based on conversations with the audience, so the show is totally improvised and different every night. I am also the proud mum of 9-year old triplets, which is a show all of its own.
Youth Inc. is a learning alternative for students aged 17-24. The senior secondary school doesn't do classes or use standard classrooms. Instead, it focuses on experiential learning in real-world settings. While the school is on Hindley St, Youth Inc.'s current Tinker Tech project operates from The Mill. Young people in the project focus on woodworking skills ranging from introductory hobby and handy skills to pre-vocational construction industry readiness. The project crew also enjoy learning from and connecting with established makers who share the space.
Community Bridging Services (CBS) Inc. is a South Australian Not-for-Profit organisation with the goal of helping people with disabilities achieve success through personal choice and control.
Since 1999, CBS Inc. have been running art classes and recreation supports for clients all over South Australia. CBS Inc. believe art should be an accessible outlet for people with any ability.
In these classes, a range of artistic expressions are explored including painting, drawing, and photography. The Arts Facilitator works alongside clients to develop their skills in their area of interest and have the opportunity to exhibit their art in the yearly exhibitions if desired.
You can also check out CBS Inc. Social Enterprise initiative, the Bearded Dragon Gallery, for a permanent display of artwork by local artists living with disability.
Yana Lehey is an environmentally motivated visual artist based on Kaurna land. Her practice spans various mediums, covering drawing, painting, and sculpture, depending on what a project calls for. Most recently, she has applied a textile approach to petroleum-based waste materials like plastic and rubber on a large scale, creating oversized crocheted sculptural works. She developed the necessary techniques as an accessible means for the every person to tackle the waste problem without the need for expensive technology and infrastructure.
Yana’s interest in environmental art first started to gain traction in 2020, with her first solo exhibition Face Up, featuring monumentally scaled watercolour portraits of nine young climate activists from diverse cultural backgrounds with diverse approaches. The research behind this project formed the basis for Yana’s current practice.
I make impressionistic sculptures and paintings inspired by nature, influenced by my experience. I share emotions and memories, capturing moments of wonder and nostalgia.
My work reflects themes of evocative objects and memento, inviting viewers to reflect on their own experiences. By blending nature with feelings, I hope to remind people of the beauty around us and the importance of connecting with our surroundings, places and memories we share with our loved ones.
Welcome to Rumble Studio! We’re a full-service creative studio owned and operated by Jordy Carr. Our capabilities cover brand identity design, logo design, signage and wayfinding, web development and design, photography, and digital marketing. If you need honest, easy-going people on your side to help bring your ideas to life, drop us a line at jordy@rumblestudio.com.au and let's grab a coffee.
Mel Heatley, reimagines objects into works of art to adorn the body. Rich in texture and colour, her pieces incorporate costume jewellery, gemstones, crystals, wood, bone and seeds, feathers, fabric, glass, pearls, plastic and resin.
She exhibited for several years through the SALA Festival and continues to teach workshops for schools, councils and community centres throughout South Australia.
In 2024, Mel will be working from her studio at The Mill, on a year-long project, culminating in an exhibition scheduled for June 2025.
When not painting in her home studio in the Adelaide Hills, you’ll find artist August Porter getting her hands dirty in the garden. As an abstract and semi-abstract painter and landscape designer, she draws inspiration from her home’s surrounding bushland. After years of observing the environment and being a passionate gardener, August truly understands nature’s rhythm. Her deep connection to the natural world allows her to paint the peaceful and dynamic life force.
Self-taught, with years of painting as a hobby, August took the leap to full-time artist in 2020-and has not looked back. As an intuitive painter, she evokes the elusive and intangible, reflecting what can only be felt or sensed as an indescribable beauty of the landscape.
August’s work explores beyond the surface of what we see and embodies the land’s spirit. She creates depth through layers, and fluid strokes result in dynamic movements within the paintings.
Rarely static, each piece depicts the fleeting yet eternal, continuous cycle of life. She’s currently exploring these themes on a larger scale and is excited to see what emerges.
Born and raised in Nigeria, Gbuyi now lives in Adelaide, South Australia, and creates imagery that celebrates the lives of his clients. His aim is to capture the emotional depth and empathetic details of a subject, effectively telling the story they want to share with the world. Gbuyi concentrates on bringing the subject and the space they inhabit alive and connected to the viewer. You’ll often see landscape photographs from his explorations in Adelaide, but he is known for the soft, calm, and powerful portraits he takes.
Gbuyi obtained degrees in science and business; however, he has always seen the world through photographs. His unique understanding of light, colour, and composition has informed his photography style and process.
Ku Arts is the South Australian support organisation for Aboriginal art centres and artists. We have a twenty-five-year history of providing advocacy, support services, creative skills and professional development opportunities for artists and arts workers across all stages of their careers, in support of a strong and vibrant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts sector.
The Mill studio provides open access for artists to on-site training such as canvas stretching and colour mixing or an available studio for Tarntanya-based artists to work from whilst creating networking opportunities for artists and Ku Arts staff with The Mill’s cohort of multidisciplinary artists.
Chiranjika (Chira) Grasby is an Adelaide based emerging artist, curator, and tattoo artist. She completed a Bachelor of Visual Art at Adelaide Central School of Art in 2019 focusing on oil painting and miniature portraiture. During her studies she completed an internship through Flinders University Art Museum, was involved in Carclew’s 2019 Emerging Curator program, and is currently the 2023 Early Career Curator and Writer in Residence for Guildhouse.
Her practice spans across painting, illustration, ceramics, textiles, and tattooing. She’s interested in exploring connection, particularly that of herself and her cultural heritage, but also the relationships of herself and her loved ones. Often this involves the incorporation of autobiographical iconography and symbolism, with nods to personal narrative as well as the outward influence of pop culture on her childhood. As a culturally mixed artist she recognizes a broken link between herself and her lineage, and endeavors to use art as a means to reconnect and further explore her identity.
Anthea is a visual artist and inveterate maker. Born in Millicent, now living in Adelaide, her formal qualifications include an Advanced Diploma in Visual and Applied Art, North Adelaide School of Art, a Graduate Diploma in Management (Arts), UniSA and a Graduate Certificate in Art History (Australian Colonial and Modern), University of Adelaide. In 2023, Anthea received the award of a Diploma in Atelier Art, Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism, Adelaide (an accredited atelier with the International Art Renewal Centre).
Supplementing her formal studies, she has also attended numerous masterclasses at Adelaide Central School, summer school at the London Academy of Realist Art and life painting with acclaimed contemporary artist Shane Wolf in Yorkshire, UK. After the disappointment of a cancelled three months study at the New York Academy in 2020, Anthea was invited to and will be attending, a one-month residency at Chateaux d’Orqueveaux in France in June 2024.
Anthea has successfully participated in numerous local and interstate art exhibitions and competitions and has had photographs of her works published. While her art training and focus has been on figurative oil painting and drawing, she also enjoys creating with textiles, mixed media, paper and found objects. Anthea is enthralled by the principles, elements and techniques incumbent in developing an artistic piece.
Meet Shazia Shehzad, a paper sculptor, installation artist, and engaging storyteller. She skillfully crafts paper into sculptures that tell human stories, displayed in Australia, the Middle East, and Asia, leaving a lasting impact. She collaborates with prestigious galleries and state cultural events, leading enlightening workshops. Shazia has integrated modern technologies such as AR and VR to breathe life into her art and make it more engaging.
She offers therapeutic art in healthcare and wellness settings, providing support for mental health and disabilities.
With a passion for sharing her craft, Shazia has taught paper art at Virginia Commonwealth University and cultural centres globally.
With an unwavering passion for community engagement and the arts, Christian Best has dedicated his life to shaping vibrant cultural landscapes. Having partnered with esteemed organisations such as the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), Festival City Adelaide, Adelaide Festival, Writers SA, Replay Creative, Act Now, and The State Theatre of South Australia, Chris has left an indelible mark on the community arts scene.
In their role as a community arts worker, Chris has consistently demonstrated an innate ability to bridge the gap between diverse artistic disciplines and community needs. Their work with events like Soul Lounge has showcased a deep understanding of how the arts can be harnessed to enrich tourism experiences, creating a dynamic synergy between culture and exploration.
Beyond their impressive affiliations, Chris has actively contributed to the creative tapestry of South Australia. Whether through groundbreaking projects with Replay Creative or transformative initiatives with ActNow, Chris has proven time and again that their dedication to community arts knows no bounds.
With an extensive portfolio and an unyielding commitment to the arts, Chris stands as a beacon of inspiration for both seasoned professionals and aspiring artists. Their journey is a testament to the power of creativity in building connections, fostering inclusivity, and leaving an enduring legacy in the community arts landscape.
As a photographer, Chris takes portraits that makes people love their faces. He has a way of 'turning each subject into an artist' by photographing them. His exhibition "LOCALS" was featured in SALA in '21, '22, and '23 as well as "Vasl" in 2023. Chris has been taking photos since 2013 and is currently working on a large body of work that he hopes to exhibit in late 2024.
Martine studied in the UK, obtaining a BA Hons degree in Textile Design. ‘My main area of study was printed textiles; however, after leaving Uni, I pursued painting and illustration. Always wanting to illustrate a children’s book, I could not believe my luck when I got a job with Jan Pienkowski, the pop up children’s book illustrator, working on his book called ‘Robot’ at his home studio in London.’
In 1994, Martine emigrated to Australia and continued to paint, entering many fundraising art exhibitions and Gallery exhibitions. She heard about a Printmaking group and decided to join Union Street Printmakers, re-kindling her love of printing. Martine’s prints have been in many exhibitions with other Printmakers.
Martine also works on community-based projects and at present, is working on painting Stobie poles in Kent Town for the Kent Town Residents Association.
Now that Martine has joined The Mill, she feels she can explore different mediums, using materials that would otherwise be thrown away to create 3D pieces while continuing to paint and print.
Renee is an emerging queer writer and a lifelong resident of Adelaide. Her focus is creative writing, but she is passionate about all forms of art and writing.
To grow her writing practice, she studied a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Creative Writing, sub-majoring in Cultural Studies at UniSA.
She went onto complete her Honours researching Australian coming-of-age YA fiction.
In 2022, Renee was the recipient of City Mag 2022 Writer in Residence January-June residency based at The Mill.
Piri Eddy is an award-winning playwright, writer, screenwriter, and producer living and working on Kaurna country.
His work has been produced for Radio National and published in such places as Westerly Magazine, Island, and Australian Book Review. Piri won the 2020 Jill Blewett Playwrights Award for his one-act play Forgiveness, which premiered at RUMPUS in 2021.
Erin Daniell is a contemporary jeweller and visual artist working across Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide) and Naarm (Melbourne). She completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) at Flinders University in 2021 with a focus on jewellery and object design. During 2022 she participated in the Jamfactory Associate Training Program in the Jewellery and Metal Studio, where she assisted in workshop facilitating. Her works explore themes of growth and beauty through the organic forms found in her jewellery collections.
Growing up on the coast has influenced the design process of Daniell’s work, as she feels a strong connection to the ocean. By using a unique process of cire perdue techniques, she creates dramatic surface textures that are suggestive of the natural world; like spiral growth patterns of molluscs or striations found in an eroding coastline. By combining fluid shapes with archaeological design references, Daniell creates jewellery and small-scale sculptures that both appear to have grown out of the earth and forged by the hand of a maker. Craftsmanship is at the core of her practice with a strong emphasis on traditional casting methods and locally sourced materials. The intuitive process of making is a spiritual and healing practice that continues to drive her production.
Celia Dunne is a multidisciplinary artist, and has been practising her craft my entire life, and tattooing for nine years.
“I try to stay grounded in the roots of my art practice with painting, watercolour, leatherworks, and repurposing and painting antique frames and mirrors. I’m always keen to learn and to work hard in my craft, no matter what I might be doing.
My tattooing practice has been heavily influenced by my main interest in art and history, drawing influence from classical and Renaissance art periods and translating them to skin.
I find inspiration daily in my art practice, from something as simple as a thought in my day to day, or the books I’m reading or the film I’m watching.
I hope to be able to progress further into my practice at The Mill and produce more advanced and larger artwork while having a dedicated space to work and explore my craft.”
Liliana Pasalic is a multidisciplinary artist based in Adelaide, South Australia.
“My practice is centered around transformation and documentation of the environment. I take cues from visually exciting moments, forms, objects, nature, still life, architecture and portraiture.
It includes working across painting, tapestry, sculpture and print making, with backgound and education in industrial design.
My work contains an intimacy and vulnerability that stems from my interest in truth, inner life and growth. I aim to often bring myself to feel joy that is born from uninhibited, spontaneous state of consciousness. There is as much seriousness as there is fun, playfulness and experiment in here. More than a social commentary I aim for my work to be about primary experience. Instead of consistency of style, I am more concerned with experimenting with styles that suit the current work I am making, to adapt to the material at hand, which might be because good design functions this way.
I am interested in the hand made, the metaphysical, mystery, ghostliness, construction, the impossible, strangeness, relationships between immaterial and matter, two dimensional and three dimensional.
In a process of self directed learning and uncovering, I often study art history, especially “the other art history”, the work of women artists from the past and present, whose work often informs mine.
I like to interrupt the usual way we see things and allow us to see them in a new way.”
David G Williams is primarily an illustrator with over 25 years’ experience, specialising in visual storytelling and concept development.
Past experience includes illustrating comics for Marvel, DC and independent publishers. More recently, he has been working as a scenic artist for TV, film and theatre.
David is currently working on personal IP projects and expanding into larger, textural works for exhibition.
My work unites a sense of control and passion within me. Amidst the emotional chaos and fleetingness of the every day, I am able to find purpose and authority in vivid, large-scale drawings that aim to capture the human form with an essence of realism. Pieces that evoke some kind of feeling through sheer scale and vivacity. Through my practice, I have come to learn and continue to realise the importance of separating my own connection to my work with the response that it may evoke in other viewers. I believe this is the most fundamental quality of art; to offer something nuanced to each individual, and I hope to capitalise on this in my future practices.
Creation Within Art features the artwork of Dean Wilson, a South Australian artist living in Adelaide with over 28 years’ experience in creating art. Dean's paintings are bright and colourful and are inspired by his life and travels around Australia. Unique and vivid landscapes are captured beautifully, as are the cheeky personalities of the native animals inhabiting these environments, which are the hallmark of Dean’s art.
In 2016, Dean was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), which has caused a variety of chronic and often debilitating symptoms including uncontrollable tremors in his hands and reliance on using a wheelchair. Dean has adapted his skills into new mediums and has not let the symptoms of FND dampen his creative spirit or his love for creating art. These days he puts his energy into painting and over recent years has established himself as an emerging and prominent artist living with disability. Much of his fun and colourful artworks are now displayed in cafes, pubs and offices around Adelaide.
When Dean isn’t painting, you’ll find him zooming around in a modified wheelchair scooter, which has given him the freedom to access his local community.
Julia is an abstract expressionist artist. Her artwork has featured in a TV series, an upcoming Hollywood movie, international magazines, New York’s Times Square digital exhibition and she has worked with Interior designers such as Alisa & Lysandra Interiors and Mia Lake Interiors. Julia’s artwork has also featured in Grand Designs Australia magazine, and others. She has exhibited her work in galleries and has collectors throughout Australia and abroad.
Her creativity has always been connected to her natural surroundings; growing up on a farm, curiosity and love for nature inspired her to explore, observe and touch everything she saw and constantly feed her subconscious with texture and colour. While gaining valuable knowledge and experience through more formalised studies, she accredits exploring nature as her most prominent teacher. Describing her artwork as a fusion between interior design and subconscious creation, artworks are large statement pieces, from delicate layers to gestural brush strokes, textures and mark making in acrylic and oils. When painting, Julia feels connected to the energy source that powers the universe. She shows her gratitude by hoping to capture the moment’s essence onto the canvas.
Education & Exhibitions:
Fiercely Feminine, ALA Gallery Gold Coast & Melbourne
Minimalism in Contemporary Art, ALA Gallery Melbourne
Internationally focused creative arts production company Light Sound Art Film is committed to telling stories which bring the world closer together.
Our latest feature documentary, Watandar, My Countryman, premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival and will be released in Australian cinemas in 2023.
Previous films include; The Staging Post, Highly Commended ‘Best Stand-Alone Documentary’ Australian Directors’ Guild, Searching For Michael Peterson, about a 70s schizophrenic surfing legend, Morrowind Babies, inside revered computer game company Bethesda Softworks, and Aceh – Ten Years After the Tsunami for USAID, now on permanent display at the Aceh Tsunami Museum.
We believe that we’re all a little bit more connected than we think.
Adelaide’s premier creative school for multidisciplinary string instrumentalists.
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We are dedicated to providing high-quality music education.
Our school is passionate about helping students of ALL AGES & SKILL LEVELS explore the world of music through their instruments. We believe it’s never too late to learn an instrument. No matter where you are in life we have a lesson for you.
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Calamity Tash, local queer Craft Wizard, believes art is for everyone and is most passionate about inclusivity and accessibility to the creative arts. Over the last decade Tash has been skill sharing with communities across the globe. The spreading of craft joy will continue as Tash becomes an enthusiastic resident at The Mill. Tash’s signature sparkle and use of whimsical dolls have been her wearable art trademark. Calamity Tash joins us on a journey of self expression and discovery. Her private studio will see the creation of many a weird and wonderful thing.
The Australian Youth Climate Coalition is Australia’s largest youth-run organisation, our mission is to build a movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis.
Young people have the most to lose from climate change, but we also have a lot to gain. Climate change is our best opportunity to create a world that works for everyone, not just a few. We can power our lives with the wind and sun, and ensure access to clean energy and job opportunities for all.
We believe that the only way to solve the climate crisis is through a social movement - a groundswell of support and momentum that is powerful enough to inspire the change we need and hold decision makers to account.
Our vision is for a fair and just world, with a stable climate and healthy environment for our communities and future generations.
We educate, inspire and mobilise young people to win campaigns for a safe climate, to keep fossil fuels in the ground and build a future powered by clean energy.
AYCC is a national organisation, with some staff and volunteers based in Adelaide. Maddie, who works out of the Mill, is AYCC's Organising & Training Director.
A long time ago Robert Viner-Jones, AKA Bob Window left Adelaide in search of all things fashion.
4 years of fashion studies, 25 years as a fashion designer with a side distraction of 3 years at The National Art School, Darlinghurst learning all things textile design and printing left him with a hunger to combine beautiful hand printed fabrics with his obsession with the mid century aesthetic, hence ‘bob window’ was born.
Bob believes colour and whimsy should be a part of everyone’s life. He also believes in the purity of individual design and hand printed, hand made treasures.
He’s back in Adelaide now and creating all manner of loveliness at The Mill.
AZALEA Models has established itself as one of the world's top mother modelling agencies. We maintain a small and highly selective line up of talent, allowing us to work closely with each of our models, in a nurturing and one-on-one environment. The agency promotes positive body-image, and ensures their models are in a caring environment designed to help them gain confidence and self esteem.
Recent graduate from Leeds Art University, UK with a first-class BA Hons degree in Fine Art. Amelia is an English oil painter currently based in Adelaide SA, whose work concerns the documentation of the everyday.
I explore ideas of 'chronicling a time’ and use my practice as a method of journaling my experiences. My paintings are all a part of a continuously growing collection representing a timeline of my life, with inspiration coming from photographer’s work, especially focusing on their narratives and concepts. I enjoy the act of recreating a digitally captured moment through my own impression with the medium of paint. My main influences are the painters, Zoey Frank and Edmond Praybe and photographers, Stephan Shore and Vivian Maier.
Amelia has been involved in multiple exhibitions including a solo show at Discraceland, UK which was self-curated and have done commission work with a food and drink chain called Slap & Pickles, where Amelia’s work is currently displayed in one of their London venues.
H. Fleming is a contemporary realist painter based in Adelaide (Kaurna Country), South Australia. Fleming’s practice blends together traditional and contemporary approaches to painting. Fleming works in the pre-established traditions of Still Life and Portraiture, utilising them as avenues to address the shared experience of contemporary life.
Juliane Brandt is a figurative sculptor and her artworks are always an invitation for the viewer to engage and discover intricate facial expressions that visualise an interaction with the surroundings.
Born in Berlin, Germany, and since 2022 based in Adelaide, Juliane´s work evolved from a long process of studies and experiments formed by different influences. Throughout her life, she was able to experiment with many different materials and artistic forms, further developing her skills by gaining extensive practical experience during her Art & Design studies in Berlin and London.
Juliane has presented her art in various exhibitions across Europe. Her artwork is on permanent display in different venues and also found in private collections. In 2023, she received a People’s Choice Award at the ‘Sculpture in the Garden’ Exhibition at Wollongong Botanic Garden, NSW.
Alice Hu is a philosophy-based artist, she seeks in exploring many things that fascinate her in this world. She works across many mediums such as glass, ceramics, sculpture, illustration and also working as a tattoo artist. Her artworks are often inspired by her unique aesthetic formed from her multicultural backgrounds.
Jemah Finn is a freelance writer, photographer, musician, filmmaker and producer with bylines and features in Vice, Triple J and more. Jemah currently works as an Emerging Creative Producer with Carclew. She studied a double degree of Journalism and International Relations with a sub-major in Film and Television. You may have heard of Jemah from her old music magazine finnsmag.com or as the co-host of the Fearless Media podcast.
Last year, she released her debut single and worked with Music SA and UNESCO on the Equaliser program. Jemah is passionate about ending sexual assault and is currently directing and producing a documentary about her experiences, with the hope to educate and raise awareness on this issue
Dan is a photographer who enjoys taking photos which utilize a raw and over-exposed style in order to exhibit elements of juxtaposition in his work. He often employs the use of isolated surroundings and unguarded expressions, presenting a candid feel to his work. Whether it be happiness, melancholy or even amazement, Dan loves to create something which will make you feel something and enjoy the experience.
Never having considered a career in photography, let alone anything art related, Dan had immersed himself into the corporate world from a young age. However, after mornings of waking up unsatisfied and dreading having to continue working in the job and industry his entire life had revolved around and not having a sense of joy in his life, Dan decided to change careers to photography.
Dan is primarily a Fashion Photographer but also enjoys taking photos of everything from Events to Food Photography.
Morgan Sette is a photographer and creative industry professional based in Adelaide, South Australia.
Photography has been her main gig ever since discovering that shooting bands is a really great way to work in music without being good at guitar, and has since decided to make a career of it. Years later, she still can’t play the guitar but has done some cool stuff working for the likes of WOMADelaide Festival, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Festival, Music SA, Australian Independent Record Labels, The Porch Sessions, YEWTH mag, Arts SA, APRA AMCOS, Five/Four Entertainment, Australian Dance Theatre, OPSM, Adelaide University, CARCLEW, The Mill, Adelaide City Council, Tourism SA, UNESCO City of Music, SALA, Carclew, CityMag, Adelaide Advertiser, The Australian, Broadsheet and countless individuals, businesses, organisations, artists and musicians locally and internationally.
Alexis is a freelance travel writer and editor with more than fifteen years' experience in the publishing industry. With a focus on adventure travel, wildlife and cultural experiences he has spent years exploring the world in search of the stories that others pass by. His creative, well-researched work has featured in a range of glossy magazines and leading online publications including The Guardian, Qantas, Australian Traveller, SAMotor, Get Lost, Luxury Escapes, Lonely Planet and Wild.
House of Campbell’s signature style combines vivid, daring statement pieces coupled with soft, dreamy aesthetics and empowers women to tell their story. Their commitment to tailored, well-crafted fashion means that they offer considered fashion created to celebrate women of diverse shapes, ethnicities and lifestyles.
For Creative Director, Abby Potter, House of Campbell’s story began as a child learning at her grandmother’s sewing machine. This led her to pursue opportunities within fashion as a woman.
Bringing wide-ranging experience, along with strong networks both locally and across the sea, Abby thrives on quality standards and meaningful customer relationships.
Through House of Campbell, she seeks to combine innovative, forward-thinking designs, aimed to embolden and disrupt, with accessible, sustainable fashion for all women.
Lauren Kathleen (she/her) is an Adelaide-based illustrator, whose bright, colourful work is inspired by nature and her wanderings through the world. She works primarily digitally, and with oil or acrylic paint to capture simple, everyday moments of beauty and stillness, finding pockets of peace in gardens, forests, the ocean, and the sky. The building blocks of her work are always long walks, exploration, and contemplation.
Lauren also writes poetry and prose, and can often be found with a film camera in hand, observing always and collecting inspiration from the world around her in all forms, sometimes visually, sometimes in writing. She enjoys using all these components of her creative practice together, to develop projects that incorporate the poetry of both words and images.
Lauren’s current focus is on finding new applications for her art, exploring new mediums, and creating more than she consumes, to develop an ever-evolving portfolio of work that represents her perspective.
Daniel Rossi (b. 2000) is a self-taught artist working and living on Kaurna Land (ADL, Aus).
Creating stylised works with bold and reckless line that are often paired with colours to match, Daniel predominantly works in graphite and watercolour, while also branching out to acrylic and oils.
Daniel’s work presents itself to a variety of different subject materials, with a large portion of his work focusing on pop culture and queer identity, taking it's form in a range of forms such as still-life and portraiture.
Having studied fine art two decades ago, I am now an emerging artist after finding my way back to my art in recent years.
Through my art I explore the identity of our culture. Who we are is not only indicated by what we want to see, but also by the aspects of our society that are hard for us to come to terms with. It is only when we consider these aspects with honesty that we can understand who we are as a culture, and also as individuals.
I work in oil paint and charcoal. The process or my art is consists of layers of transparency. Even mistakes are a significant aspect of the process which I reveal as part of the narrative of each artwork.
FunkyFunYou is a handmade brand, but it is also so much more. It creates not only jewellery, but a way of thinking and living. Funky living is playful, crafty and sparks creativity. The founder Amy‘s background in landscape architecture and media informs her design process through vibrant colours, creation of miniature art and a funky perspective of what jewellery can be.
Each FunkyFunYou product possesses a tiny fantasy world of its own, carrying a meaning with no boundaries, travelling across memories, timelessly, from the past, for the present and into the future.
After his first love's of music and philosophy resulted in a decade of stage-hand work at the Sydney Opera House, Peter realised his creative outlet in the end wasn't the ephemeral arts, but carpentry and craft.
What has followed has been an eventful career as a furniture maker, both doing commissions and as workshop manager for The Bower - a Sydney not for profit focused on principles of reuse and repair.
Having recently moved to Adelaide, Peter has stationed himself at The Mill to now focus on his flower punk lamps: A series inspired by the permaculture movement, by taking their principles and methodology in the garden and applying it to art and craft. These lamps, made from mostly repurposed materials, will illuminate on the theme of our two great solar powers - greenery (photosynthesis) and human labour.
Key to Peter's philosophy is that it will be from the arts that we can find the subtle knowledge necessary to redress our societies in the face of climate change.
Caitlin Möhr, (b. 1999, South Africa, she/her) is a Tarndanya/Adelaide based self-taught artist whose work is primarily concerned with peeling back the social layers that influence human nature, to expose untapped vulnerability. Influenced by her observations of disconnection within her community, coupled with her own ongoing experimentations with various practices of self discovery, that allow her to forfeit control and bare all, Caitlin seeks to uncover purity of identity through the breaking down and subsequent reconstruction of ideas.
Möhr predominantly works with oil paint, and over years of self-teaching has developed her own visual vocabulary - her busy, intriguing paintings challenge viewers and are filled with colour and texture.
My practice is an expression of my dissociation with the physical world. My artist practice is expressed through various visual forms. Through performative rituals of video making, painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, words and installation, I challenge my internalised perceptions of the everyday and express my own mental contradictions in order to re-contextualise the perceived boundaries between me and the external world.
My outcomes manifest situationally. I react and respond to pre-existing forms, objects and the situations within the world in whatever means and medium necessary. Processes of layering, juxtaposition, confrontation, contradiction and absurdism are enacted in order to embrace, touch, be close to and feel a sense of tangible connection to my environment — physically, emotionally or psychologically. I seek shear human transcendence and honesty in my art. Hence, the violent, chaotic, cringey and loud nature of my work is a true attempt to free myself. I often express my works through the construction of installations where mediums coexist between one another. Performative installation play in my process, invites viewers into a stance of participation where the boundaries between life and art can coexist.
Isobella Caruso is a brand, marketing and publicity consultant who is well-respected in Adelaide’s arts and live entertainment industry.
With over half a lifetime of experience at some of South Australia’s most iconic organisations including Adelaide Fringe, Rip It Up, Adelaide Festival Centre, South Australian Living Arts Festival and the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, she’s a notorious force within Adelaide’s arts and events industries.
Kate Verner is an emerging South Australian illustrator from a rural background. Her art has a strong focus on expressing emotion, personality and memory through pattern work.
Her passion for art began as a child with a love of bold style and detailed oriented children’s book illustration. Kate graduated from The University of South Australia in 2020 and has since been involved in numerous group exhibitions including the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition (2020) and 100 Barossa Artists (2020), leading into her first solo exhibition during the 2021 SALA. Her exhibition titled Fragments was the beginning of her new focus on abstract design.
Kate’s print collections are predominantly sweet and simple character designs perfect for children’s rooms and modern homes. Tossed in also are more vibrant works which express simple narratives or simply look beautiful. Her work is available for purchase at her online stores or at markets in Adelaide throughout the year.
Into 2022 Kate is focusing on expanding her skills by exploring visual arts mediums and returning to working with wood and clay. She is also working on expanding her store to included sustainably made garments featuring her developing colourful style.
Inspired by animation as a child, Ollie has grown to have a great passion for 2D animation and bringing illustrated characters to life.
Motivated by a deep sense of social justice and representation in media, Ollie aims to bring the stories of those often forgotten – to the forefront of media and tell real, human experiences.
As a lover of film and visual storytelling, Ollie loves to be in a creative/directorial role in animation – exercising his passion for film techniques and storytelling. He loves finding creative solutions to problems and challenging himself to find new ways of visual thinking.
Ollie works mostly in digital 2D animation and illustration, but also loves to get into traditional media including inking and woodcutting. He also dabbles in video production and visual effects as part of his animation practice.
Belle is an illustrator and aspiring character designer, that loves to create stories with her work. Everything she sees gives her an idea for a character or world, and she’s constantly making notes. Belle is deeply interested in depicting modern values in fantasy settings, and wants to make her own comics. She also works with polymer clay to make jewellery, charms, and figures which she plans to sell on an online store.
Belle’s education background is in both illustration and animation, with a Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation) from the University of South Australia.
Multi-instrumentalist and solo artist, My Cherie, works from the sound studio at The Mill. Combining a dense mixture of ethereal, jazz-inspired guitar, live looping, atmospheric synth and hip-hop groove underneath pure, angelic vocals, My Cherie has exploded onto Adelaide’s music scene with an electrifying and unforgettable fashion.
Bethan graduated from SAE Adelaide in 2017 with a Diploma of Sound Production, and has been working as a freelance audio engineer ever since. She works predominantly from her studio at The Mill, but also frequently runs sessions out of the many other amazing studios Adelaide has to offer - all the while being a graduated Intern from Chapel Lane Studios.
Bethan offers mixing, mastering, recording and producing on an international scale. When she is not working with clients, she makes her own music under the alias MARRS.
Mads Cooke works as a universal artist, adept in a range of different practices. After studying Visual Communication Design at Monash Art Architecture & Design, and completing her bachelor degree at the University of South Australia where she specialised in Illustration, Mads has since practiced as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.
Mads has always enjoyed incorporating hand-drawn illustrations into her design work, giving her a raw, organic edge that she identifies strongly with – balanced well with her clean minimalist designs. As she progressed through her design work she felt a longing to illustrate more by hand, leading her to paint/ draw again, creating the artworks that she produces today. This form of practice for her is very meditative and calming, and is what she creates a sense of for the viewer too.
Raised in the Adelaide Hills, Mads is well acquainted with the natural environment, she identifies the natural world as a calming/ soothing atmosphere for her as it reminds her of her home and childhood memories. Mads’s work is predominately inspired by the flora, but she also explores the textures and patterns that are formed in the natural environment – drawing upon the unique, free-forming landscape. Her work is composed of organic shapes and forms, repeating lines creating soft shapes, natural colour tones and depths of foliage – to create her sense of calm.
Eleanor Green is an emerging artist based in Adelaide, South Australia. She specialises in painting made-to-order watercolour animal portraits.
Her passion for painting started at a young age, inspired by her love of animals and nature. Over the past few years, she has been focused on developing her own colourful and life-like painting style.
Now 23, Eleanor runs her own business, Illustrations by Eleanor. She now works mostly on commission, painting portraits of dogs, cats, and horses for clients all over the world. With each new piece, Eleanor works to capture each animal’s unique personality and spirit.
As of 2021, Eleanor also holds market stalls around Adelaide, selling native Australian animal artwork, and offering on-site animal portraits.
For more information, and to see Eleanor’s other works, visit her Instagram and Facebook pages.
I had never considered being a photographer as a career until a friend of mine who worked at a local recording studio plonked a camera in my hands and said “we need to capture a massive recording day for an artist and I need someone who can hold their own in a room full of people”. I looked at him in disbelief, I had never picked up a camera in my life let alone knew how to use one! He quickly showed me the basics and after a long recording day, I just never looked back. It wasn’t the equipment itself that I fell in love with that day, it was the whole process - it was capturing someone so passionate about what they did, that pulled me in.
Since that day, I pride myself to be just as passionate about the services I provide to my clients, whether I’m photographing social media images for businesses, live gigs for local musicians, strength training at the gym or beautiful event celebrations, you can guarantee I’m loving every minute of it!
It’s funny in life how somethings choose you and I am so glad photography did because I have never loved anything more than capturing amazing moments.
Pete is a writer/director working across features, TV and commercials. Recent projects include: THE NEW BREED (2020), an independent feature film, which premiered at the ‘Sustainable Living Film Festival’, MAKING THEIR MARK (2021) a cinematic factual series for ‘Amazon Prime Video’ and MAKERS (2015) a short-form TV series for ‘Channel 4’ (UK).
Current projects include NEW AUSTRALIA, a period drama series set in 1890’s Australia and Paraguay, WHEN THE CHEERING STOPS, a cinematic documentary series about sports stars and artists finding meaning after an early retirement and EMOTION IS DEAD, a low-budget indie thriller set in the northern suburbs of Adelaide.
Ozlem is a Turkish born artist who now lives and works in Adelaide. She studied painting, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Suleyman Demirel in Turkey. Before becoming a full-time artist, she enjoyed an 18-year academic career as a lecturer in Theatre Stage Design Department at the University of Dokuz Eylul in Turkey, where she attained a Master’s Degree and PhD. She has had a number of solo and group exhibitions in Turkey, Japan, Australia and Albania.
The inspiration for her works stems from her belief that everybody has an individual story, which is written spontaneously. "Just like characters in the theatre, we play various roles in our "scriptless" lives. Sometimes we are the protagonists, sometimes we are the supporting cast, and other times, we are just the passerby. So, to me, everyone's story is unique and precious. As an artist, I try to touch these stories and paint with these questions in mind – 'Who are we?', 'Who were we?', and 'Who will we be?".
Her characters do not possess any particular gender, age, religion, nationality, skin colour and are not flawless. Instead, the characters are illustrations of humankind's attributes, the ones that make our lives meaningful. They are representatives of our universal moral values. It is the presence or absence of these moral values in our lives that provoke the extensive palette of human emotion. She invites the audience to approach her works with an openness that allows them to engage in a self-directed journey.
"Each work I make represents a discovery, one revealing step after another along the way. Each piece of work also represents a moment of reflection. They help locate me on my journey and provide suggestions for direction. As I follow them step-by-step, they serve to continually simplify my journey, not simplifying in the sense of less and less, but providing me with more clarity and meaning to the essence of life."
Ozlem is an adventurous visual artist who works in both expressionist and abstract modes to express deeply felt notions of human nature and natural beauty. She works several style and techniques, mixed medium on different surfaces as well as clay sculptures and reliefs.
Oliver is an Adelaide based designer with a strong emphasis on 3D image-making and animation. He likes to collaborate with exciting artists and clients that can bring new ideas to the world through bright 3D imagery. Oliver looks forward to the future of digital media with emerging technologies and software that can assist designers to create vivid solutions with smaller, capable setups.
Omid Vojdani is an artist and designer based in Adelaide. Creating moving and still images, his work is driven by exploring the space between what is real and what is not — 3D helps him understand and see in a new way. He specializes in bringing stories, products and brands to life, with the aim to create beautiful images and motion that is both meaningful and memorable.
Coming from an illustrative design background, Jake Foreman approaches his designs with a contemporary take of classic imagery, leaving behind a hint of nostalgia.
Jake uses modern electric tattoo machines for black ink with smaller single-sitting pieces. Jake is new to the scene, catch him before he takes off.
Following the release of his sophomore album “Live Simply” in May 2014, Sam Brittain touring relentlessly throughout Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom.
Sam runs his own recording studio, Wildflower Studios
Ruby Poppy is a modern-bohemian flower bar with a twist.
The story begins with Ruby Rae; a young entrepreneur. Territory born but southern raised. She can accomplish anything as long as she has the three F's; Flowers, Fleetwood Mac and Freedom of expression.
The eldest daughter of two creatives. They met each other working in the music and events industry. She has grown up around art, music and all kinds of fantastic events.
With Ruby's free spirit, abundance of event knowledge, love of flowers and unique arrangements; she has started this flower bar to express and show case a new style of flower art.
Alex films things she’s passionate about which is why you'll see her filming your grandma dancing in the back of the venue instead of focusing on all the conventional awkward cheesy 'wedding stuff' which should have definitely been left in 2003.
Alex’s style is fun, if she doesn’t want to re-watch it, she won't film it. She’s simply here to film the times that cannot be forgotten and to re-live all your wild love parties that she attends.
As much as she loves to party with you all, her favourite thing is the video editing. Alex is obsessed with being able to create something that you aren't expecting, something that will leave you on a rollercoaster of happy tears and big belly laughs when reliving your wedding day.
Premier maker of musical instruments, specialising in extended range guitars and basses, handmade to order.
Not only making instruments, but also servicing the Adelaide guitar scene for over a decade in repair, servicing and customising, has crafted a unique style bringing modern design and traditional techniques together to make one off instruments designed to last the test of time.
Having studied as a furniture maker whilst completing the first ever Guitar Making Apprenticeship in Australia, Jordan brings a different approach to Instrument construction to other Luthiers. Focusing on instruments that not only look the part, but also sound and feel premium, and most importantly designed to withstand the harsh Australian climate and conditions of working musicians
Valuing the local artisan scene, Jordan also works with other makers and artists every year to create one off instruments combining his own style and construction with other’s aesthetics and medium.
Jordan’s guitars have toured every continent of the world, and won features in multiple makers exhibitions and festivals. He has been a guest speaker at the International Guitar Festival and runs personalised classes on guitar making, with a big belief that education and transparency can only bring more creativity and push makers of all kinds to strive for perfection and innovation.
Every Friday morning, Lisa, the creator of Yoga & Co Adl, takes over The Mill's gallery and turns it into her very own yoga space.
Lisa runs her yoga sessions a little differently. She gets you down-dogging to Drake, bending and twisting to Beyonce and blissing the hell out to the likes of Bon Iver. It's yoga + sweet tunes.
XO L'Avant is a private appointment only studio based in Adelaide, South Australia.
With a main focus on contemporary and traditional tattooing styles, predominantly black ink with colour options.
Resident artists include Jayaism, Mark Mason, Nadika and Kyle Woodman (Yeah Dope).
XO L'Avant regularly hosts a variety of travelling tattooers of diverse styles, from both interstate and overseas. Follow the Instagram and Facebook pages for updates.
Located on the ground floor inside The Mill Adelaide.
Tom Borgas is an artist working from a sculptural foundation across multiple platforms including gallery and project work, public sculpture, festival interventions and performance. Developed through an oscillation between digital and analogue processes his work is an investigation of the space between image and object, virtual and physical, maker and viewer.
Tom has exhibited at shows and galleries around Australia, most recently as part of the Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial. Other works have been included as part of programs at the Contemporary Arts Centre of South Australia, The Jam Factory, Artisan in Brisbane, Salamanca Arts Centre in Hobart, FELTspace ARI, Hatched 2013 and PICA Salon 2014. He the recipient of a number of awards and prizes including the The Helpmann Academy/Hilton Hotel emerging art commission, the Hill Smith Gallery/Helpmann Academy Friends Travel Prize and the 2015 Lismore Regional Gallery Splendour in the Grass New Art Commission. Tom’s practice has also received support through contributions from the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts South Australia, Copyright Angency, NAVA and the Helpmann Academy.
Since graduating from Adelaide College of the Arts in 2012, Sandy Kumnick has shown work in solo and group exhibitions and was Artist in Residence at Sauebier House, Pt Noarlunga, 2015. Both the Onkaparinga and Marion Councils have purchased paintings by Sandy for their collections.
Her studio at the The Mill allows Sandy to further diversify her archival experimental works which are primarily large abstract paintings.
Sandy’s art is dedicated to the natural world and she is currently working with student activists to complete a community drum for Climate Change.
Robyn Wood designs furniture and household objects that are inspired by the Australian landscape and lifestyle. Created from locally sourced timber and natural materials, Wood works closely with local artisans and manufacturers through every stage of development. The results of this process are evident; effortlessly functional objects that radiate lightness and warmth making each piece eminently liveable and lovable.
Established in 2013, Robyn Wood Studio produces modern Australian handcrafted furniture and unique objects of the highest quality for residential and commercial interiors. The studio takes both private and commercial commissions and Wood’s range of limited edition objects have been seen at Adelaide’s Bowerbird Design Market and The Big Design Market in Melbourne.
Peter Fong is a process-driven, handcrafted custom furniture designer and maker with a love for all things handmade.
"I specialise in considered one-off pieces that feature proud joinery and wood on wood construction, avoiding the use of nails and screws where possible. My aim is to impart a sense of permanence into our everyday objects through the use of well thought-out construction and materials paired with timeless clean designs that will live through generations."
“Winemakers straddle the disparate worlds of agriculture and art. The blend is art - and the winemaker is the artist.”
Yan and Mal have been in residence at The Mill since 2018, as the Adelaide base camp for McLaren Vale winery Old Jarvie.
Call in and say hi, or attend one of The Mill’s events to sample the ranges.
About Old Jarvie: There’s an unseen partner at work in our winemaking; the Gulf St. Vincent that laps Adelaide’s coastline. Matthew Flinders named it after the First Earl of St Vincent, Admiral John Jervis, whom the British sailors admired as “Old Jarvie”.
Representing the care and creativity of our family vineyards, Old Jarvie seeks out passionate partners & adventurous consumer, all over the world.
Built on a foundation of intuitive art, Nadika is a celebration of ethnic adornment and femininity, simultaneously delicate and bold.
Playful colours and shapes interact with each other, reminiscent of multicultural tapestries and the intricate patterns of the natural world.
Nadika is a range of wares designed by Adelaide artist Nadia Suartika which includes jewellery and embroidery pieces. Nadia sources recycled clothing, often made from linen or silk to apply her embroidery by-hand. Each piece is a one-of-a-kind. Nadia is inspired by her Balinese-European heritage and her family of creatives. Nadia is a tattooist at XO L’avant where she specialises in hand-poked pieces recognisable for their delicate line work and symmetry.
The music production studio at The Mill is home to Michael Carver, who works on recording, mixing and mastering projects for bands and musicians; pop music production with local and interstate artists, and music composition for film.
Mark Mason makes tattoos made by hand, no machines, from Adelaide to Barcelona and back.
Mark works mainly with bold detail, harnessing primitive tribal pattern work ideas and abstract imagery. Mark also brings it back to basics with hand-poking application. He works mainly in black ink, but is open to colour ideas at client's request on small scale and large scale projects.
Louise Flaherty is an artist and arts worker based in Adelaide. She studied Visual Arts at the South Australian School of Art, receiving first class Honours. Her current practice is informed by quiet reflection on the natural environment around her. She uses varied range of media including drawing, and installation as well as experience facilitating community projects. Louise has had extensive experience working with community in facilitating and managing community driven art projects mainly while living in Tennant Creek, NT.
She was a Founding Director of Downtown Arts Space, and has worked at the South Australian School of Art and as the Arts Program Manager at Barkly Regional Arts in the Northern Territory. She was the winner of the 2019 Tatiara Art Prize at Walkway Gallery. She has exhibited at Sauerbier House, the Mill, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide Central Gallery, Artroom5 and Murray Bridge Regional Gallery. Louise undertook a residency in 2019 at Sauerbier House Cultural Exchange, Port Noarlunga, developing artworks in response to Port Noarlunga native flora. In 2018 Louise undertook an exhibition residency at The Mill in the Adelaide CBD, focusing on researching local native plants that grew in the Adelaide CBD area. In 2018 Louise obtained a Guildhouse LimberUp mentorship with artist Laura Wills, focusing on community engagement and participatory practice. She is a studio resident at the Mill and is currently undertaking an Artist in Residence at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital with the WCH Foundation Arts in Health team.
Kirsty Martinsen is a painter, designer and performer based in Adelaide, South Australia. She has a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the South Australian School of Art and a Diploma of Painting from the NY Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.
In a world of swipe right fast decisions, literalness, and the need to know and be told how to think and feel, Kirsty is interested in the opposite. She’s interested in the quiet, slow surrendering of a need to know or be told, and the layers and textures of our relationship with ourselves. She loves drawing and to work from life, either with people or plein air, outside amongst the trees, birds and sunshine. Kirsty is a believer in art as an agent for social change and in a disability arts and culture that enables disabled people to strive for artistic expression, champion their own destiny and combat prejudice.
Kirsty has exhibited in Australia, US, UK and Amsterdam. Her short film, Breathe, won the Mercedes Matter/Ambassador Middendorf Award at X Marks The Spot: Women of The NY Studio School, the 2018 Alumni show. In 2016 she participated in the Australia Council’s Sync Leadership Program; sat on Arts SA’s Richard Llewellyn Art and Disability Trust panel; performed in the 2016 Fringe in Spring written by Patricia Cornelius and Directed by Maude Davey with No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability, and in Jerome Bel’s GALA in the 2017 Adelaide Festival. Currently Kirsty has a studio at The Mill, she teaches drawing, is devising a self-portrait performance called Bodiness with NY Theatre-maker Erwin Maas and is working with SBS and SA Film Corporation on a short documentary as one of 3 disabled film makers in the Full Tilt project.
Katrina Freene studied jewellery at the University of South Australia and Jamfactory. She has been making jewellery for 10 years.
“I make jewellery from vintage tin trays and the other body of work is chunky silver and gold jewellery which is about re-hashing traditional jewellery forms into contemporary wearable art. In between all that I like trying out different jewellery techniques such as enamelling and soon I will have a go at repousse.”
Kate O’Callaghan graduated with Honours from the National Art School in 2004 majoring in Ceramics.
During her time at the NAS she experimented developing large scale installations, large vessel slab design, mixed media sculptures and large wheel thrown vessels. Kate won the graduate prize for her unique vessel designs encompassed drawing, painting and burnishing clay.
Post-graduation, Kate was an invited artist to participate in several exhibitions in Sydney. Then embarked on a trip to South Korea where she explored the Korean practice of ceramics and wrote several articles and was published in The Journal of Australian Ceramics.
Today Kate is the Founder and Director of Artful, a company focused on teaching the benefits of clay to people of all ages. Artful currently provides workshop experiences to many local councils, schools and groups along with individual tuition.
At the Mill, Kate brings her knowledge and resources as a ceramist with workshops and ‘kiln for hire’ for internal and external artists.
Jaya is an Adelaide-based artist, practising mainly in the medium of tattoo.
Every tattoo is uniquely designed for the client, and never repeated. Inspiration is drawn from a diverse range of sources including Cubist ideas, traditional tattooing, tribal tattooing, Indonesian and other indigenous patterns and designs and also focusing on the language of minimalism, form and continuation.
Hey Reflect’o was created out of sheer desperation to wear something visible on my bicycle other than the workman vest to be seen by motorists. I was rolling up to trendy bars in an awesome outfit underneath a workmans vest appearing like a Tradie (workman). Not Good. I set out to design high visibility reflective vests that not only compliment outfits but also make you feel great because they are really really cool. And here we have it...
"Hey Reflect’o cycling gear is fashionable, breathable, durable and eye-catching. Adorned with Funky Reflect’o and fluro geometric patterns these vests make you stand out day and night. It’s high visibility meets high fashion."
Evie is a visual artist and also practices improvised dance.
She has worked in residential aged care and with older people living in the community and as a facilitator of art workshops for adults living with dementia and those without this challenge.
Currently she works in a primary school with 8 year olds with learning difficulties and continues her daily art practice as well as conducting art workshops for beginners.
In 1995, while living in Sydney, she began Art studies at the Bondi Road Art School. These classes ignited her enthusiasm for the visual arts and she is indebted to her inspiring tutors at Bondi for guiding her into the world of art.
Since 2007 she has contributed to improvised movement dance sessions through Interlay, shared improvised dance practice, contact improvisation and improvised theatre. Improvised movement forms have together with her art practice have been an avenue for to express spirituality, creativity and art as a healing practice.
Evie works intuitively with textures and mixed media. She has realised the potential of art to emotionally heal the human soul and to promote spiritual growth in the art practitioner and in those people who view the artwork
In her workshops she creates a space for participants to express themselves without fear of judgment and encourages participants to reveal their inner landscape using a variety of media.
From 2015 she creating knitted and crocheted wearable art e.g ponchos, embroidered items and cloth dolls as well as developing her photography and mixed media art practice.
Done by Matea is Matea Gluscevic - a shoemaker and artist. Matea founded her footwear and accessories label Done by Matea in 2019 after studying Custom Made Footwear and Visual Art; combining her appreciation for playful aesthetics and functionality.
Each pair of shoes is handmade to order in her studio at the Mill, and constructed from sustainable materials such as vegetable tanned leather, deadstock leather and natural fibre fabrics.
Blake ‘Blakesby’ Canham-Bennett is a multi-award winning hatter (he is not a milliner), and one of the few in Australia reviving the traditional artform of men’s hat making. His hats have crossed the world, worn in America, New Zealand, Switzerland, Siberia, Egypt, and many more.
Ben Brooker is a writer, editor, critic, essayist, and playwright. His work has been featured by Overland, New Matilda, New Internationalist, Australian Book Review, RealTime, The Lifted Brow, and Daily Review.
Ben is a co-facilitator of Adelaide’s Quart Short literary reading salons and in 2016-17 was an inaugural Sydney Review of Books Emerging Critics Fellow.
Annabel is a visual arts graduate from the University of South Australia with a major in sculpture and printmaking. In the last 10 years she has completed further study in metal casting, intaglio printmaking and ceramics at ACArts.
For the last three years, Annabel has focused on ceramics. She has participated in several group shows in Adelaide and had her first solo exhibition in Melbourne in 2019. She also teaches workshops in textiles, printmaking and sculpture.
“After travelling to America three years ago I began to really appreciate how delicate, unique, fragile and ancient Australia is and I celebrate our endangered and diminishing fauna in my work . Each piece is unique. I hand build then surface paint using sgraffito before glaze firing.”
AG is an Adelaide-based design studio specialising in furniture, lighting & interiors. The studio's focus is to partner with other local manufacturers, trades and artisans to produce high quality pieces & outcomes that are competitively priced.
Andrew Eden started out as an industrial designer, graduating with honours and a minor stream in furniture design. Andrew has also completed a furniture associate program at the highly sought after JamFactory studios.
He has also worked extensively throughout the design industry with over 15 years commercial experience. A highlight was working on Indigo Slam in Chippendale, Sydney. A private commission with Khai Liew including over 200 bespoke furniture and lighting pieces.
AG is the result of putting all of this experience and knowledge into a practicing design studio with a philosophy of products that follow a formula of cadence functionality & artistry.
Amber Cronin is an emerging cross-disciplinary artist living and working on Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide, South Australia). Situated amongst an ecology of research that includes sculpture, plants, soil, textiles, sound, video and performance, her practice gathers people, objects and matter in combinations that facilitate meditations on connection and discovery.
Developed over extended periods through conversations and collaboration, Cronin’s work collects and expounds on the sensory qualities of everyday actions, reframing them as participatory sites of ritual activity.
Born out of an oscillation between global phenomena and intimate encounters, her recent work finds its genesis in the complex politics of the ecological crisis– art as means of contemplation– as a means of survival, that allows us to enter a shared dimension with ourselves and the more-than-human.
Amber’s practice operates as an ecology between studio work, gallery presentation, research, facilitation and engaged community projects. Alongside her own practice, Amber freelances as a program curator for organisations and festivals including South Australia’s Nature Festival, Papershell Farm and developing independent artist led research projects. She was an Australia Council Future Leader 2019-2020 and remains active in the alumni network. Amber completed honours (Visual Arts / first class) in 2020. She advocates and lobbies with peak industry bodies and artist-led groups. She facilitates workshops and research projects. The relationships fostered through these roles are foundational to her relational arts practice.
As founding co-director of The Mill 2012-2018 (providing national/internationally focused arts programming adjacent to studio spaces in the Adelaide CBD), Amber has been focused on creating a space for dialogue for interdisciplinary and emerging practices. Her involvement with The Mill exemplifies her interest in audience driven works and community development through artist-led projects.
Amber is a passionate advocate for the arts and her socially engaged practice leads her to work within communities with deep consideration for the value that art and artists brings to society.
Adelaide Floristry School is one of only a handful of professional floristry schools in Adelaide, and is leading the way in education with interesting and relevant courses. Founder and teacher Vanessa Miglis is highly qualified and has designed for over 20 years.
Our aim is to provide you with exactly the training you require in a cost-effective and targeted manner. We also offer ongoing mentoring and business support.
Aimee Knight writes cultural criticism and creative non-fiction. Her words appear on and in The Big Issue, Little White Lies, Kill Your Darlings, The Lifted Brow, Daily Life, Broadly and more.
In 2015 she was a Writer in Residence at SA Writers Centre. The following year, she was selected for Critics Campus at Melbourne International Film Festival. She’s set to appear as an artist at National Young Writers Festival in October 2017.
Aimee is a poptimist who digs gender equality, sexual diversity and good mental health. Dancing on stage with Bruce Springsteen didn’t cure her anxiety, but it sure did help.
Aimee joined The Mill under our Writer In Residence program. Learn more about that here.
Alex Bishop-Thorpe is a South Australian Photographic Artist who likes to make things.
”The focus of my practice for the last few years has been the photograph as a physical object and prop of performance, and to this end my work embraces a range of experimental and antiquarian photographic techniques and materials as well as interdisciplinary projects. I'm interested in how the photograph distorts and expands our lived experience of the world, both in it's making and viewing.
I am also one of the co-founders of The Analogue Laboratory, a photographic facility and Darkroom here in Adelaide that works with artists, conservators, researchers and members of the public.”
Andrew Dearman is an Adelaide based artist/educator with experience in a range of disciplines including sculpture, photography, and arts writing.
In recent years he has explored a more academic research practice which focuses on embodied epigenetically inherited memory of place.
Currently, Andrew is developing an analogue photographic practice using a ‘camara minutera’, an instant box camera used by street photographers primarily for the purpose of portraiture.
Aurelia Carbone is an Australian photographic and installation artist. She constructs handmade optical illusions to create uncanny imagery using the magic of traditional photographic processes. Aurelia believes that photography has an inherent capability for truth and for deception; in her work these capabilities are employed simultaneously to describe the nebulous relationship between the real and the imagined. In 2012 Aurelia undertook a residency as a Visiting Scholar at Parsons in New York City. In 2011 she exhibited in the Pingyao International Photography Festival, China. She has recently completed a temporary anamorphic installation at the Marino Boat Ramp commissioned by The City of Marion and is currently working on integrated artworks for a large community park redevelopment on the Hallett Cove foreshore.
Aurelia is one of the co-founders of The Analogue Laboratory, an independent photographic facility located in Adelaide, South Australia, specialising in traditional and experimental techniques.
Back Porch Theatre is the performance banner of local actor, theatremaker and clown, Lochy Maybury. It's a place for the absurd, the nightmarish, the outlandish and the ridiculous. If you're into that sort of thing there's always room under the Back Porch.
Beccy Bromilow created BB Shoemaker in 2014 after studying custom made footwear. Driven to create simple, practical designs and thinking about sustainability in all aspects from the design, longevity, materials and waste management. Styles are made to be timeless and transeasonal.
Every item is made to order in a small studio located in Adelaide, SA. Constructed using local vegetable-tanned kangaroo leather, quality bovine leathers, Cork and Eco crepe rubber.
Always striving to be more sustainable with in the restraints of a small scale production
Charlotte Gregg is a newly established fashion designer. Charlotte has recently completed a Masters in Fashion and Business from The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Upon returning home to Adelaide, Charlotte began developing her first womenswear collection. Inspiration is drawn from the function of everyday life.
Charlotte has spent the past seven years involved in the fashion industry as a model, photographer assistant and designer. Previous to this Charlotte completed her Bachelor in Design Studies from The University of Adelaide. These experiences have helped shape Charlotte’s attitude towards the industry, design aesthetic and product line.
Che Chorley is an award-winning photographer with a passion and affinity for the ocean. Che is blessed to be in a position in which he can pursue such an accidental art-form, taking photography seriously, but not necessarily expecting serious results. Photography has been a natural accompaniment to his travels and he continues to strive to convey the beauty and uniqueness that surfing, adventure and travel allow. Che studied photography at the Centre for Creative Photography in Adelaide, and currently has a studio at the Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale. Che has worked throughout Australia and internationally and continues to work commercially for a variety clients when he's not bobbing about in the ocean.
Che is available for commercial, editorial and commissioned work.
Dave Court is an Adelaide based multi-disciplinary artist. He is a painter, art director, designer and photographer. After graduating with Visual Arts honours specialising in painting in 2013, he was one of the crew behind award winning immersive art project Mr IST and has been involved in a range of undertakings since. Major projects include running ethical clothing brand foolsandtrolls, retail store / art space Created Range and working as creative/art director of Yewth Magazine as well as ongoing freelance work and art practice.
David Musch is the founder of Mapped Design. He aims to push the boundaries in art, design and technology to generate meaningful experiences by creating spaces & things for people to interact with, observe, evoke thoughts and react to. With an impressive background in events, theatre and film. David has been making things and breaking things since he was a child.
Eleanor Scicchitano is the Visual Arts Program Curator at Country Arts SA. In 2012 she completed a Masters in Curatorial and Museum Studies at Adelaide University and she has previously work as a co-director at FELTspace ARI and founding co-director of onesixteenth ARI. She is a Board member at ACE Open, and spent 5 weeks in Venice in 2015, working in the Australian Pavilion at the Biennale.
She maintains in independent curatorial and writing practice, and has presented exhibitions in galleries around Australia. She has published articles, reviews and essays with Artlink Magazine, Marmalade, and for a number of artists and galleries in Adelaide.
Eleanor joined The Mill under our Writer In Residence program. Learn more about that here.
Fruzsi Kenez is a painter, ceramicist and curator. Kenez has been a practicing artist for 8 years, and has participated in over 60 exhibitions during this time. She has a BA in Visual Arts (Spec) from UniSA and a Graduate Diploma in Art History from Adelaide Uni and have tutored at UniSA for 6 years.
She opened Peanut Gallery in September of 2016, showing finely curated exhibitions featuring emerging and established local artists alongside interstate and overseas talent.
She's really into coffee, cats, and memes and long walks at the beach.
Haneen Martin is a printmaker and sculptor, and the owner of Zombie Queen Art & Consulting, a business aiming to help artists in any way possible – be it editing artist statements, assisting with pricing, discussing ideas and exhibiting.
Her sometimes pseudonym Zombie Queen does two main things: sells art and helps emerging artists find their way in the art world. ZQ is about the labour of love, working endlessly to achieve extraordinary goals.
Insider Guides are International Student Guides. Insider Guides equip international students with information about how to enjoy their new home, not just survive.
They are free, annual guidebooks that we produce with the help of local students for Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra. We also print three offshore guides for prospective international students looking to study in Australia. We have one for SE Asia, Middle East and the Subcontinent, one just for China (in Simplified Chinese) and one for South America.
Over 156,000 guides are printed annually, with red carpet distribution to over 300 distribution points in 27 countries.
Fascinated by natural and artificial structures, Jelena Vujnovic sees the building blocks of our bodies and our urban environment as the scaffolding on which we construct our lives. Focused on an uninterrupted and organic development of her work, she is constantly playing and experimenting with new materials and forms. An illustrator and painter, Jelena has exhibited at - among others - Nexus Arts and Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, and as part of Port Adelaide's Wonderwalls project.
John Blines describes his practice as, “divided into three interrelated activities: research, arts-in-health and the production of work. These activities converge on a central focus of identity, both internal and external. I am interested in the complexity of self and, in particular, via the added complication of illness, the changed self; change that is pervasive and indelible.
Research is the most vital aspect and governs my practice. Procedurally, my work is informed by the rhizomatic collecting and schematising of information as a means of organising, analysing and archiving data. Science and, in particular, biological and cognitive science, dominates my research, however, it is sited within a broader cultural and political context. Currently, my main research project is the relationship between epigenetics, psychology and cancer. The production of work can also be elemental research; materiality (or immateriality) of my work is fundamental and often involves experimental material processes.
A cancer infusion suite, a facility to administer patient cancer treatments, is a unique place. It is impossible to verbalise that uniqueness: it simply needs to be experienced. As an artist, to be welcomed into, and to share in the experience of, this special place is a privilege... Arts-in-Health is where I find value in art: value not designated by a dollar sign, but by an exchange of humanity.
The production of work is subordinate to research and almost incidental within my practice. For me, art is manifest in the research phase and realised in a moment of human interaction: an enduring art-object is superfluous and, indeed, overproduction contradicts my commitment to a sustainable practice.
I frequently employ process methodologies that embrace chance outcomes to produce work. A significant objective of this approach is fostering the ability of the mind to 'slip into neutral’: it is about 'not thinking - just doing'; finding respite for the mind. It can also be about the activity of work. I value materials that have the propensity for change and are ephemeral in nature. They are impermanent and, as such, the work can only ever be temporary.”
Kale Thomspon is a sculptor and designer who's practice focuses on geometric forms and tensegrity (tension+integrity) methods in exploring designs. The attractor which his work revolves around is "finding of novelty in old forms".
Kylie Maslen is a writer and events producer from Adelaide, South Australia. Her writing is focussed on sense of place and feminism, covering topics including cultural criticism, women’s health, and her love of Australian Rules football.
She says, "I write about things that make me happy and things that disappoint me. These are generally the same things. I am currently working on a collection of essays about invisible illness, and am developing a novel of auto-fiction about friendship between women."
On her blog, book-plate, over two years she wrote about what she had been reading and what she had been eating, building a body of work which explored the idea of home.
Letti K-Ewing is a published journalist and poetry writer with a special interest in the Arts. She has written for Adelaide online and print magazine Yewth, and Edinburgh-based magazine, Fest, covering both local and international artists and acts during Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide Festival, and beyond.
Letti has also had her poetry published in Chicago-based magazine Hooligan Mag, and exhibited written poetry works locally at Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Letti joined The Mill under our 2018-19 Writer in Residence program.
Lilian Choo is an Adelaide-based creative and a resident artist at The Mill Adelaide Studios. In 2012 she graduated with a Bachelor of Design from the University of South Australia, specialising in fashion and portrait illustration.
A first generation Australian, Mateus Nolasco is a Chartered Accountant and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Blank Financial Technology and a co-founder of the Insider Group, Australia’s national market leader in international student media.
Mateus spent the first half of his career at Grant Thornton Australia, where he worked across multiple divisions in the Adelaide and Sydney offices. Later, he worked side by side with local entrepreneurs from the SouthStart (formerly Majoran) and the Mill Adelaide co-working spaces. Mateus acts as a director for the Good Thnx Foundation and is an advisor to the Mill Adelaide.
Mateus enjoys working with local creatives to develop their financial literacy and increase their chances of building sustainable businesses. He is passionate about Adelaide and believes the city has a bright economic future.
ModelFarm is an Adelaide based Architectural Visualisation Studio. ModelFarm has quickly become one of the most sought after and fastest growing 3D visualisation studios in South Australia, with specialisation in AR and VR.
Before forming ModelFarm, Director Shane Aherne, gained 14 years experience in Visual Effects. Most notably as Head of Lighting and Look Development at Rising Sun Pictures (Thor: Ragnarok, Logan, X-Men Apocolypse, Game of Thrones) and Lighting Lead at Animal Logic (The Lego Movie).
Designer and purveyor of fashion jewellery and accessories since 2009, Naomi Murrell Studios brings a little ray of sunshine to folks who cherish fine design.
From working out of a bright studio and showroom at creative HQ, The Mill, Naomi has quietly but confidently carved out a niche in the Australian market with her eye for understated, graphic femininity. Led by Naomi Murrell and Dave Stace, the friendly studio team are renowned for delivering good conversation alongside keepsakes for fun lovers.
Having graced the pages of many a fine mag, the likes of Frankie, Yen and Marie Claire all agree Naomi Murrell is top shelf. With a loyal flock of collectors, an impressive treasury of 50+ national stockists and a flagship store opening on Ebenezer Place in Adelaide, late November 2014, the label is winning hearts all over the place!
Driven by the impulse to capture beauty and share it with others, Naomi Murrell’s tiny finery is big on hope, happiness and simple pleasures.
Run by Sally and Isla Francis, Perhaps Hand was a pop-up store promoting sustainable living through the sale of recycled and handmade goods including clothing, books, jewellery, artworks, skin care and homeware products.
“Perhaps Hand makes it easy for you to buy responsibly with the health of our future in mind. Feel good about purchasing with 5% of sales donated to Conservation SA.”
Samuel Williams is the 2016 Australian Cultural John Monash Scholar, studying the representation of sexual and gender diversity in young adult literature at Queens’ College, Cambridge, from October. When in Australia and not wearing a mortarboard, he’s a freelance writer, editor and French-to-English translator. His short stories and poems have appeared in a handful of local publications, including Voiceworks, and his playwriting has been performed at the Bakehouse Theatre.
His recent employers have included the SA Writers Centre, Scotch College Adelaide and ActNow Theatre. He is currently developing a new Australian musical with composer Josh Belperio and the help of a Carclew P&D grant.
Sarie Tardif is an Adelaide-based graphic artist and a founding member of local design and architecture collective Fascination Street.
Sarie also runs Fairygloss - specialising in bold bright designs for branding and illustration. “Colours and shapes I see in my local landscape are my main inspiration, and I enjoy working with most mediums, from watercolour to digital art”
Saskia Scott is an emerging artist and curator based in Adelaide, South Australia. While she trained formally as a ceramicist, her work spans a number of media and genres, from conceptually-grounded sculptural works to functional homewares and artisanal design. She has undertaken residencies at Format Systems and The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China. Her most recent work, Fragments, explores grief, embodiment, and catharsis through the deceptively simple lens of black porcelain. In her curatorial practice, Saskia is the Gallery Coordinator for the Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation. She has previously interned with the Flinders University Art Museum, Format, Tanzania, and the SASA Gallery.
The Analogue Laboratory is an independent, artist-run photographic facility in Adelaide, South Australia, specialising in traditional and experimental techniques. We are here to keep the alchemy alive. The Lab runs workshops with specialist practitioners in a range of processes, from Platinum to Pinhole Cameras and everything weird in between. Usually there is absolutely No Assumed Knowledge, just bring your enthusiasm and let’s make something. All equipment and materials are included in the price unless otherwise specified, and detailed technical handouts are always provided.
Alex Bishop-Thorpe is a photographer, printmaker and general builder of things who has been working in wet process for nearly a decade. You can keep up to date with whatever Alex happens to be making at
Aurelia Carbone is a photographic and installation artist working with optical illusions and wet process photography. She is passionate about photography in all its forms and has many years teaching experience. You can see examples of her work at www.aureliacarbone.com
Weft; A high-end soft furnishings & textile studio focused on sourcing natural and sustainable fabrics. Fabrics are hand dyed with native botanical dyes within indigenous communities to create a range of soft furnishings and home wares, manufactured in Australia.
Weft Studios aims to consciously combine both aesthetics and ethics to create a product that encompasses 100% fair trade practices.
Wholegrain Studio is an Adelaide-based design practice with a passion for creating objects that have a story to tell. The studio has a strong belief in using recycled product and the ‘perfectly imperfect’, to create custom pieces that create and share a memory. We take commissions and retail a range of unique products made to order by request.
