In January 2022, The Mill was thrilled to open our 2022 Visual Arts program with the CHARTS Awards exhibition, a celebration of the inaugural Community Housing Arts Awards, South Australia. Created to celebrate and showcase the creative diversity, and depth of talent within tenants of community and social housing, the exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, digital art and writing.
Hover over installation images below to find out more about the artworks, and watch the recording of the livestreamed opening event, with commentary from Access2Place housing officer Luke Wilcox and Art Gallery of South Australia’s Contemporary Art Curator Leigh Robb.
(Images below: Sam Roberts)
Image: Elaine Roberts, Elvis in the arty.
CHARTS is a joint project between seven different Community Housing Providers. It was established in 2020 to celebrate and showcase the art being made by tenants of community and social housing. CHARTS aims to provide opportunities for artists living in community housing to exhibit their work, build their skills and establish networks. It seeks to encourage them to keep making and to legitimise their practice, or be the point from which they launch their own art career. The works in this exhibition are all the finalists, as chosen by our independent panel of practicing artists who judged the CHARTS awards for us.