Exhibition: Tarsha Cameron and Tailor Oriana-Julie Winston, One

Photo: Alice Healy.

May 2 - July 1, 2022

Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm

Finissage & performance: Friday July 1, 5:30pm

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

Cost: Free, limited tickets

• Accessibility

  Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St. The Mill has concrete flooring throughout and a disability toilet. View more in-depth information on our accessibility page.

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Continuing our focus on Visual Arts collaborations in 2022, The Mill is excited to present One, a new exhibition by emerging multidisciplinary artists Tarsha Cameron and Tailor Oriana-Julie Winston. With an interest in developing relational connections and shared stories, Tarsha and Tailor will be developing a unique, evolving installation in the gallery. During the first ‘soft opening’ week audiences are invited to visit and witness the work in progress, share their responses and also contribute. With sculptural, installation, sound, photography, video, painting and textiles, One is an exploration of collaboration and connectivity.

• Artist Statement

  The threads of connection

  Stay

  Forever present

  In our genes

  Across space and time

  And

  In our bodies; flesh and ethereal 

  Life is an entangled whole

  Connectivity surrounds us. It is more than just between you and I, but also between the moon and the stars, the trees and the sea; all living beings living in symbiosis with one another. Close your eyes and notice for a moment. Breathe. Feel it in the air. Feel it in you.

  One attempts to creatively explore and materialise the more complex and subtle forms of collaboration that occur in everyday life, yet remain hidden to our visual and auditory perception. We are in constant developmental flux with ourselves, nature, our immediate and distant surroundings; reciprocally invoking the law of cause-and-effect that expands across time, space and place.

  The process leads us into a philosophical investigation where everything co-exists, akin to an ecosystem with many differing identities that inform, inspire, and rely on the other. It is a continuous collaborative exploration as we respond to and negotiate nature, each other,  and our close and more remote environmental, historical and ancestral storylines. 

  Situated on Kaurna Yarta, One culminates as a work that is both fluid and organic, still, yet full of life . A reflection of the interconnectedness of existence.

• About the artists

  Tailor Oriana-Julie Winston is an emerging interdisciplinary South Australian artist. Born on Kaurna Land to African/American and Italian parents, Tailor explores the experiences of the human condition from the perspective of a biracial woman. Using visual art, performance, and spoken word she seeks to use these platforms and a tool to open conversations exploring decolonisation, environmentalism, and spiritual identity. She invites the audience to journey within and openly engage with participatory elements of her works and explore interconnectedness through our stories and voices.

  Tarsha Cameron is an interdisciplinary performance art, theatre, and installation creator. Drawing, sound, video, performance, and sculpture media is used to explore the social construct, and the beauty that is within us, and in nature. Tarsha seeks to elicit empathy, understanding, compassion, and reflection to support movement towards positive personal and social change.

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The Mill is supported by the South Australian government through Arts South Australia.

Exhibition: The Mill Showcase

Photo: Supplied.

February 15 - April 14 2022

Mads Cooke, Andrew Dearman, Evie Hassiotis and Abby Potter AKA House of Campbell

Finissage

When: Friday, April 8, 5:30pm-6:30pm

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

Cost: Free

• Accessibility

  Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, and a disability toilet is also available. View our accessibility information page.

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The Mill Showcase is a gallery space dedicated to artists who work in our studio spaces at our Angas Street location, exhibiting some of the artworks and products that have been produced under our roof. The Mill Showcase profiles our artists, so that you can put a face to the name and get to know some of our dedicated makers.

This Seventh edition of The Mill Showcase features work by Mads Cooke, Evie Hassiotis and Abby Potter AKA House of Campbell.

About the artists:

• House of Campbell

  House of Campbell was launched in 2019 by South Australian designer Abby Potter. Heavily influenced by the arts, Abby creates designs that celebrate and complement modern women, allowing them to make a statement and move effortlessly. Abby is committed to sustainable designs and pioneering techniques that allow all women to tell their story. With a background in bridal and costume design as well as production, Abby brings significant experience across design, craftsmanship and styling. Abby has presented locally, including Australian Fashion Week 2021, as well as internationally, most notably her first collection which debuted at New York Fashion Week in 2019.

  House of Campbell celebrates modern femininity. Featuring timeless and sustainable designs, House of Campbell blends couture and traditional tailoring techniques with ready to wear pieces to create something bold, intricate and unforgettable. With a focus on hidden details, our designs are created and draped in-house. These pieces make a statement and are made to last, making them a treasured addition to wardrobes today and into the future. House of Campbell’s Reverie collection features local Australian dyeing houses and is crafted by South Australian seamstresses. Our designs inspire, provoke and embolden. Rather than dictate who they should be, House of Campbell removes the rules and encourages women to be whoever they want to be. 

  Abby has been working at The Mill since 2020.

• Mads Cooke

  Mads Cooke is an Adelaide based Painter & Illustrator. Raised in the Adelaide Hills, Mads views the natural environment as a primary inspiration for her. Her work is composed of multiple layers of paint and lines to create a depth of foliage.

  Free forming shapes and colours create a soothing experience, reminding her of home and childhood memories. Drawing upon the environment, Mads’s work is commonly inspired by native flora, observed textures, colours & patterns. Natural and neutral colour hues play their part in the subtly of Mads’s work, where she creates a calming and dreamlike perspective of nature. Her practice is introspective work, and aspires the viewer to likewise engage in the meditative mood of these works.

  This body of work was created towards the end of last year, experimenting with both acrylics and ink pens in my observation of nature. The distinct use of flowing lines across these works are comparable to the candidly forming lines in the natural environment. The repetition of lines – reflective of the echoing patterns in nature.

  The lines sit both subtly in the background, or create soft organic shapes own their own. These lines are alike to ripples in water, age rings of trees, or the venation of plants. Individual lines representing little alone, collaboratively building a network, likewise of the natural world.

  I have recently been inspired by the detail of plants and flowers found in vintage botanical/ scientific illustrations. In my paintings I enjoy creating a similar style to these, in which the flora is depicted very flat and straight on, paying close attention on the finer details.

  Mads has been working at The Mill since 2021.

• Andrew Dearman

  Andrew Dearman’s practice has varied over the years, moving from sculpture to painting to photography and back again.

  More recently I’m working on a hybrid art/academic research method that I find meaningful as a form of making. The construction of a conference paper is both a physical and conceptual process of gathering material, of shaping and polishing it into a particular form, which is then performed in front of strangers on the other side of the planet.

  The current work involves the use of the found vernacular photograph within contemporary art. It considers such use problematic and in need of deeper theoretical consideration from positions beyond the discourse of visual art. The fields that seem to be of most use are memory studies, sociology and anthropology.

  Andrew is an Alumni Artist.

• Evie Hassiotis

  For the last three years Evie Hassiotis has produced a variety of mixed media artwork while being a resident artist at the Mill. During this time she has held a SALA exhibition called Xenitia (exile) exploring her journey from Greece in the early 1960’s. She has also been attending mainly portrait workshops at ACSA and attending life drawing sessions on a regular basis at Gallery one. She loves to run small workshops in her studio for adults and children where participants can learn the basic skills of using various materials and also tap into creative expression.

  In my practice I am excited to see how art can transform a person and a place. I love art that challenges me and asks questions about the philosophy of life.

  In these latest art works I have experimented with the circular design, which has been a tool to let go of old patterns of behaviour about pleasing others. Working fast allows me to tap into my right brain and allow free flow and spontaneity.

  Evie has been working at The Mill since 2019.

Exhibition: Adrianne Semmens & Jennifer Eadie, Unravel

Photo: Supplied by the artists.

February 15 - April 14, 2022

Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm

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

Cost: Free

Livestream Performance

When: Tuesday, April 12, 6pm online via The Mill's Youtube channel

Cost: Free, bookings essential

• Accessibility

  Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St. The Mill has concrete flooring throughout and a disability toilet. View more in-depth information on our accessibility page.

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The Mill welcomes South Australian based artist and writer Jennifer Eadie and dance practitioner, Adrianne Semmens to present their collaborative project Unravel. Bringing together their distinct practices, Jennifer and Adrianne have developed a sensitive and reciprocal working relationship. The work is multidisciplinary and lends itself to re-configuration and re-generation, with this instance unfolding within the context of The Mill’s Exhibition Space. Poetry, movement, fabric and plant materials stand in relation to each other, exploring what it is to see, feel and consider self and place.

• Artist Statement

  If place is understood as something lived/ how do we speak of

  it/ without causing a fracture?

  There is vulnerability when we

  say: I too am part of that place/

  too many colours/ it is not

  something that can be held/ always unravelling.

  The body of work in this exhibition explores relationship to place.  Embedded in the work is our acknowledgment of Country, always aware that our practice and processes are created on and with Kaurna Yarta.  

   What if authentic relationship to place is an act of opening that fractures a stable sense of identity? What tensions that arise when we, with mixed heritage, attempt to articulate a sense of connection or belonging to land that is not our ancestral country.   

  Any attempt to enact this connection or belonging demands an acceptance that we will be constantly giving, losing, reorientating ourselves in order to negotiate - make meaningful, make respectful - this relationship with country that is not ours. 

  UNRAVEL responds to these questions indirectly, as a means of acknowledging the difficulty and complexity of not being able to articulate a resolute response to the themes, despite being so important to us.

  The exhibition is grounded by natural elements and textiles as a gesture, hands outwards, continuing lineage to country. 

• About the artists

  Unravel is a collaboration between South Australian based artist and writer Jennifer Eadie and dance practitioner, Adrianne Semmens. Jennifer and Adrianne were recently awarded a Delving into Dance/Critical Path Commission (2020), and undertook a collaborative Breakout Residency at The Mill (2020/21).

  Jennifer Eadie is a writer, academic and artist living on Kaurna Yarta in South Australia. She grew up on Taribelang Bunda Country and has European-mongrel heritage. Her creative practice is interdisciplinary and place-based. Her collaborative work with Adrianne Semmens explores the relationship between identity and place. Her individual practice is motivated by the capacity of post-invasion Australia to censor the multiple histories, agencies and stories that are embedded in place. Via text,  installation and performance, her work aims to respond to and undermine this censorship. Jennifer's work has been shared with TEXT Journal, CORDITE, criticalpath, Educational Philosophy and Theory, The Mill and Kudos Gallery: jennifereadie.cargo.site | @vito_the_saint_of_lost_dogs

  Adrianne Semmens is a dance practitioner and descendant of the Barkindji People of NSW. Explorations of identity and place continue to be recurring themes within her practice, evident within her own work and ongoing collaboration with Jennifer Eadie. Choreographic highlights include Immerse, commissioned by Australian Dance Theatre whilst Adrianne was the company’s 2021 Associate Artist, and Thread (2020). Adrianne works closely with Tjarutja Dance Theatre Collective led by Gina Rings and has enjoyed performing in Inma, Our Corka Bubs and the 2021 Tarnanthi Festival opening event. Adrianne continues to be engaged in many education and community projects, such as co-founding the First Nations Choreographic Lab in 2021 and previous role with The Australian Ballet as a Dance Presenter for their Education Ensemble:  adriannesemmens.com | @adrianne.l.semmens

Photo: Daniel Marks.

Unravel is supported by City of Adelaide

The Mill is supported by the South Australian government through Arts South Australia.

Adelaide Fringe: The Breakout 2022 program

The Breakout is a versatile black box theatre. Expect everything from theatre to circus, comedy, live music & more. This year, we will be playing host to shows from across Australia. Take a look through our program list below or browse our shows via Adelaide Fringe

Proof of vaccination is required to enter The Mill until March 21, 2022. Read our Covid-19 policy.

The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com

The Breakout at The Mill

Adelaide Fringe Online Workshop: Telling your own story through clowning with Hew Parham

Photo: Trantino Priori

Details

When: Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 10am-12pm 

Where: Live streamed on Zoom for you to participate in from your home

Cost: $15 (+ booking fees)

Any cancellations due to Covid-19, tickets will be refunded

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About the workshop:

This workshop will explore the medium of clowning and autobiographical theatre, how to use ideas inspired by your life but use the clown, metaphors and games in order to present these events in a playful and safe way. The workshop will explore the foundations of clown with exercises and play, the participants will be lead through intuitive and stream of consciousness writing exercises to find moments from their lives, we will then workshop playful and inventive ways we could present these events.

Experience level:

Any creative artists, especially focusing on those interested in clowning, theatre, but dance and other approaches very welcome.

• About the workshop facilitator

  Hew Parham is a graduate of Flinders University Drama Centre. In 2007 Hew was the recipient of the Neil Curnow Award where he trained at The Hunter Gates Academy of physical theatre in Edmonton Canada and in the Pochinko Clowning Method at The Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance (MCCP) in Ontario, Canada. Hew has also trained with British Physical Comedy troupe Spymonkey in London, England and Italian clown Giovanni Fusetti. 

  Hew has developed several solo shows with his comedic characters such as: Giovanni which played at the New York Clown Theatre Festival, The Wonderland Festival in Brisbane and The Adelaide Fringe Festival; Odyssey Schmodyssey which played at the Sangeunay Arts Festival, Quebec Canada; Rudi’s The Rinse Cycle which played at The Adelaide Cabaret Festival. He also performed in the Kurt Weill dedication performance The Weill File. In 2019 Hew once again performed in The Cabaret Festival with British company Flabberghast Theatre in their show The Swell Mob. He has also created the hyperactive twins The Riddalin Brothers with Callan Fleming which performed at The Adelaide Fringe Festival. 

  Hew has travelled extensively with Melbourne based company Bunk Puppets to tour their show Sticks Stones Broken Bones to countries such as Norway, Germany and China. Other credits includes: Me and My Shadow (Patch Theatre Company); Boo (Windmill Theatre Company); Superheroes (Stone/Castro); Blister by Sarah Peters (Holden Street Theatres); and If you can learn to fake authenticity you have it made by Rebecca Meston, (Feltspace). 

  He has also directed a number of shows including Egg (Erin Fowler, Adelaide Fringe) Chameleon (Frank Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Rumpus); Moof’s Adventures (Backporch Theatre, Adelaide Fringe); Dead Gorgeous (Madness of Two, Adelaide Fringe Festival) and Light Minded (AC Arts). 

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Hew Parham will be presenting A Not So Trivial Pursuit for The Mill's 2022 Adelaide Fringe program.

Adelaide Festival Masterclass: Performance Making with a Personal Narrative with Emma Beech

Photo: Paul Malek.

Details

When: Thursday, March 10, 2022, 11:30am-1:30pm

Where: The Mill Breakout, 154 Angas St (enter via Gunson St), Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide)

Cost: $30 (+ booking fees)

Any cancellations due to Covid-19, tickets will be refunded

Please note participants will need to be fully vaccinated to attend. Please have your vaccination certificate ready to check in to the masterclass. you will not be permitted entry without it.

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The Mill in partnership with Adelaide Festival present a masterclass with Emma Beech (SA).

Performance Making with a Personal Narrative – a workshop that will explore the selection, performance techniques and the ethics of writing and performing with a personal narrative.  

About the masterclass:

This workshop will best suit theatre artists, performance artists, interdisciplinary artists, visual artists, writers and poets, but will be open to anyone with a developing or well honed professional artistic practice.  There will be time for questions.  Bring a story from your life, big or small, and be prepared to explore it. 

Experience level:

This masterclass is for theatre artists, performance artists, interdisciplinary artists, visual artists, writers and poets.

• About the facilitator

  Emma Beech graduated from Flinders Drama Centre in 2000 and has worked in theatre and screen establishing a practice developing theatre shows from conversations with strangers, talking about subjects from the sad to the sublime. Emma was a resident artist with immersive theatre company Carte Blanche in Denmark from 2006 to 2004, set-up by visual arts and theatre practitioner, Sara Jenson. There, Emma co-developed and performed in six of Carte Blanche’s new works.

  Emma has worked with The Last Tuesday Society, Real TV, Patch, Monkey Baa, Playwriting Australia, Arts House, Open Space Contemporary Arts, State Theatre Company South Australia, The Rabble, and has an on-going relationship with Vitalstatistix who developed and produced Saskia Falls. She has participated in several Adhocracy festivals, and her 2016 work with the company, Life is Short and Long, an investigation into the GFC in Barcelona, Spain & Wirrabara, South Australia, was a significant production for Vitals.  In 2017, Emma was Vitalstatistix’s resident artist, and in 2018 she had a residency with State Theatre Company South Australia before performing in their 2019 season of Jasper Jones.

  Emma is a proud founding member of the Australian Bureau of Worthiness, with Tessa Leong and James Dodd, a residency model that creates theatre from interviews conducted with people on the street, asking ‘What makes your day worth it?’ The ABW has now met nine towns, the last being I Met Gumeracha in 2018. 

Exhibition: CHARTS Community Housing Arts Awards South Australia

Artwork: Annette Cassano, Self portrait, me and art.

January 11 - 28, 2022

Opening event: January 14, 6-7pm

Where: Livestream

Cost: Free

• Accessibility

  Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St. The Mill has concrete flooring throughout and a disability toilet. View more in-depth information on our accessibility page.

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The Mill is thrilled to open our 2022 Visual Arts program with the CHARTS prize 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.

The CHARTS exhibition will feature a curated selection of work by finalists, on display to the public in The Mill’s two galleries. The prize received 170 submissions across eight Community Housing Providers, with artworks from established, mid-career and emerging artists, and those who have never picked up a paintbrush, pencil or camera in their life! The CHART awards night was held at Adelaide Town Hall on 11 November 2021, with each winner receiving a cash prize of $500 made possible by the generous donation from CHARTS major sponsors Harvey Norman Commercial and Electrolux.

Artists include Lily Abbott, Alissa, Rex Stuart Anderson, Leagh Bassham, Karen Beale, Sabrina Belfiore, Naomi Blake, Maxine Cannon, Annette Cassano, Annette Chand, Susan Cocks, Belinda Cole, Craig Finnis, Annie Fox, Lloyd Jackson, Caitlin Lenartowicz, Amanda MacLeod, Robert Martin, Chevon McKenzie, Amber Jayne Mills, Rosemary Milton, Anna Mohammadkarimi, Peter Pasfield, Jhalakman Rai, Elaine Roberts, Joy Sadauskas, Yonah Singira, Drew Sinton, Frankie Starling, Coral Strempel, Zachary Studley and Leonard Yarnold.

• Curatorial Statement

  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.

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The Mill is supported by the South Australian government through Arts South Australia.

Adelaide Festival Masterclass: Choreography with Stephanie Lake

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Photo: Paul Malek

Details

When: Friday, March 18, 2022, 2pm-3.30pm (venue will be open for warm up 15 minutes early, please arrive for time to sign in)

Where: Dance Hub SA, Level 1, Lion Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & North Tce, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide)

Cost: $30 (+ booking fees)

Any cancellations due to Covid-19, tickets will be refunded

Please note participants will need to be fully vaccinated to attend. Please have your vaccination certificate ready to check in to the masterclass. you will not be permitted entry without it.

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Choreography with Stephanie Lake - a workshop about dance creation and collaboration

About the masterclass:

This masterclass will include a physical warm-up and a series of tasks, improvisations and choreographic stimulations that will introduce participants to the ways in which Stephanie develops her works in collaboration with dancers. The masterclass will include learning a short excerpt from Manifesto, creation, observation, games and sharing.

Experience level:

Professional level dancers, choreographers, performers and advanced level high school dance students.

About the masterclass facilitator:

Stephanie Lake

Stephanie Lake Company is a multi-award winning contemporary dance company based in Melbourne. Known for a gutsy, original choreographic style and striking visual aesthetic, Stephanie Lake Company’s recent works include Colossus, Skeleton Tree, Replica and Pile of Bones.

Working in collaboration with Australia’s leading dancers and designers, the company has been presented in major festivals and venues around Australia and has toured internationally to France, Germany, Hong Kong, Denmark, Singapore and the UK. Stephanie Lake has won two Australian Dance Awards for Most Outstanding Choreography (Pile of Bones and AORTA), the Helpmann Award for Outstanding Choreography (A Small Prometheus) and the Green Room Award for Best Choreography (Mix Tape). She is a recipient of the Australia Council Fellowship for Dance and a past recipient of the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship and the Peggy Van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship.

The company collaborates across theatre, film, music video, opera and visual art and has created several large-scale projects for over fifteen hundred participants. 

Photo: Zan Wimberley

MMF Sponsored Studio 2022: Viray Thach

The Mill is thrilled to announce Viray Thach as the recipient of the Sponsored Studio for the January-June 2022 residency. The Mill’s Sponsored Studio is a new initiative supported by the Mahmood Martin Foundation. In 2022 two selected artists will join our community, with each receiving 6-months of studio space and an exhibition outcome as part of The Mill Showcase.

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Viray Thach, ‘Essence of Apsara’ digital painting, image courtesy of the artist

Exhibition: Resilience, Viray Thach
July 18 - September 16, 2022

Opening event: Friday, July 29, 6-8pm

Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm

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

Cost: Free

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance. The Mill has concrete flooring throughout and a disability toilet. View more on our accessibility page.

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During SALA 2022 The Mill's Showcase space hosts Resilience, a solo exhibition by illustrator and educator Viray Thach. The exhibition elevates the voices of sexual assault survivors and opens conversations of the commonly misunderstood topic. Viray showcases her skills as a digital illustrator, as well as exploring new techniques developed through her six month studio residency at The Mill. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue essay written by The Mill's Writer in Residence Renee Miller.

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 About the artist:

Viray Thach

Viray Thach is an emerging digital illustrator and educator. Her style, inspired by pop art, art deco and art nouveau, also sees deep-rooted influences from traditional Kbach ornamental designs that pay homage to her Cambodian roots. Viray’s iPad is the digital sketchbook where all the magic happens. Here, she marries the old and the new, using cybernation to recreate time-honoured textures and techniques into tactile designs that evoke a warm, homely compassion.

Formally educated in graphic design, business management and education, Viray is not only dedicated to her role as an illustrator, but as an educator and mentor, cultivating young minds and passing her multi-creative knowledge on to creative visionaries of the next generation. She remains business-minded and efficient while still delivering work full of the heart and soul.

At the root of it, Viray uses her art to tell a story – whether that is through character-rich portraits, lively illustrations, or bringing her mind’s eye to life through magnificent murals.

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Artwork by Viray Thach.

SALA Workshop: Illustration and lino printing with Viray Thach

When: Sunday August 22 and , 12-4pm

Where: The Mill’s Exhibition Space, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: early bird $30 +bf (limited places)

full price $40+bf

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If you're looking for an opportunity to be creative, join Viray for an illustration and lino print workshop. This beginners workshop will introduce skills in preparing a design, carving lino and printing, and all participants will take home finished artworks.

Held in The Mill’s exhibition space alongside Viray’s solo exhibition Resilience, the workshop will be intimate and casual and is open to complete beginners.

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The Mill’s Sponsored Studio program is presented in co-operation with Mahmood Martin Foundation.

Breakout Showing: FLESHSOUP, 'TERRAIN_001'

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Photographer: Alexander Waite Mitchell

Public showing

When: Friday, December 3, 3:45pm for a 4pm start

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

Cost: Free

Duration: 1 hour

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, there is a ramp into The Breakout and no internal steps. There is also a disability toilet. View our accessibility information page.

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This new immersive experience looks into transhumanism and post-human sociology, the work dives into a world where we explore how to create performance art in a sci-fi landscape.

For us, this is an exploration into creating an atmospheric world for the audience to be transported into. The conceptual ideologies are merely a vessel for us to explore new methodologies of creating when looking at pushing the boundaries of what ‘dance’ can be.

The full-length work will be presented in Queens Theatre in June 2022, this showing at The Mill will be a sketch, a draft and an exploration into what is possible when creating a cerebral experience through movement and atmosphere. 


Thanks to City of Adelaide Quick Response Grant Funding for supporting this residency.

About the artist:

Directing this production is FLESHSOUP, composed of Andrew Barnes and Lily May Potger. We created FLESHSOUP in early 2021 to initiate a community platform for young freelancers in Adelaide to create, share and seek alternative avenues of performing, beyond traditional funding routes. Culminating our experience from training and working in the mainstream and underground dance scenes of London and the freelance industries of both Perth and Adelaide, we have refined our practice and executions as a team. These experiences have brought us to push for more and bring Adelaide an aspect of the wider arts community that is embedded in excellence, youth, experimentalism, and community.

Open Studio Day

Wednesday, December 1, details to come

EOI’s to attend: info@themilladelaide.com

Workshop: City Mobilities

City Mobilities is an intensive temporary public art workshop exploring ideas about the way we access, move, and engage in public spaces. City Mobilities is an ongoing initiative between The Mill and OSCA, supported by the City of Adelaide Strategic Partnership program.

In December 2021, lead artists Paul Gazzola and Tom Borgas will facilitate a follow-up City Mobilities workshop, building on the first workshops in 2020 and 2021. It will be an opportunity for participants to expand and develop their initial ideas into something more developed and considered, explore new ones, and further establish collaborative connections with liked-minded peers and colleagues. 

It will take the format of a 3-day workshop at The Mill’s Breakout plus a public showing of outcomes in and around The Mill vicinity. The public showing is an opportunity to gather some broader feedback but also to see how we may develop a range of works for a future event. 

Key dates:

When: December 6 to 9, 2021, 10am - 4pm daily

Public Showing: December 9, 11am to 3pm, If you would like to register your interest for the public showing please email Marketing & Communications Manager Chloe Metcalfe

Where: The Mill Breakout, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide)

Breakout Residencies: Paper Mouth Theatre showing, 'YOU’RE ALL INVITED TO MY SON SAMUEL’S FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY'

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Public showing

When: Friday, November 19, 3.45pm sharp for a 4pm start

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (enter via The Exhibition Space)

Cost: Free

Duration: 1 hour

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, there is a ramp into The Breakout and no internal steps. There is also a disability toilet. View our accessibility information page.

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The Mill’s Centre Stage Residency will progress a new work presented by Paper Mouth Theatre to its next stage of development, including a work-in-progress public showing and culminating in a season at The Mill as part of Adelaide Fringe 2022.

Anchored within the suburban sphere of an outer-space-themed-fourth-birthday-party, this work transcends a cycle of time, spanning the Big Bang to the end of an entropying universe.

Narrated by Samuel’s Mother and Father, this work positions the audience as the unseen (but ever-present) birthday boy, SAMUEL.

Amidst melting ice cream cakes, decimated piñatas, a dying planet, and a rocket ship to Mars, SAMUEL is forced to reckon with the ever-present question: “who do I hold accountable?”

This program is presented with support from Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund.

Due to venue capacity restrictions, we ask you only book a ticket if you are able to attend. All attendees must be aware of our hygiene policy before attending our venue.

About the artist:

Caitlin Ellen Moore (she/they) will be creatively producing YOU’RE ALL INVITED TO MY SON SAMUEL’S FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY alongside writer and lead performer Mary Angley (she/they), and performer, composer and projection designer Dan Thorpe (he/him).

Videography: Sunny Side Uploads

Exhibition: Frances Cohen, curated by Christina Lauren 'The Many Faces of Frances'

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Image: Self Portrait Without Daisy, 2021, acrylic, gap filler and collage on canvas, 1020 x 760mm.

November 8 - December 17, 2021

Opening event: November 26, 6-8pm

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

Cost: Free

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St. The Mill has concrete flooring throughout and a disability toilet. View more in-depth information on our accessibility page.

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The Mill welcomes emerging artist Frances Cohen and their new exhibition The Many Faces of Frances, curated by emerging curator Christina Lauren.

Drawing on identity politics, and underpinned by theories of the self, Frances’ portraiture explores what it is to know and to understand the complexity of one’s self. Frances uses found images alongside photographic selfies layered with thick paint and gap filler to create a textural surface where features of the portraits are obscured, slipping and displaced. The works are uncanny, evocative and emotional, conveying a sense of uncertainty and heaviness while also appealing to the empathetic recognition of the viewer, eliciting the question who is this portrait of, could it be me?

Frances and curator Christina Lauren have worked together to present this exhibition which invites audiences to consider conceptual underpinnings alongside Frances’ use of material and process. Within this, they have generously opened a discussion around mental illness, and in particular Borderline Personality Disorder, which Frances speaks about from a personal perspective.

Artist Statement
It’s hardly a ground-breaking revelation to say that all of us comprise a pastiche of everyone we’ve ever met. It is a well-known cliché that we are shaped by those around us, moulded through interactions with others that inform our worldview and our tastes. What is generally implied by this notion is that we have one overarching sense of who we are, with certain aspects of our personality being in flux as we move through life and have different experiences. I have always struggled to hold down my sense of self. I feel like I have been many different people to many different people; a different character tailored to each new audience member, worn like a mask. With that said, basic empathy also affords us the knowledge that each of us has their own mask; a face they present to the world that has been forged from a lifetime of hurt feelings and awkward encounters. I just seem to have accumulated a lot of them. Every character I’ve played has their own mask, forged through different lifetimes of impulsivity and self-destruction. Often it feels like I am wearing multiple at once; like I am staring out at the world around me from behind multiple numb layers of cracked plaster. Each of these paintings is a self-portrait. I am at the core of each one, hiding underneath the layers I find easier to heap upon myself, rather than deal with.

Curatorial Statement
'The Many Faces of Frances' unearths a truly vulnerable series of self-portraits created Frances Cohen. The series explores Frances' warped sense of self-image, where each painting seeks to survey the idea of a constructed personality, and complex emotions. Frances' diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder often presents within the work as a construction of different personas, which she says 'alter my outward appearance to try and hide the gaps in my personality'.

Frances’ portraits resonate deeply with the viewer through a balance of familiarity and alienness. The viewer recognises themselves in the self-portraits through universal feelings of sadness, numbness, anger and a sense of being lost. Frances' ability to capture sadness, particularly within the eyes of each portrait, is a stand-out feature. Where most painters use the eyes to promote connection and recognition, Frances paints exclusively around them. This provides a novel view, almost reversing the mirror of the portrait and asking the viewer to look outwards rather than within. What image do they project? What mask do they paint on top, to hide their painful depth?

Portraiture has long provided a relationship between ones-self and the subject, allowing for reassurance of some of our most difficult feelings. In a time of great uncertainty, it is natural to search for what it means to be human and what it means to have human experiences. The Many Faces of Frances seeks to do just this, while also fighting against the stigma of mental health, in particular Borderline Personality Disorder, which remains one of the most misunderstood diagnoses. Frances’ portraits provide insight into the disorder, challenging preconceived perceptions, and giving audiences the opportunity to recognise how emotions felt by those with Borderline Personality Disorder are not so far from their own.

Artist Biography
Frances Cohen is a painter living and working on Kaurna Yarta. She attended the University of South Australia, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Contemporary Art in 2020 and completed her honours year in 2021. She has previously exhibited work in Two Factor Authentication (2021), A Quarter Turn Around the Sun (2020), Friends (2019) and has contributed work to UniSA’s annual Art on Campus exhibition. She has also been published in Regurgitate (2021), Non-Compliant Quarterly (2019) and numerous editions of Verse magazine.

Curator Biography
Christina Lauren is an emerging curator and currently the Carclew Resident curator, as part of their 2021 Sharehouse program. Graduating a Bachelor of Contemporary Art in 2019, Christina implements her experience and knowledge as a visual artist into her curatorial practices, as well as allowing her passion for arts theory to guide her. She is a multi-media artist, currently working mostly in oil paint, exploring notions of the human condition and mental health. Christina has worked previously as a curator through City of Adelaide’s Emerging Curator program supported by Carclew in 2019, as well as launching a collaborative arts music project with Bad Habits Events in 2019, ‘Blossom Art Space’. Christina began her residency at Carclew in 2020, and has continued through to 2021. 

Christina has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including ‘Unwearable’ at Cloister Workrooms, Kaurna Land 2017, ‘Art on Campus’ in the West Oak Hotel, Kaurna Land 2018, 'Inevitable’ in Carclew House Foyer, Kaurna Land 2019, University of South Australia’s ‘Art on Campus’, Kaurna Land, 2019 and Mindshare SA’s ‘Mindshare 2021 Exhibition’, Adelaide City Library, 2021. Christina was awarded the 2021 SALA Contemporary Curator Award for her curatorial role in ‘Refractions’ at Carclew.

Image: Frances Cohen, Core Memory, 2020, mixed media on MDF, 46cm x 60cm Photo: courtesy of the artist

The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com

The Mill's 2021 artistic program is proudly supported by BankSA Foundation.

The Mill is supported by the South Australian government through Arts South Australia.

Breakout Residencies: Lucy Haas-Hennessy showing, 'Autoeulogy'

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Image: Dylan Minchenberg.

Public showing

When: Friday, October 29, 5.45pm sharp for a 6pm start

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: Free

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, and a disability toilet is also available. View our accessibility information page.

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Autoeulogy is an original solo work by Adelaide-based theatre-maker Lucy Haas-Hennessy. An eerily prescient sci-fi tragicomedy about isolation at the end of the world, it was first staged at the Mill in early 2020 among the first ripples of the COVID-19 pandemic. One very long year later, the work will be redeveloped against the fascinating new cultural landscape that the pandemic is leaving in its wake, asking questions about what’s changed about the end of the world - and what hasn’t.

Autoeulogy has been supported by an Arts and Culture grant from City of Adelaide.

Due to venue capacity restrictions, we ask you only book a ticket if you are able to attend. All attendees must be aware of our hygiene policy before attending our venue.

About the artist:

Lucy Haas-Hennessy is an Adelaide-based actor, playwright, dramaturge and theatre-maker, and was the entire creative team behind the first production of Autoeulogy. Lucy’s work is interested in the contemporary significance of the ancient art of live performance - in what makes it continue to make its inimitable impact on audiences and hold its ground even in the high-tech digital age. She is a 2017 graduate of the Adelaide College of the Arts acting program, a 2019 Helpmann Fellow, and a 2021 intern with Brisbane-based theatre company Zen Zen Zo.

Lucy will be joined in this phase of development by Mary Angley (director and dramaturge), an emerging theatre-maker and a recent graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts’ Master of Directing program. In 2019, Mary created Paper Mouth Theatre as a forum for bringing together emerging creatives to work on experimental projects within a Queer, Feminist framework. Mary’s work has received support from The Helpmann Academy, Carclew, Splash Adelaide, Science Gallery, and La Mama.

This program is presented with support from Arts South Australia and BankSA Foundation.

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Tarnanthi Residency at The Mill: Lilla Berry, STRNG WMN

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Image: Lilla Berry, STRONG WMN.

September 27 - October 29, 2021

Artist Talk:
October 15, 5:30-6:30pm

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

Cost: $10 with a drink on arrival

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, and a disability toilet is also available. View our accessibility information page.

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The Mill welcomes Yankunytjatjara woman, multi-disciplinary artist Lilla Berry as our second Collaboration & Mentorship artist in resident (CaM-Res), supported by City of Adelaide. Lilla has created this work through development time in The Mill’s Breakout space, mentorship with The Mill’s artistic team and the opportunity to collaborate with photographer Morgan Sette. Lilla’s exhibition celebrates her relationships with her community, through practicing dance, footy, weaving and the act of coming together. She has also collaborated with strong women, including Pearl Berry, Iteka Ukarla, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Mali Isabel, Amber Ahang and Kirsty Williams.

Artist statement:

The arts have always been embedded into my life. My family is made up of musicians and visual artists, and practicing art was something I just did when I was younger. Although using my body seemed to be one of the things I enjoyed most, whether that was dancing or acrobatics. As I got older and more influenced by others around me, the inherent idea that I was an artist shifted and changed. My practice moved towards a dance focus, as this was what I had the greatest opportunity to practice. However, as I’ve continued to develop as an arts worker, I’ve been able to tap into the other areas of my practice and continue to develop my skills across a range of mediums, and now have the confidence to articulate myself as a multi-disciplinary artist. Even if each discipline doesn’t get the same amount of my attention, they are equally as important and rewarding for me to practice.

I’m extremely excited for the opportunity to give these mediums more attention through my residency and exhibition. I will be working through painting, weaving, video and photography, as well movement, to explore the themes of the exhibition. My development as a curator will also be explored, as I not only curate my own works, but also those of other artists I will collaborate with.

STRNG WMN. will explore what it means to be strong Aboriginal women. Including culturally, physically and mentally. I have always been surrounded by strong women growing up. I was raised by a single mother, and as an athlete all of my team mates were strong women, being strong role models. And growing up watching other young Aboriginal woman dancing with Kurruru, I was so inspired by their strength in culture.

Through the facilitation of women’s circles, I will take the lived experiences of other women to inform movement to be captured on film, still images and installation. I want to capture the authentic voices of our community, and explore all the ways we as women find strength, as it comes in all different types of forms.

Artists Biography

Lilla is a Yankunytjatjara woman, multi-disciplinary artist, arts worker and producer. Lilla began her arts career at Carclew in 2014, and completed a secondment part time role with Country Arts South Australia as the Aboriginal Programs Associate Producer in 2018, and has contributed to a wide range of exciting programming.

In 2017, Lilla formed the Aboriginal cultural contemporary dance company Of Desert and Sea, alongside her fellow dance ensemble members. Of Desert and Sea explores themes relevant to the 5 Aboriginal women who make up the company. They have had

performances and workshops at places such WOMADelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, Dance Rites at the Sydney Opera House, and their debut show Beautiful, presented in Tarnanthi, November 2019. Beautiful’s second season at Adelaide Fringe 2020 also received the Emerging Artist Award. In 2019 she received her first screen credit, producing Sansbury Sisters as part of the Deadly Family Portraits Initiative with South Australian Film Corp and ABC iView.

Lilla’s practice as an artist is multi-disciplinary, as she explores mediums including dance, weaving, painting, video and photography. Her artworks are representation of her own lived experiences, and those of her community.

Yankunytjatjara woman, multi-disciplinary artist Lilla Berry

The Mill’S CaM-Res program is presented in partnership with City of Adelaide

STRNG WMN. is presented in partnership with Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art

The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com

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The Mill is supported by the South Australian government through Arts South Australia

The Mill's 2021 artistic program is proudly supported by BankSA Foundation..

Breakout Residencies: Samuel Hall showing, 'Womb'

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Image: Samuel Hall, photographer Stephen A'Court.

Public showing

When: Wednesday 6 October, 3.45pm sharp for a 4pm start

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: Free

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, and a disability toilet is also available. View our accessibility information page.

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The project is to develop a new immersive and interactive dance theatre production. The work will be performed in The Lab at Light Adelaide and will utilise the latest LED screen technology. The central dramaturgical premise of the work is a contemporary ritual that invites the audience to reconnect with themselves, place, and community in order to release that which holds them back, especially in relation to the experiences of the past year.

Due to venue capacity restrictions, we ask you only book a ticket if you are able to attend. All attendees must be aware of our hygiene policy before attending our venue.

About the artist:

Samuel graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in 2016 with a Diploma in Dance Performance. In 2017, he created his first professional choreography ‘Subsequent Slavery’ for the NZ Fringe Festival before performing in Strut Dance Inc’s restaging of ‘One Flat Thing, Reproduced' by William Forsythe. He then went on to join Swedish dance company Norrdans for their 17/18 season as an Apprentice. In 2018, he joined the acclaimed production ‘Sleep No More Shanghai’ by immersive theatre company, Punchdrunk. In 2020, he returned home to South Australia where he began working as a freelance dancer. He worked for major Australian company’s Dancenorth and Australian Dance Theatre, before joining the cast of Lewis Major’s Adelaide Festival double bill, S/Words and Unfolding. Samuel has consistently sought choreographic opportunities throughout his performance career, creating works for Light Adelaide, Dance Hub SA, QL2 Youth Dance Company, Norrdans, and his own personal projects.

This program is presented with support from Arts South Australia and BankSA Foundation.

See the results of the public showing

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Exhibition Space Program 2022: Expressions of interest

For The Mill's 2022 Exhibition Space Program we have a particular focus on collaborative projects, and are seeking applications from duos and small groups who work in collaborative ways. These collaborations could be between artists, creatives, curators, makers, or projects that seek to collaborate with audiences.

Details

• Exhibitions run for ~approx. 10 weeks (including bump in and bump out)

• One Exhibition will be shown during Fringe Festival 2022.

The Mill is a growing organisation, and as such we are endeavouring to pay an artist fee of $2000 per project as well as modest production & public program costs, however this funding is unconfirmed. Before applying, please consider whether this project is viable for you without confirmation of these fees. And keep your fingers crossed for us!

In 2022 we will no longer be charging Gallery hire to artists in the Exhibition Space Program. Submitting a proposal is no guarantee of acceptance.

About The Exhibition Space

The Mill’s Exhibition Space is located on the Angas Street Window Frontage of 154 Angas Street. The gallery is a rectangle footprint with approx 16.4 linear m of hanging wall space, and 38.8 square metres of floor space. The Exhibition Space is oriented prominently at the front of The Mill’s building with a large window facing Angas Street. It sits adjacent The Mill Showcase gallery, The Mill's office and Creative Industry studio's. The Space has professional lighting, two projectors and a number of plinths are available for artists to use.

We want to make the application process easy to navigate, please don't hesitate to get in contact of you have any questions or need assistance. Email Adele at visualarts@themilladelaide.com

Applications due: Friday, September 24, 5pm

Adelaide Fringe 2022: Expressions of Interest

Expressions of interest are now open to perform at The Mill’s intimate venue - The Breakout - for Adelaide Fringe 2022.

The Mill is open to applications from artists working in all areas of performance - from live music to theatre, dance, comedy and more. Our venue is a great space for risk-taking, trying out new ideas or presenting fully-realised works.

The Breakout is a 50-seater black-box theatre space adjacent to The Mill’s 35 artist studios and exhibition spaces. Located a 15 minute walk from Rundle Street, our theatre is perfect for intimate artist-audience interactions.

To apply, complete the following steps:

• Read the Venue Information Pack to familiarise yourself with our venue.

• Collate as much information about your show as you can (about you/your show, technical specifications, marketing plans, etc).

• Fill in the EOI form by 5pm Thursday, September 30.

KEY DATES

Wednesday, September 15: EOIs Open

Thursday, September 30: EOIs Close

October 5-26: Offers sent out

Wednesday, November 3: Fringe Printed Program Deadline

Any questions please email Peta Spurling-Brown, Associate Producer: producer@themilladelaide.com

Exhibition: The Mill Showcase

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The Mill Showcase: Eleanor Green (photo: supplied)

September 6 – October 29, 2021

Eleanor Green, Elana Photakis and Lisa Penney AKA Hey Reflect’o

Opening event:
Friday September 17, 6-7:30pm

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, and a disability toilet is also available. View our accessibility information page.

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The Mill Showcase is a gallery space dedicated to artists who work in our studio spaces at our Angas Street location, exhibiting some of the artworks and products that have been produced under our roof. The Mill Showcase profiles our artists, so that you can put a face to the name and get to know some of our dedicated makers.

This Sixth edition of The Mill Showcase features work by Eleanor Green, Elana Photakis and Lisa Penney AKA Hey Reflect’o

Artist Biographies:

Eleanor Green is an emerging artist based in Adelaide. Her passion for painting started at a young age, inspired by her love of animals and nature.  As Illustrations by Eleanor, she creates commissioned 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.

I recently moved into The Mill Studios, and for my first showcase, I wanted to bring together artists from the collective through a common theme. I’m primarily an animal portrait artist, so it was a natural choice to paint the pets of the artists I work alongside.

For my showcase, I wanted to get creative and move outside of my more traditional style. With this collection, I’ve embraced free-flowing brushwork together with vibrant colours. It’s allowed me to let loose and have fun with my art, and I can’t wait to see where it goes.

Eleanor has been working at The Mill since 2021

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Elana – Jo Photakis is a trained seamstress and artist working in clay sculpture, photography and garment design and manufacture. Elana uses art to access other worlds and transport her viewers into a poetic universe. Currently, Elana is starting up her small business Mother of Bones that involves creating ethically made clothing using plant dyes.

My work is inspired by colour and texture in nature, ideas of fantasy, folklore, and mythology. These sculptures were made during a time of personal growth and are a physical manifestation of what a woman requires to reconnect with her inner psyche after being dormant. 

Elana has been working at The Mill since 2020

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Lisa Penney’s brand Hey Reflect’o was created to answer the needs of cyclists for something fashionable, visible, and ethical to wear on the road. Lisa was sick of rolling up to trendy bars in an awesome outfit covered by an oversized tradie vest. She set out to design high visibility reflective vests that not only compliment outfits but also make you feel great. Hey Reflect’o vests are designed by Lisa and made here in Adelaide from sustainable materials. 

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.

Lisa has been working at The Mill since 2014

Brink Productions Theatre Residency: Jo Zealand showing, 'The Circle Show'

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Photo: Daniel Purvis.

Public showing

When: Friday, September 3, 2021, 5.45pm sharp for a 6pm start

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Duration: 1.5 hours, including post-show discussion

Cost: Free

Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, and a disability toilet is also available. View our accessibility information page.

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This showing is the culmination of a two-week second development of The Circle Show by Jo Zealand; an interactive performance piece blending music, comedy, clowning, and dance. Jo has been collaborating with theatrical storyteller Suzie Skinner and musician Johnny Siegel to push the boundaries between performance and self-exploration.

As the successful recipient of the 2021 Brink Productions Theatre residency, Jo will be working with Chris Drummond as an artistic provocateur who will give dramaturgical, design and conceptual support to develop and extend this new work.

Due to venue capacity restrictions, we ask you only book a ticket if you are able to attend. All attendees must be aware of our hygiene policy before attending our venue.

The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com

About the artist:

A performer for 25 years, Jo Zealand specialises in interactive theatre, comic character and physical theatre with a musical twist and has an Advanced Diploma in Professional Screenwriting from RMIT. Jo’s aim is to use performing arts to bring about connection, awareness and joy. Beginning her training as a founding member of Restless Dance Company and Slack Taxi, Jo has studied with master teachers across Europe, Asia, and Australia. Artistic Director of No Strings Attached 1999-2004, she lead the company on an overseas tour and was nominated for an Innovation Award.