FELTspace Graduate Award
The FELTspace Graduate Award Program is an annual initiative, which provides three outstanding Visual Arts graduates the opportunity to present their work at FELTspace during the highly competitive August period, aligning with the South Australian Living Artists Festival. FELTspace offers this award to a graduate from the Bachelor of Visual Arts degree from each of the South Australian tertiary providers: Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide College of the Arts - Tafe SA and the University of South Australia.
Encouraging the development of new work, each recipient is allocated one of FELTspace’s three galleries that best suits their practice, and receives mentoring throughout the course of the program from an artist or arts professional of their choice, the FELTspace Committee and an industry leader to bring their exhibition to fruition. FELTspace will provide assistance to the individual by way of: covering gallery hire fees, promotion of the exhibition, SALA registration and supplied professional documentation of the exhibition.
FELTspace are excited to announce the recipients of this year’s Graduate Award Program:
Jayda Wilson
Marian Sandberg
Shani Engelbrecht
We are pleased to welcome back Andrew Purvis (Exhibitions Curator, Adelaide Central School of Art) as the industry mentor again, for this year’s program.
Through the Graduate Award Program and associated mentorships, FELTspace aims to provide a supportive platform to assist and advocate for the establishment of emerging, sustainable and experimental practice of promising visual artists in our local arts industry.
Established in 2008, FELTspace is an artist run organisation supporting, developing and presenting emerging, experimental, and diverse exhibitions and public programs. Encouraging and promoting new work by South Australian visual artists within the gallery, in offsite projects and through involvement in interstate and international projects.
FELTspace also extends its programming to both national and international artists, curators and writers, allowing further exposure and networking, and engaging South Australia within a broad Australian visual arts sector.
FELTspace would like to acknowledge Guildhouse for their Support of this program in previous years.
Guildhouse is the leading South Australian organisation supporting and creating connections for South Australian creative practitioners for over 50 years. Our vision is for creative professionals to have sustainable careers and for the contribution they make to our rich cultural environment to be recognised and valued by the community.
PAST RECIPIENTS
Co-Directors Elise Bonato (L) and Lee Walter (R) present the 2019 Graduate Award to recipient Oakey at ACARTS
2022
Franklin Holfeld - Adelaide Central School of Art
Cecila Tizard - University of South Australia
Sam Matthewman - Adelaide College of the Arts - TAFE SA
2021
Meng Zhang (SA)
Claude Creighton (SA)
Jessa Kloeden (SA)
2019
Oakey - Adelaide College of the Arts - TAFE SA
Jianzhen Wu - University of South Australia
Josie Dillon - Adelaide Central School of Art
2018
Craig Glasson - Adelaide Central School of Art
Nancye Turnbull - Adelaide College of the Arts - TAFE SA
Angelique Joy - University of South Australia
2017
Kate O'Boyle - Adelaide Central School of Art
Danny Vines - Adelaide College of the Arts - TAFE SA
Eduard Helmbold - University of South Australia
2016
Kelly Reynolds - Adelaide Central School of Art
Natalie Penney - Adelaide College of the Arts - TAFE SA
Sophie Corso - University of South Australia
Image: (Left to Right) Roy Ananda, Tamara Baillie, Aaron Schuppan, Angelique Joy, Andrew Purvis
Absent: Nancye Turnbull
Photograph by Kate Kurucz
Co-Directors present award at Adelaide Central School of Art award ceremony. L-R: Rachel Kent (Curator MCA), Jenna Pippett (Co-Director), Kelly Reynolds & Luke Wilcox (Co-Director)