Opportunities

Helpmann Academy Web Series & Short Film Project

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Helpmann Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts in 2014, a web series of ten three-minute episodes will be created to showcase, document and celebrate the past, present and future of the Helpmann Academy and its contribution to South Australian emerging artists since 1994.

Five filmmakers will be chosen from graduates of Flinders Screen Production and the Adelaide College of the Arts. Working under the guidance of Flinders Creations, each filmmaker and their team will produce two short films for the Helpmann Academy web series, with each video exploring a specific aspect of the support the organisation has given to emerging artists over the past 20 years.

Upon completion of these two web episodes, each team will receive a grant of $4000 to produce a short film project of their own choosing.

Applications are open to recent film graduates (up to five years out) from Flinders Screen Production and the Adelaide College of the Arts’ Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media.

Please note: the application deadline for submissions has been extended to allow as many teams as possible to apply. Submissions must be received no later than 5:00pm, Friday May 10th, 2013.

Applications must be submitted online at info@helpmannacademy.com.au

Please carefully read the project terms & conditions prior to lodging your submission.

To submit an application, please download an application form here

The Fleurieu Art Prize Youth Sculpture Commission

The Fleurieu Art Prize is the world’s most significant landscape painting prize, and resides in South Australia’s McLaren Vale and Southern Fleurieu regions. It exists for the purpose of promoting the growth of the visual arts culture in McLaren Vale & Fleurieu Peninsula and promoting the region as a cultural destination for the long-term benefit of its community.

The Youth Sculpture Commission - in collaboration with the Helpmann Academy - offers a young artist aged up to 27 years the opportunity to be commissioned by the Fleurieu Art Prize and Wirra Wirra Winery to create a large-scale sculpture(s) to be installed on the grounds at Wirra Wirra Winery to be completed for the festival in November 2013.

The successful artist will receive a commission fee of $3,000 plus up to $1,000 for materials.

The commission will also include an element of mentorship, to be facilitated by the Helpmann Academy’s Mentorship Scheme. All applicants will be asked to submit a selection of three established artists they would like to work with and be mentored by as they create their work for the Fleurieu Art Prize.

Applications must be lodged online at info@helpmannacademy.com.au by COB on Friday June 28th, 2013. The selected artist will be notified in July following deliberation by an independent selection panel.

More detailed information and commission guidelines can be downloaded here

Download an application form here

AEAF Cibo Espresso Studio residency

For the next five years, the Australian Experimental Art Foundation (AEAF), Cibo Espresso Australia and the Helpmann Academy are offering a Studio placement at the British School at Rome.

This new residential studio, initiated by the previous Director of AEAF, Domenico de Clario, offers an emerging South Australian artist the opportunity to undertake a three-month residency at the British School at Rome, Britain’s leading humanities research institute abroad and one of the most prestigious foreign academies in the Italian capital.

Each year for the next five years, an emerging South Australian artist will be selected for a three-month residency at the British School at Rome. The placement will be between July and September each year, with the first residency taking place in 2013.

Applications for the first Cibo Studio Residency have now closed. Be sure to check back for regular updates leading up to next year's applications.

If you have any further questions about the residency at the British School at Rome, phone the Helpmann Academy on 8132 0777