Dave Court
South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA) Emerging Curator Opportunity
City Library now taking Expressions of Interest
Calling all first time curators – we are looking for an Emerging Curator to develop, coordinate, and realise an exhibition spanning across the City Library!
Adelaide thrives as a city that embraces its diverse community, culture, and creativity. The Adelaide City Library is a key part of the city and serves as a dynamic community hub, offering state-of-the-art collections and facilities within a laid-back atmosphere, creating a space full of possibilities.
The South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA) Emerging Curator opportunity, is an annual art exhibition celebrating Adelaide's distinctive heritage, multicultural richness, and creative culture. This year marks the sixth edition of the SALA Exhibition Project. We are seeking an emerging Curator to develop, coordinate, and realise an exhibition spanning across the City Library.
This exhibition is an opportunity for contemporary art and innovative curation to connect with a diverse audience from an unconventional location outside the traditional gallery space. It is also an opportunity to promote Artists and to support their enterprise through the sale of their artworks.
The SALA Festival Emerging Curator will curate and realise an exhibition that is:
- An engaging and rich cultural experience.
- A high-quality curated physical and virtual exhibition showcasing South Australian artists.
- To provide opportunities for audiences to engage with the Curator and exhibition through an accompany public program.
Key Information
With over 600+ visitors daily the Adelaide City Libraries are a diverse and dynamic community hub with leading collections and facilities and a relaxed atmosphere. It is a place of possibilities.
Within the City Library there are a number of areas to display artwork that offer the community to engage with a broad, local, national and international audience in an unconventional, ‘beyond the white cube’ locus.
These council spaces are used for the benefit of the City of Adelaide, its residents and visitors in an organised and fair manner. Exhibition spaces are flexible to display a variety of mediums ad are offered free of charge to individual artists, community organisations and internal/external partners.
The library has a number of display spaces and facilities to utilise, and the libraries are able to accommodate different mediums. Applications are encouraged to visit the libraries to view the spaces available in order to determine which is the most suitable for presenting their artwork.
For more information on the spaces, view the City Library Exhibition Map.
Exhibition Project Details
| Exhibition Project dates: | Exhibition Project: early April – 30 September 2025 Exhibition Installation: late July 2025 Exhibition: 1 August – 22 September 2025 Deinstallation: 24 September 2025 |
| Curator budget: | $4000 (ex. GST) |
| Exhibition Project Curator deliverables: | The Curator will curate and deliver the SALA Emerging Curator Exhibition Project in the City Library for the SALA Festival 2025. This includes:
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| Exhibition Project City Library deliverables: |
City Library will be pleased to further support the SALA exhibition through the provision of:
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How to Apply
Complete the Expression of Interest form below outlining your experience and approach to the opportunity.
The due date for applications is 9 am, Wednesday 26 March 2025. Notifications to all applicants will be made in the following week via email.
2024 Emerging Curator – Stavroula Adameitis, “Memory Palace 5000”
Stavroula Adameitis was the 2024 Adelaide City Library Emerging Curator for the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival. Featuring artists Amy Milhinch Angus Adameitis Billie Justice Thomson David Apps Donovan Christie Karina Ward Leo Greenfield Oakey Simone Tippett Samantha Faehrmann, including work from Curator Stavroula Adameitis aka Frida Las Vegas. See how she was inspired by the library space.