Join us on Saturday 17 May 2025 for our Open Day.
Adelaide Central School of Art is an independent Institute of Higher Education located in the vibrant Glenside Health and Cultural precinct. Our Administration, Teaching Studios and Adelaide Central Gallery buildings are housed within state heritage Glenside Hospital buildings built in 1884 and 1899, respectively.
With award-winning renovations in 2012, our art school proudly operates within these richly historical walls while providing excellence in visual art education. Adelaide Central School of Art celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022, starting out as a small art school in Bloor Court, Adelaide CBD founded by artist Rod Taylor and Heather Nicholson. The School continued to grow moving to Gilles Street and then Osmond Terrace in Norwood before settling into our beautiful heritage campus in Glenside.
If you are interested in studying at Adelaide Central School of Art, in the degree or short course programs, or are just curious to see what goes on at South Australia’s only independent art school, come along to the campus and have a chat with us. There will be campus tours, lecturer presentations, students working throughout the building, open studios to view, as well as coffee and a bake sale. Our gallery will have a solo exhibition by local painter and ceramicist Michael Carney.
Part of History Festival 2025
Old Glenside Hospital Tour
Saturday 17 May | 11am – 12.30pm SOLD OUT
Saturday 17 May | 2pm – 3.30pm SOLD OUT
Join David Buob from the Glenside Historical Society for a tour of select heritage buildings which were originally part of the Parkside Lunatic Asylum are now the Adelaide Central School of Art campus. David will take the tour through the architecture and rich social history of these buildings with focus on the former Mens P+O Ward, Dining Room and Erindale.
Learn about the buildings and their function over the past 125 years.
The tour will commence from the palm tree in front of the Adelaide Central School of Art administration building.
2025 Open Day Program
Saturday 17 May 10am – 4pm
Campus Tours
10.00am, 11.15am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm
Campus Tours with Monte Masi, Academic Director, and Penny Griggs, CEO
Meet at the palm tree near the main entrance
History Festival Tour
11:00am History Festival Tour with David Buob, Glenside Historical Society
2:00pm History Festival Tour with David Buob, Glenside Historical Society
Talks
10.45am Information Session with Zoe Freney, Level 3 and Honours Coordinator
1.45pm Information session with Zoe Freney, Level 3 and Honours Coordinator
Meet in Studio 6 Lecture Room, top floor
Campus
Northern entrance
Welcome desk – Adelaide Central School of Art information and art sales
Southern entrance
Coffee Pedlar coffee van
Bake Sale, BBQ, soup & toasted sandwiches – Student Association fundraiser
Adelaide Central Gallery
Exhibition: STADIUMKRAFT – Michael Carney
Teaching and Studios Building
Ground Floor
Student Exhibition: Paint!
Studio 1
9:30pm – 12:30pm Drawing Fundamentals with Alex Beckinsale (Term 2 short course)
1:30pm – 4:30pm Watercolour Fundamentals with Lesley Redgate (Term 2 short course)
Please be considerate of the students working and mindful that a class is in progress
Studio 2
Student artwork demonstration
First Floor
BVA Painting Display
Library staffed by Art History & Theory lecturers
Studio 3
9:30am – 12:30pm Intro to Oil Painting with Seirian Kitchener (Term 2 short course)
1:30pm – 4:30pm Life Drawing Mixed Tape with Various Artists (Term 2 short course)
Please be considerate of the students working and mindful that a class is in progress
Please note that Studio 3 will be closed in the afternoon, for the privacy of our life model
Studio 4
1:30pm – 4:30pm Teen Drawing with Alex Beckinsale (Term 2 short course)
Please note that Studio 4 will be closed in the afternoon, for the privacy of our life model
Second floor
BVA Drawing Display
Studio 5
9:30am – 12:30pm Enhanced Oil Painting Techniques with Anna Horne (Term 2 short course)
1:30pm – 4:30pm Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting with Josh Juett (Term 2 short course)
Please be considerate of the students working and mindful that a class is in progress
Studio 6 Lecture Room
10.45am Information Session with Zoe Freney, Level 3 and Honours Coordinator
1.45pm Information session with Zoe Freney, Level 3 and Honours Coordinator
Student studios
Level 3 and Honours student studios are open where indicated. Please enter and chat with the students about their work.
Keep in touch
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