SALA NOTICEBOARD
The SALA Noticeboard is a free platform designed to help those interested in taking part in the next SALA Festival to connect with each other.
Artists who would like to exhibit their artwork in the next SALA Festival can use the Noticeboard to make themselves more discoverable to potential SALA venues. Similarly, organisations / businesses that are interested in displaying artwork as part of the next SALA Festival can also use the Noticeboard to make themselves discoverable to South Australian visual artists.
Noticeboard Open
The Noticeboard will close Wednesday 29 April 2026.
How it Works
Since it’s not possible for the SALA team to individually set artists up with suitable venues to show their work during the upcoming SALA Festival, we encourage anyone looking for a SALA counterpart to make use of the Noticeboard.
There are two ways you can make use of the SALA Noticeboard: you can browse the existing posts, and/or you can add your own post to make yourself more discoverable.
PLEASE NOTE
Posts to the SALA Noticeboard are a non-binding expression of interest and entirely optional.
Posting to the Noticeboard does NOT register you as a participant in the next SALA Festival.
The Artist and Venue Noticeboard is now open.
The Noticeboard will close on Monday 28 April 2025 (midnight).
The Artist and Venue Noticeboard for 2025 is now closed.
Although you can no longer create a profile, the lists of artists and venues seeking exhibition opportunities for the 2025 SALA Festival remain available to view.
Looking for an artist or a venue for the upcoming SALA Festival?
The Artist & Venue Noticeboard is a free platform designed to help South Australian visual artists find suitable venues for exhibiting their work during the next SALA Festival (and vice versa).
You can create a profile so that your artwork/display space can be discoverable to others, or you can browse the list of existing profiles of others interested in participating. Once connected, it’s up to you to collaborate and plan your exhibition.
I am an Artist
- Are you a South Australian visual artist?
- Are you interested in taking part in the next SALA Festival?
- Are you unsure how to would find a venue to exhibit your art in?
- and/or are you interested in finding other artists to exhibit with as a group show?
If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, we recommend that you make a post on the Noticeboard.
This will make you discoverable (on the list of Artist Posts) as someone interested in taking part in the next SALA Festival.
Once the Noticeboard is open, head to the SALA Online Portal and either create an account or login to your existing account.
Click through to the SALA Noticeboard (this should be in the menu on the left) and then click the ‘create an artist post‘ button.
Complete the simple form and then be sure to click ‘submit’ so that it gets submitted to the SALA team for review and approval. Once approved, your post will be published to the list of Artist Posts.
Please note that making a post is not the same as registering for the Festival.
- Your details
Name, Contact number, Email address, artist website. - Comment Box
Here you can note what kind of mediums you use, what kind of scale you like to work at, what kind of methods you would use /need to hang or present your work. And anything else that might be useful for a prospective host venue to know. - Tickbox to indicate if the artist is open to being part of a group exhibition.
- Image upload.
You must upload at least 1 image of your artwork. Please upload more than one to give prospective venues a better sense of what you make / what you are hoping to exhibit. (max 10MB file size per image)
- images of your artwork (especially the type of work that you hope to exhibit).
- if desired, you may also choose to include a professional headshot.
I represent a Venue
- Are you connected to an organisation or physical premises in South Australia?
- Are you interested in taking part in the next SALA Festival by hosting the work of a South Australian artist at your premises?
- Are you unsure how to find the right artist for your space?
If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, we recommend that you make a post on the Noticeboard.
This will make you discoverable (on the list of Venue Posts) as being interested in displaying a South Australian artist’s work in your space during SALA Festival (August).
Once the Noticeboard is open, head to the SALA Online Portal and either create an account or login to your existing account.
Click through to the Noticeboard (this should be in the menu on the left) and then click the ‘create a venue post‘ button.
Complete the simple form and then be sure to click ‘submit’ so that it gets submitted to the SALA team for review and approval. Once approved, your post will be published to the list of ‘Venue Posts.
Please note that cmaking a post is not the same as registering for the Festival.
- Basic Details
Venue name (eg, Bob’s Cafe),
name of contact person,
venue address,
phone number, email address,
venue website - Potential Mediums:
Tickboxes for what kind of artwork would be appropriate for the space (Wall-based works, sculpture, large scale, outdoor) - Comments
Include anything that might be useful for potential artists to know about your space. (eg. the availability of the space during August, potential open hours for the display.) - Image upload. * You must upload at least 1 image (ideally to show the space that is available for an artist to exhibit in.) (max 10MB file size per image)
- images of the space available for artists to exhibit their work in. It is important that these images give a clear indication of the space available and context of where works might be displayed.
- image of the building from the street/entrance for context. (optional)
- image of a previous exhibition in the available space for context. (optional)
PLEASE NOTE
- Creating an artist or venue profile is not the same as registering in the SALA Festival – that is a separate form that can only be completed when the details of your exhibition/event have been confirmed.
- This Noticeboard is not an exhaustive list of available artists/venues. We encourage proactively approaching potential artists/venues beyond the Noticeboard.
- The Artist & Venue Noticeboard is a platform, not an active match-making service. Creating a profile does not carry any guarantee of participation in the festival.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you don’t see any posts on the Noticeboard, you might be early, or the posts that were there may have been taken down after the submitter found who/what they were looking for. The Noticeboard is a dynamic platform, with posts being added and removed as needed, so we encourage you to make your own post, or check back again later.
No! The SALA Noticeboard is a separate platform designed to help artists and venues find each other. Once you have found each other and planned your exhibition for SALA Festival, one of you will need to complete a registration form in the SALA Online Portal.
All posts go to the SALA team for review and approval, so there will be a slight delay before your post appears.
We will make contact if we need to clarify anything with you in relation to your post.
Yes – think of this as an expression of interest. If your participation is conditional, please make note of this in your post.
For example:
- An artist might only have enough work to fill a small space, or might require a display cabinet, or may be away for part of August.
- A venue might only have a window space available and only be able to show works that are unframed.
If you find a venue or artist on the Noticeboard that you are interested in working with, you will need to use the contact details that they have supplied to get in touch with them to see if they are interested in working with you.
Please use all normal considerations & precautions when reaching out to someone via the Noticeboard. Don’t skip any logical steps in organising your SALA event simply because you found the other party via the Noticeboard, as the Noticeboard is simply a platform, not an endorsement of the person/venue making a post.
For information on how to proceed, head to https://www.salafestival.com/participation/
Once another party has agreed to exhibit with you, the next step is to discuss the finer details of your exhibition – how many artworks, who will be responsible for installing them, will you have an opening night event, which days will the venue be open, etc.
Once these details are determined, a SALA Festival Registration Form will need to be submitted for the event.
Head to our Participation page for more information on these next steps.
If you don’t have any luck finding a match using the Noticeboard, we recommend that you actively pursue other avenues, such as personal networks, social media (you could do a callout), or even looking through a SALA program from a previous year.
Unfortunately SALA does not have the resources to actively match artists and venues with each other and the use of the Noticeboard does not carry any guarantees.
