Artist Opportunities

Showcase your art throughout the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, during the SALA Festival from 1-31 August each year.

Each year, the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters proudly hosts a wide variety of SALA Festival exhibitions across the Council area. 

For more information about Council support for SALA, including fee reimbursements, visit: 

SALA Festival - Get Involved

The Artist Register provides information on creative people, services and products in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters.

Register your details to be part of our online Artist Register.

Artist Register

The Public Art & Culture Grants Scheme is offered twice a year and is part of the Council's Community Funding Program. 

The Scheme has three funding categories:

1. Artistic & Cultural Programs & Events
2. Artistic Development
3. Visual Public Art.

Applicants can apply for up to $5,000 per financial year. 

For more information and to apply, visit: Community Funding Program

Get 50% off your Adelaide Fringe 2026 registration

Registrations now open

The Council supports local artists, performers, producers, events, venues and businesses participating in the Adelaide Fringe with a 50% subsidy for Fringe registrations within the Council area.

For more information, visit: Adelaide Fringe in NPSP 

Stobie pole art is a recognised way to add visual interest to local streets.

While SA Power Networks manages the approval process, the Council can provide support for community-led artwork on stobie poles across the City.

How to apply for Council support to decorate a stobie pole

1. Submit an application to SA Power Networks

All stobie pole art must be approved by SA Power Networks (SAPN).

The approval process and guidelines are clearly explained on the SA Power Networks website, visit: SA Power Networks – Stobie Pole Art

2. If Approved by SAPN, Seek Neighbour Approval

We encourage applicants to communicate with nearby neighbours, particularly those with a direct line of sight to the stobie pole, in a way that feels natural and comfortable for them.
Applicants are welcome to use the neighbour approval template provided, or their own approach, to inform neighbours and are asked to let us know the outcome of these conversations.

3. Request Council support

Residents and artists can request support from the Council for their proposed artwork.
When considering requests, the Council’s Arts Officer, and relevant staff as required, will consider the following:

• Inoffensive content (i.e. avoid themes that are overly religious, offensive, violent, sexual, discriminatory, not in the public interest or inconsistent with to the Council’s Public Art Policy).
• Social acceptability (considers the amenity of the surrounding area).
• Originality (artwork is the original work of the applicant) or have written permission from the artist to use their design.

Please note: If an individual artist intends to decorate 5 or more stobie poles within a specific street (total includes previously approved stobie pole artworks and new applications) the Council will also consider the following:

• Relationship of the artwork to the site and the host community (how it serves to activate or enhance public space and/or how it impacts on the entire streetscape).
• Curation (how the artwork relates to one another as a curated whole, i.e. appropriateness of the scale of artworks, colours and themes).
• Potential audience engagement and level of community involvement (i.e. is it a participatory project involving residents on the street).

Applicants can seek the Council’s support by completing an online application form with the following details:

• Applicant Details
• Approval letter from SAPN
• Neighbour approval. Please use the Letter Template (Word) to write your letter seeking neighbour approval for properties that are adjacent, neighbouring or directly opposite your site
• Description of artwork (and name of artist(s) if different from Applicant)
• Sketch of proposed artwork (optional).

The Council’s Arts Officer will advise applicants of the outcome of a request via email.

4. Once approved, decorate your stobie pole and email a photo of your completed artwork

When you have installed your new artwork, we would love to see it!

Please email images of the decorated stobie pole to artsandculture@npsp.sa.gov.au

For more information, visit: SA Power Networks

Update: Expressions of interest to exhibit at the Gallery at St Peters in 2026 are now closed.

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The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters invites expressions of interest from artists to be part of our 2026 Exhibition Season.

There are four exhibition spaces available within the Gallery at St Peters, in addition to exhibition space in the adjacent Eastern Health Authority, the EHA Gallery.

Key dates:

• Expressions of Interest close 5pm Tuesday 14 October 2025
• Applicants notified by Monday 20 October 2025
• Fringe registrations close Thursday 30 October 2025
• SALA registrations open March 2026 (tbc)

2026 exhibition dates:

• 6 March - 11 April 2026 | Adelaide Fringe Festival*
• 12 June - 18 July | Embracing NAIDOC Week | First Nations artists are encouraged to apply
• 31 July - 29 August | SALA Festival

*Please note the Main Gallery is NOT available for the 6 March - 11 April slot.

Click on a button below to start a virtual tour:

The Gallery Virtual Tour

The Gallery Floorplan

Foyer Virtual Tour 

For more information and to apply, please refer to the section below: