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The home of youth arts and creativity

School Holiday Activities

A jam-packed program of creativity and adventure for ages 5-17

Carclew in Schools

Empower your students. Collaborate with a professional artist.

2024-2028 Strategic Plan

Carclew's vision for the future.

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As a Not-for-Profit organisation, Carclew needs your support to continue to transform young lives through creativity!

Carclew is Australia's largest multi-artform cultural institution dedicated to children and young people.

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For Schools

Carclew in Schools

Empower your students by collaborating with a professional artist in 2026.

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For Children

Children & Communities

Creativity is core to a community’s resilience. When families and communities are engaged in art and creativity young people grow as creative thinkers, developing persistence and motivation, and the skills to collaborate and confidently navigate their future.

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For Artists

Careers

Carclew provides funding and professional development programs to support young artists to become established professionals in their creative endeavour.

For Youth

Young People

Our programs support young people at every stage of their journey.

What's happening at Carclew

For Artists / For Youth

Music

Our music programs support young people at every stage of their creative journey

For Youth

Playmakers

Calling all young, aspiring theatre-makers! Join us on a two-week creative adventure led by some of Adelaide’s most exciting theatre artists!

For Children / Event / For Youth

School Holiday Activities

School Holiday Activities for children aged 5-17

In Schools / Event

Artists in Schools

A residency program informed by the school’s learning aims that explores an artform deeply and interacts with a professional artist, expanding on previous art experiences.

In Schools / Event

Teacher Professional Learning

A state-wide program engaging primary school teachers who are interested in developing creative and practical approaches to work with the Australian Curriculum: The Arts.

Children in classroom use string to understand shapes

In Schools / Event

Creative Body-based Learning

A professional development program for primary school teachers designed to integrate arts-based instruction to enhance student learning across multiple Learning Areas of the Australian Curriculum.

In Schools / Event

Aboriginal Artists in Schools

A community cultural development program for young people and teachers with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

In Schools / Event

Culture Beats

Contemporary music and dance workshops led by First Nations artists for First Nations young people.

In Schools / Event

Nunga Days

Creative First Nations culture workshops by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

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For Children

Pom Pom Youth Arts

A drop-in contemporary art space for young creators and their families open Saturdays and during school holidays

For Artists / Funding

Project & Development Grants

Grants to support and encourage the growth and development of young talent in the South Australian arts community.

Mali Isabell

Event / For Artists

Foyer Exhibition

A series of exhibitions at Carclew House's foyer

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Funding / For Artists

Capacity Building Grants

For organisations working in any art form developed and presented for, by and with children and young people aged 26 years and under

For Artists / For Children / For Schools / For Youth / First Nations

Gig Rig

An all-terrain, custom built, mobile sound and vision studio for workshop delivery to under-resourced schools and regional and remote communities

Children sitting on stage with stage sparks mentors Naomi Keyte and Kaite Pomery

For Children

Stage Sparks

A free workshop program in the southern suburbs that provides a lively introduction to the performing arts for children aged 5-12 years old

Artist Arlon Hall playing with children wearing masks in the Pom Pom studio

For Children

Pom Pom

A drop-in contemporary art space for young creators and their families open Saturdays and during school holidays

2022 funding recipient Samuel Matthewman and artist Mireia Sala doing pottery

For Artists / Funding

Fellowships

Financial support to young emerging cultural and creative artists for career building, skills development, exploring new methods and techniques, and research towards creative development

Carclew is an institution with a very special place in South Australia’s arts community.

The heart of Carclew is our historic house in North Adelaide, which the government of South Australia gifted in 1971 as a promise that all children and young people have access to art, culture, and creativity.