ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY JamFactory respectfully acknowledges the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. OUR OUR VALUES MISSION AND PRINCIPLES JamFactory is Australia’s leading contemporary craft JamFactory is an organisation that: and design organisation. We contribute to the cultural vibrancy of South Australia by providing training, support Is committed to promoting the value of artists, craftspeople and and development opportunities for practitioners and by designers to a vibrant culture engaging communities through our exhibition, retail and education programs. Promotes design, craftsmanship and creative thinking as vital to a healthy society Is forward thinking, innovative and prepared to take risks OUR Encourages and celebrates excellence GOALS Supports learning through engagement Is welcoming, open and community-focused Is committed to principles of equal opportunity and recognition of cultural diversity To be recognised internationally as a leading centre for training, supporting and promoting outstanding entrepreneurial Safeguards the pride and goodwill invested in it by its many craftspeople and designers. stakeholders Significantly increase our audiences and contribute to greater Encourages teamwork and recognises the individual skills and understanding and awareness of contemporary craft and viewpoints of its staff in a safe and supportive work environment design in society. Promotes collaboration and seeks to collaborate Sustainably build and manage resources to achieve our sector and audience development ambitions. Is accountable, transparent and well groomed Is environmentally responsible and financially sustainable OUR STORY Established in 1973 by the South JamFactory is committed to ongoing Australian Government, JamFactory professional development within the is one of South Australia’s great craft and design sector and our most cultural assets and Australia’s leading significant activity is the delivery of our contemporary craft and design Associate Program – an intensive career organisation. development program for emerging designer-makers working in ceramics, In 1992, JamFactory moved to a large glass, furniture or jewellery and purpose-built facility in the west end of metal. the Adelaide CBD with specialised studio facilities, public galleries and a retail shop. Since its establishment, JamFactory In 2013, a satellite site at Seppeltsfield has nurtured local talent and attracted estate in the Barossa Valley opened with outstanding artists and designers from studio spaces for professional artisans, a around Australia and across the globe. public gallery and a retail shop. Each of Some of these have come to work as these facilities provide a valuable creative staff, some to rent studio space or use hub and contribute to South Australia’s facilities and many others to undertake vibrant cultural tourism offering. the training program. Many of these talented people have subsequently JamFactory is an entrepreneurial, chosen to stay in South Australia to not-for-profit organisation with a contribute to the culture and unique and dynamic business model. economy of the state. Our current activities include: offering training to emerging artists and Over more than four decades designers; developing, presenting JamFactory has provided employment and touring exhibitions with emphasis and/or training for more than 500 on craft and design; leasing studio leading Australian craft and design space and hiring out specialist workshop practitioners and has assisted in the facilities; design and production of career advancement of many more. bespoke items from jewellery and awards We have contributed consistently and to interior fit outs and public art; significantly to the income of creative running workshops and short courses; practitioners through wages, fees manufacturing of homewares, lighting and sales. and furniture; wholesale sales; retail sales; and publishing. YEAR IN REVIEW JamFactory maintained a high level of JamFactory Icon exhibition Clare excellence across its artistic programs Belfrage: a Measure of Time and during the year with continued critical the last in our four-part series of acclaim for our exhibition and training material-based exhibitions CONCRETE: programs and we directly contributed art design architecture. Both exhibitions more than $2.8million to professional are accompanied by major publications incomes in the craft and design sector. and education kits and both are touring nationally with the support of 2018-19 saw increases in visitation, retail Commonwealth Government funding. sales, workshop enrolments and on-line engagement. More than 100 individual JamFactory continued to generate artists and designers utilised JamFactory’s significant earned revenue from diverse studio facilities for development and business activities, however this year production of their own work, including saw decreases in wholesale sales, studio those participating in our highly acclaimed commissions and development revenue Associate Program. compared to the previous year. The Associate Program continued to A need to absorb State Government provide outstanding career development savings along with lower than opportunities for emerging artists and expected return from our studio designers working in glass, ceramics, commissions activity resulted in a deficit furniture and jewellery with the 2019 for the year of $66K. This deficit ends a calendar year welcoming 11 new run of seven successive surplus results Associates from Japan, the Netherlands, and we anticipate another modest deficit Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide. in 2019-20 as we invest in critical new Recent alumni from the program are business activities. establishing successful creative businesses and winning prestigious Our reporting and funding relationship grants, awards and residencies. to State Government changed from Throughout the year JamFactory was working with Arts South Australia within able to provide opportunities for five the Department of Premier and Cabinet Associates to undertake workshops in to working with the Creative Industries France, Japan and the United States. Directorate within the Department for Innovation and Skills. This shift is opening JamFactory presented 17 curated up important new networks and exhibitions including five touring opportunities for JamFactory. exhibitions (presented at 26 venues nationally). These exhibitions featured Throughout the second half of the year work by 123 artists and designers from we developed a new four-year strategic across Australia. Highlights were the 2018 plan to take JamFactory towards its 50th anniversary in 2023. DURING 2018/2019 JAMFACTORY: attracted absorbed a reduction in core funding 87,947 from State Government of almost website visits, representing an increase of 9.3% on the previous year 10% down from $1,164,000 to $1,040,000 secured $125,504 in new project funding from State and Commonwealth Government programs generated $224,552 in Development income, down 32% on previous year provided hot glass studio facilities fo 33 represented over independent glass artists in addition to our Glass Studio staff and Associates 250 craftspeople and designers (65% South Australian) through our curated retail operations increased enrolments in short-course workshops by 43% with 445 increased our social media audience across Facebook and Instagram engaged participants by 14% to reach achieved audience visitation across 35,561 our venues and touring exhibitions of 217,980 presented up 4.5% on the previous year 17 curated exhibitions through our exhibitions program including 5 touring exhibitions presented at 26 venues nationally increased total retail sales by 11% from $1,230,495 to Provided subsidised $1,371,692 studio space for 30 independent artists and designers across our sites in Adelaide and the Barossa EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM 17 July – 18 September 2018 28 July - 16 September 2018 5 October – 2 December 2018 Featuring works by Shimara Carlow, Yuko JamFactory at Seppeltsfield Gallery Two Gallery One Fujita, Michelle Kelly, David Neale and FUSE Glass Prize 2018 An (un)Natural Selection - Lesa Farrant Adelaide Modern Olivia Spark. Curated by Caitlin Eyre. The FUSE Glass Prize finalist exhibition Using slip-cast porcelain’s mimetic Adelaide Modern saw six contemporary showcases 18 outstanding glass artists. qualities, Lesa Farrant creates delicate Designers and six teams of UniSA 5 October – 4 November 2018 This biennial non-acquisitive prize for specimens of indigenous and introduced students and JamFactory Furniture COLLECT space Australian and New Zealand glass artists plants. Cast from the flotsam and jetsam Studio Associates respond to six pieces Ormolu: Julie Blyfield and Kirsten Coelho is Australasia’s richest prize for glass. The she collects from her local beach, Port of mid-century furniture produced by In an inspired contemporary prize provides a platform for artists to Willunga, these works are a meditation six South Australian manufacturers. interpretation of Ormolu, highly push themselves and their work to new on the Anthropocene. Featuring works by Takeshi Iue, Enoki, acclaimed South Australian artists Julie limits. Featuring works by established Caren Ellis, Studio Gram, Peter Walker, Blyfield (silversmith)