Deadline: 3-Apr-23
Applications are now open for the Regional Assembly, an artist-led online studio program connecting cultural practitioners working in regional and remote geographies across Australia, Asia, and the Pacific.
The second cohort of Regional Assembly, a program designed to develop a creative community, rigorous artistic exchange and professional growth for cross-disciplinary professional artists working in regional Australia, Aotearoa & Te Moana nui a Kiwa (Pacific), South Asia and South East Asia.
The Regional Assembly program is a strategic project, supported by the Regional Arts Fund and managed by Regional Arts Australia (RAA). It is designed to build artistic communities across geographic distances, when living and working remotely is coupled with a desire to nurture and develop international connections.
The program is designed as an artist-led program, responsive to the needs of practitioners and the creative ecosystem in which they work. RAA invites ten professional practitioners to assemble ten times over one year, through a secure online platform hosted by RAA. The assembly sessions will be facilitated by a RAA Project Coordinator but defined by the needs and interests of the group. Sessions may generate other sessions, provocations can be picked up for deeper exploration, and esteemed guests will be invited to contribute to the program.
Objectives of the Regional Assembly Program
The Program objectives are to:
- Connect artists and cultural practitioners working in regional and remote geographies in Australia, Asia, and the Pacific
- Elevate the profile of artists, creative practitioners and their practice,
- Provide professional development opportunities for cross-disciplinary artists, and
- Develop a creative community, build connection and generate exchange.
Benefit
- Each member of the Regional Assembly will receive a fee of $4,500 (AUD) to participate in the program.
Eligibility Criteria
- Regional Assembly is open to practitioners at all stages of their careers, but particularly those with a solid creative practice already established. They are interested in bringing together practitioners who are looking for creative growth and exchange but have already forged an independent body of work over a number of years with regional or national recognition through the publication or public presentation of their work.
- All applicants must provide evidence of past work and demonstrate how participation in this program will extend the boundaries of their practice
- Australian Applicants:
- Must have an ABN (registered to their name and location) or have an auspice organisation manage their grant.
- Must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident living and working in regional Australia.
- May apply to both the Fellowship and the Regional Assembly programs, but only one program place would be offered to a successful applicant.
- International Applicants:
- Must demonstrate that their practice is based outside of a capital city and/or away from significant cultural resources.
- Must demonstrate the creative benefits of connecting to, and forming peer-to-peer relationships with artists in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.
Ineligible
- Applicants whose practice principally benefits a major city or metropolitan location.
- Applicants whose practice does not substantially align with the objectives of the program.
- Academic activity, including wages or course work that is required as part of any tertiary academic program. It is expected that applicants are not currently enrolled in tertiary academic institution whilst applying to be part of the Regional Assembly.
- Applicants who have any outstanding reports, acquittals or serious breaches relating to any Australian Government funding.
For more information, visit Regional Arts Australia (RAA).