Deadline: 13-Nov-22
Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre Creative Residency Programme 2023 is now open for applications.
The Creative Residency Programme is designed to support artists practising in a range of artforms to participate in cultural and artistic exchange and have the freedom to experiment and explore new ideas, research, and engage with local arts communities and audiences. One residency period of 12 weeks is available. The dates are 5 June to 27 August 2023 at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
In particular we are interested in applications from artists who wish to use the time leading up to and over Matariki as a springboard for informing their aims for the residency and contributing to Te Matatiki Toi Ora’s Matariki Festival during the first two weeks of July 2023, or artists who are drawn to and inspired by the significance of Te Matatiki Toi Ora as an arts, culture, and heritage taonga – a significant pre-European settlement site for Māori in Ōtautahi and/or a site of learning and discovery.
Benefits
- Residents will become part of a small onsite community accommodated within shared living quarters at Te Matatiki Toi Ora and connected to other artists and creative professionals working within the cultural precinct of Ōtautahi. They also want to encourage artists to explore possibilities for artistic collaboration during and post-residency with each other and the wider community.
- Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre’s Creative Residency Programme provides a unique setting for the artists – the largest collection of Category 1 heritage listed buildings in Aotearoa, a hub for creativity, and an entity that has established relationships with local and national arts organisations.
- A public programme will be delivered by each resident during the residency period, and it is hoped that any work developed during the residency (if relevant) may result in an exhibition, performance, publication or recording sometime in the future.
What will Te Matatiki Toi Ora provide?
- For each selected artist, Te Matatiki Toi Ora will provide:
- accommodation in Te Matatiki Toi Ora’s Creative Residence including bedroom with desk space and private bathroom (living and kitchen areas are shared)
- per diems to support living costs paid weekly in advance of $750 per week
- travel costs to and from Te Matatiki Toi Ora of up to $600 NZD depending on location
- a contribution towards creative project materials costs (to be negotiated)
- public programme planning and delivery fees (to be negotiated)
- public programme material and production costs (to be negotiated)
- some professional photographic documentation of the residency project
- publicity informing the local community of the residency
- access to Wi-Fi
- links, contacts, and advice in relation to the local communities
- an orientation programme and advice and support with realising projects and delivery of public programmes
- regular hui to support and enable the artist’s mahi
- Depending on each artist’s needs and the space available at the time of the residence, Te Matatiki Toi Ora will seek to provide additional studio or rehearsal space if needed.
What are the expectations of the resident artist?
Resident artists are expected to:
- spend time working on their arts practice – using the time to experiment, play with and develop ideas, research, or continue working on or completing an arts project or work/s
- deliver at least one public event to the local community, such as a small performance, exhibition, kōrero, workshop, demonstration, or open development session, in partnership with Te Matatiki Toi Ora
- be in residence in Te Matatiki Toi Ora Creative Residence during the residency dates OR for locally based artists use the residency for mahi during the residency period
- be available for media interviews and photography shoots if required
- be prepared to engage with social media to promote their residency, project and public programme
- be available to meet patrons, funders, and donors of Te Matatiki Toi Ora on occasion as negotiated
- acknowledge the support of Te Matatiki Toi Ora and any other patrons or funders in any publicity material pertaining to the creative work or events that have been created while in residence
- complete a post residency survey after finishing the residency
Eligibility Criteria
- If you are an artist and a resident and/or citizen of Aotearoa and your practice is in the following artforms and cultural areas, then you are eligible to apply:
- Craft and Object
- Community Arts
- Dance
- Interdisciplinary Arts
- Writing
- Music
- Theatre
- Visual arts
- If you are a Māori or Pacific artist with a project that relates to your culture, you may also select to apply under these specific cultural areas. Your application will be assessed by an expert in these cultural areas, as well as by an expert in the artform you have selected, giving your application two chances to be shortlisted.
- This opportunity is also available to local artist collectives who would like to use the room during the day and may be considered for artists from elsewhere in Aotearoa who are in a professional partnership. In this instance, the per diem and provisions will be split between artists.
- The shared spaces and one of the rooms in the residence are wheelchair accessible.
For more information, visit https://www.artscentre.org.nz/visit/creative-residences/te-matatiki-toi-ora-the-arts-centre-creative-residency-programme-2023/