Deadline: 1-Sep-20
Carclew’s career development Fellowship program allows for an artist or arts worker aged 26 years or under, to pitch a bespoke professional development proposal.
Purpose
Carclew Fellowships offer financial support to emerging cultural and creative artists for:
- Arts career building
- Skills development
- Exploring new art form practice, methods and techniques
- Research towards creative development
Areas
Areas of practice for the purpose of the Fellowship can include (but are not limited to):
- Arts Administration & Industry Pathways: arts administration, project management, technical and production, event management.
- Digital Platforms: film, video, documentary, cinematography, animation, trans-media production, biotechnology and arts, virtual reality, gaming, research into new technologies for screen and media works
- Performing Arts: theatre, puppetry, performance art, dance, music, sound, circus, physical theatre, cabaret, musical theatre, opera, comedy
- Visual Arts: curatorial practice, sculpture, drawing, painting, digital media, photography, design, ceramics, glass, crafts, printmaking, mixed media, installation
- Written Word: novels, scripts, poetry, prose, spoken word, short stories, long form articles, plays, film scripts, graphic novels
- Community: community and cultural development, community arts, cultural practice
Funding Information
Up to $10,000 depending on the scope of the proposal.
The Fellowship Supports (but not limited to):
- Skills development workshops, masterclasses and summer schools.
- Structured networking as part of a broader professional development program.
- Dedicated time to develop professional writing.
- One year of a post-graduate study.
- Mentorships, internships, attachments or residencies.
- Project and project administration costs for proposed development activity.
- Reasonable travel and living costs during the creative development activity.
The Fellowship does not support:
- A course of study that falls within the Austudy or Abstudy award
- A course of under-graduate study
- The purchase of equipment or expenditure for capital items (film and new media applicants may purchase smaller items of equipment as approved by Carclew)
- A proposal largely based around attendance at arts events (e.g. festivals, launches, conferences)
- Study costs for activity the applicant has already commenced
- Activity that is coordinated by post- secondary institutions or part of tertiary study requirement and/or credits in any way
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be aged 26 years of age or under as at 1 July 2020
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate a track record as a practising artist or Arts Worker in any artform.
- Applicants must be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander or an Australian citizen or have permanent resident status in Australia, and currently live and make work in South Australia.
- If you have previously received Carclew funding, you must have no outstanding funding acquittal reports.
- If you are currently repaying a Carclew QuickSTART Microloans you will not be considered for this Fellowship.
For more information, visit http://carclew.com.au/Funding-Program/fellowships