Digital Fellowship Program to Explore and Develop Digital Practices

Deadline: 30-Nov-21

In partnership with Creative New Zealand, Digital Fellowship Program brings together artists to explore and develop digital practice. organizations to promote digital literacy and innovation in a supported environment.

This fellowship program brings practitioners based in Australia and New Zealand together to co-develop their digital practice and set directions for the future of the arts in their region.

The six-month program prioritises collaborative learning, as well as individual practice development, through a series of curated online gathering sessions and mentoring. Investment is also offered to enable participants to realise new ideas and set the course of their future work.

The program includes:

Online gathering sessions – two curated multi-day sessions of learning, skills exchange and facilitated activities for all participants.
Mentoring – participants are matched with a digital mentor to develop skills and practice through a 1-1 model.
Investment – funding of $10,000 is provided for each participant to collaborate, develop or present their digital practice.

Eligibility Criteira

Five Australian participants will join five New Zealand participants, with identified positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Pasifika applicants.
The program will build the skills, networks and leadership of participants, to support a thriving and creative digital culture in the arts. The program will strengthen the connections between Australia and New Zealand practitioners and organisations.
Artists working across any artform (community engaged practice, dance, digital arts, film and radio, literature, music, multi arts, theatre and visual arts) are eligible to apply.
The program is designed for artists within their first five years of digital practice.