National Regional Arts Fellowship Program 2021

Deadline: 8-Mar-21

The National Regional Arts Fellowship Program is a strategic project, supported by the Regional Arts Fund and managed by Regional Arts Australia.

The Fellowships Program is an investment in the development of artistic and creative practice. The program is contemporary, flexible and relevant to artists practicing, working and living in regional and remote Australia.

Objectives

The Program objectives are to:

Elevate and build the practice of artists and arts workers across regional and remote Australia,
Raise the profile of artists and arts workers across a range of artforms, stages of career, duration and geographies,
Provide professional and industry development opportunities,
Build connection and generate exchange, and
Generate strategic, collaborative relationships for the benefit of arts and creative practice across the country.

Types of Fellowships

Creative & Professional Development: Open to regional artists and arts workers to support a placement or experience with the primary purpose of developing creative practice or professional development.
First Nations Creative Development: Open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only, to support a placement or experience with the primary purpose of developing creative practice.
First Timer – Creative or Professional Development: Open to regional artists who have never before received a fellowship, to support a placement or experience with the primary purpose of developing practice (either creative or professional development).

Funding Information

Six fellowships will be available between $10,000 – $20,000 and will be offered across a range of categories.

Eligibility Criteria

Individual artists and arts workers are eligible to apply.
Applicants are limited to one application per person, across the Fellowship program.
Applicants may apply to both the Fellowships program and the Regional Assembly, but will only be offered one place across the two programs.
Regional Arts Australia will cross-check applications against existing Regional Arts Fund programs to ensure that funding is not being sought to cover the same costs twice.
All applicants must:
- Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident living and working in regional Australia.
- Have an ABN (registered to their name and location) or have an auspice organisation manage their grant.
- Reside at an address classified as regional using the Modified Monash Model Map.
- The applicant address must be from classification MMM 2 – MMM7.
- Provide evidence of past work and demonstrate how the proposed activity will extend the boundaries of their practice.
Applicants can apply to both the Fellowship and the Regional Assembly programs, but only one program place would be offered to a successful applicant.
The First Nations Creative Development category is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals only. Applicants who are eligible for this category are also welcome to apply for other categories instead. Please note – applicants are limited to one application across the three categories.
The First Timer category is open to artists and arts workers, of any age, who have not previously received a fellowship of any sort.
Regional Arts Australia will accept applications for activities commencing from 1 June 2021 and completed by 31 March 2022.