Sydney, Australia

Artsource Global City Residency
Sydney, Australia

In partnership with Artspace Visual Arts Centre, this three-month residency is offered to a Western Australian artist each year and provides a cosy studio apartment in the vibrant heart of Sydney.

 

2018 Applications

• Residency includes: Use of a self-contained, live-in studio apartment at Artspace, Woolloomooloo
• Duration of Residency: three months
• Funding provided: $8,000 (ex. GST) artist fee + travel. Accommodation paid by Artsource directly to Artspace. Supported by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
• Residency Dates: 1 October to 31 December 2019
• Applications have closed

Eligibility + Requirements

• Applicants must be Australian citizens or have Australian permanent resident status.
• Applicants must be Western Australian residents and have resided in Western Australia for at least 24 consecutive months prior to the application.
• Applicants must be professional practising visual artists and recognised as such by their peers.
• Students are ineligible to apply.
• Late applications will not be accepted. Applications must be received by 5pm on the closing date (applications postmarked by this date are eligible).
• The recipient of this residency will be a representative of the State of Western Australia.

Find out more

To check application and eligibility requirements, ask questions and get a form, please contact us:

• Telephone: 08 9335 8366
• Email: residencies@artsource.net.au

Artsource is developing additional Global City Residencies to create new opportunities for members and foster the visual arts in our state. Our goal is to develop and offer a range of quality residencies, of varying lengths, open to artists at different stages in their careers. Fundraising has begun and ideas for potential destinations and support are welcome. Please contact us:

• Telephone: 08 9335 8366
• Email: residencies@artsource.net.au

2018

Fiona Harman took on the three month residency at Artspace, starting in October 2018. With a practice that explores the evocative potential of the urban landscape through real and imagined representations of atmosphere, water and architecture, Fiona focussed on the landscape particularities of Sydney, with attention on the inner-city suburban areas around Woolloomooloo.



Fiona Harman, Stadium Glow, 2017. Image courtesy of artist.

2017

Perdita Phillips works across a range of media on issues surrounding the environment and non-human worlds. Perdita is investigating stygofauna through a series of mixed media/collage drawings and sound installations during the twelve-week residency at Artspace from October 2017.

Images:

• Perdita Phillips, Found object, the domain (Narnia), 2017. 
• Redita Phillips, Reflection from Sydney CBD tower into artist's studio at sunset, 2017. 

2016

Clare Peake discovered how much her practice is influenced by her studio environment once her material investigations picked up momentum and her initial works morphed into a blanket made up of test pieces and parts of other works. Her twelve-week artist residency in Sydney has been documented on Instagram - @clareapeake.

About her time at Artspace, Clare says, "The residency was a stimulating and challenging experience, full of the type of crazy reflection that comes along with taking a step out of your everyday life. I will be processing this experience for a long time for sure, but one of most rewarding aspects to come out of the three months spent at Artspace was the feeling of confidence and clarity gained in regard to my practice. I am returning home with even more determination and energy to bring to my work."

IMAGES left to right:

• Clare Peake, Artspace Residency Day 6 #studiotime, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist.
• Clare Peake, Artspace Residency Day 16 #speakwell, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist.
• Clare Peake, Artspace Residency Day 72 #securityblanket, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist
   

Supported By

Department of Culture and the Arts and Artspace, Sydney

   
 

Previous Artspace Residency recipients