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Arts Tasmania

Tasmanian Residencies

This program supports Tasmanian artists to undertake residencies at locations across Tasmania. Each residency is four weeks in length.

Key dates

Opens: 1 July 2024
Closes: 2 September 2024

Activities can commence from 1 January 2025 but dates must be negotiated with the residency location.

We will contact you about your application within ten weeks of the closing date.

Applications are closed.

The information below may be updated once applications open. Please check back in July 2024.

Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

How do the residencies work?

This program is offered in partnership with several wilderness, historic and private artist residence sites across Tasmania.

Depending on the site, residencies can be done in blocks (one or two weeks at a time) or all at once.

Before you apply, you should:

  • check the details of each site including the specific requirements or limitations
  • check the grant amount offered for each site which must cover the accommodation fees.
  • Eligibility
  • Eligibility

    As the applicant, you must be:

    • an individual artist who has lived in Tasmania for six of the last 12 months

    Some sites can accommodate two artists at once. If you are applying as a collaboration, both artists must have lived in Tasmania for six of the last 12 months.

    Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    What can I apply for?

    Residency sites have accommodation costs that need to be covered with grant funds.

    Applicants can apply for $5,000 for one artist, or $8,000 for two artists.

    The remaining grant funds may be used for:

    • artist fees
    • travel
    • living expenses
    • materials and supplies

    You cannot use grant funds to purchase equipment.

    Where are the residencies?

    Residencies are available at the following locations:

    Please use the links above to read more about each location.

  • Assessment
  • Assessment

    Applications will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    CRITERION

    THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER

    Quality

    • Is the activity conceptually strong?
    • Why is the activity important?
    • Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?

    Benefit

    • How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community?
    • What is the audience experience?

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

    One residency will be supported at each site.

    After the assessment meeting, a shortlist of the eligible applications for that site will be provided to representatives of the residency location to make sure that the activities are a good fit for the site before the recommendations are finalised.

  • Application
  • Application

    Your application must be completed online before 11:59 pm on the closing date.

    Arts Tasmania may also accept video or audio applications in place of written applications.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au before the closing date to learn about other application methods.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about your application before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see:

  • Residency locations
  • Residency locations

    Activities can commence from 1 January 2025 but dates must be negotiated with the residency location.

    Residencies are available at the following locations:

    Please use the links above to read more about each location.

  • Eligibility
  • Eligibility

    As the applicant, you must be:

    • an individual artist who has lived in Tasmania for six of the last 12 months

    Some sites can accommodate two artists at once. If you are applying as a collaboration, both artists must have lived in Tasmania for six of the last 12 months.

    Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    What can I apply for?

    Residency sites have accommodation costs that need to be covered with grant funds.

    Applicants can apply for $5,000 for one artist, or $8,000 for two artists.

    The remaining grant funds may be used for:

    • artist fees
    • travel
    • living expenses
    • materials and supplies

    You cannot use grant funds to purchase equipment.

    Where are the residencies?

    Residencies are available at the following locations:

    Please use the links above to read more about each location.

  • Assessment
  • Assessment

    Applications will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    CRITERION

    THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER

    Quality

    • Is the activity conceptually strong?
    • Why is the activity important?
    • Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?

    Benefit

    • How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community?
    • What is the audience experience?

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

    One residency will be supported at each site.

    After the assessment meeting, a shortlist of the eligible applications for that site will be provided to representatives of the residency location to make sure that the activities are a good fit for the site before the recommendations are finalised.

  • Application
  • Application

    Your application must be completed online before 11:59 pm on the closing date.

    Arts Tasmania may also accept video or audio applications in place of written applications.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au before the closing date to learn about other application methods.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about your application before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see:

  • Residency locations
  • Residency locations

    Activities can commence from 1 January 2025 but dates must be negotiated with the residency location.

    Residencies are available at the following locations:

    Please use the links above to read more about each location.

    Eligibility

    Eligibility

    As the applicant, you must be:

    • an individual artist who has lived in Tasmania for six of the last 12 months

    Some sites can accommodate two artists at once. If you are applying as a collaboration, both artists must have lived in Tasmania for six of the last 12 months.

    Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    What can I apply for?

    Residency sites have accommodation costs that need to be covered with grant funds.

    Applicants can apply for $5,000 for one artist, or $8,000 for two artists.

    The remaining grant funds may be used for:

    • artist fees
    • travel
    • living expenses
    • materials and supplies

    You cannot use grant funds to purchase equipment.

    Where are the residencies?

    Residencies are available at the following locations:

    Please use the links above to read more about each location.

    Assessment

    Assessment

    Applications will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    CRITERION

    THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER

    Quality

    • Is the activity conceptually strong?
    • Why is the activity important?
    • Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?

    Benefit

    • How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community?
    • What is the audience experience?

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

    One residency will be supported at each site.

    After the assessment meeting, a shortlist of the eligible applications for that site will be provided to representatives of the residency location to make sure that the activities are a good fit for the site before the recommendations are finalised.

    Application

    Application

    Your application must be completed online before 11:59 pm on the closing date.

    Arts Tasmania may also accept video or audio applications in place of written applications.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au before the closing date to learn about other application methods.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about your application before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see:

    Residency locations

    Residency locations

    Activities can commence from 1 January 2025 but dates must be negotiated with the residency location.

    Residencies are available at the following locations:

    Please use the links above to read more about each location.