Residencies - Inter-Arts
Support for artists to initiate hybrid arts residencies
A grant of $20,000 for interdisciplinary & hybrid arts residencies
Applications for this grant close 1 May 2012
Decisions will be advised in July 2012
Funded projects can start 1 August 2012
About the grant
Artists working in interdisciplinary and hybrid arts are invited to develop proposals for professional development residencies in Australia or internationally.
Your proposal should outline how you will work in collaboration with the residency host to experiment and develop your arts practice. Applications are encouraged from artists in all states and territories. Residencies can take place nationally or internationally, but should be three months or more, within the funding constraints of the program.
See Inter-Arts webstories and previous Assessment Meeting Reports for further details about interdisciplinary and hybrid arts projects funded by the Inter-Arts Office.
Contact
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss their application with the relevant Australia Council team member. For further information, or to discuss your proposal, please contact:
Kathryn Gray
Inter-Arts Program Officer
Phone 02 9215 9077, Email k.gray@australiacouncil.gov.au
or
Ricardo Peach
Inter-Arts Program Manager
Phone 02 9215 9110, Email r.peach@australiacouncil.gov.au
Skype Inter-Arts (by appointment), Toll Free 1800 555 677
Support for artists to initiate hybrid arts residencies
A grant of $20,000 for interdisciplinary & hybrid arts residencies
Applications for this grant close 1 May 2012
Decisions will be advised in July 2012
Funded projects can start 1 August 2012
Eligibility
This category is open to artists and groups. To be eligible, you must meet the general eligibility requirements and any specific eligibility requirements for this specific grant.
If you have received an Inter-Arts Residency grant in the last 2 years you are ineligible to apply.
The Australia Council encourages artists from Indigenous backgrounds and from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to submit proposals. Proposals are also encouraged from artists with disabilities and from artists living and working in regional Australia.
Selection criteria
Your application must demonstrate:
- artistic calibre (primarily assessed on the basis of examples of previous work and artist CV)
- potential for the residency to contribute to your professional development and work in interdisciplinary and hybrid arts
- effective approach to new collaboration and artistic risk to extend your practice
- evidence that your project proposed for the residency period is well planned and achievable.
Selection process
The Inter-Arts Office convenes a panel of peers for each assessment meeting, who have expertise in interdisciplinary and hybrid arts practices across artforms and regions. Peers provide formal recommendations to Council on which applications should be approved. This assessment panel will review and score applications according to the selection criteria above.
Your online application is processed by Inter-Arts staff and assessed electronically by peers, so all support material must be viewable on laptops or personal computers. It's important to follow the specific guidelines for your application, and to choose appropriate support material examples of your work that show well in this format.
After the meeting and funding recommendations are confirmed, grant notification emails go out to all applicants and then outcomes are published as a Grant Assessment Report. These reports outline grant recipients, general comments and statistics for the round, the peers and staff at the meeting. If you are not successful with your grant application, you can find out more about the funding round with this report and contact Inter-Arts to discuss feedback.
For more information on the assessment process, please see the page on Assessment of applications in the Information for applicants section. If you are interested in being part of the assessment process, you can sign up for the Australia Council Register of Peers.
Support for artists to initiate hybrid arts residencies
A grant of $20,000 for interdisciplinary & hybrid arts residencies
Applications for this grant close 1 May 2012
Decisions will be advised in July 2012
Funded projects can start 1 August 2012
How to apply
You are encouraged to apply online for this category.
Please contact us if you require other accessible formats for your application, including word documents, audio disk, Braille, large print and Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Requests for translated materials will need to allow for a three week turnaround time, and specific requirements should be discussed with our Communications and Marketing team (comms@australiacouncil.gov.au Telephone: 02 9215 9199 or Toll Free 1800 226 912). For other ways to apply, please see the information on making an application in the Funding Guide for 2012.
To begin an online application, use the 'Apply online' button in the right-hand column.
Please ensure to review the application checklist as you prepare and before you submit your application.
Supporting materials
Follow these guidelines to ensure your application and support materials are eligible. You must submit all materials by the closing date, including:
- example of previous work to illustrate your practice and proposal (only one item per application required, see specifications below)
- curriculum vitae summary of all key artists/artsworkers involved (.pdf, maximum two A4 pages per application)
- confirmation letters (required) and support letters (optional) to demonstrate the planning and viability of your proposal (.pdf, see details below).
Example of previous work - specifications
- one video file up to five minutes only - standard H264 QuickTime (.mov), MPEG (.mp4) or Windows Media (.wmv) format only; 720x576 pixels; small file size (10MB recommended and no more than 70MB); OR
- one link to support material (a live URL link which is relevant and accessible - eg. up to 5 minutes of Vimeo/Youtube audiovisual material, or blog spaces which are created specifically for this application. This link must be saved in a .pdf document and uploaded with your application); OR
- one audio file up to five minutes only - MPEG (.mp3 format 192 kbps); OR
- five images - JPEG (.jpg - no larger than 1MB per image); OR
- five A4 pages of text (.pdf).
All application and support material will be copied and distributed electronically to the assessment panel members prior to the assessment meeting. You must follow these support material guidelines, otherwise your application will not be eligible for assessment.
You must submit appropriate documents to demonstrate the planning and viability of your proposal (.pdf format only). This includes letters from:
- your collaborators confirming their participation in the project
- your partner organisations in Australia or overseas
- the venue or site for the public presentation of your work
- if your proposal involves community groups, you must provide letters of support confirming the community’s full understanding of the proposal and willingness to work with the nominated personnel
- if your proposal involves representations of artistic/cultural practice or intended outcomes relating to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artists or communities, you must provide letters from relevant communities or artists. You must show clear evidence of support and agreement for the activities undertaken, in line with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts policy and its underpinning principles. In preparing your application, you may wish to consult the Indigenous protocol guides in song, performance, writing, media arts and visual arts.
All confirmation letters must be submitted with your application. The assessment panel will be informed of these confirmations but may not see the letters.
Support letters (optional)
You may also provide support letters from peers in the field, organisations, communities or other people relevant to the project. You can submit up to three different support letters, each up to one A4 page (.pdf). These letters can include comments supporting the application or can more fully describe resources being provided by a third party. For example, a mentor proposed in an application might provide a description of what they can offer and how they see a mentor relationship working.
Application checklist
We encourage you to use this handy checklist to help them prepare and submit their application. You should:
- read the Funding Guide for 2012, in particular the general eligibility requirements, the information on making an application and the information on how your application will be assessed;
- read all of the information provided for this grant (across all the tabs above);
- get in contact with the grant contact person to discuss your application;
- prepare your application, being mindful that you address all of the eligibility and selection criteria for this grant; and
- submit your application form online using the 'Apply online' button in the right-hand column.
Support for artists to initiate hybrid arts residencies
A grant of $20,000 for interdisciplinary & hybrid arts residencies
Applications for this grant close 1 May 2012
Decisions will be advised in July 2012
Funded projects can start 1 August 2012
General FAQs
Specific frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to this grant are listed below. Please regularly check for updates as new questions may be published during the grant round. We recommend you also read the general FAQs for all grants and the FAQs for supporting materials submitted with your application.
Inter-Arts Residencies FAQs
What can I apply for?
$20,000 to support your residency, including artist fees, travel and production costs. Your application should describe a residency program of artistic risk-taking and collaboration with your residency host over 3 months or more. You should outline how this residency will be supported with necessary access to space and expertise, resources and equipment.
Can I apply for an overseas residency?
Yes, as long as you can demonstrate viable planning and budget for the residency period abroad. It is a good idea to contexualise overseas proposals in terms of its international significance, and the short and long-term benefits of this for you as well as the Australian arts scene.
Do I need to have exhibition or performance outcomes lined up for my residency?
No, this grant programs aims to support artists to take substantial time to collaborate, take artistic risks and develop their practice. Applicants should define a clear rationale for why the proposed residency is a significant opportunity for creative and professional development. If your proposal is focused around short-term or specific outcomes it may be more suitable as an application to the Inter-Arts Projects or other grant rounds. We encourage you to contact Inter-Arts staff to discuss your proposal ideas.
Grant
Residencies - Inter-Arts
Artform
Inter-arts
Expression of Interest
01 January 2003
Closing date
01 May 2012
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