Fellowships - Visual Arts

Closing date:  16 April 2010
Decisions advised:  July 2010
Projects may start: 1 August 2010

Amount: $120,000 over two years.

Fellowship grants provide financial support to craftspeople, designers, media artists and visual artists who have an outstanding record of achievement in their field. This two-year grant allows artists to undertake ambitious projects and develop their practice.

Payments for fellowship grants are made in three instalments over the two-year period. Fellowship recipients are required to submit interim reports at the end of the first year. On acceptance, another instalment will be paid less an amount of $10,000 that will be paid when a final acquittal report has been submitted and approved at the end of the two-year period.

This category is open to individuals.

The Visual Arts Board will not redress errors in applications. If an application is deemed ineligible, it will not be assessed.

Your application will be considered ineligible, if:

• You do not meet the general eligibility requirements
• You have not included all the required information and support material specified for the category to which you are applying.

Applications are not accepted from people currently undertaking undergraduate studies.

How often can you apply?

In 2010 applicants can only apply to one of the following categories – New Work, Skills and Arts Development or Fellowships.

From 2010 certain buffer periods will be removed from Visual Arts Board grants. This means that recipients of New Work or Skills and Arts Development grants in 2009 that have been acquitted may apply for another Visual Arts Board grant in 2010.  

Fellowship recipients in 2010 may not apply for another grant until 2014.

If you received a fellowship from any board after 1996, you are not eligible to apply to the fellowship category again.

Selection criteria

Applications will be selected that best demonstrate:

• Outstanding professional achievement
• The artistic merit and significance of the activities proposed for the fellowship period.

You can apply online for all Australia Council grants. If you are unable to apply online contact Australia Council staff on (02) 9215 9000 or 1800 226 912.

For your application to be eligible for assessment, you must include the following required support material with your application by the closing date.

One page curriculum vitae.

ALL applicants must ALSO submit ONE of the following:

Images

10 images of previous work (20 for groups) uploaded OR posted on a non-rewritable CD ROM

• In PowerPoint template (or create own with a black background to each slide)
• One image per slide
• Maximum image size 1024 x 768 pixels 
• Do not include text in presentation

PLUS a one page image list with titles, date, dimensions only.

OR

Video and moving image

• A two-minute show reel (.mp4 or Quicktime .mov files only) uploaded OR posted on a high-quality non-authored DVD (up to 100mb)
• PLUS explanatory text of up to 250 words as a separate document (.pdf)

NOTE: Artists working with the moving images must not provide still images as their support material.

OR

Web-based artists only

• A CD or DVD with a recorded navigational path of the URL a two-minute single-track show reel.
• PLUS explanatory text of up to 250 words as a separate document (.pdf)

NOTE: No live links to URLs or authored DVDs will be accepted.

Support material before assessment meeting

To be eligible, applicants must submit the following material by 11 June 2010 if applicable:

• Written confirmation from relevant people that you will be working with.

In line with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts policy and its principles, the Australia Council requires that applications for projects containing representations of artistic/cultural practice or intended outcomes relating to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artists or communities must provide letters from relevant communities or artists. Letters must show clear evidence of support and agreement for the activities undertaken. In preparing your application, you may wish to consult Indigenous protocol guides in song, performance, writing, media arts and visual arts.

Important information

Any additional support material supplied will not be considered in the assessment of your application.

Contact the visual arts board staff if you need advice on the most suitable support material to include with your application or when you must submit your support material.