Artist residencies can be important to practice as they provide opportunities for artists from around the world to spend time in a new environment. Residences can support cultural and artistic exchange, nurture experimentation and new ideas, and support research and the development of new work.
We've compiled a little list of residencies across Australia for you to explore.
Melbourne
Arts House by City of Melbourne / Australian Tapestry Workshop / Gasworks Arts Park / Monash University / My House is Too Small / RMIT School of Art / St Vincents Hospital / Uni of Melbourne, School of Geography / Bogong Centre for Sound Culture / Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Regional Victoria
Eastern Beach Art House / Jacky Winter Gardens / Police Point Artist in Residence / The Dunmoochin Foundation
Sydney
107 Projects / Artspace / Australian Society of Marine Artists / BigCi (Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives) / Carriageworks - The Clothing Store Artist Studios / Casula Powerhouse Artist Studio / Claypool Ceramic Studio / Critical Path / Culture at Work / Firstdraft / Frontyard / Gaffa / Gallery Lane Cove / Hazelhurst Regional Gallery / Inner West Studios / North Sydney Council / Pact Centre for Emerging Artists / Parramatta Artists Studios / Penrith Regional Gallery / Performance Space / Pine Street Creative Arts Centre / PLC Sydney / Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation / Shopfront Contemporary Arts (under 25s) / Square One Studios / Square Peg Studios / Sydney Art Space / Sydney Olympic Park / The Peacock Gallery / The Ultimo Project / Tortuga Studios / TWT Creative Precinct / Warringah Council / Waverley Council / White's Creek Cottage / Winter Dawn Artist in Residence Program
Regional
ArtPark - Byron Bay / Broken Hill Art Exchange Inc / Bundanon Trust - Nowra /Fowlers Gap Research Station / Goulburn Regional Art Gallery / Grafton Regional Gallery / Gunyah artists-in-residence - North Arm Cove / Hill End Artists - Bathurst / Ignite Studios - Ballina / Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) / Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft Centre - Mittagong / Sunsiz Media - Lightning Ridge / The Art Vault - Mildura / The Lock Up - Newcastle / World Heritage Artist in Residence - Blue Mountains
Artist in Residence Science Program / MetroArts / Queensland Government / Sculptors Queensland / State Library of Queensland
Regional
Tanks Art Centre - Cairns / The Old Ambulance Station / The Walls - Gold Coast Tweed Regional Gallery
Perth
CIA Studios / Edith Cowan University / Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre / SymbioticA
Regional Residences
Artsource - Fremantle / Fremantle Arts Centre / Art at the Heart - Pilbara