Artist in Residence
Moonee Valley City Council is making the Woodlands Park Garage Studio available to artists interested in a residency and invites early career or established artists to consider an application for Artist in Residence in 2025.
This opportunity is for residencies of 8-12 weeks, though longer or shorter residency periods will be considered. The space would be suitable for a variety of artist mediums, including painters, sculptures, potters, writers, illustrators, designers, composers, puppet-makers and more.
A stipend of $3000 will be provided to assist the artist in the development of their chosen work.
This initiative is part of the Arts & Culture Strategy, Igniting Creativity in Moonee Valley 23-27.
Application requirements
The Artist in Residence recipient will be:
- a Moonee Valley resident, or have connections to the local community where they might live, work or play
- any suitable arts, craft and design practitioner with an interest in Indigenous practice, public space, heritage architecture and social history at any stage of their career.
Assessment criteria
Council will assess each application based on:
- artistic merit (including originality of concept and exhibition history)
- timeliness of residency proposal (i.e. impact on career, body of work and/or artist)
- alignment with Igniting Creativity in Moonee Valley 23-27 Arts and Culture Strategy
- viability of proposed development/research/collaboration
- relevance of presentation possibilities to the community and/or artform.
- In addition, early career artists will require the confidence to work independently.