About
Storytelling is our DNA. In sharing stories, knowledge and art making, we all grow stronger; deepening our understanding and making space for vital ideas.
The Sydney Fringe Yalgali Artist in Residence is for a First Nations Artist to join the Sydney Fringe Team to continue working on their own creative practice while providing the chance for our team to learn, engage and share through casual yarns, and more formal consulting activities. Our hope is through the Yalgali Artists In Residence we can both support a First Nations Artist in their ongoing practice and explore a bigger conversation about what a longer-term relationship might suit both parties.
The paid residency will culminate in a public showing or exhibition of the work you have developed with a bursary of $2000 to go towards this presentation.
The Work/ Eligibility
The intention of the First Nations Yalgali residency is to provide a dual opportunity to continue to develop your creative practice and to work with an arts organisation consulting on how we can best engage, learn and grow through casual yarns. We are seeking people who:
- Have an existing arts practice: genre or arts practice medium is flexible?
- Has an interest in working and growing skills in the indie arts and festival sector.
- Have a practice that can be worked on in a shared office space with breakout space and/or temporary studio space available upon negotiation.
- Genres/Disciplines: You can be a fine artist, a poet, a playwright, a storyteller, musician, animator, film maker and more as long as you feel like your work can be served by and meets the above parameters.
The Opportunity- What you Get
- Access to our shared office space for art making practice between hours of 9-5 Monday – Friday
- A weekly payment of $150 for the term of the residency ($5750 in total for residency term to be paid quarterly).
- Use of board room for meetings or gathering related to art practice.
- Invitation to all VIP events in Sydney Fringe 2025 + Festival Pass (Golden ticket to see all shows @ Fringe)
- Opportunity to present work as part of Sydney Fringe Festival with an additional $2000 bursary provided for public outcome presentation
- Access to consulting and longer yarns about bolstering your residency here and your practice beyond (ie chats with marketing, partnerships, programming etc)
- Opportunity to contribute meaningfully to Sydney Fringe cultural competency and Festival programming
The 2025 artist residency runs from 1 April to 19 December.
Please reach out erica@sydneyfringe.com if you have questions
