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Opportunities October Mega Edition

It’s Opportunities time, and we have a huge selection of grants, residencies, awards and scholarships here, including international placements, mentorships and heaps more to help set you up for 2020 and beyond. On cover duties this month is Cecile Lucas, our Marketing Coordinator in Perth!

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Performing Lines is committed to supporting artists in a variety of different ways, and the Opportunities blog grew out of our desire to share info we receive through our contacts around Australia and overseas.

Do you find it helpful? Is there anything else you’d like to see more of? Should we keep doing it? Email Thom at marketing@performinglines.org.au and let us know what you think!

Nat Randall and Anna Breckon will be in conversation at BAM

APAM is returning in 2020 – First Nations artists are invited to apply for BlakLAB

Laura Hindmarsh received an Artsbridge grant to attend the Cite Paris Residency

Last Chance

Nat Randall & Anna Breckon | BAM Artist Lab – Creative Conversation
Nat and Anna lead a participatory conversation on developing multidisciplinary work for the stage. Through their collaborative practice, which resides at the intersection of film, theatre and performance art, they consider what it means to bring modes of pleasure, narrative structures, and styles of performance into the theatre space. In conversation this Friday 11 October.

Department of Local Government, Sports & Creative Industries | $15k+ funding
The Arts 15k-plus grant program offers between $15,000 and $60,000 funding for artists, creative industry professionals and organisations to deliver a one-off project or a program of activity. Applications close Fri 11 October.

APAM & AsiaTOPA | BlakLAB
Blak LAB invests in future works through artist-to-artist collaborations between First Nations people across Australia and the Asia-Pacific. Curated by APAM’s First Nations Advisory Group, and facilitated by two senior First Nations artists, Blak LAB is part of a growing and celebrated movement of international First-Nations-led creative incubators. Applications close Sun 13 October.

Arts Tasmania | Multiple funding opportunities closing soon
Grants are available through the: Aboriginal Arts Program, Artsbridge (national and international professional development), Residencies, Low Interest Loans program, and more. Applications close Mon 14 October.

Arts Tasmania | Artsbridge
This program supports: individuals and groups to take up national or international activities; and individuals, groups and Tasmanian organisations to bring arts professionals to Tasmania to conduct creative and/or professional development activities. Applications close Mon 14 October.

Festivals Australia | Festivals Australia Grant
Provides funding to support individual art projects at festivals or significant one-off community events, such as a town’s centenary celebration or opening of a major new community resource. Applications close Fri 18 October.

WA Harmony Week grants are now available

Submissions are now open for Down/Under Space (Sydney)

Department of Local Government, Sports & Creative Industries | Harmony Week grants
Funding of $2000 is available for diversity and inclusion activities to celebrate Harmony Week 2020. Culture and arts activities must involve a professional artist or arts practitioner working with the community to design and deliver the activity. Applications close Mon 21 October.

Australia Council | 2020 International Residencies
This prestigious international paid residency program is open for 2020 applications, including the HIAP Residency (Finland), EMPAC (New York) and Cite Residency (Paris). Applications close Tues 22 October.

Australia Council | Communicating the Arts Conference Delegation
Over three days, explore best practices and hear from a range of international and national arts colleagues – sharing ideas of how they engage with community, tell new stories and grapple with the big issues of the day, to more practical tips on ethical decision making and collaborating in cross cultural teams.  Applications close Tues 22 October.

Down / Under Space | Call for curatorial contributions
Now accepting proposals for our October 2019 – January 2020 programming. Curators, Musicians, Artists and all Creatives are invited to submit programming proposals. Applications close Tues 22 October.

Performing Lines attended IETM’s recent Campus program in Elefsina, Greece

Josh Foley’s work MONSTER #2 developed on the Bruny16 Residency

Critical Stages’ Independent Theatre Forum

IETM | Rijeka Plenary Meeting 2019
From 24 to 27 October, artists, producers and presenters will deepen and challenge understandings of the broad, complex and fascinating theme of Audiences. Registrations are still open.

Australian Performing Arts Collection | Frank Van Straten Fellowship
Offers special access to the Australian Performing Arts Collection for your project along with a stipend of $15,000. Applications close Fri 25 October.

TOOLO | Digital Ecology Lab
This opportunity is for Western Sydney artists and creative practitioners working in the visual arts, design, architecture, fashion, digital media, installation, community arts, live art, performance and other creative pursuits. Applications close Mon 27 October.

Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards | Nominations now open
Two Awards and one Prize distributed each year: The Individual Award ($60,000), The Group Award ($90,000), and The Facilitator’s Prize ($25,000). Nominations close Mon 27 October.

Australia Council | Arts Leaders Program
Dedicated to transforming our sector’s knowledge, skills and capabilities by supporting established arts leaders of diverse art forms from around Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Applications close Tues 28 October.

Australia Council | Future Leaders Program
designed to transform our sectors knowledge by developing skills and capabilities of our emerging practitioners. The program brings together a group of diverse practitioners to engage with current and relevant themes affecting the future of the arts. Applications close Tues 28 October.

Bruny Island Foundation for the Arts | Bruny20 Fellowship
Provides a paid opportunity for artists to develop their practice in a supportive location, conducive to exploring universal environmental themes. I n 2020 three fellowships will be awarded, each valued at $25,000, including cash in the amount of $16,600 and accommodation to the value of $8,400. At least one of the three artists will be Tasmanian. Applications close Thurs 31 October.

City of Moreland | Writers in Residence program
Provides a unique opportunity for three writers to develop their practice in one of Australia’s most thriving arts communities. Supports writers at all stages of their career with resources and space to strengthen their professional practice. Applications close Thurs 31 October.

Critical Stages | Regional Independent Theatre Forum
Join other independent theatre practitioners, producers, and industry experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities of working as a regional theatre artist in NSW. Presented alongside ArtState and the Arts on Tour Salon on Thurs 31 October.

More info and regos

Spotlight on Mental Health

Arts on Tour | Mental Health First Aid Training
Teaches participants how to assist people who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves. This course will accredit you as a certified mental health first aider. It will include a 4 hour online component prior to the face to face training.

To be held on Thurs 7 November at Sydney Dance Company Studios

Ming-Zhu Hii was Malthouse 2018/2019 Director in Residence

We worked with 2019 Dreaming Award recipient Jenna Lee on the design of the Dana Waranara program

Sisters Akousmatica performing at Next Wave 2016

November

Malthouse Theatre | Director in Residence
Provides intensive career development and a salary to a theatre artist who identifies as female or non-binary. The principal objective is to embed the director within Malthouse Theatre’s core staff structure while providing a practice-based professional development opportunity. Applications close Fri 1 November.

Collingwood Arts Precinct | Call out for Studio Artists
Located on the top floor of 30 Perry Street, the studios will offer artists the space to grow their own practice, to collaborate and connect with each other, as well the broader community. Studios are being offered on short, medium and longer term tenancies. Expressions of Interest due Sun 3 November.

Force Majeure | INCITE Youth
Young people aged 14 – 18 are invited to join this unique professional dance theatre program run during the January school holidays at Carriageworks. Provides an introduction to dance theatre making, including developing skills in devising, and learning how to work with a director in a professional rehearsal environment. Registrations now open

Australia Council for the Arts | Dreaming Award
Established in 2012 to support an inspirational young First Nations artist aged 18-30 years to create a major body of work through mentoring and partnerships. The mentor/partner will be another established professional artist or partner nominated by the artist who will guide and mentor the applicant to assist in the development of work. Applications close Mon 4 November.

Australia Council for the Arts | Custodian Program
Unearthing First Nations leadership by developing different ways of knowing, being and doing. Connecting legacy between past and future generations. The Custodianship program is designed by First Nations leaders for First Nations leaders to transform sustainability in culture, practice, community and the arts. Applications close Mon 4 November.

Gertrude Contemporary | Studio Callout
Applications are open to artists of any generation and working in any medium to express their interest in the two-year program. As part of the Studio Program, artists are offered a month-long solo exhibition at our Collingwood satellite space, Gertrude Glasshouse. Applications close Tues 5 November.

Sisters Akousmatica | International Open Call for Radio Art
A temporary community radio station at Moonah Arts Centre, Tasmania.Radio, transmission and sound artists may submit work – submissions from all sound practices welcome, but preference given to experimental works and those directly engaging with radio as an art form. Submissions close Thurs 7 November.

Australian Network for Art & Technology | ANAT Salon Sydney
Brings together leading artists to explore and discuss human interactions with robots and machines. ABC’s technology reporter Ariel Bogle will speak with Professor Mari Velonaki (UNSW Creative Robotics Lab), and artists Dr Belinda Dunstan, Justin Harvey and Dr Wade Marynowsky. FREE EVENT – bookings essential. Talk held Thurs 7 November at Customs House.

Lesley Hall Scholarship applications are now open

Our Canadian tour of Jessie Lloyd’s Mission Songs Project is supported by the International Arts Strategy Outcomes Fund

Arts Access Victoria | Lesley Hall Scholarship
This $5000 scholarship recognises the power of the arts to influence social change. Applicants must be Victorian artists or arts workers with: disability, mental health lived experience and/or who are deaf; and an art project that represents the disability experience. Applications close Sun 10 November.

Arts House | Makeshift Gathering – Participation in Contemporary Performance
Join Bron Batten (host and curator), Malcolm Whittaker and Joel Bray for a discussion around the ethics and care of audience participation. Talk on Wed 13 November.

More info & tickets

Australia Council | International Arts Strategy Outcomes Fund
Support for opportunities arising from Australia Council-supported markets. Upcoming closing dates: Tues 19 November, Tues 21 January 2020, Tues 17 March 2020 and Tues 19 May 2020.

Writing NSW | Boundless Indigenous Writers’ Mentorship
Awarded annually to an unpublished Indigenous writer who has made substantial progress on a work of fiction or non-fiction. The intention of the program is to support the writer to develop their manuscript and to facilitate a pathway to publication. Applications close Mon 25 November.

Northern Territory Government | Creative industries: fellowship grant
NT artists and arts workers can apply for a fellowship grant to support your career development. Creative fellowship grants help you acquire new skills, knowledge and networks. Applications close Fri 29 November.

Signal | Emerging Artist Learning Lab
The program provides opportunities for young people to learn from each other and to articulate and share their practice to the wider arts community. EOIs due Fri 29 November.

December

Australia Council | IETM Tromso Plenary Delegation
support to attend the IETM Spring Plenary Meeting in Tromsø, Norway, 30 April – 3 May 2020. Applications close Tues 3 Dec.

Australia Council | A.S.K China Professional Placement
The A.S.K (Art Space for Kids) is China’s leading theatre for children. Over two months, you will be immersed in the daily operations of The A.S.K. Applications are open for arts managers, tour managers and producers to apply for a 2020 professional placement at The A.S.K. Applications close Tues 3 Dec.

Australia Council | MAAP China Professional Placement
Applications are open for curators, arts managers, creative producers and exhibition managers to apply for a 2020 professional placement with MAAP at OCAT Shanghai. Applications close Tues 3 Dec.

2020

Australia Council | The Marten Bequest Scholarships
Offers talented young artists the chance to explore, study and develop their artistic gifts through travelling either overseas and/or interstate. Applications close Tues 30 January.

Northern Territory Government | Creative industries: strategic project grant
Support the delivery of strategic arts projects in the Northern Territory (NT). There are two categories of funding: Grants of up to $25,000 for artists with disabilities or independent creative professionals; grant of up to $100,000 to support strategic arts industry development. Applications close Sat 14 March 2020.

A.S.K Professional Placement applications are now open

Renae Shadler received a Marten Bequest Scholoarship in 2019

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