The Lutruwita (Tasmanian) Regional Artist Residency is a core part of the annual program of Performing Lines TAS, creating a space for artists each year to share ideas and develop their professional practice.
This game-changing initiative began in 2012 and is for artists from across Lutruwita / Tasmania, from all walks-of-life and at any stage of their career. It allows them to come together and explore new project ideas that often go on to reach the national stage. A range of highly skilled mentors from different arts practices across Australia are invited to inform each project’s development. Each residency has at least one First Nations mentor with a commitment to accepting applications from First Nations artists. Local and national Festival Directors are also invited as observers, so they can connect with projects early and where aligned, begin conversations with artists about their work.
In an intensive three-day event, the residency offers an exquisite regional setting and a supportive creative environment to test ideas and push projects to their next level of artistic discovery. After delivering over 10 years of annual residencies, with iterative improvements each time, the Lutruwita Regional Artist Residency affords a highly efficient and inclusive platform for the next generation of new works, new networks for artists, and capacity building for the sector.
For ten years the residency was held at Tarraleah Estate and since 2022 we’ve held residencies in Poatina, Maydena and in 2026 we’ll be taking participants to Queenstown on the West Coast.
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