Call Out | Live Dreams Artist Proposals
Sep 1, 2020
PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE SPACE AND CITY OF SYDNEY
Artist EOIs | Experimental Micro-Fellowships
CREATION: THE DANCE, Deborah Kelly and Angela Goh, Liveworks 2020
Dates & Session Times
Friday 23 Apr - 9:00am
Wednesday 19 May - 5:00pm
Access
EOIs Open until Monday 24th May
The Experimental Micro-Fellowships were developed in 2020 to keep experimental art thriving while artistic practice and global culture was being upended by the global COVID-19 pandemic and numerous social upheavals. Given the continuation of this turmoil in 2021 we have secured support from the City of Sydney to deliver another series of Experimental Micro Fellowships this year.
KEY DATES
- Friday 23rd April - EOIs Open
- Monday 24th May, 5PM - EOIs close
- Wednesday 16th June - Notification of successful applicants
- Thursday 1st June - Fellowships commence
- Monday November 1st - Fellowships conclude / Submit report on project
ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL MICRO FELLOWSHIPS
Performance Space’s Experimental Micro Fellowships support artists to undertake new research and artistic experimentation that will strengthen the future of their practice. Performance Space is committed to the development of experimental practice and sees the extension of this program through 2021 as essential in supporting innovative new work and ideas in a changed world.
WHAT’S ON OFFER?
The Experimental Micro-Fellowships are a series of small $5000 grants awarded to 6 Australian and Asia Pacific artists, including:
AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS
Performance Space will provide:
- 3 weeks of full-time wages at the Live Performance Australia (LPA) Award rate of $1,200 AUD per week, plus superannuation, other insurances and fees as applicable;
- Support and advice in administering the wage at the most suitable level, in order to not compromise eligibility for other income streams (e.g. payments could be made part-time over a longer period of time);
- $950 AUD cash contribution towards the purchase of materials or equipment for the project;
- Ongoing advice and support from Performance Space’s curatorial and producing staff throughout the course of the Micro-Fellowship.
ASIA PACIFIC ARTISTS
Performance Space will provide:
- $3,500 AUD artist fee (with flexible payment instalment options) plus other insurances and fees as applicable;
- $950 AUD cash contribution towards the purchase of materials or equipment for the project; • Ongoing advice and support from Performance Space’s curatorial and producing staff throughout the course of the Micro-Fellowship.
//
Past Artists:
2020
Samia Sayed
Natasha Tontey
Giselle Stanborough
SJ Norman
Val Lee
Janet Carter
Del Lumanta
Luke John Campbell
