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VWA Residency
The Residency Program supports up to five emerging wood craftspeople and designers. The 3-year program includes the provision of studio space at our North Melbourne headquarters, access to a fully equipped machine room and opportunities to network with like-minded professionals.
The VWA conducts a residency program for aspiring artist seeking to kickstart their careers into profitable businesses.
The Artist in Residence program runs over 3 years with new places becoming available on a rolling basis as other artists complete their tenure. The benefits of being a VWA Artist in Residence include:
- Heavily subsidised rent
- 24/7 access to a high quality, fully equipped and serviced machine room
- Dedicated personal workspace
- Access to a bookable office space for client meetings
- PC, printer, photocopier, and internet access
- Part of a supportive and professional woodworking community
- VWA actively promoting you and your art/woodwork/business
- Option to apply for fourth year, if certain criteria are met, but this is not guaranteed
Additionally, residents benefit from interaction with their peers and can draw on the experience and network of the VWA.
In return for the benefits of tenancy, the VWA expects residents to:
- Be on site a minimum of 2 days per week.
- Contributing towards upkeep and maintenance of approximately 1 hour per week (at our discretion), as directed by the workshop maintenance technician.
- Hold a valid first aid certificate (completed within the last 3 years) and keep it updated.
- Ensure all electrical items brought onsite are tagged and tested.
- Exhibit in all VWA Exhibitions (no exhibitions currently planned)
- Make an end of year presentation to VWA Members and the Committee on past progress and future plans.
- Have clear objectives and plans for your time spent as an Artist in Residence
- Maintaining a digital folio of both work in progress and completed pieces that you make during the year. Regularly provide VWA with these images to use on social media, in newsletters and other ways in promoting the VWA, Artist in Residence programme and you, the artist.
- Join the VWA Artist in Residence WhatsApp group for communication.
Spaces are strictly limited and all applicants must pass an interview and provide a folio of work.
