The Farm Margaret River - Funded Residency

West Australian artist residency – international call out.

The Farm Margaret River sits upon land farmed for four generations, and prior to settlement, country of the Wardandi cultural group of the Nyoongar people.

In the age of the Anthropocene, our relationship to the environment and the reciprocal impact of each upon the other is a complex topic. The Farm Margaret River engages with agricultural sciences, visual arts and the community to explore and observe our united possibilities. The visual arts are a conduit to our conversation and our perspective of where we stand today.

A visiting artist will live and work in a contained live-in studio which is surrounded by arable paddocks, fresh water springs and bushland. The Farm Margaret River is nestled within a rural community versed in organic, holistic and sustainable living practises, yet conveniently close to the Margaret River township. The artist in residence will not only be able to develop a new body of work or continue their practice in a new environment, but have the opportunity to exhibit their artform for the people of The Farm Margaret River, the surrounding rural community and the state of Western Australia.

Artists to be advised that this is a site-specific based residency of five to eight weeks duration. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the residency dates of October to November 2020 will be reassessed and moved to 2021 if necessary and in arrangement with the successful applicant.

- AUD $5,000 artist fee, materials & accommodation.

- A travel subsidy will be individually negotiated with the successful applicant

- Deadline: 5:00pm (AWST) Friday 29 May 2020.