2021 Creative Arts Fellowships for new creative artworks and writing
Creative Arts Fellowships offer $10,000 to support writers and artists to spend four weeks in the Library developing an artistic concept, artwork or body of work inspired or informed by the collections.
Two Fellowships are available:
Creative Arts Fellowship – using our collections, artists can progress or complete an artwork/body of work. Artists may be working in any medium other than writing. This may include music, dance, visual arts, emerging or experimental artforms. The Creative Arts Fellowship is supported by the Friends of the Library.
Creative Arts Fellowship for Australian Writing – using our collections, writers can progress or complete a new creative work. This may include working in any literary form or genre. The Creative Arts Fellowship for Australian Writing is supported by the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust.
Creative Arts Fellowship benefits
The Fellowship offers:
a four-week residency, to be taken in one period, which may be extended but without further funding
$10,000 for use as a stipend, travel and accommodation support, and project expenses
special and supported access to collections
access to office facilities and a workstation
copies of collection materials (within reasonable limits and according to access and copyright conditions)
Note: The funding will only be paid to the individual. It is recommended Fellows seek financial advice as the grant may have tax implications.
Who can apply?
To be eligible, you must be:
An individual creative practitioner or artist practising in a professional forum, that is, your artistic work is available and subject to public and peer review.
An Australian Citizen or permanent resident.
Only one application per person is allowed. That is, you cannot apply for both a Creative Arts Fellowship and a Creative Arts Fellowship for Australian Writing.
You cannot apply if you have received a National Library Fellowship within the last five years.