Megalo Artist Print Residence 2026

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Beatrice Buckland-Willis during 2022 Artist in Residency. Photo by Studio Pew Pew for arts ACT.

Megalo’s artist-in-residence program is the only printmaking residency of its kind in Australia. Through an annual callout, this program gives artists a unique opportunity to access Megalo Print Studio – Australia’s largest printmaking studio – to experiment with ideas and make new work.

The Artist in Residence program gives time and space for artists to work in the Megalo studio environment, free from any specified outcomes.

Megalo Print Studio Kamberri (Canberra)

Applications for 2026 close 31st October 2025 at midnight.

About the Residency Program

Megalo’s residency program is a supported opportunity open to artists at all stages of their careers. We aim to support the making of new work that meets Megalo’s objectives of excellence and innovation in printmaking.

The selected artists will receive an artist stipend, materials allowance, and full access to Megalo’s comprehensive professional printmaking facilities.

Artists from outside the Kamberri (Canberra) region will also receive shared accommodation at Cargill’s Cottage.

FIND OUT MORE ON THIS LINK https://www.megalo.org/artist-in-residence-apply

Artist in Residence programme: MPRG

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EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Applications close Friday 22 March, 11:59pm.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is currently seeking Expressions of Interest for the 2024 Artist-in-Residence program, at Police Point Shire Park. ⁠⁠The AiR program is open to visual artists, writers, curators, musicians and researchers to undertake a 2- to 6-week residency to engage with the site and the natural and human history of the area. Through the program, MPRG and the Mornington Peninsula Shire aim to support, exhibit and promote ambitious work.⁠⁠The program aims to be a catalyst for immersion, experimentation, connection, collaboration and discourse between participants and with the public. It is an opportunity to widen and strengthen Mornington Peninsula arts communities, support career development of local and emerging artists, and connect Peninsula communities to artists from further afield.⁠⁠Who should apply:⁠We welcome expressions from emerging, mid-career and established artists, based locally, interstate and internationally, in all visual art forms, as well as performance, dance, music, public art, film/video, literature, scientific and/or social research, interdisciplinary arts, architecture and new media. First Nations, LGBTIQA+, culturally and linguistically diverse and artists with disability are encouraged to apply.
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Open Access Paris Workshop

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Seraphina Martin visited Paris in October of this year just in time for the opening of the Bo Halbirk Print Workshop. It’s open to anyone wanting open access or to attend a class. Seraphina caught up with printmaker Laura Osborne from Victoria who was printing a copper plate. They speak English. Something for members looking for a reason to visit Paris to consider ?

Seraphina and the large presses
Seraphina chatting with Laura.

Neilton Clarke in Paris

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Sydney Printmakers member Neilton Clarke is currently undertaking a residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris until the new year, on what is his fifth sojourn, having first gone there from 1988 to 1989 on an AGNSW Moya Dyring Scholarship. Hosting artists, musicians, writers, academics and the like from around the globe, the Cité was co-founded in 1965 by husband-&-wife team Felix and Simone Brunau, the latter of whom, as its secretary general, president, and honorary president, passed away in 2021 at the age of 95. Spread over two Paris locales – the Marais site in the 4th arrondissement, and the Montmartre site in the 18th arrondissement – its individual live-in studios are supplemented by a range of facilities including an auditorium, rehearsal studios, and collective studios for both printmaking and ceramics. The Café des Arts offers residents a place to take a break and meet fellow artists.

Goto https://www.citedesartsparis.net for the website.

Artists Residency at Megalo Print Studio 2024

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Artist in Residence //
2024 callout
Applications close 31 August
Applications are now open for Megalo’s 2024 Artist in Residence program.  

The annual residency program gives artists at all stages of their career access to our facilities and equipment, to make new work or experiment with ideas in the Megalo studios. Megalo is now calling for applications for 2024 residencies to artists currently resident in Australia, including one residency for artists of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. One international residency will also be offered to an artist outside Australia.   

Applications close 31 August.  

To learn more about the residency program and how to apply visit the Megalo website.

Apply here

Megalo Artist in Residence Call for Applications

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Artist in Residence // 2024 applications now open!

Applications are now open for Megalo’s 2024 Artist in Residence program.  The annual residency program gives artists at all stages of their career access to our facilities and equipment, to make new work or experiment with ideas in the Megalo studios.
Megalo is now calling for applications for 2024 residencies to artists currently resident in Australia, including one residency for artists of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. One international residency will also be offered to an artist outside Australia.  

Applications close 31 August.   To learn more about the residency program and how to apply visit the Megalo website.
apply here

Residential Fellowship for First Nations Australian Curator 2023-24 Academic Year

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Here’s an opportunity for a Curatorial Residency at the University of Virginia, but not much time left to submit an application.

We are excited to announce this new Curatorial Residency at Kluge-Ruhe. Please circulate widely! We will also be posting on social media tomorrow.

Residential Fellowship for First Nations Australian Curator 2023-24 Academic Year

In partnership with the Australia Council, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia seeks applications for a new program intended to increase First Nations participation in the Museum’s exhibitions and program. Kluge-Ruhe is the only museum dedicated to First Nations Australian art in the USA.

ABOUT

  • This opportunity is a residential fellowship in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
  • It is divided into two residential periods (August – December 2023; February – March 2024) with a holiday break in December – January.
  • The primary responsibility is to curate an exhibition of 60-70 limited edition prints by First Nations Australian artists drawn from the Basil Hall Collection at Kluge-Ruhe.
  • The fellow will work collaboratively with Kluge-Ruhe’s staff on all aspects of the exhibition and associated programs.
  • A stipend of up to $60,000 AUD will be paid to the fellow. Travel, accommodation, vehicle rental, medical insurance and a research and travel budget of up to $5,000 AUD for professional development are also provided.

TO LEARN MORE AND APPLY

Read more about this opportunity and apply online by submitting 1) a current resume or CV and 2) a cover letter explaining your interest and qualifications.

Applications are due March 28, 2023.

Messages from Artists, Messages from Akiruno: Neilton Clarke

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Neilton Clarke working at Art Studio Itsukaichi, Tokyo, Japan, during the inaugural residency, 1993.

‘Messages from Artists • Messages from Akiruno’ is the Art Studio Itsukaichi (ASI) Exhibition 2021, celebrating the longevity of the dedicated printmaking studio situated on the mountainous westside of the Tokyo metropolis, whose residency program has been running since 1993.

Curated by Jun Shirasu, in cooperation with the Art Studio Itsukaichi Operation Committee (ASIOC) and the Akiruno City Education Board (ACEB), the exhibition highlights artworks by over 80 artists, Japanese and foreign, made while undertaking residencies during the period from inception until 2019. The artworks are now a key part of the Akiruno City Collection.

Sydney Printmakers member Neilton Clarke undertook the inaugural 5-month residency in 1993 as an invitee of the Japan Foundation, subsequently living there, and where (pandemics aside) he still spends time.

Neilton Clarke, The Colloquial Gun (言葉遊び),
woodblock & copperplate relief print with embossing, 1993.

Produced during his residency, the editioned 5-part work entitled The Colloquial Gun (言葉遊び), also acquired by the National Gallery of Australia and Machida Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo), figures in the exhibition.

Including statements and related materials by the artists and curator, the exhibition runs 12th to 20th October across two venues, the Chuo Kominkan Gallery (Akigawa, Akiruno, Tokyo), and Itsukaichi Shimin Gallery (Itsukaichi, Akiruno, Tokyo).

More Information (in Japanese) HERE

Nathalie Hartog-Gautier

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Nathalie Hartog-Gautier
Trying to Mend the Landscape, gouache drawing on digital print.

Nathalie has been selected for the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2021 with this gouache drawing on a digital print.

Caroline Craig, Evan Pank and Laura Stark are also finalists in the show. The award exhibition will be shown at Campbelltown Arts Centre from Saturday 30 October – Friday 10 December 2021.

Nathalie has also been selected, with the series of drawings below, for the Lynn McCrae Memorial Drawing Award 2021. This award will be shown at the Noosa Regional Gallery from 5 November to 5 December 2021.

Natalie Hartog-Gautier - From Delft to Hill End
From Delft to Hill End, ink, collage, dimensions variable.

To top off a successful year, Nathalie has been awarded the 2022 Artist’s Residency at Bundanon.

Invitation from The Black Hand Gang: A Post Covid Opportunity?

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Black Hand Gang is based in Bali, Indonesia, and was established back in the ‘heady care-free’ pre-covid days of early 2020.  It is the leading printmaking facility in Indonesia and has 1.5 years worth of collaborations with artists creating a great portfolio of printed works.

Black Hand Gang have managed to be the flag-bearer for ‘fine art print’ in Indonesia and helped to elevate the medium and have captured the interest and imagination of the art community in Indonesia.

We’ve found liaising with printmaking studios/communities around the world is a great way to connect and see what opportunities may arise.

We are seeking printmakers to come and be a part of our studio.  We have local Indonesian printmakers but would love to explore the opportunity for International printmakers too.  We are open minded and rather than impose a formal structure for how this might happen, are just leaving it as a casual enquiry for people to get in touch, share their resume/ portfolio and then discuss what they are looking for and see if there is some way to make a match.  Could be short term guests or longer term involvement, just exploring to find middle to senior printmakers who see the value and potential of the opportunity here in Bali.  There are more details for candidates if they apply.

We thought you may know anyone or would pass the word about the opportunity – your support to share the word is appreciated with great thanks.

Press Release, Catalogue, & Printmakers Opportunity Post

More information on the Black Hand Gang website: www.blackhandgang.id