Creative east Aucklanders can apply to take part in an incredible overseas artistic opportunity.
The Te Tuhi contemporary art gallery in Pakuranga and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) are offering a chance for a Kiwi artist to travel to the UK on a four-week residency.
The ‘Artist Winter Retreat’ will be on location at the famous Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Te Tuhi says that for more than 40 years artist residencies have been at the heart of YSP.
“Since 2019 YSP has worked with Te Tuhi as a partner from New Zealand and philanthropists Sigrid and Stephen Kirk to host the YSP’s first two artist residencies, and celebrated the opportunity to work with artists from the country for the first time.
“Building on this successful partnership and programme, YSP and Te Tuhi are offering another placement for a New Zealand artist to stay on-site at YSP for four weeks between October and December, 2024.
“Supported by the British Council Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific, the residency will include accommodation with studio space for desk-based activities, a material budget of $1,500, curator critique feedback and up to two days of technical consultation with the YSP team, economy international airfare, internal UK travel expenses and a stipend for food and subsistence ($5,000).”
The successful artist isn’t required to make an object or exhibition but they may receive curatorial and technical advice if required, Te Tuhi says.
The gallery is keen to support artists who haven’t yet developed a mainstream career and for whom this is likely to be their first working visit to the UK.
“Applicants are required to submit a single PDF document (no greater than 5MB in total and no longer than 10 pages) including a short statement on their practice, images of their work, an exhibition history/CV with the names and contact details of two referees, and a simple outline of their plans if they were to be offered the residency.
“This proposal doesn’t have to be definitive and can change during the course of the residency.”
In advance of the residency, the recipient will need to apply for a Creative Worker visa, with YSP as a sponsor.
The British Council’s Natasha Beckman says: “We’re delighted to be working with Te Tuhi again to support sending a local artist to a UK-based residency.
“One of our key priorities is to help build capacity in the arts sector while also creating a platform for cultural exchange, new collaborations and relationships between the UK and New Zealand.
“This represents our first partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and we’re excited to be working with a residency outside of London and the new possibilities that this engagement may bring.”
YSP is a charity and internationally-renowned museum for modern and contemporary sculpture.
It presents work by some of the world’s most extraordinary artists in over 500 acres of 18th century parkland and three galleries.
Artists can submit their applications before August 18 to exhibitions@tetuhi.art.
Interviews will take place in early September with the selected candidate notified by mid-September.
