The Arts are essential to a healthy and robust society. When artists can freely engage with practices that develop well-being and insight they can help sustain the vision and atmosphere needed for a thriving world. Here at Origins, we want to support the creative nature of humanity in the ways that we can. By making mindfulness, mediation, yoga and other nourishing practices available to artists we hope their work can be coupled with good mental health, optimism and respect.
The Origins Artist Residency program is open to all the arts from visual through movement, writing, or music.
Each residency lasts from one to four weeks. Each artist gets a room, a studio in the forest, access to a workshop and to a beautiful space with great acoustics for movement or music making. We have shared facilities for cooking, washing and ablutions: the whole package is available on a donation basis either as financial and/or through a cultural contribution of an artist talk, performance or donation of an artwork. We operate on the basis of fair exchange and mutual support.
This residency program started in February, 2019. It runs during the months of February, March. July, October and November. We still have availability in October and November of 2019 and have an open call out for artist to apply.
Applications for 2020 are now open for the months of February, March, July, October and November.
We are particularly seeking regional/local artists but we are very much open to interstate or international artists.
The Application process is simple. Just email Lachlan Jefferys on lachlan.origins@gmail.com with a proposal.
This proposal should include:
Lachlan Jefferys is the Artist Residency Coordinator who lives onsite with his wife Lauren and their son Jasper. Lachlan has a background as a successful commercial sculptor, contemporary painter and musician. He had been working at Mona (Museum of Old and New Art) in Berridale, Tasmania, since it opened in 2011 and recently left the Front of House management team at the end of 2018 to facilitate this new residency program.
Anne Clark is a Co-Director at the Origins Centre and teacher of pottery and mindfulness. We have a purpose built, fully equipped cabin with attached studio and kilns that are available. Inquire through Anne via origins@iinet.net.au.
We look forward to hearing from you.
The Origins Artist Residency program is open to all the arts from visual through movement, writing, or music.
Each residency lasts from one to four weeks. Each artist gets a room, a studio in the forest, access to a workshop and to a beautiful space with great acoustics for movement or music making. We have shared facilities for cooking, washing and ablutions: the whole package is available on a donation basis either as financial and/or through a cultural contribution of an artist talk, performance or donation of an artwork. We operate on the basis of fair exchange and mutual support.
This residency program started in February, 2019. It runs during the months of February, March. July, October and November. We still have availability in October and November of 2019 and have an open call out for artist to apply.
Applications for 2020 are now open for the months of February, March, July, October and November.
We are particularly seeking regional/local artists but we are very much open to interstate or international artists.
The Application process is simple. Just email Lachlan Jefferys on lachlan.origins@gmail.com with a proposal.
This proposal should include:
- How you intend to utilise your stay.
- The time-frame you wish to stay (we offer 1-4 week residencies).
- How you intend to pay for the residency (we run by donations and suggest $20 per night). Self-funded or grants?
- Examples of your work.
- Links to websites.
- What cultural contribution you could make to the community? Artist talk, open studio, workshop, donation of work, etc?
Lachlan Jefferys is the Artist Residency Coordinator who lives onsite with his wife Lauren and their son Jasper. Lachlan has a background as a successful commercial sculptor, contemporary painter and musician. He had been working at Mona (Museum of Old and New Art) in Berridale, Tasmania, since it opened in 2011 and recently left the Front of House management team at the end of 2018 to facilitate this new residency program.
Anne Clark is a Co-Director at the Origins Centre and teacher of pottery and mindfulness. We have a purpose built, fully equipped cabin with attached studio and kilns that are available. Inquire through Anne via origins@iinet.net.au.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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