A Bowery Theatre Residency provides a professional development, creative development and performance space for artists to make and present new work in the Bowery Theatre with and for the Brimbank community.
We offer a Cash Contribution For the Mid-career or Established Artists of up to $10,000 or for Young and Emerging Artists, up to $5,000.
Residency applications open Monday 6 January 2025 and close Monday 3 March 2025. Guidelines and further instructions, including access to the Smartygrants application portal will be live on Monday 6 January 2025: https://brimbank.smartygrants....
A Bowery Theatre Residency supports:
- Creative Practice in the presentation of a bold vision, strong rationale, creative skills, concepts and ideas;
- Meaningful community engagement;
- Process-driven arts practice to make a new, contemporary performance work;
- Artistic and professional development for artists;
- Development of new, local audiences; and
- Work that is reflective of the cultural identity of Brimbank.
In addition, the following support will be available to successful applicants:
- Co-presentation of the residency’s performance outcome
- 50/50 box office split on ticketed presentations
- Up to $5,500 in kind technical and front of house staff support (see example budget breakdown)
- Up to total 6 x full day access to the Bowery Theatre – days must be as close to consecutive as possible, and include:
- Up to 2 x full day access to the Bowery Theatre for performance outcome
- Up to 4 x full days access to the Bowery Theatre for bump in, tech design and plotting, rehearsals and bump out
- Up to 20 hours in St Albans Community Centre (STACC) spaces – subject to availability
- Bowery tech staff / producer / marketing support for limited design consultation, producing and planning
- Print and online marketing commensurate with Bowery mainstage programming
- Box office setup and management of ticketing commensurate with Bowery mainstage programming
Who is eligible to apply?
To apply for funding you must:
- Be incorporated OR be an individual artist with an ABN OR have an Auspice
- Have Public Liability Insurance cover for the duration of the project
- Have acquitted or be compliant with all grants previously awarded by Council (if applicable)
- Have a NEW project or NEW stage of a project
- Have a performance-based project with a performance outcome in The Bowery Theatre
- Have a project that commences after 1 October 2025 and is completed by 30 June 2026
Past residency projects and artists:
2024-25 Artists
2023-24 Artists
2022-23 Artists
2021-22 Artists
2020-21 Artists
Please contact the Community and Performing Arts Senior Officer about your idea before applying: Example Budget and Template