Australian World Heritage Residency

The Australian World Heritage Residency from Creative Australia offers three (3) self-directed residencies for Australian artists or collectives to work on-site at a World Heritage site within Australia.

Through deep engagement with place, the residency fosters meaningful exchange, encourages local partnerships and collaboration, and supports enduring relationships between artists, partners, and sites while centring artistic excellence and care for cultural and natural heritage.

Each recipient will receive a grant of $50,000 to undertake their residency, which will conclude in a public reflection of their learning, such as a seminar, workshop, or new creative work.

Applicants are expected to have a relationship or connection to their chosen site. Your application should showcase the significance of the site to your work and residency.

Applications are welcomed from individuals and groups who work in First Nations arts and culture, community arts and cultural development, dance, emerging and experimental arts, literature, multi-art form, visual arts, theatre, and music, except screen (which includes short film, feature film, television or documentary or electronic games).

Supports artists to visit Australian World Heritage Sites and work towards a public reflection on their learnings.

You can apply for the residency if you:
- Are a practicing artist and an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident (living in or outside of Australia)
- Are a group or collective
- Are 18 years and older
- Are at any phase of their career, e.g. emerging, mid-career or established.

The residency will support the following activities:
- Artist and creative worker fees
- Flights, accommodation, per diems, ground transport costs
- Travel insurance
- Freight and/or baggage costs
- Marketing, promotion and project management costs
- A reasonable contribution to staffing or operational costs in support of this activity. This includes costs associated with the Australian World Heritage Site authority individual/group/organisation
- Childcare, carer and access costs
- Costs associated with reducing the heritage impact of your activity.