Bruny Island Foundation for the Arts (BIFFA) has announced a new $75,000 Fellowship Program ‘BRUNY2020’, which will run next year between June and August. Three artists will be awarded a fellowship to participate in a residency for the development, creation and delivery of a new body of work in response to the theme of ‘identity and environment’.
The artists will undertake research and fieldwork on the island as part of the program, and will return to Bruny in December 2020 to showcase their exhibition and/or performance work. This new partnership between the BIFFA and brunyisland.com.au will offer valuable support and development for Australian artists working across artistic disciplines including the visual arts, music, writing, performance, film-making and inter-disciplinary fields. brunyisland.com.au is an organisation committed to caring for and preserving the natural environment of Bruny Island, situated off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania.
Dr Caroline Rannersberger, Creative Director of BRUNY20 and a director of the Foundation, notes Bruny Island provides the ideal location for artists to respond to the brief, ‘We are delighted to offer artists the space and means to work in a dedicated and supportive environment over a period of six months, and in doing so, to help them develop and deliver a new body of work in response to their month of fieldwork and research,’ she said.
Entries for BRUNY20 are open now and applications close on Thursday 31 October. At least one of the three artists selected will be Tasmanian-based.
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