The new residency awards will involve the biennial Rome Residency, which will be reinstated in 2024, as well as an annual two-week residency at Bundanon, commencing in 2023. The residencies for Bundanon will be made biennially, with set dates for each annual placement.
- 5–18 June 2023
- 3–16 June 2024
Accommodation is provided and we will provide a $2000 stipend to help with the other costs involved.
Accommodation
The Freedman Apartment has one bedroom with a queen-size bed, and a bathroom. The kitchen is shared with one other apartment. Adjoining is a 34m2 studio with a sitting room, with a work-table, chairs, easel and sink.
Eligibility
Any Australian resident is eligible to apply. Preference is given to emerging and mid-career artists, to help develop their careers.
The William Fletcher Foundation is committed to supporting talented artists who are sincerely devoted to maintaining and developing the skills of drawing and painting. This does not rule out innovative approaches or variable media, but it does exclude technological alternatives such as CGI that dispense with traditional material such as chalk, ink, graphite, silverpoint, pastel, watercolour, gouache or oil paint.
Applicants must be able to be self-sufficient in being able to reach Bundanon, as well as self-cater.
Location
Bundanon is within easy reach for visitors from the nearest cities: 2½ hours by road from Sydney and Canberra, 20 minutes from Nowra on the Shoalhaven River, and one hour from the Southern Highlands and Wollongong. The final 3 km of road from Nowra winds its way through bushland, descending to the Shoalhaven River basin.
