Applications for the 2020 Gunyah artists-in-residence program are now open!
Gunyah AIR provides low cost self-contained accommodation for solo, collaboration, group and family short term creative residencies for visual artists, writers, composers, designers, curators, new media and performance artists. The 2020 residency program will run from May to November, with seven residencies each lasting ten days, Monday to the following Friday week: May 4 - 15, June 15 - 26, July 20 - 31, August 3 - 14, September 7 - 18, October 19 - 30, November 9 - 20.
If you would like to apply, please first read ABOUT GUNYAH AIR and then fill in the ONLINE FORM - you will need to include your contact details, preferred dates, bio and artist statement, a short description of what you plan to do during your residency and three images per artist. If you have any questions please email gunyahresidency@yahoo.com
Applications for the 2020 program close 11pm, Saturday 30th November 2019.
Please note the 2020 residency fees are $410 for ten days or part thereof (this residency fee covers the use of the whole property, it does not apply per person). A refundable $50 key deposit is required. Artists are welcome to bring their families and friends. You will need your own vehicle to access Gunyah and North Arm Cove, as there is no public transport in the area.
Background:
Gunyah is a unique timber pole house, designed and built in the early 1980s by a group of friends as a fun weekend project and holiday house. This group still own, manage and maintain the property; and their families and friends continue to enjoy holidays at Gunyah. This three bedroom house is located the village of North Arm Cove, in the NSW Great Lakes region. Overlooking the waterways of Port Stephens, Gunyah offers an idyllic retreat to produce artwork or pursue creative research.
The term 'gunyah' means resting place or place of shelter in the Gathang language of the Worimi people of the North Arm Cove area, and the term also features in a number of other Indigenous languages in NSW. Gunyah artists-in-residence program acknowledges and pays respect to the Worimi people - the traditional custodians of this land - to their elders past, present and emerging, it is on their ancestral lands that the Gunyah artist-in-residence program is located.
Gunyah AIR program has been running since 2011, it provides low cost accommodation for short term self-directed residencies for solo, collaborative, family and group projects and is open to applications from visual artists, writers, curators, composers, musicians, performers, designers, arts administrators, new media artists and other creators. Gunyah AIR program is volunteer based, not for profit venture, aiming to share the unique and beautiful region of Port Stephens.
