Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency

Our Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin, CreateSA and OzAsia Festival. Kayangan is a Malay word meaning ‘heaven’ or ‘from the sky’. 

In 2025 an Asian Australian artist will be given the opportunity to join our community, receiving a 6-month studio space and an exhibition outcome in Gallery II, featured in OzAsia Festival. The artists will be selected through an open call-out addressing criteria assessed by a panel from The Mill and OzAsia Festival.

The selected artists will join our community of studio artists with their own private workspace at 154 Angas St, allowing them to develop their practice within a professional environment. Working at The Mill positions artists alongside other professional and emerging artists, providing encouragement, inspiration and facilitating networking and collaboration. This residency encourages collaboration between artists from diverse backgrounds, extending artists' practice and exploring new territories.

In addition, the artists will be given the opportunity to exhibit work created in the studio in Gallery II, providing a public outcome for the program and profiling the artist to a wider audience. The artists will receive an artist fee of $2000 + superannuation, as well as $550 towards exhibition and workshop production.

• Eligibility

  This is an identified opportunity, specifically being made available to an Asian Australian artist who is:

  • Emerging and/or established

  • Committed to making their practice their main hustle

  • Seeking space and time to develop a concept/body of work for exhibition

  • Looking to connect regularly with a community of professional practitioners

  • Based in South Australia

• Who is not eligible?

  • Artists who are students or who work full-time outside of the arts

  • Artists who do not identify as Asian Australian

  • Artists who have been part of a Mahmood Martin Foundation studio residency previously

• Selection criteria

  The recipients will be selected by a panel from The Mill and OzAsia based on the following criteria:

  • The artist identifies as Asian Australian

  • The artistic merit of artist practice and proposed body of work to be developed

  • The need for this opportunity in realising the project, enhancing practice, and/or developing a profile

  • A strong desire to connect with the community of multidisciplinary artists at The Mill

  • Availability and commitment to utilising the studio space

  • The ability to work independently

• What you get

  • 6 months access to a dedicated studio space at The Mill (including access to high-speed internet via Gig City, all overheads and outgoings) at no charge

  • Access to other shared areas at The Mill including the workshop, meeting space, kitchen and other public areas

  • Professional and artistic support from The Mill’s team (including professional development advice, artistic critique and more)

  • Introductions to The Mill’s studio community to aid with networking and professional development

  • An exhibition in The Mill’s Gallery II, delivered in consultation with The Mill’s Visual Arts Curator

  • Profiling via The Mill’s networks, including social media, mailing list and events

  • The opportunity to liaise directly with The Mill’s supporters and develop relationships

  • An artist fee of $2000 + superannuation

  • $550 towards exhibition and workshop production

Key dates

Applications open: October 30, 2024

Applications close: Monday, December 9, 2024, at 9:00am

Notified: Week beginning December 16, 2024

Kayangan Studio residency timeframe: Feb - July 2025, exhibiting October 2025

If you have any questions, or would prefer to apply via phone call or zoom, please email visualarts@themilladelaide.com

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This Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff and Sorayya Mahmood Martin