The aim of Asialink’s Arts Residency Program is to create meaningful and enduring relationships between individuals and organisations in Australia and Asia. Asialink works in partnership with arts residency centres in the region to realise this goal. Asialink Arts Residencies are professional development opportunities, aimed at being mutually beneficial to both host and resident. This two-way knowledge and skills transfer is emphasized by way of our Reciprocal Residency and Residency Laboratory programs. Outcomes of the program occur immediately and on an ongoing and long-term basis. Since 1991, the Asialink’s Arts Residency Program has created a new generation of Asia-Capable arts professionals.
The minimum and maximum residency periods are 6 weeks and 3 months respectively.
A travel grant of $6,000 - $12,000 is provided to each resident to assist with residency-related expenses including airfares, accommodation, language lessons, living expenses, materials and production costs. The amount awarded is reflective of the residency period.
The grant amount may vary depending on resources provided by the host organisation. Please refer to the host profiles on the Residency Hosts and Models section of Asialink’s website for more details.
Once selected, it is the resident's responsibility to maintain their own budget and contribute funds if necessary. Asialink's grant can only be used for the resident's own expenses directly related to the residency and not for expenditure incurred in the resident's absence – e.g. rent or mortgage repayments, or to fund accompanying partners or families. The grant is not considered a salary or a fee.
Residencies cannot commence before 1 March 2014, and must be completed by 31 December 2014. Residencies are not transferrable from year to year so please do not apply if you think you might not be available.
Contact: For more information email arts@asialink.unimelb.edu.au or call 61-3-8344 4800