WANTED: Artist for Regional Park Residency – Auckland

The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) is giving an artist the opportunity to live and work in a regional park through its Artist in Residence project. Applications are now sought for the Artist in Residence project in 2009. The residency is open to visual artists as well as other ‘creators’, including filmmakers, poets, composers, writers and choreographers. This project allows artists to immerse themselves in a park and develop a body of work influenced by the place or by their residency experience. Accommodation in a park house is provided for free and an artist’s fee is also offered to contribute to the creative process. The selected artist will take up residence for an eight week period between September and November 2009. The closing date for applications is 16 February 2009. For more information about the residency and application process, visit the Auckland Regional Council or phone Sandra Gardiner on (09) 366 2000 ext. 8038.