Submissions open for three $20 000 artist residencies

Submissions open for three $20 000 Tylee Cottage artist residencies for the 2018 – 2020 period

Application period closes 5pm Friday 25 May 2018

The Tylee Cottage Artist-in-Residence programme is generously supported by Creative New Zealand’s Toi Uru Kahikatea (Arts Development) Investment Programme.

The Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui is calling for applications for its renowned artist-in-residence programme at historic Tylee Cottage in central Whanganui.

In 2016 the residency celebrated its thirtieth anniversary and to date over fifty artists have participated in the programme including many whohave gone on to become some of New Zealand’s most accomplished visual arts practitioners.

The residency is an opportunity for an artist with New Zealand residency currently living outside of Whanganui, to develop a body of work whilst living financially unencumbered at Tylee Cottage for five months.

The cottage is provided rent free and with maintenance, electricity, phone and internet covered by the Sarjeant Gallery in its role as a cultural facility of the Whanganui District Council. A stipend of $4 000 a month is paid for the five month period.

There are three separate and distinct residencies on offer:

RESIDENCY 1: September, 2018 – January, 2019. For a female painter aged 35+ years. The selected artist will also be the recipient of the Lilian Ida Smith Award valued at $5 000

RESIDENCY 2: February – June, 2019. For a craft/object-based practitioner

RESIDENCY 3: September, 2019 – January, 2020. For a photographic/new media artist

The aim is that as a result of the residency a body of work will be developed that will culminate in a solo exhibition at the Sarjeant Gallery in their 2019 – 2020 programme and upon negotiation, a work produced from the residency will enter into the Sarjeant Collection.

To read the complete Tylee Cottage prospectus and download the application form:

Go to: sarjeant.org.nz/tylee-residency/

The Tylee Cottage

The Tylee Cottage was built in 1853 and is one of Whanganui’s oldest homes. It is named after Thomas Tylee, a Whanganui pioneer who was in charge of the commissariat for the 65th Regiment. The cottage was originally situated in Wilson Street, Whanganui before being moved to its present location in 1982 and restored. The first Tylee residency commenced in January 1986 and welcomed photographer Laurence Aberhart as its first resident. Since then over fifty artists have been Tylee residents, with many choosing to settle permanently in Whanganui afterwards.

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