NAS International Residencies

International studio residencies provide a unique opportunity to develop your practice and studies in one of the great European centres of artistic excellence. This experience enables you to immerse yourself in a new arts context, market and community and culture.

Our current residencies are:

Applications are now closed for 2025 residencies.

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The Prudence MacLeod Prize

A six-month studio residency program in London for a National Art School graduate. 

Application deadline Sunday July 21, 2024 

Residency dates Monday 3 February – Friday 25 July 2025 

Residency 

With support from the Lansdowne Foundation, NAS is launching a pilot program that supports an emerging Australian artist to undertake a six month residency at Acme Studios, London. Acme Studios will provide work/live studio accommodation and a program of support and professional development for a NAS alumni artist. Resident artists are expected to contribute to the program and the artist community, and to deliver a small-scale public outcome at the end of the residency, with the support of Acme and within the budget allocated.  

This opportunity is designed to support an emerging artist at a vital time in their career, providing a step forward into an expanded, international context. The artist will live and work in London, one of the world’s great art cities, in a supportive artist community. This important opportunity will enable the artist to forge professional international contacts, explore London’s art world and rich cultural resources, and produce a new body of work.  

The recipient of this prize will receive: 

  • Return travel to London. To be arranged for the artist by NAS International Residencies Coordinator. 
  • Accommodation and studio at Acme Studios London for six months.
  • Living stipend of $AUD3500 per month for six months. Total $AUD21,000 for six months.
London

The Onslow Storrier NAS Residency, La Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris

A three-month studio residency in Paris for a National Art School Graduate or Academic Staff Member.

Application deadline Sunday June 30, 2024

Notification of Outcome July 31, 2024

Residency Dates

  • January 3 – March 27 2025 
  • April 2 -June 27 2025 
  • July 3 – September 29 2025 
  • October 3 – December 26 2025 

Residency

A residency at the Onslow Storrier National Art School Paris Studio offers the opportunity of dedicated focus on your practice in one of the great centres of artistic excellence. The Onslow Storrier National Art School Paris Studio is located at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and has been made possible through the generosity of Annette Onslow and Tim Storrier. The studio is located on the Right Bank in Rue de L’Hôtel de Ville in the 4th arrondissement overlooking the river Seine, near many commercial and public galleries and only a short walk to Notre Dame Cathedral. There are 270 studios that house artists, musicians and writers from around the world.

Eligibility 

  • Recent National Art School BFA, GDFA, MFA or DFA graduates (within the last 5 years) OR 
  • Current National Art School academic staff (including sessional). Please note that in the event that a successful applicant is a permanent staff member, appropriate leave arrangements will need to be considered.  
  • Only applications that are fully completed and received by the closing date will be considered by the selection panel. 

2024 residents at the Onslow Storrier Studio at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris:

Kirtika Kain, MFA Printmaking AlumniSebastian Conti, MFA Ceramics AlumniSophie Lampert, MFA Painting Alumni
Fiona Currie-Billiard, MFA Drawing Graduate

Paris

The British School At Rome

A three-month residency in an interdisciplinary research community.

Application Deadline June 30, 2024

Notification of Outcome July 31, 2024

Residency Dates April 2 – June 26, 2025

Residency

This residency offers artists the opportunity to live and work in Rome for 3 months, in an interdisciplinary research community. The British School at Rome is a centre of interdisciplinary research excellence in the Mediterranean supporting the full range of arts, humanities and social sciences, and the residency has been made possible through the generosity of our donors, particularly Jennifer Dowling. The British School at Rome is just north of Rome’s historic centre in the Valle Giulia which separates the Parioli district from the Borghese Gardens. 

The successful applicant will receive studio accommodation (including meals) with the British School at Rome for a period of three months: 2 April – 26 June 2025 and inclusion in the BSR’s annual fine art catalogue. 

Eligibility 

  • Recent National Art School MFA or DFA graduates (graduating in the previous 5 years) OR 
  • Staff of the National Art School (including Sessional staff), AND 
  • Applicants must be an Australian citizen or Australian resident and able to comply with any visa requirements. 
Rome
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