Student Opportunities

That Art Place – Art Teaching Opportunity 

That Art Place is looking for an enthusiastic Art Teacher to work in our studio located in Bexley.
You will be required on a regular basis every week 4–5.30pm, teaching a variety of skills & techniques to children aged 6–16 years.
Must be confident, reliable and have some experience with children. Will need a WWC check.
Email your resume and examples of your work to info@thatartpace.com.au

Paper Rock Scissors Art Studios

Email your expression of interest to prue@paperrockscissors.com.au 

Youth Week Art Students

Youth Week Art Students interested in developing photographic portraits for a community exhibition?

• Chance to be a part of a youth-led community project
• Be mentored by a professional photographer
• Develop your photographic skills
• Collaborate with other young people
• Series of 5 x 1hr workshops and a full day photoshoot @ NAS/107 Projects (starting in late February until early April)
• Have your work exhibited in a group show at 107 Projects for Youth Week in the City.

The opening night of the exhibition will be launching Youth Week in the City 2020.

To register your interest and for more information please email both Laura Mangen, WEAVE Project Officer at laura@weave.org.au and Alana Ambados, NAS Education Outreach Officer at Alana.Ambados@nas.edu.au

Northstreet Collective Artist Callout

Northstreet.collective is a team of young creatives from around the United Kingdom that are united by a passion for art and a motivation to promote emerging talent. Their aim is provide a platform that facilitates dialogue between emerging/young artists, collectors and curators.

They are currently seeking artists across all media from anywhere and everywhere for their upcoming exhibition in October 2020 in London – register your interest and provide  an online portfolio to northstreet.collective@gmail.com.

Creative Art / Cartooning / Drawing Teacher

We are seeking a creative confident art teacher that would like to work on a regular basis every week in the morning 8am – 8.50am once a week teaching art & drawings to children in the Eastern Suburbs at a private school.

We also have casual work available plus travel time to do Lego and T.Shirt Painting workshops in the school holidays in the Kiama area. Previous experience with children would be an advantage.

Essential:

• Must be organised
• Punctual
• Reliable
• Confident to teach a class of 25 – 30 children.
• Having a car and a drivers’ license would be an advantage. The position is casual / contract / freelance.

Please send a brief cover letter and samples of your drawings or artwork to Rita Sen Gupta:

Rita: 02 9002 0762  email: admin2@cartoonkingdom.com.au

All art materials and equipment will be provided. Training will be provided free of charge. The teaching skills you need to already have mastered. WWC check will need to be obtained. We can assist you to get this.

Job Type: Casual

Rate: $55 per hour

Down Under Space – Emerging artist and performance space
Down Under Room Info

Carriageworks Summer 2020 Volunteer call out
During Summer 2020 Carriageworks will present four large-scale installations by leading Australian artists Rebecca Baumann, Daniel Boyd, Kate Mitchell and Reko Rennie. Each work is immersive, participatory and site-specific, engaging with the unique history and architecture of the precinct. Carriageworks is currently seeking volunteers from 8th January – 1st March 2020.
Applications close Friday 22 November 2019

Volunteer at NAS Gallery
Applications open all year round

Volunteer at Articulate Project Space
Applications open all year round

Volunteer at Wellington St Projects
Applications open all year round

Volunteer at 541 Art Space – become a student ambassador
Applications open all year round

Sculpture in the Vineyard
Applications open 1 July

Articulate 2018/2019 Program
Applications open now

Breathing Colours Gallery (Balmain, NSW)
Applications open all year round

Dungog Contemporary (Dungog, NSW)
Applications open all year round

Gaffa Gallery (Sydney, NSW)
Applications open all year round

Project Gallery 90 (Paddington, NSW)
Applications open all year round

Scratch Art Space (Marrickville, NSW)
Applications open all year round

Thienny Lee Gallery (Edgecliff, NSW)
Applications open all year round

Arnold Street Gallery (Bendigo, VIC)
Applications open all year round

Brunswick Street Gallery (Fitzroy, VIC)
Applications open all year round

MAS Gallery & Studio (Malvern, VIC)
Applications open all year round

The Art Vault (Mildura, VIC)
Applications open all year round

Firstdraft (Woolloomooloo, NSW)
Applications close 22 March 2020 for exhibitions, curators’ and public programs.

Parramatta Artists’ Studios: Artist-In-Residence Program
Applications close 24 March 2020, midnight

The Pickers’ Hut at Glaziers Bay, TAS
Applications open year round

Fremantle Arts Centre Artist in Residence Program, WA
Applications open all year round

Imagine Residency at Art in Motion, Coomba NSW
Applications open year round

Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
Applications open year round

NES Artist Residency, Iceland
Applications open year round

ComPeung residency in Northern Thailand
Applications open year round

Artspace Macakay Foundation ‘Hands On’ Bursary
The Artspace Mackay Foundation bursary aims to support and encourage young emerging artists, (aged 17 – 25) originating from the Mackay Regional Council area, Mackay, North Queensland, who seek to pursue a career in visual and creative arts.
The recipient will receive $4000 for young emerging artists to further their artistic career.
Applications close Monday 10 February 2020.
For further questions regarding the ‘Hands On’ Bursary, contact Melissa Broadhurst, Executive Officer Artspace Mackay Foundation on 0400 005 958, melissa.broadhurst@mackay.qld.gov.au or visit their website.

Create NSW Small Project Grants
Create NSW’s Small Project Grants is open for applications.
Small Project Grants support the creation, development and presentation of new work and professional development or promotion for NSW-based professional artists and arts and cultural workers.
You can apply for between $500 and $5000 towards your project.
Apply now until the end of June 2020, find out more here. 

Create NSW Arts and Cultural Funding Program 2019/20
Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program 2019/20 provides funding opportunities for arts and cultural organisations, professional artists and arts/cultural workers across a wide range of artforms and disciplines.
The next Project funding round opens on 3 February 2020. Funding is available for a wide range of arts and cultural activity, including the creation of new work, practice-based research or experimentation and professional development.
You can find out more here.

A Start in Life
Applications are reviewed quarterly.
A Start in Life provides financial assistance to disadvantaged students.
Eligibility:
You must be an Australian citizen.
You must be engaged in full time study.
You must be under the age of 25.
You can be an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
More information here.

Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships
Deadline extended until 30 July 2019.
The scholarship of US $48,000 is intended to cover 12 months overseas.
Eligibility:
You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
You must have successfully completed at least two years of an undergraduate degree or have graduated in the past five years from a practice-led visual art undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification at an Australian institution of higher learning.
More information here.

Australian Federation of Graduate Women Dr Barbara Wright Postgraduate Scholarship
Not offered in 2018.
This award (maximum $5000) is to support women who have completed an undergraduate degree and will be undertaking a postgraduate qualification in 2018 who are from the Central West of NSW.
Eligibility:
You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
You must be a female student.
You must hold an undergraduate degree but not a postgraduate degree.
Normally live in the Central West (Upper Lachlan, Parkes, Forbes, Weddin, Cowra, Cabonne, Orange, Blayney, Bathurst, Oberon and Hilltops).
Be commencing postgraduate study in 2018.
More information here.

Australian Federation of Graduate Women NSW Joan Bielski AO Memorial Scholarship
Applications open again in 2019 (Biennial award).
This scholarship of $5000 per semester is to enable a mature woman to attend university and complete a first degree.
Eligibility:
You must be a female student.
You must have been born before 1 January 1982
You must be enrolled in a government supported place and without previous university attendance.
You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
You must be resident in NSW or ACT.
You must be a full time student in an undergraduate course.
You must be able to demonstrate financial hardship.
More information here.

Australian Foundation for Graduate Women Louisa Macdonald Education Trust Award
Not offered in 2018.
This award ($1000) is for a female student in her third year of study.
Eligibility:
You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
You must be a female student.
You must demonstrate significant disadvantage.
More information here.

Australian Veterans Children Assistance Trust (AVCAT) Scholarships for Tertiary Studies
Applications open in July 2019.
These scholarships ($3,000-$5,000) are for children or grandchildren of a person with operational service as a member of the Australian Navy, Army or Air Force
Eligibility:
You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
You must be planning to enrol or be enrolled in tertiary education in 2018
You must be studying or planning to study full time
You must be receiving or eligible to receive Centrelink youth allowance or equivalent
You must be under the age of 25.
More information here.

Basil and Muriel Hooper Scholarship, via AGNSW
Applications close late October 2019.
This scholarship of $4000 is awarded to students of fine art to assist with the cost of fees and general living expenses.
Eligibility:
You must be an Australian citizen.
You must have completed one year of full-time study.
You cannot be receiving any other scholarship.
You can be an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
More information here.

BedsOnline Scholarship
Applications open September 2019.
BedsOnline offer a $1500 scholarship to support young students undertake tertiary study.
Eligibility:
You must be aged 18-25.
You must be an Australian citizen.
You must be able to demonstrate academic potential.
You must be able to demonstrate financial or other hardship.
You must be able to demonstrate evidence of community involvement or work experience.
You can be an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
More information here.

The Personal Branding Scholarship
Applications open twice a year and are due 30 June and 30 November every year. The Scholarship, valued at $2000 includes $500 cash for your tuition expenses and a personal branded website valued at $1500.
Eligibility:
You must be an Australian Citizen or permanent resident.
You can be an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
More information here.

Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists
Applications open May 2019.
This scholarship can be used for education or professional development, exhibiting work costs, and independent artistic research or practice costs.
Eligibility:
You must be an Australian citizen.
You must be a resident of NSW and have lived more than 70km from the Sydney GPO for a minimum of 5 years continuously.
You must be working broadly in the areas of painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking.
You must be a professional practitioner.
More information here.

Young Carers Bursary Program
Applications open July 2019.
These bursaries of $3000 support young carers to study while receiving their education or training.
Eligibility
You must be aged 25 or under.
You must be a carer.
You must not be in receipt of another bursary or scholarship.
You must not have a previous degree or advanced diploma.
You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
You can be an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
More information here.

Youth off the Streets National Scholarship
Applications open March 2019.
This scholarship of $6000 and a mentor is awarded to 20 students Australia-wide to assist with education or training goals.
Eligibility:
You must be aged 16-21 as of 20 September on the year of nomination.
You must have a clear need for financial assistance.
More information here.

Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists
Applications close 21 July 2019.
This award opens up avenues for regional artists seeking to further their professional development, exhibition opportunities or deepen research with a $10,000 scholarship.
Eligibility:
You must be the visual art, craft or design practitioner/s undertaking the project.
Group applications (groups are at least two people) will be accepted where the group have a history of collaboration. The application must be submitted with the details of two group members involved in the project. The grant will be awarded to the two applicants nominated on the form.
You must be an Australian citizen or have permanent resident status in Australia.
You must be a resident of NSW and have lived more than 70km from the Sydney GPO for a minimum of five years continuously.
More information here.

New South Wales Artists’ Grant
Applications close 21 July 2019.
This grant has been initiated by NAVA to assist professional visual and media arts, craft and design practitioners residing in NSW to produce, present and promote their work throughout NSW, interstate and overseas.
More information here.