A day of Total Fire Ban has been declared for Saturday 22 February. The Fire Danger Rating is Extreme. The Recycling Centre in Plenty will be closed all day due to the Total Fire Ban. Edendale Farm will close to the public at 2.30pm due to the heat forecast.
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Published on 01 May 2023
Council’s Artist in Residence Program offers local artists an exciting opportunity to work on their arts practice in one of our community facilities and get paid. As part of Council’s Arts and Culture Strategy goal to create a visible and supported creative community, we are committed to offering artist residency programs in inspiring places, in support of emerging and established artists. The Nillumbik Artist in Residence Program is designed to support artists in progressing their current practice and/or project goals, providing time, space and resources to make the next steps in their artistic development. The program is open to individual artists from visual arts, literary arts, and performing arts or cross-disciplinary practice across these fields. The performing arts residency is also open to groups, and provides a performance presentation fee. The residencies are not live-in but offer generous access to the residency space, including after hours and weekends, and are available part-time or full-time between mid-July 2023 and the end March 2024. The minimum residency duration is 45 days. Successful artists will organise their term of residency and schedule in consultation with Council. As part of the residency, artists will be required to deliver one or two community sessions such as a workshop, an artist talk or an event. This will be supported by the host facility and Council. Residencies include an artist fee, an allocated creative space within a Nillumbik community facility, and artist support. Council is offering the following three non-acquisitive opportunities: • Visual Artist in Residence at Edendale Community Environment Farm, artist fee and community sessions: $7,000 • Literary Artist (Writer) in Residence in partnership with Yarra Plenty Regional Library at Eltham Library, artist fee and community sessions: $7,000 • Performing Artist in Residence at Living & Learning Nillumbik (Eltham and Diamond Creek), artist fee, performance and community sessions: $10,000 Nillumbik Mayor Ben Ramcharan said he was excited artists would soon be honing their practice from council facilities and providing community members with programs to provide insights into their work as an artist.
“It’s so important we get behind these talented folk across the visual, literary and performing arts spaces, and for them to inspire others. “Having these clever artists do their thing at Edendale Community Environment Farm, Yarra Plenty Regional Library and at our Eltham or Diamond Creek Living and Learning Centre is an investment in local innovation, creative industries and the evolving artistic identity of our Shire, and offers our community first-hand experience of artistic work in development. “I encourage artists to apply, so the community can revel in their ideas, and support upcoming workshops, artist talks or performances.” Projects are scheduled to be completed by the end of March 2024. Applications open from Monday 1 May to Friday 26 May 2023. Council will notify applicants by mid-June 2023. For more information, and to apply via SmartyGrants, visit: nillumbik.vic.gov.au/artist-in-residence