Australian World Heritage Field Residency

In 2025, Creative Australia will launch a new initiative called the Australian World Heritage Residency program.

The program establishes a residency opportunity for artists to visit Australian World Heritage sites and work towards a public reflection on their learnings.

The program will offer three (3) artist-in-residencies for an Australian artist or collective to work on-site with a confirmed Field Residency Partner at a Australian World Heritage site within Australia.

See list of possible sites outlined below.

The Residency is open to Australian artists and collectives working across the following art forms: community arts and cultural development, dance, emerging and experimental arts, First Nations arts and culture, literature, multi-artform, visual arts, theatre, and music.

Applications will be received through an Expression of Interest, and will be assessed by Industry Advisors, selected based on their connection to sites and/or their experience as a practicing artist or arts administrator.

Three (3) awarded residency recipients will receive an instalment of $50,000 each at the beginning of their residencies. Residencies are self-defined in duration (up to a maximum of six (6) months). The residency will culminate in a public reflection on their learnings, such as a seminar, workshop, or new creative work. The self-devised residency must be completed by August 2026.

Applicants must include in their submission a confirmed ‘Field Residency Partner’ who is either an identified individual, collective, community or organisation that will partner with them to support their learning about an eligible Australian World Heritage Site.