Expressions of interest are now open for the second and final year of an important two-year pilot program that is supporting the next generation of Indigenous writers and mentors to grow and develop agency in critical arts writing, within a culturally safe framework.
Overseen by an Indigenous advisory board co-chaired by Clothilde Bullen, Head of Indigenous Programs at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, and Stephen Gilchrist, Deputy Director of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney, the Indigenous Voices Program will team two First Nations emerging writers with two First Nations mentors in 2023 with:
· national travel and networking opportunities for the writers and mentors
· print and online publishing outcomes for the writers in Art Monthly Australasia
Each participant will be given a $2500 travel stipend; NAVA-recommended rates of up to $1500 in total will be paid to each of the writers for their texts; and the mentors will each receive an honorarium of $1500.
In addition, the writers and mentors will have the chance to develop commissioned texts for a special First Nations edition of Art Monthly Australasia in late 2023. One writer in the program will also be considered to develop their research for a book project with the University of Sydney’s Power Publications in the future.
Please email through a cover letter, CV and writing sample (for both writers and mentors) to: artmonthly.admin@anu.edu.au to express your interest.
Expressions of interest close 31 October 2022.
The Indigenous Voices Program is presented by Art Monthly Australasia with project funding from the Australia Council for the Arts.
