Call for applications: Auckland Regional Parks Residency

The annual, eight-week Auckland Regional Parks Residency will be hosted this year by Waitawa Regional Park in Franklin. Submissions are now open.

Auckland Regional Parks Residency invites applications from experienced and adventurous artists who will flourish working in a park environment. They seek innovative proposals which are inspired by some aspect of Waitawa Regional Park, near Kawakawa Bay in Franklin. The residency is eight weeks-long, across October–November 2024. The successful applicant will receive an artist’s fee to contribute to materials and equipment.

The aim of the residency is to:

support artistic endeavours in Auckland regional parks
share the art created to highlight overlooked or undervalued aspects of the regional parks
raise awareness of the regional park as a place of interest and inspiration.

We welcome applications from:

photographers
printmakers
painters
sculptors
film makers
installation artists
composers
writers
poets
choreographers
and other creatives

To be eligible you must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident.

Deadline and application:

Proposals are due by 21 February 2024 and results will be notified in March 2024.

Please click here for more information and to apply.

Any questions concerning the residency can be directed to artistinresidence@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Header image: Poet Elizabeth Welsh, Auckland Regional Parks Artist-in-Residence 2021, in Āwhitu Regional Park. Courtesy of Auckland Council

Auckland Regional Parks Residency

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