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The latest residence in the City of Sydney Creative Live/Work program is located on the grounds of the Waterloo Library.
Building on the success of the City’s first Creative Live/Work residential program located on William Street, the Waterloo Creative Live/Work Space boasts a larger residence and the opportunity to develop interesting partnerships with the Library and local community.
At $250 dollars per week, the apartment includes three rooms suitable for bedrooms/work spaces, an eat-in kitchen, separate lounge room and a large outdoor rooftop space. It offers the successful applicant/s affordable accommodation and plenty of room for their creative practice for a twelve month period.
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‘The Creative Live/Work program supports the sector by providing affordable opportunities for artists to live and work. The program helps to reduce the financial costs of rent and studio space allowing artists focus on their practice,’ said City of Sydney Cultural Projects Manager, Samuel Booth.
Applications are now open to artists or creative workers as individuals, collectives or partnerships. ‘We are hoping to receive a diverse range of applications. Multimedia, writers, photographers, visual artists, sound artists, installation artists – we are open to proposals on how the space may be used,’ said Booth.
Interested parties should attend the information evening on Tuesday 9 August. Further information can be found on the City’s website.
‘It’s a really exciting and innovative way for us to use our assets to support the sector through this annual program,’ said Booth.
‘We’ve seen from our William Street Creative Live/Work tenancies, now in its third iteration, that residents of the program go on to do some really incredible stuff and it is wonderful to support them in this way.’
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What to include in your application
Applications will be assessed considering experience, creative practice, and approach to utilising the relationship with Waterloo Library.
View the call out for EOI’s here
The EOI process asks applicants to consider how they can work with the library team and what they can bring to the space.
‘Applications should demonstrate how this opportunity is going to benefit them, further their career, give them a better footing in the sector and how them may create collaborations with the Library and other community groups in the area.’
‘We are open to innovative ideas on how best to utilise the close proximity of the Library to develop a meaningful relationship during the creative tenancy.’
For more information, visit http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/explore/arts-and-culture/opportunities-for-artists/creative-space/creative-live-work-spaces
