SITE Residency | Applications Open

SITE Residency is a two-month creative residency hosted at The J, Noosa, designed for artists who want to deepen, challenge and expand their practice.

Open to artists working across all art forms, SITE provides something increasingly rare: dedicated time and space to focus on process before outcome. Whether you're pursuing a question that won't let go, testing a new material, developing an ambitious body of work, or stepping into unfamiliar territory, SITE is a place where your practice leads the way.

Rather than asking what will you make?, we're interested in what might become possible if you had the time to explore?

Throughout the residency, you'll have access to a private studio at The J, opportunities for mentorship and critical dialogue, and the chance to connect with Noosa's creative community through a public program and residency showing. We encourage artists to embrace experimentation, creative risk, and the unexpected unfolding of ideas.

The residency takes its name from the idea of a site: a place to return to, to build from, to listen to, and to be changed by. We see SITE as a responsive container for artistic inquiry—one that values curiosity, reflection and process as much as finished outcomes.

Artists are invited to use the residency in ways that are meaningful to their practice. Some may spend two months making. Others may spend two months unmaking, researching, listening, collaborating or asking better questions. All approaches are welcome.

If you're looking for a residency that prioritises artistic growth over production, and process over perfection, we invite you to apply.

KEY DATES
Applications Open | 3 August 2026

Applications Close | 13 September 2026

Residency Periods | November 2026 - September 2027

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WHAT YOU GET

• Artist Fee | $3,000
• Residency Stipend | $500 (can be used for mentorship, critical feedback, provocateurs, etc.)
• Documentation Stipend | $350
• Private Studio Space | Dedicated for 2 months
• Event Support | For both your Residency Showing and Public Program
• Public Program Income:| You set your own ticket pricing and retain income

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WHAT YOU GIVE

• A committed period of self-directed creative exploration (average of 3 days/week)
• A Residency Showing | a public sharing of what's evolved or emerged
• A Public Program | a workshop, research walk, artist talk, co-creating session, or other format that facilitates artistic exchange with regional creatives
• Residents must provide their own public liability insurance for up to $20 million
  

APPLY HERE

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SITE Residencies are supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund-a partnership between the Queensland Government and Noosa Council supporting local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

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