The Mill’s Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin, Arts SA and OzAsia Festival. Kayangan is a Malay word meaning ‘heaven’ or ‘from the sky’.
In 2025 an Asian Australian artist will be given the opportunity to join The Mill community, receiving a 6-month studio space and an exhibition outcome in The Mill’s Gallery II, featured in OzAsia Festival. The artists will be selected through an open call-out addressing criteria assessed by a panel from The Mill and OzAsia Festival.
The selected artists will join our community of studio artists with their own private workspace at 154 Angas St, allowing them to develop their practice within a professional environment. Working at The Mill positions artists alongside other professional and emerging artists, providing encouragement, inspiration and facilitating networking and collaboration. This residency encourages collaboration between artists from diverse backgrounds, extending artists' practice and exploring new territories.
In addition, the artists will be given the opportunity to exhibit work created in the studio in The Mill’s Gallery II, providing a public outcome for the program and profiling the artist to a wider audience. The artists will receive an artist fee of $2000 + superannuation, as well as $550 towards exhibition and workshop production.
Key dates
Applications open: October 30, 2024
Applications close: Monday, December 9, 2024, at 9:00am
Notified: Week beginning December 16, 2024
Kayangan Studio residency timeframe: Feb - July 2025, exhibiting October 2025
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This is an identified opportunity, specifically being made available to an Asian Australian artist who is:
Emerging and/or established
Committed to making their practice their main hustle
Seeking space and time to develop a concept/body of work for exhibition
Looking to connect regularly with a community of professional practitioners
Based in South Australia
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Artists who are students or who work full-time outside of the arts
Artists who do not identify as Asian Australian
Artists who have been part of a Mahmood Martin Foundation studio residency previously
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The recipients will be selected by a panel from The Mill and OzAsia based on the following criteria:
The artist identifies as Asian Australian
The artistic merit of artist practice and proposed body of work to be developed
The need for this opportunity in realising the project, enhancing practice, and/or developing a profile
A strong desire to connect with the community of multidisciplinary artists at The Mill
Availability and commitment to utilising the studio space
The ability to work independently
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6 months access to a dedicated studio space at The Mill (including access to high-speed internet via Gig City, all overheads and outgoings) at no charge
Access to other shared areas at The Mill including the workshop, meeting space, kitchen and other public areas
Professional and artistic support from The Mill’s team (including professional development advice, artistic critique and more)
Introductions to The Mill’s studio community to aid with networking and professional development
An exhibition in The Mill’s Gallery II, delivered in consultation with The Mill’s Visual Arts Curator
Profiling via The Mill’s networks, including social media, mailing list and events
The opportunity to liaise directly with The Mill’s supporters and develop relationships
An artist fee of $2000 + superannuation
$550 towards exhibition and workshop production
Read about 2021 Visual Arts Studio Residency recipients Holly Childs and Hussain Alismail, 2022 recipients Viray Thach and Tikari Rigney, 2023 recipients Yasemin Sabuncu and Chris Siu, 2024 recipient Oriana Winston, and Delima Residency recipient Alyssa Powell-Ascura.
If you have any questions, or would prefer to apply via phone call or zoom, please email visualarts@themilladelaide.com
The Mill’s Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by Arts SA
The Mill’s Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency exhibition is presented as part of OzAsia Festival 2025
This Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff and Sorayya Mahmood Martin