• Space | Four weeks at The Old Lock Up (Cotton Tree, Kabi Kabi Country) 

• Outcome: Artists will present a Thursday - Sunday exhibition period/event season + at least one public program

• Project Fee | $2 500 

• Professional Documentation | $250. Artists can nominate either photo or video documentation and a photographer/videographer. 

• Critical Writer | $350. To provide an exhibition essay, an in-conversation critical dialogue, or alternative support text.

• Creative Producer | Each project will be assigned a dedicated IN | artist run initiative Co-Director to assist with project development, installation, curatorial support, relevant partnership support, and audience outreach. 

• Public Programming Support | IN will conduct all Front of House administration, manage online ticketing, and answer patron enquiries.  

• Technical Support and Equipment | free access to IN’s projector, LUPA, lighting, speakers, seating, workshop tables, and select workshop materials. 

• Opening/Closing Night | including provision of a bar, artist talks, and/or speeches. 

• 100% Public Program Ticket Income | To maximise audience accessibility, artists will be encouraged to deliver a free main public outcome unless the scale of the project being undertaken means ticketing is more suitable. However, 100% ticketing income for additional supporting public programs (such as workshops or guided open-studios) will go directly to the artist. 

• 100% Profit From Any Work Sold | IN | artist run initiative will not actively engage as an agent for the selling of any work and will not take any commission. 

• Additional Funding Support |  Any projects seeking additional funding will receive Letters of Support and grant feedback from IN | artist run initiative.

DATES Successful projects will be scheduled within the following time periods. Please indicate all the dates for which your project is available 

• May - June 

• July - August

• Sep-Oct 

• Nov-Dec

CRITERIA Projects will be selected according to the following criteria: 

• Demonstration of artistic excellence and innovation. 

• Deep engagement with ideas of exchange and place. 

• Creative processes driven by a cross-fertilisation of practices, experimentation, plus an engagement with new ideas and lines of inquiry. 

• Contribution to critical contemporary and cultural conversations

• Consideration for how IN | SITE will advance artistic practice. 

KEY DATES
Submissions Open | Friday 16th February 2024
Site Visit x Information Sessions | TBC
Submissions Close | 11.59pm, 22nd March 2024
Notification of Outcome | 2-3 weeks after submission deadline

HOW TO APPLY
To make the process as accessible as possible, IN | artist run initiative will accept either of the following:
i. Written Response | Via the Google form
ii. Video | Please answer each of the below questions in short 1 - 2 minute videos as separate files and email the online link to these videos to in.artistruninitiative@gmail.com

Video submissions received as one full-length video addressing all questions will not be accepted. Artist CVs and Bios and Examples of Work must be emailed at the same time as the Video EOI Submission.