A program for the Waverley local creative community to connect and create at Bondi Pavilion

Our Local Creative Collaborations program supports local artists to create and develop work, offering showings of work-in-development for local audiences and being core contributors to the vibrant artistic life of Bondi Pavilion.

This opportunity is available to local creatives at all stages of their practice from emerging to established. We recognise locals as any Waverley Council resident or any creative with a demonstrable connection to the Waverley community.

Priority will be given to local creatives and/or projects with a strong resonance to the local community and local audiences. Priority will also be given to projects that involve the development of new artistic work(s) or creative practice with strong public presentation outcomes.

Local Creative Collaborations launched in 2023 and since then, the program has supported 11 artists to develop and share new creative projects at our Yalagang Room.

Located on the Ground Floor, this is a multi-purpose, multi-artform community and creative space, enhancing the artistic life of the Bondi Pavilion building.

Bondi Pavilion is an inclusive cultural space, welcoming applications from individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds including First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse, all sexualities, genders, neurodiversities and access artists.

Successful projects will receive:

• Subsidised venue hire of the Yalagang Room for up to two weeks
• Up to $5,000 financial contribution to support artists’ fees and direct project costs
• Venue and technical staff in-kind as required.

Please note the requirement for a public presentation outcome at the conclusion of residency where artists share their work with the community and supporters. This could take the form of a Q & A with the artist, a showing of work-in-progress or a workshop.

Timeframes

Expression of Interest Submissions for Round Three of Local Creative Collaborations for the Yalagang Room for opportunities in the 2025 calendar year:

• Submissions open: Wednesday 4 December 2024.

• Submissions close: Friday 14 February 2025, 5pm.

Please note: availability of the Yalagang Room is limited, and you will be required to nominate your preferred dates from one of the available options as part of the Expression of Interest process.

Submissions can be made via Smarty Grants here.

Round Three Guidelines can be downloaded here.

Further Expressions of Interest opportunities for the Waverley Local Creative Community are planned to open in early 2025.

Assessment

All EOIs are reviewed by an internal programming and curatorial panel, and applicants will be advised of the results of their submission within six weeks of the closing date of the relevant round.

Successful applicants will receive a letter of offer and then an agreement outlining the details of their program and agreed public outcomes.

Projects will be assessed against the following core program aims:

• Inspire vibrant and connected community:
  • Will the project resonate with the local Bondi and Waverley audiences and connect with local community, environment and/or history? Is the project timely and relevant to our community today?
• Support innovative contemporary practice:
  • How will the proposed project extend your creative practice and/or contribute to the development of new creative work?
• Create opportunities for local artists:
  • How does your experience and creative practice best position you to deliver the proposed project?
• Foster engaged audiences:
  • Will the proposed project have the potential for an audience at the conclusion of its development locally or nationally?