The Bundanon Artists in Residence program

Bundanon has a number of formal partnerships and artist residency exchanges in place with the aim of enabling artists to cross borders, exchange ideas and inspiration and create new connections: • The French Embassy in Australia for an artist exchange program with France: Bundanon has hosted four artists for a six-week residency each and one artist for a two-week residency since 2017. • Biennale of Sydney and French Embassy agreement: Bundanon hosted two French artists commissioned for the 2020 Sydney Biennale. • Africa Centre Residency program supporting an African artist in residence for up to six weeks: Bundanon hosted Rwandan film maker Kantarama Gahigiri in 2019, Beza Hailu in 2017 and Yewande Omotoso in 2015. • Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, a cross cultural artist exchange between China and Australia: Bundanon hosted four artists for a six-week residency and facilitated the exchange of two Australian artists to undertake residencies at Red Gate Gallery in China in 2018 and 2019. • Partnership with Word Travels provides a residency opportunity for Indigenous spoken Word artists: Bundanon has hosted four artists since 2017 from Canada, Yirrkala (East Arnhem Land) and Papua New Guinea. • Partnership with Performance Space brings together artists from across Australia and the Asia Pacific to undertake an intensive two-part residency program to support the creative development of artists from a number of developing Asian countries: Bundanon has hosted 13 artists during this residency partnership since 2017.