Applications now open: We’re proud to again gift a paid residency to an artist from Te Tauihu, to progress their mahi or trial new ideas. This will culminate in a sharing during the Festival where the selected residency artist can show the community what they’re working on.

We want to support local artists through time and resources, help them meet new audiences, and to tell local stories to the community (and the world!). With this intent, we are thrilled to offer another Te Tauihu artist a paid residency as part of our festival offering for the third year in a row.

We particularly invite submissions from artists who identify as mana whenua, tangata whenua, pasifika, black, indigenous, people of colour, disabled, neurodivergent, d/Deaf, culturally diverse, of marginalised gender or LGBTQIA+.

2024 Key Dates:
Friday 16 Aug: Expressions of Interest (EOIs) open
Friday 6 Sept, 11:59pm: EOIs close
Friday 13 Sept: Successful applicants notified
Saturday 2 Nov, 2pm: Sharing from residency as part of Nelson Arts Festival