Splendour in the Grass is launching SPLENDID - a mammoth arts initiative to workshop and showcase young and emerging Australian artists.
Ten young artists who work across the visual arts, theatre, dance, design, installation, architecture, digital art, text, sound and other creative arts will be chosen to undertake a three-week arts lab residency in Lismore in July 2009.
During the residency, the ten SPLENDID participants will not only be mentored in their own art form by some of the most recognised artists in the world, they will be encouraged to explore the concept of 'cross artform', working collaboratively within a dynamic environment encouraging critical thinking and experimentation.
The concepts workshopped during the arts lab residency will be further developed over a six-month period, and several will be commissioned to premiere at the Splendour in the Grass festival in 2010.
The program is scheduled to run for three years, in collaboration with the Australia Council for the Arts and Lismore Regional Gallery.
Artists under 30 years of age or in the first five years of their practice can apply for SPLENDID.
For more info, check out splendid.org.au but HURRY! Applications close May 4 2009.
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