The lutruwita (Tasmanian) Regional Artist Residency is a core part of the annual program of Performing Lines TAS, creating a space for roughly 20 artists per year to share ideas and develop their professional practice.
This game-changing initiative began in 2012 and is for artists from across lutruwita / Tasmania, from all walks-of-life and at any stage of their career. It allows them to come together and explore new project ideas that often go on to reach the national stage. A range of highly skilled mentors from different arts practices across Australia are invited to inform each project’s development.
In an intensive three-day event, the residency offers an exquisite regional setting, a supportive creative environment to test ideas and push projects to their next level of artistic discovery. After delivering over 10 years of annual residencies, with iterative improvements each time, the lutruwita Regional Artist Residency affords a highly efficient and inclusive platform for the generation of new works, new networks for artists, and capacity building for the sector.
From 2013-2022 the residency was held at Tarraleah Estate, often affectionately referred to as the Tarraleah Residency. Our residency will now move to new locations, starting with Poatina (2023 & 2024), allowing our artists to engage with new artists, places and communities across lutruwita/Tasmania.
Each residency has at least one First Nations mentor and four First Nations participants.
Performing Lines TAS also has an ongoing partnership with Blue Cow Theatre’s Cow Shed writing program such that a group of writers and their dramaturg are in residence alongside the Artist Residency affording cross over with the other participants for workshops and presentations.
Local and national Festival Directors are also invited as observers, so they can connect with projects early and where aligned, begin conversations with artists about their work.
