Artist Residencies
Goolugatup Heathcote offer a number of residency programs that aim to support artists and their needs at various stages of their careers. These include artists exhibiting as part of the annual exhibition program, the Gyinning Residency Program, participants in our TILT program, our Noongar Artist Residency program, Goolugatup Sounds musicians, and the Felix Burrows music residency.
Goolugatup also supports select visiting artists through live-in residency accommodation in the City of Melville’s 8 Hickey Street, located at the base of Yagan Mia / Wireless Hill.
Current & Upcoming Artists in Residence
Gyinning Residency Program
The Gyinning Residency Program is an annual schedule of studio residencies on site at Goolugatup Heathcote, open to Western Australian visual artists and collectives. Artists are selected each year through an open-call application.
TILT Residency
Late each year, Goolugatup Heathcote presents the TILT program, a major site-responsive commission from a WA artist.
An artist is invited to respond to Goolugatup’s complex history, landscape and culture by creating a new body of work. TILT provides local artists with an opportunity to bring a range of ideas and practice to new audiences, plus engage with a heritage site. Artists work in residence in our studios, and are provided access to our historical resources. TILT is an invitational exhibition.
The residency is supported by an on site studio for up to three months in the lead up to the exhibition.
Noongar Artist Residency
Goolugatup’s Noongar Artist Residency is a funded three-month long residency program providing a fully subsidised studio space, artist fee, and inclusion in the annual exhibition program if desired. No fixed outcomes are required and it welcomes artists at all stages of their careers.
The program’s central focus is to support professional growth and development for Noongar artists, by making resources available that support experimentation and development and foster space and time for meaningful connections to be made. Artists are selected by invitation, guided by a Noongar artist advisory – however, we are pleased to consider expressions of interest from the public (please contact us at heathcote@melville.wa.gov.au).
Previous participant artists include Ilona McGuire, Lea Taylor and Cole Baxter.
Felix Burrows Music Residency
The Felix Burrows Music Residency program is a twice-yearly funded residency based at Goolugatup Heathcote. It provides a fully subsidised studio space for three months and a $5000 artist fee.
The aim of this residency is to support WA musical artists at any stage of their career in developing new creative work and fostering experimentation and originality. Please note the residency is designed for individuals, not groups- though collaborative activity is welcome.
This residency is funded generously by the family of Felix Burrows, through the Fremantle Foundation.
Visit us
Goolugatup Heathcote is located on the shores of the Derbal Yerrigan, in the suburb of Applecross, just south of the centre of Boorloo Perth, WA. It is 10 minute drive from the CBD, the closest train station is Canning Bridge, and the closest bus route the 148.
58 Duncraig Rd, Applecross,
Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia
Ph: (08) 9364 5666
Email: heath.cote@melville.wa.gov.au
Open 10–4 Tuesday–Sunday, closed public holidays. The grounds are open 24/7.
