Studios & Residencies

Taking the form of a digital editing suite, a painter’s studio, a foundry, a hacker space, a kitchen, wood shop, library or even an aquarium, the shape the contemporary artist studio is as diverse as the types of contemporary art it generates. Our factsheets below go through some general guidelines for finding and maintaining a studio and studio practice, or residency.

Various institutions offer free or subsidised residencies for a finite period of time. Often these spaces select residents based on an application and an outline of the proposed project/s.

Many artists eventually tire from migrating studio spaces and seek out a more stable commercially leased space to undertake work.

Artists will often need their own insurance cover for their studio practice or residency.NAVA's Premium Plus membership includes 6 types of insurance for professional visual artists:

• Public Liability
• Products Liability
• Professional Indemnity Extension
• Property in Custody or Control
• Tenants Liability
• Personal Accident

In 2015, NAVA Board member, Michael Zavros was a beneficiary of the Australia Council for the Arts' residency program. In this article, Michael gives a glimpse into his time at Greene Street studios and the effects on his practice.

Perth has been undergoing a creative boom with independent makers and artists banding together to form new communal studios and artist run spaces including MANY 6160 and Success in Fremantle, Another ARI and Daphne. Anna Dunnill reports.