Regional Artist Development Program
Exhibitions & Residences
The Regional Artist Development (RAD) is Wagga Wagga Art Gallery's annual residency and exhibition program offering a range development and mentoring opportunities for artists from the Riverina region.
If you have an inquiry after reading the guidelines please contact Mary Egan (Tuesday - Friday) at: egan.mary@wagga.nsw.gov.au or (02) 6926 9664
RAD Exhibition Program
The Regional Artist Development Exhibition Program (RAD ex) is a subsidised exhibition program with Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.
The program provides opportunities for local artists and curators to be mentored by Gallery professional staff and engage with Gallery audiences. Successful applicants will be granted E3 Art Space for a period of 3 weeks to mount an exhibition and deliver up to 2 public programs.
The E3 Art Space is within the Gallery complex on the banks of the Wollundry Lagoon. The civic environment will provide stimulus, energy and connection to other creative practitioners and community.
Applications for 2025 will open Winter 2024
Exhibition Launch of RAD exhibition Windows of Wondering Brittany Hefren. Image credit: Ash Smith (2023)
RAD Artist Residency
The Regional Artist Development (RAD) Residency Program is an artist residency with Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. It focuses on the development and mentoring of Regional Artists by providing recipients with a spacious studio environment in which to pursue their arts practice.
Gallery staff will provide artist support and mentoring, while the civic environment will provide stimulus, energy and connection to other creative practitioners and community. The studio is within the Gallery complex (E3) on the banks of the Wollundry Lagoon. It has perfect northern light, wet area facilities and air-conditioning.
Successful applicants will be granted the studio for a period of up to four weeks, and will receive a $2000 stipend to assist with the
planning and delivery of the project.
Applications for 2025 NOW OPEN - Closing 25 August 2024.
2024 Artist in residence Melissa Martin.
RAD x Earth Canvas
In addition to our annual RAD Residency Program, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery has partnered with Earth Canvas to offer one artist residency on a regenerative farm and studio residency. This opportunity is open to artists from across regional NSW who have an environmental focus within their work and are interested in extending their engagement with themes of healthy landscapes, soil, food and a healthy planet.
A two week artist residency (accommodation provided) will be undertaken at a regenerative farm within 50km of Wagga Wagga immediately followed by a two week studio residency at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.
Earth Canvas will facilitate a mentoring opportunity with a significant Australian landscape artist to further develop the understanding of working with nature to produce healthy food and landscapes.
The successful applicant to the RAD x Earth Canvas residency will receive a stipend of $2000 to complete the project plus an additional $500 to assist in meeting accommodation costs if successful applicant is not resident or near resident of Wagga Wagga.
Applications for 2025 will open Winter 2024
2023 RAD x Earth Canvas Artist Lyndall Phelps.
Residency Space:
The E3 art space is located at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery at the Civic Precinct Centre. The space faces the Wollundry Lagoon, on Wiradjuri Country in Wagga Wagga.
The Regional Artist Development (RAD) Program is supported by Create NSW through NSW Government.