Asialink Leaders Arts Fellowships

16 January 2023: Asialink is proud to announce two Asialink Arts Fellowships which will be awarded to applicants with abilities and ambitions related to Asia engagement.

Applicants from all areas of the Arts and Creative Industries are eligible. Asialink will provide the full Program fee of $11,300, excluding travel and accommodation related to program attendance.

The Asialink Arts Fellowships aims to:

  • Strengthen and elevate the Asia-capability in artists and creative industry workers  
  • Ensure the insights and perspectives of those working in the arts are reflected in our understanding of engagement with Asia
  • Enhance connections between arts and creative workers across Asia
  • Recognise the importance of the arts and creative industries in building connections and trust between the nations of Asia

About the Asialink Arts Fellowship

This fellowship was established by Asialink in 2022, and has since been awarded to two extraordinary Leaders: Ari Palani, La Boite Theatre, and Alana Hunt, Regional Arts Australia and Artist. Asialink Arts strongly encourage those from regional and rural communities across Australia and Asia to consider this program and emphasises the value of in-person attendance.

Eligibility

  • Evidence of ambition and aspiration to connect with peers and collaborators in Asia
  • Benefit of the activity to the individual, organisation, and others in Australia and within the Asia-Pacific region
  • Track record of collaborative practice and willingness to listen and share with peers

To Apply

If you are passionate about shaping the Australia-Asia narrative, and would like to join the Asialink Leaders program on this fellowship, please complete both steps below: 

  • Apply for the Asialink Leaders program here, noting that you will be applying for the Fellowship*. 
    * For the question ‘Are you being sponsored by your workplace organisation?’, please select the answer ‘No, I will be applying for one of the Asialink Leaders Program fellowship’. 

  • Then apply for Asialink Arts Fellowship application here. Note: Applications close at 5pm AEDT on Wednesday, 15 February 2023. 

 

"The Arts represents a significant agent in Australia’s international and intercultural engagements – communicating the spirit, identities and enduring strengths of a nation in the most vibrant of ways. To be an Arts Fellow in the Asialink Leaders Program is to be part of a cutting-edge program with a high attention to detail, and a community as diverse as the nations we are situated alongside geographically. The insights and relationships forged from being an Asialink Leader have been invaluable not only to my practice as an Artist but to the cross-sector and global possibilities that come with such a unique experience." 

- Ari Palani, Youth & Education Producer, La Boite Theatre (2022 Asialink Arts Fellowship Recipient)

"The Asialink Leaders program gave rigour and depth to my experiences of engaging with Asia through the arts. I enjoyed learning and spending time with my cohort, who came from a broad variety of workplaces and contexts very different to mine. The experience reminded me that my perspectives from a creative sector lens are valuable and distinctive." 

- Viv Rosman,  Director of External Affairs at Musica Viva Australia

"Though I’ve been deeply engaged in cultural exchange with Asia for some time, the Asialink Leaders Program opened my eyes to the breadth of engagement between Australia and its neighbours in education, science and technology, industry and civil society. I was particularly inspired by my cohort, whose wide variety of working backgrounds and life experiences thoroughly enriched the program, and created new perspectives on how of might work within my own organisation, while affirming the significance of the artistic work that we are doing."

- Reuben Keehan, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (2019 Leaders Program Alumni)