Founded in 2016 in the old decommissioned Byaduk Uniting Church, the artist residency occupies the church building with its fabulous acoustic properties and the associated weatherboard and baltic pine lined hall with stage and piano.

Creative practitioners and artists proposing to develop collaborative art projects in any medium are encouraged to consider the old church studios at Byaduk, Victoria.

Accommodation is currently unavailable but will be in the near future. Renovation works are currently underway to make the old church a self contained live-in experience. This will be complete in 2022. As an artist residency, the accommodation is combined with use of the two spaces of the old church and hall.

The creative studios are large rooms 12mX 10m each.

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Additional equipment:

Print press (80cm max print size)

Easels

Drafting table

Piano: Yamaha

Assorted hand tools

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The minimum time for a residence would be negotiated with the artists; however, a collaborative project would be highly desirable so that the local landscape, culture and community could be considered and engaged within the creative production.

Place-making is at the heart of establishing the old church residency, and a 'Community of Practice' is being developed to support the resident artists to make the most of their time in Byaduk within a local and broader context. See the Facebook page.

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No residency would be considered less than one week and costs are based on full accommodation occupancy. Therefore a group or collaborative project or two coordinated resident artists per booking would be highly recommended best to utilise the accommodation and two large studio spaces.

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Additional support can be offered by CPP if applying for funding. And promotions and connections can be generated to facilitate community engagement and workshops, performances and other group experiences.

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The township of Byaduk boasts a beautiful old Mechanics Institute hall next door to the church, ideal for large gatherings and music or dramatic productions.

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Local outstanding features are the volcanic lava flow from Mt Napier or Tappoc in local indigenous language, the flows have created world class geological landforms, in particular Harman's Valley, the Byaduk Lava Tube Caves, the Tumuli and the Louth Swamp.

Nearby is Budj Bim, previously Mt. Eccles, and the extended Budj Bim landscape that is world famous for the cultural significance of the eel farming that the local Gunditjmara people conducted and continue to develop today.

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The old church venue is available to hire as a venue for exhibitions, social events or other events.

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