HIC_ARA 2026

HIC Services Artist Residency Award Application

This exciting residency opportunity will be offered to an emerging or early-career artist who would benefit from a studio at The Creator Incubator (TCI) for a 12-month period. The selected artist will also benefit from the immersion into a vibrant art community and will work alongside other emerging, established and renowned artists. A studio at TCI also includes access to the shared machine workshop and will conclude with a solo exhibition in our gallery space. For the first time the three shortlisted artists will be invited to exhibit in a finalist exhibition in the Little Gallery Space in conjunction with the solo exhibition of the current award holder Sandy Sanderson in The Big Space in March 2026.

Kindly provided by the Bynon family and HIC Services.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Applications Close: 11:00pm, Sunday 15th February, 2026

Shortlisted Artists Notified By: Sunday 22nd February, 2026

Shortlisted Artists Interviews: 23rd - 27th February, 2026

Announcement of Award Recipient: 6:30pm, Saturday 7th March, 2026

Studio Residency Duration: 1st April, 2026 - 31st March, 2027

End of Residency Exhibition: March, 2027

APPLICANT DETAILS

First name

Last name

Phone

Multi-line address

Country/Region

Address

City

Zip / Postal code

Website or Instagram

ARTIST CV

Please upload an up to date artist CV

Please upload your current CV saved as a PDF. Please name the file with your first and last name and CV. (Eg: MarySmithCV.pdf)

HOW WILL THE RESIDENCY BENEFIT YOU?

Please propose how the residency will benefit your practice and how you plan to utilise the studio and the facilities at The Creator Incubator (300 words max)

How would the HIC Services Artist Residency Award (HIC_ARA) benefit you?

CURRENT WORK

Please upload five (5) images that communicate your work. A short video may also be included.

Please save each image as First Name Last Name Image 1. (e.g. MarySmithImage1.jpg ) Maximum file size for each image 2MB.

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4

Image 5

Image Details List

Please list a description of each image. (For Example)

Image 1 - Medium - Year Created - Dimensions

CONDITIONS:

The HIC Services Artist Residency Award (HIC_ARA) Recipient:

Is expected to be professional and present and working in their studios regularly (hours to be agreed upon with TCI Director) and they are expected to contribute to the community of artists and makers.
Lives in the region and is within reasonable travel distance to the studio.
Will acknowledge The Creator Incubator and the HIC_ARA in social media and any media engagement during residency.
Will be available for Open Days and TCI special events.
Willing to participate in publicity about the award.
Is required to hold a solo exhibition at The Creator Incubator, at the conclusion of the residency.

Notes:

The Artist in Residence Award 2026, does not include accommodation.
Current staff, residents of TCI or previous recipients are not eligible to enter.
HIC_ARA is open to emerging and early career artists including students.
Previously applicants are strongly encouraged to re-apply.

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We acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi people, the traditional custodians of the land on which The Creator Incubator stands. We honour their elders both past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Creator Incubator: 15a/50 Clyde St, Hamilton North NSW 2292

Contact: info@thecreatorincubator.com 0492 491 109