Regional Arts Australia is delivering 2 fully funded, 12-month residencies under the Industry Residencies Pilot Program.

A Curious Tractor Co-founder Nicholas Marchesi. holding a large dog. A tractor and field is visible in the background.

The program is supporting creative practitioners to share their creative problem-solving skills with regional communities to create meaningful change, tackling topics from social isolation in regions to innovative ways to use waste materials.

The first residency, 'Circular Hospitality' is a collaboration between ceramic artist Kate Bowman and Design Tasmania, exploring how waste can be reimagined as a resource. Working closely with 3 Tasmanian hospitality venues – Schole, The Agrarian Kitchen and Dier Makr – Kate will collect high-quality post-consumer waste materials and experiment with transforming them into ceramic glazes, functional wares, and other products.

The second residency is ‘Radical Scoops’ which brings the agriculture industry and local collaborators together to explore how community connection can grow through establishing strong relationships with regional businesses and suppliers. Delivered in partnership with A Curious Tractor and the Australian Network for Art & Technology, the project invites producers, processors, hospitality workers, designers, educators and community members to explore how food can become a joyful, intergenerational meeting point.

Industry Residencies are made possible through the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government program that supports sustainable cultural development in regional and remote communities in Australia. The program is managed by Regional Arts Australia and organisations in each state and territory.