Creative live/work spaces - City of Sydney

This program has no set dates or rounds. It is responsive as properties become available.

About this program

The City of Sydney has a small number of residential properties. Under the creative live and work spaces grant, we lease residential properties to artists and creative practitioners to live and work in the city at below market rental.

This program is offered in response to the challenges artists and creative practitioners face in obtaining affordable inner-city housing and creative facilities. It provides supports for up to 18 months, limited by specific lease terms, and reduced rents at below market rates.

Our funding will prioritise applications that show:
- increased opportunity for, and awareness of creative practitioners to live and work in the city
- strengthened cultural sector connections and networks in the city.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres and Strait Islander artists and creative practitioners.
Proposals are assessed against:
- artistic merit, experience and qualifications, professional development aspirations
- suitability of the creative practice for the creative live/work space and experience of collaborative working
- evidence of need for the opportunity and how this will assist the applicant’s creative growth
- how the proposal delivers against the funding priorities.

Support available

Support is available in the form of reduced rental charges.

Eligibility

This program is open to all individuals working in the creative industries. This includes but is not limited to the visual arts, product design, fashion design, visual communication/graphic design, performing arts, photography, the music industry or creative writers.

Applicants must:
- be 18 years or older
- be a citizen or have residency status.
Funding is not available for:
- projects that directly contravene the eligibility and ethics framework or existing City of Sydney policies.