Are you a Gold Coast based early or mid-career artist or creative worker who has experience working in a professional creative arts capacity?
Are you looking to deepen your understanding of working in a professional context learning from senior mentors?
Do you have a genuine desire to establish new relationships, networks, experience and knowledge to accelerate your career opportunities?
This program is designed to help early and mid-career artists and creative workers gain paid experience in a professional arts and cultural setting, supported by a mentor.
We are looking for early and mid-career stage applicants from a range of different art forms to participate in the Program and elevate their career!
The Professional Placement Program provides participants with a modest stipend to support their engagement.
Please note: For this Program, the definition of early and mid-career are as follows:
To cater for different career-stage professional development needs, the Placement Program provides two options to choose from across a range of different art forms:
We will check the eligibility of all applicants before they can progress to the next stage of the selection process. All applications will be assessed against the criteria outlined in the Placement Guidelines.
Be an early career artist or creative worker who has between 1 and 3 years accumulated experience working in a professional creative art capacity:
Be a mid-career artist or creative worker who has a minimum of 3 years accumulated experience working in a professional creative art capacity:
Interested in participating in the program?
submit application
Senior Arts Officer – Sector Development Email: cultural@goldcoast.qld.gov.au Phone: 07 5581 7170