Come be a part of WTS... we are seeking a new Curatorial Committee member!

Install shot, Zarnie Morcombe BBQ SHAPES, 2021.

Image courtesy of the artist.

Do you live in town (Mparntwe/ Alice Springs)? Are you interested in being part of shaping the creative direction of Watch This Space? Pls come join our curatorial committee.

You will be joining the current thoughtful, engaged and creative group of volunteers who are searching for one more central desert based person.

Follow this link for more info and how to apply :)

Opportunity closes on the 20th of April.

Expression of interest: WTS's Immediate NT artist in residence (One month only: March, 2023).

Amongst our gallery and six onsite studio spaces. WTS has one studio currently vacant for the month of March and we want you to use it! Northern Territory artists are encouraged to express their interest to take over the studio for one month only. This pop up residency will run at the same time as our scheduled WTS x NTWC Residency.

Apply Here by using a google form.


Please note:

-Rent will be waived for the month to support the artist in their practice. 

-We ask that the artist writes one journal entry for our website in return. 

-No artist fee will be paid for this pop up residency. 

-We ask that the artist becomes a member of WTS ($35 membership fee).

Immediate response! EOI due Sunday 26th of Feb, move in available from as early in March as possible. Move out by the 31st of March. 

WTS recognises that written, online expressions of interest are not accessible to everyone. If this model is not suitable for your needs please contact the gallery on 08 8952 1949 or email wts@wts.org.au to discuss other ways that will better assist you. If you know someone who would be a great candidate to apply but might not have seen the Call Out or have access to this form we strongly encourage you to assist them or to contact us. Students, pensioners, and everyone are encouraged to apply. 


Watch This Space (WTS) is located in Mparntwe/Alice Springs on Arrernte Country. We pay respect to its traditional custodians, the Arrernte people, who continue to nurture and care for this apmere/country/home. WTS recognises that the effects of colonisation are still being felt here, now and across the country, and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.

Image from Alycia Bennett’s Collaborative Rug Making Workshop, 2022.

Applications open: studio at WTS

Applications are currently open for a studio at Watch this Space. Apply here by midnight, Sunday March 12. Please get in touch with us at wts@wts.org.au if you have any questions about the application process.

Image courtesy Martina Capurso

Applications open: studio at WTS

Applications are currently open for a studio at Watch this Space. Apply here by midnight, Sunday October 16. Please get in touch with us at wts@wts.org.au if you have any questions about the application process.

Image courtesy Martina Capurso

2023 Call Out

Applications for the first half of our 2023 Creative Program are open from Monday 9 August - Sunday 11 September 2022

Contribute to the creative ecology of Mparntwe/Alice Springs through our Exhibition Schedule and Travelling Artist in Residency program.

 

Watch This Space values the amplification of voices of local, interstate, and international artists that may go unheard in mainstream spaces. We aim to cultivate a horizontal and inclusive community space for artists where experimentation, questioning, mutual aid, and collective responsibility are made possible, and opportunities for professional and unprofessional development and reciprocal skills- and knowledge-sharing. We orientate ourselves to our position in the centre of so-called Australia, which gives Watch This Space unique proximity to artists across the continent and beyond.

 

There are opportunities to exhibit, research, record, share, disrupt and destroy within all programs.

APPLY HERE

Applications open: shared studio at WTS

Applications are currently open for a shared studio at Watch This Space. Apply here by midnight, Thursday 18 August. Please get in touch with us at wts@wts.org.au if you have any questions about the application process.

Image: Chelsea Farquhar TAiR studio

Join our Curatorial Committee

Are you interested in being a part of shaping the creative direction at WATCH THIS SPACE?

We are seeking expressions of interest in joining a group who meet 4-5 times a year to assist the creative directors with curatorial decisions, ideas and advice. Some knowledge and passion for artistic practices locally and nationally essential, but we hope this will be a reciprocal learning experience for all involved. Please email a short paragraph to wts@wts.org.au by 11:59PM, Sunday 22 August 2021.

Welcome to our new co-director Bridget Chappell

We are so thrilled to announce the imminent arrival of prolific arts organiser and new WTS co-director, Bridget Chappell. 

Lucky to have grown up with a few different mountain ranges, they’re stoked to soon be looking at Tjoritja on the daily and becoming part of Mparntwe’s arts communities. Their practice as an organiser has focused on centering marginalised voices in media arts, recently via their award-winning baby Melbourne Sound School, Signal Youth Arts, and Arts Mildura.

As an artist they make, code, and DJ dance and experimental music, create data-driven sound installations, organise raves, and write essays about their significance.

Bridget and Charlie will work together as the collaborative caretakers of Watch This Space. 

Bridget’s arrival marks a much anticipated and long awaited shift for WTS into a co-director model. This model will alleviate some of the pressure and burnout historically endured by the WTS director, allowing for more time and energy to be dedicated to supporting the arts community of Mparntwe. 

We are delighted that WTS will be carried into this new phase in the capable hands of Bridget and Charlie. It will be a pleasure to witness what these joint caretakers will be able to develop and achieve as a team. 

— Isobel Egan, WTS Chairperson