Applications for the Samstag Scholarships and UniSA Jeffrey Smart Commission are now open!
Samstag Scholarships enable Australian artists to develop their artistic capacities and skills through a dedicated period of practice-based learning in an international learning institution. The scholarship provides each artist with institutional fees for one academic year of study and a $70,000 tax free allowance and covers travel expenses to a leading international art school of their choice.
Open to current students and graduates.
View the guidelines and apply here.
UniSA Jeffrey Smart Commission is new commission established in 2022 to provide opportunities for Australian arts practitioners to develop a major new work, or body of works, culminating in an exhibition at the Samstag Museum of Art.
The Commission will be available via application or invitation to alumni of UniSA and its antecedents, Aboriginal practitioners, and Samstag Scholars from any creative discipline, including film, performance, visual arts, craft, design, or architecture.
View the guidelines and apply here.
The inaugural UniSA Jeffrey Smart Commission has been awarded to Archie Moore (Kamilaroi/Bigambul), Queensland, Class of 2001 Samstag Scholar. Archie Moore will present a new moving image work for an exhibition at Samstag with the Adelaide Film Festival in 2024. Moore’s commission and associated exhibition will follow the artist’s eagerly anticipated showing at the prestigious Venice Biennale 2024.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 30 JUNE 2024
Image — Archie Moore, Black Dog, 2013, taxidermy dog, shoe polish, raven oil, leather, metal, 70.00 x 73.00 x 32.00 cm (detail). Image courtesy of the artist and The Commercial Gallery, Sydney.
