Our program energises us and others because we take a long-term view of ‘doing the doing’, knowing what it takes to cultivate regional, inclusive, creative opportunity.
Opportunities to get involved with Punctum take many forms. From developing a work through our residencies, to expanding practice and networks through our propagation and alumni programs, to stepping in as an audience member or participant, to volunteering, partnering or becoming a patron.
Find out more about opportunities with Punctum below and together, we will enliven the future.
Artist Opportunities
PROTOtype IS AN INTENSIVE STUDIO/LAB PROGRAM FOR YOUR IDEAS AND EXPERIMENTS – A SAFE PLACE TO TAKE ARTISTIC RISKS WITH GUIDANCE FROM EXPERIENCED ARTISTS AND PEERS.
Places are limited: For more information and to book – CLICK HERE
This June, Punctum’s Mix It Up – all musics no limits workshop is back by popular demand under the umbrella of Punctum’s PROTOtype program.
WHEN:
Saturday June 27th & Sunday June 28th 11am – 4pm
WHERE:
Saturday June 27th: Chewton Wesleyan Church & Chewton Senior Citizens Hall
201/205 Main Rd, Chewton
Sunday June 28th: Phee Broadway Theatre – Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine
WHO:
If you are a musician, composer, or sonic creator interested in exploring improvisation, experimentation, and collaboration we invite you to book for our June PROTOtype studio weekend.
Our PROTOtype weekend continues explorations of improvisation and contemporary composition inspired by traditional musics and enquiry into cultural sensitivity.
BOOKINGS CLOSE: Monday June 22nd at midnight or before if fully booked.
Renowned artists and producers associated with Punctum will be there to support your ideas, your practice, your needs, and your propositions.
Bring your instrument, come for the fun, stay for the sonic adventure!
PROTOtype takes place on the unceded lands of the Djaara People of the Kulin Nation and receives the generous support of Mount Alexander Shire Council through its Creative Programs Incubator.
propagation program
Punctum supports artists who need spaces for adventurous arts research and development, to hold workshops, rehearsals, and experiments in performances of all types, or access to our knowledge, experience and networks to help develop their practice, be it from our Artistic Director; Jude Anderson, General Manager; Helen Sheldon, or one of our enthusiastic Board members.
Our Propagation Program responds to different needs of artists and has three tiers – Lacrimale, Nervosum and Caecum (all types of Punctums).
Each tier offers different benefits.
$40 – Lacrimale
- Reduced rental rates for hiring Punctum spaces at Alumni Rates (see Venues below for rates)
- A cup of coffee to access the brain of Jude or Helen to assist with artistic, dramaturgical, management, producing or industry questions.
$60 – Nervosum
One day free hire of Punctum spaces. Thereafter reduced rental rates for hiring spaces.
Reduced rental rates for hiring Punctum spaces at Alumni Rates (see Venue Rates here)
A couple of cups of coffee to access the brain of Jude or Helen to assist with artistic, dramaturgical, management, producing or industry questions.
$100 – Caecum
Two days’ free hire of Punctum spaces. Thereafter reduced rental rates for hiring spaces.
Reduced rental rates for hiring Punctum spaces at Alumni Rates
Free auspicing of grants [normally 5% of grant funds].
Profiling of artist/project on Punctum’s social media & blog access for random thoughts about residency process.
More than two but less than five cups of coffee to access the brain of Jude or Helen or a Board Member Jude or Helen to assist with artistic, dramaturgical, management, producing, industry, governance or strategic questions.
volunteer
Are you an expert in birds? A local farmer? Are you one of only three people in Australia who can play the Hornucopian dronepipe? Are you part of a community group with a specific interest? Do you have knowledge or insights that you would be willing to share with artists?
Punctum creates and champions live arts productions that are participatory, unexpected, compelling, and regionally grown.
By ‘live arts’, we mean innovative or experimental performances or events that disrupt traditional ways of working together or interacting with audiences.
Our annual program brings artists, audiences and communities together through shared cultural adventures. We work closely with professionals and knowledge holders across a wide range of disciplines and cultures to develop the practice and profile of regional live arts through our collaboration and partnerships.
Each work we create is an invitation into the unexpected. Our work is defined by our unique ways of making performances, our engagement with audiences and communities in singular settings, and by the lines we blur between artist and audience, audience and creator.
Ranging in scale from the intimate to the monumental, our productions can be experienced sensorially, emotionally, intellectually, individually, or collectively. We develop safe settings for artists to take creative risks and push the boundaries of their art and practice. We introduce them to diverse regional communities and audiences and open the way for them to excel in local and global arenas.
