The cottage is provided rent free, with maintenance, electricity, phone and internet covered by the Sarjeant Gallery and comes with a stipend of $4000 a month.
There are three separate residencies on offer:
1, From September 2018 – January 2019 for a female painter aged 35-plus years. The selected artist will also be the recipient of the Lilian Ida Smith Award valued at $5000.
2, From February 2019 – June 2019 for a craft/object-based practitioner.
3, From September 2019 – January 2020 for a photographic/new media artist.
The aim is that a body of work will be developed that will culminate in a solo exhibition at the Sarjeant Gallery, with one piece of artwork becoming part of the Sarjeant collection.
This year, the additional Lilian Ida Smith Award acknowledgs the 125th anniversary of women gaining the vote in New Zealand and the global suffrage movement.
Lilian Ida Smith (1920–1983) was a Whanganui resident who in her will instructed her estate be used to establish trusts to assist people aged 35 years and over to develop their interest in painting, writing and teaching music. The Sarjeant Gallery administers the painting strand of the bequest.
Since 1993 the award has been offered three times, with the last being in 2003.
Built in 1853, Tylee Cottage is one of Whanganui's oldest homes, and is named after Thomas Tylee, a Whanganui pioneer who was in charge of the commissariat for the 65th Regiment.
Applications close at 5pm on May 25 and full details, including prospectus and application form, are available at: sarjeant.org.nz/tylee-residency/