Digital Mentorship Program 2019

• $2,500 stipend
• Project mentor, to be mutually agreed by artist and SOH, for up to 20 hours
• Half day creative development session with relevant SOH staff
• One full day skills masterclass, led by professional artists and technicians
• Access to the Recording and Broadcast Studio and equipment to use during the production and post-production of your work
• Marketing consultation meeting and paid social media promotion of your work
• Projects are supported by the Head of Broadcast Studios

Staff or mentors to deliver any aspect of your project – you are required to have a team of collaborators to deliver your project

The outcome will be a short video piece co-produced between the artist and Sydney Opera House. The artists will retain copyright in the work and will grant Sydney Opera House a non-exclusive licence to communicate the digital work on our online channels. The Sydney Opera House will also have the exclusive right to premiere the work on our online channels for a period of 6 months.

All participants in the program will be required to sign a short independent contractor agreement with the Sydney Opera House Trust.

This mentorship is open for independent artists or small groups working in contemporary performing arts.

The artists must:

• Have a minimum of five years of professional practice
• Demonstrate basic understanding of video production, camera operation and editing
• Be available for all key meetings scheduled with SOH

• Demonstrated benefit of participation in the program
• Artistic merit of proposed idea
• Realistic scope and expectations of project, including a practical timeline and demonstrated support from collaborators
• Potential audience for the work

January 2019: Project’s commence

WC 14 January: Half day creative development session at SOH

WC 18 February: Full day masterclass at SOH

30 June 2019: Project’s completed