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Artist and Environmental Residencies Program

ON YUIN COUNTRY

(Cuttagee, NSW, Australia)

Gang Gang Residencies exists on the traditional lands of the Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation, who told stories and lived in harmony with this land for thousands of generations. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

Our story

The Gang Gang Residency program at the Beach House, Umbi Gumbi, was initiated in 2018. It is open to conservationists, writers, poets, musicians, sculptors, visual artists and all other creatives.

Gang Gang supports new work, research and collaborations by artists and researchers from around the world.

Since it began in 2018, we have welcomed emerging and established artists and environmentalists including
Fiona Lowry, Guido Maestri, Julian Meagher, Sally Anderson, Bruce Pascoe, Luke Sciberras, Sophia Whitney Hewson,
Camie Lyons, Holly Greenwood, Bronte Leighton-Dore,
Omar Musa, Koji Makino, Kurt Sorensen, Mignon Steele,
Dan Kyle, Annalisa Ferraris, Rapaport, Matt Bromhead,
Marisa Purcell, Max Lyandvert, Kirli Saunders, Gina Kalabishis, Horrorshow, Lara Merrett, Joanna Fowles, Michael Simms,
Kirk Page, Robe Howe, Dr Michael Adams, Sarah McCloskey, Holly Throsby and more.

Each year, from February to November, we open our doors to artist and environmental stays.

We offer the entire private use of our house and studio to accommodate a working artist – who can use the time to start, sustain or finish a commercial project – or to environmental researchers and practitioners.

The Gang Gang Residencies program operates as an annual call out for applications.

We offer 4-6 residencies a year.

The space can accommodate up to 8 people.

Applications are free and are taken once a year.

“There are places in Australia that by some miraculous series of circumstances become magical spaces. This can’t ever be confected or contrived, they simply happen, one of them is Umbi Gumbi and the Gang Gang Residency.

Over decades this gently potent place has become one of the sacred sites of Australian art and thoughtfulness. There is a soft tread here, a sense of reflection and of work.”

- Luke Sciberras, artist

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The program

Gang Gang Residencies is fuelled by a constant commitment to the careful balance of art and the environment.

Residencies offer time and space for the creation or development of new commercial work, continuation of an existing project, and the furthering of scientific endeavours.

This is an entirely self-directed residency. Residents are required to pay for their own food and transport during their stay, but there are no other fees associated with the residency. See below for the full details, regarding dates and conditions.

We recommend joining our mailing list, if you’d like to be notified when application periods begin.

The dates

Applications for 2025 are closed. Applications for 2026 will open
in May 2025.

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The details

"This residency was incredible. There’s a feeling to the place that I can’t pin down, the landscape is spectacular, and the property is completely private. The studio and house are amazing and family friendly.

A great residency if you have little tackers. I feel so lucky to
have taken part."

- Sophia Whitney Hewson, artist

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"The residency at Gang Gang facilitated not just working time but the spaces in between- wandering, deciding, not-thinking. It cushioned me from the concerns that we usually have to attend to. Those few weeks at Cuttagee were worth many more back at home."

- MATT BROMHEAD, artist and sculptor

Contact us

The Beach House @ Umbi Gumbi
3639 Tathra-Bermagui Rd
Cuttagee, 2546
Australia