STA Dreaming Artist Bursary at the Dragon Dreaming Festival
The Dragon Dreaming Festival and STA are proud to offer Creatives the opportunity to be part of the Dragon Dreaming Festival, 26-29 September 2025.
The STA Dreaming Artist Bursary is your chance to be a visible part of the 2025 Dragon Dreaming Festival and enjoy one of our region’s premier music and cultural festivals. It is also a fantastic chance to interact, at a grass-roots level, with festival attendees and the “behind-the scenes” crew of the festival.
The STA Dragon Artist Bursary is open to all creatives over the age of 18 years who are STA Members*, inclusive of all creative practises, whether you make, sing, perform, write or produce. Creatives living within the Yass Valley are particularly encouraged to apply.
THE OFFER
The Dreaming Artist’s Bursary includes;
- Double pass to attend the entire festival for up to two Artists or one Artist accompanied by one friend.
- Free camping space for the entire event.
- Online anouncement at the STA to highlight your involvement in the festival.
- Offer to be the featured creative in an STA Stories from the Studio. Check out Stories fromthe Studio – 200+ stories & counting.
- A super cool and exclusive Dreaming Artist T to wear.
THE ASK
Our Dreaming Artist Bursary recipient/s are asked to be visible presence at Dragon Dreaming.
Artists are invited to propose an engaging offer for delivery during the festival this might take the form of:
- Running a workshop (max 120min duration)
- Street art performance
- Holding an inclusive drawing, sketching, painting, sculpting or other making art session during the festival
- Setting up an installation of your work. This could be interactive.
- Other creative, interactive and/or visible activities as suits your practice.
We are keen to hear your ideas.
*STA Membership is free due to the to the support of the NSW Government through Create NSW and our seven contributing council areas. STA Membership is available to everyone living within our contributing council areas of Goulburn Mulwaree, Hilltops, Queanbeyan Palerang, Upper Lachlan, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly & Yass Valley.
ABOUT DRAGON DREAMING
Dragon Dreaming Festival is a 4 day, multi-stage, music and arts festival delivering the most freshly selected music, performance, arts, installations, technology, markets (food and hand-made), native revegetation and lifestyle workshops.
Dragon Dreaming has been held on the shores of Lake Burrinjuck near Wee Jasper Yass Valley since 2013.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
The STA Bursary covers entry and camping for up to two Artists or one Artist and a friend. Other guests & collaborators will be eligible for Industry tickets which are at a discounted price.
EARTH FIRST
Dragon Dreaming Festival is a leader in the sustainable events space and Artist working with natural, recycled, upcycled or sustainable materials and ideas are particularly encouraged to apply. Please find out more about the Dragon Dreaming committed to sustainability.
SOUNDS GREAT I’d like to Apply
If you have any questions, please contact STA by emailing [email protected]
*The STA Region is made up of our seven contributing local government areas of; Goulburn Mulwaree, Hilltops, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Upper Lachlan Shire, Wingecarribee Shire, Wollondilly Shire and Yass Valley.5
Want in? Fill in and submit the application form – or email [email protected] for more information. READ the T&Cs before you apply
KEY DATES
- Monday 18 August EOI open at the STA website
- Sunday 7 September EOI close (midnight)
- Monday 8 September Submissions reviewed
- Wednesday 10 September Artists notified of the outcome.
- Thursday 11 September Outcome announced
- Friday 26 – Sunday 29 September – Artist Attendance at the Dragon Dreaming Festival for amazing time and creative inspiration
HELPFUL INFO
- Dragon Dreaming Festival is held at Cooradigbee Homestead, 542 Caves Rd, Wee Jasper.
- The Yass region, including the Wee Jasper, has traditionally been inhabited by the Aboriginal Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri Tribes. The Ngunnawal tribe covered the area which is present day Canberra, and also extends into the majority of the Yass Valley area. Wiradjuri covered a large portion of NSW, but only a small part within the western edge of the present day Yass Valley local government area.
- Bring everything you need, a camp space is provided but not tent of equipment. Come prepared.
- It can get cold, it can get windy and it can get hot! Sometimes all of these in one day. Please remember this and prepare for all climates.
- Make sure you pack for all weather and bring your own water.
- Animals are NOT ALLOWED at thje Dragon Dreaming festival.
Need more info? Check out the Dragon Dreaming website for lots more
T&Cs, Things you need to know before applying…
OUTCOMES
- The allocation of successful recipient/s for the Artist Bursaries will be made by a panel consisting of STA staff and Dragon Dreaming Festival team member.
- The panel decision is final.
- All Artist applications, both successful and unsuccessful will be informed of the outcome.
TERMS OF AGREEMENT
- I agree to abide by the Dragon Dreaming Festival’s Code of Conduct;
- I agree to carry out the role as a bursary recipient according to the expectations outlined
- If I breach the Code of Conduct, I acknowledge that I may be relieved of my bursary and be escorted from the site. Such conduct could affect my future engagement with the Festival.
CODE OF CONDUCT
- Artists are not to be intoxicated during times of public interaction as part of the bursary program.
- STA Dreaming Artists are to respect the volunteers, performers and team leaders regardless of beliefs, race, gender identity, sexuality, etc
- STA Dreaming Artists are to conduct themselves in a manner that is approachable and friendly.
- STA Bursary Artists are encouraged to take their role seriously and be aware of procedures in the event of a concern/issue
- STA Bursary Artists are expected to effectively communicate with festival volunteers and team leaders.
WORK PLACE HEALTH & SAFETY
The team at Dragon Dreaming Festival highly value the wellbeing of our team, artists, volunteers and contributors. In the interest of harbouring a safe space, the text below will assist you in understanding the responsibilities and expectations while you’re on site. All persons are responsible for taking reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others.
Dragon Dreaming Festival Inc. must make sure you are as safe as possible while you are contributing, but you must:
- take reasonable care for your own health and safety
- take reasonable care to ensure you don’t affect the health and safety of others
- carry out your tasks in a safe way
- follow the reasonable work health and safety instructions given to you by the festival team
- co-operate with the reasonable policies and procedures of the organisation
Essentially, what is reasonable care would be what a reasonable person would do in the circumstances considering things like:
- your knowledge
- your role
- your skills and the resources available to you
- your qualifications
- the information that you have
- consequences to health and safety in the events of a failure to act in the circumstances.
Taking reasonable care is not hard. Just do the things outlined above and talk to a festival team member if you have any concerns about your health and safety or that of others in relation to your work.
Artists need to be aware that, in addition to looking after their physical wellbeing, bullying is a WHS concern and will not be tolerated. If you are experiencing bullying, or witness bullying behaviour, it is an expectation that you be an active bystander and speak up.
If you have any concerns about ANYTHING regarding your physical and mental wellbeing you are advised to contact your team leader. If this is not a possibility, for whatever reason, contact a festival team member.
STA MEMBERSHIP
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