HUB RESIDENCY
designed for curious, untamed, and experimental young artists to explore and create.
Backbone’s HUB Residency provides artists 30 years old and under, OR artists making work for children and families, with space, time, and resources to develop their projects.
Whether you're an individual creative practitioner or part of a collective, this is an open invitation for artists across theatre, music, visual art, dance, circus, and other artistic disciplines.
Backbone will supply each HUB Resident with up to 100 hours of free rehearsal space, development support from the Backbone team, and a presentation spot at Backbone Festival (October 2025).
Backbone creates space for young and emerging artists to grow their creative capacity, providing an opportunity to develop exceptional work that elevates their practice, and contributes to the growth of sharing diverse stories, voices, and perspectives.
Backbone’s HUB Residency is an artist-led opportunity that is development-focused, allowing artists the freedom to germinate ideas that are curious, untamed, and experimental.
PROGRAM DATES: May - December 2025
LOCATION: Backbone at Seven Hills Hub
NUMBER OF EVENTS: 8 residencies.
7 new works created.
23 performances.
8 masterclasses delivered.
NUMBER OF ARTISTS: 47
NUMBER OF ARTS WORKERS: 12
NUMBER OF AUDIENCE: 624
“Backbone's Hub residency is beyond necessary for fostering and growing Brisbane's Youth Arts Community”
- Hub Resident 2024, Jacob Beven-Delaney
2024 HUB RESIDENTS
FUNDED HUB RESIDENTS
Buddy Malbasias - Bahala/O
Eli Free - Harpies
The First Creatives - Ya’djin Spirit Women
Crimson Coco - Metamorphosis
UNFUNDED HUB RESIDENTS
Triss Niemi - Transcendant Acts
Fake Blood - Dax Savage: The Last Man on Earth
Observatory Theatre - Pony Club
Dr. Melissa Herburg - Generation Me
Hear from our funded residents through their social media presence below
“Programs like this are invaluable for artists, especially in Brisbane, where resources for independent creators can be limited. The residency not only allowed me to grow artistically but also to make lasting connections.”
- Hub Resident 2024, Buddy Malbasias
2024 HUB RESIDENTS
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
Images by Georgia Haupt.
“My project would not exist at all and not in the way it does without the resources and support provided by Backbone. They are an invaluable fixture in the Magandjin independent arts scene.”
-HUB Resident 2024, Triss Niemi
Captured by Georgia Haupt.
Backbone’s 2024 HUB Residencies were assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Backbone is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Backbone is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council.