Our Residencies
The Caselberg Trusts offers a selection of residencies, some by application or invitation, and some in collaboration with our partners Blue Oyster Art Project Space and the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago, and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature.
The Caselberg Residence and Brasch Studio are also available for self funded residencies subject to availability.
Creative connections
A funded residency for 3 months worth $8,000.
We will be calling for applications for the 2027 residency from 1–31 May 2026.
Residency Information:
Duration is 3 months, to be taken from 1 February to 26 April.
Accommodation is located at Caselberg House, Broad Bay, Dunedin. Residents are required to stay at the house and work from the Charles Brasch Studio.
A stipend of NZD $8,000 and up to $2,000 for residency expenses will be available to the resident.
This residency is open to New Zealand residents only.
Applications for the Creative Connections Residency 2027 will be available to complete just prior to 1 May 2026.
self-funded
Open all year round. Please be aware that our calendar gets booked up ahead of time and so applicants will need to be flexible with dates. All practitioners can apply: artists, writers, musicians, actors, etc.
To apply for a self-funded residency, go to our APPLICATION page, fill in the form and send the required documents in a single PDF to info@caselbergtrust.org.
Residency Information:
Individuals with a creative project in mind can hire the Caselberg House and Charles Brasch Studio to fund their own residency.
The self funded residency rate for 2026 and 2027 is $630 NZD. We ask that a 50% non-returnable deposit is paid at least six months prior to the commencement of the residency.
The Caselberg house is usually booked up well over a year in advance, so please consider this when applying. You may want to follow our Facebook and Instagram accounts, where we advertise availability at shorter notice due to cancellations.
All proceeds to go to covering house/studio expenses and funding our other residencies.
An invitational residency to printmakers. Offered by invitation to printmakers or practitioners working in print and requiring a printing studio with press to maintain their practice.
Residency Information:
Residencies run for a maximum of one month.
The resident is required to donate one edition of prints for the Trust to sell with a 50/50 division of profits going to the artist and the Trust.
Accommodation provided at no cost at the Caselberg House, Broad Bay, Dunedin. Residents are required to stay at the house and work from the Charles Brasch Studio.
By invitation of the Trustees. You are welcome to get in touch to check your eligibility.
in-print
An invitational residency for Caselberg supporters. Offered by invitation to artists that have supported the Caselberg Trust in some way in the past.
Residency Information:
Residencies vary in duration.
Accommodation provided at no cost at the Caselberg House, Broad Bay, Dunedin.
Residents are able to use the house and Charles Brasch Studio.
By invitation of the Trustees. You are welcome to get in touch to check your eligibility.
down the bay
Since 2015, Caselberg has generously hosted the Blue Oyster’s annual Summer Resident at the cottage and studio so they can experience one of Dunedin’s most unique and valued environments: Otago Peninsula.
Blue Oyster Summer Residency
Each year the Caselberg house hosts the University of Otago Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies (CISS) Scottish Writers Fellowship or CISS Irish Writers Fellowship. The Fellowships run alternate years, and are held during the months of September and October.
The Fellowships facilitate and encourage literary and cultural exchange between Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand, and are open to writers of Irish or Scottish birth, residence or affiliation. Fellowship holders will be invited to address and mentor students in Otago's Irish and Scottish Studies and Creative Writing programmes and will participate in public events.
For more information about and contact details for these two residencies please visit the CISS website.
CISS Scottish Writers Fellowship and CISS Irish Writers Fellowship
Emerging writers are approached by the Trust and asked to apply based on the recommendation of an established New Zealand writer. The genre of writing – poetry, fiction, non-fiction, journalism – alternates each year. A selection panel comprising of Caselberg Trustees, an established New Zealand writer, and a member of Elizabeth’s writing group, then meet to select the resident from the list of nominated emerging writers.
Residency is focused on emerging writers
Residency is held annually for one week
Accommodation is provided at no cost at the Caselberg House, Broad Bay
Residents are able to use the house and Charles Brasch Studio
Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writer
The Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature are pleased to offer the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency. The aim of the residency is to provide international and Aotearoa New Zealand writers an opportunity to work on a substantial piece of creative writing, and to foster connections among creative writers in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. There are no limits in terms of genre, language, or length of writing. Completion of the project during the residency is not a requirement. The residency is offered annually for a period of six weeks to writers from other UNESCO Cities of Literature, or to Aotearoa New Zealand writers, in alternating years.
In 2026, the residency is offered to an Aotearoa New Zealand writer.
The Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency is run jointly and collaboratively by the Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature. Funding from the Caselberg Trust is provided through a generous bequest by the late Margaret Egan.
Applications for the 2026 residency are open from 3 March 2026 to 11:59 PM on 31 March 2026.
The residency is for a period of six weeks, from arrival on Friday 2 October 2026 until departure on Friday 13 November 2026.
Apply
Please read Information for National Applicants 2026 prior to completing your application. A link to the application form is available here.
Information about previous recipients of the residency is available here.