Our Mission

To resist cultures of oppression by demonstrating femme-led alternatives that nurture a culture of self-organisation, creativity, exchange and care.
To support the creative development of emerging artists
To facilitate international collaboration between cultural groups, collectives, and individuals through our online platforms, place-based projects, and international community events.
To support and grow grassroots cultural initiatives that offer access to workshops, projects, happenings to communities who would otherwise have limited access.
To promote methods of self-organisation and co-creation that facilitate the exchange of skills, knowledge and resources between diverse groups.
To curate platforms that promote emerging artists, artistic projects and non-profits that foster the transformative power of culture.
To create a model of distributed privilege, to support one another in a safe(r) space that is actively challenging the current status quo.

We collectively commit to:

COMMUNITY: practising community through co-creation, participation, and cooperative effort

CARE: A commitment to treating ourselves, each other, and our environment with patience, respect, and empathy

ANTI-OPPRESSION: recognizing intersectional structures of power and oppression and taking responsibility for dismantling those structures

ACCOUNTABILITY: Having the openness and courage to hold each other, ourselves, and our community accountable to our values

CREATIVITY: Nurturing everyone’s capacity to imagine and create—regardless of experience, background, or training—and showcasing that work

In order to realise:

ART: seeing, experiencing, and creating interdisciplinary art

EMPOWERMENT: empowering each person’s creative journey and their active participation in co-creating the Palace Residency

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION: bringing together people from diverse backgrounds across borders to share a wide range of human experiences and expression

SOFTNESS: cultivating compassion, vulnerability, and reciprocity

CHALLENGE: creating a braver space for exploration and experimentation while nurturing resilience and reliance.

PLAY & POSSIBILITY: play for play’s sake; embracing uncertainty and chaos as catalysts for creativity and change