Open Call: Life After Art School — Online Hui Series
Season One: July 2025 – January 2026
One artist. One conversation. Real talk.
Provocation Station is launching a new monthly interview series, and we’re looking for artists who want to speak honestly about what life looks like after art school — the good, the bad, the weird, and the very much unpaid.
This is not a panel. Not a performance. Just a one-on-one kōrero — recorded online, edited lightly, and shared through the Provocation Station platform and socials.
What It Is
Life After Art School is a series of online hui (interviews) with artists, writers, and creative people whose paths after graduating didn’t follow the straight line — or maybe never aimed to.
Each month, one person is invited to speak candidly about what they’ve carried, what they’ve dropped, and how they’re building something that might not always look like “a career” — but still matters.
Season One will run from July 2025 to January 2026, with one new conversation released each month.
Interviews will be hosted by Hayley from Provocation Station.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re interested in artists, writers, and creative workers whose post-art school journeys are layered, messy, unexpected, or quietly radical. You might have:
Drifted sideways into something completely different
Built a kaupapa-driven practice while working three other jobs
Moved between cities, mediums, or cultural worlds
Taken time out and come back on your own terms
Chosen to make your art outside of institutions entirely
This series centres kaupapa-led, experimental, relational, Indigenous, queer, and decolonial approaches — but we’re also open to hearing from anyone navigating the in-between. The uncertain. The real.
You do not need a full-time art practice. You do not need a flashy CV.
You do need a point of view, and a willingness to speak honestly about the shape of your life and work.
Artists must be currently based in Aotearoa, Australia, or the wider Pacific region.
What You’ll Receive
A one-hour online interview with Hayley from Provocation Station
A koha of $60 for your time, funded directly by Provocation Station
(If you’re participating as part of a paid role — e.g. through a university or gallery — and would prefer to decline it, just let us know. No stress either way.)Your kōrero will be lightly edited into a 20–25 minute video episode for YouTube, with short clips shared via Instagram Reels and TikTok
A full copy of the final video and clips after your month is live, for you to use or share however you like
You’ll be sent a draft of the edit before it goes live — nothing will be published without your approval
You’ll be asked to sign a short release form before your episode is published — just to confirm consent and usage
An opportunity to speak honestly about your journey, outside the confines of bios, applications, and artist talks
How to Express Interest
Email artists@provocationstation.com with:
A short introduction to you and your creative practice
Where you studied and when you graduated
Why you’d like to be interviewed for this series
A link to your work (website, Instagram, or other — optional)
Deadline to express interest: 30 June 2025
Interviews will be recorded between July and October, with new episodes released monthly from July 2025 through January 2026. Interviews for later months will be scheduled earlier to allow for summer breaks and end-of-year timing.