Artist Residencies Announced For 2018 At Bundanon Trust

The Dorothy Dwyer Studio, generously bequeathed to Bundanon Trust by Mikala and Stephanie Dwyer, will welcome the first silversmiths in 2018 through the Bundanon Artist-in-Residence program.

The studio was gifted to Bundanon Trust by sisters Mikala and Stephanie Dwyer, daughters of the renowned Australian silversmith and master craftswoman, Dorothy Dwyer. 'Over time Dorothy established an impressive workshop that was her sanctuary,' said Mikala. 'We're delighted to see her workshop recreated at Bundanon in such a thoughtful way, and we know Dorothy would be over the moon to know that many silversmiths will enjoy her beautiful collection of tools'.

Dorothy's artistic training ranged across screen printing, painting, ceramics, and drawing but it was silversmithing that won her heart. This variety of artistic pursuits that informed Dorothy's work made Bundanon a perfect fit for her studio to continue and in 2013 the process of re-establishing the studio in its new location began. Patiently and lovingly installed by Valerie Odewahn, the Dorothy Dwyer Studio is ready to welcome its first inhabitants.

The first recipients of the residency in the Dorothy Dwyer Studio for silversmiths, jewellers and artists working in gold and silver are: contemporary jewellers Vicki Mason & Alice Whish who both work with plants and botanicals; emerging jeweler and object designer, Danielle Barrie - originally from South Africa - her work juxtaposes idiosyncratic shapes with sharp geometric forms; and Japanese-born visual artist Mari Hirata whose work lies strongly within the components of installation, sculpture, photography, and, recently, silversmithing - her work draws on the aesthetics and sensibilities of traditional Japanese art.

The Bundanon artist-in-residence program is the biggest program of its kind in the country, welcoming around 350 artists each year. It is open to applicants from all disciplines and levels of experience, making it highly sought after by artists nationally. This year's applications saw an impressive range of applicants from all genres. Successful applicants include artists working in the fields of visual arts and new media, theatre and performance, dance, sound and music and writing.

The artists who will be in residence at Bundanon Trust in 2018 are:

One of Australia's leading photographic artists, Anne Ferran, whose work explores Australian colonial past, especially the lives of anonymous women and children. Performance and video installation artist, Lyndal Jones, who focuses on context, place and empowerment through long-term feminist projects and whose works have been shown in major exhibitions throughout Australia, Europe, Asia and the U.S. since 1977 including the Venice Biennale where she represented Australia in 2001. Artist, curator and educator, Todd Fuller, whose practice integrates sculpture, animation, drawing, performance and painting to construct layered, multi-disciplinary narratives which explore themes of the human condition, the body in motion and perceptions of queer identities.

Live Art work creator and director, Jude Anderson, who has produced over forty Live Art productions both within Australia and internationally, including commissions for the Official Program of the Avignon Festival (1999) and more recently the European Capital of Culture MONS2015. Redfern-based Moogahlin Performing Arts Company, who create and tell community-based stories, develop a comprehensive youth theatre and produce distinctive, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary performance works. Youth-led arts co-operative, Shopfront Arts who make daring, adventurous and socially relevant work with young people across Australia and Internationally, and are the only dedicated youth-led arts organisation in the Southern Sydney and Illawarra region.

Dance/photography collaborators, Pippa and Tara Jade Samaya, aka The Samaya Wives, dancer, choreographer, director, producer, mentor, dramaturg, curator and teacher, Julie-Anne Long, and inter-disciplinary artist (digital choreographer / performer / director / writer) whose work bridges dance, performance, theatre, and installation, Hellen Sky.

Modern chamber opera Soprano Jane Sheldon, baroque violinist Meg Cohen, and trans-disciplinary artist Cissi Tsang whose work explores the sonification and visualisation of the found environment using data.

Novelist, Rosalie Ham (The Dressmaker), contemporary art writer, critic and curator, Quentin Sprague, and crime writer, Mark Brandi (Wimmera).

Bundanon also has partnerships with a large and diverse group of organisations, including:

• Accessible Arts
• Africa Centre, Cape Town
• AsiaTOPA: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts - Arts Centre Melbourne
• Australian Theatre for Young People - Fresh Ink
• French Embassy in Australia
• Performance Space - Liveworks Lab
• Playwriting Australia - Indigenous Playwrights Retreat
• Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
• Red Room Poetry
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows

'The residential complex includes purpose-built studios and rehearsal spaces suitable for visual artists, writers, musicians and performers,' said CEO Deborah Ely. 'We're thrilled that the addition of the Dorothy Dwyer Studio opens up the rich artistic heritage and natural inspiration of Bundanon to a wider range of artists'.

Arthur Boyd's vision that Bundanon would continue to provide a creative space for Australia's contemporary artists is at the heart of the program.

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