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COVID 19 residency, artist in residency, Umbrella Studio

AT HOME ARTIST IN RESIDENCY – UMBRELLA STUDIO & NQ RASN

I am thrilled to announce that I was selected among 2 other artists (Sandi Hook and Jenny Mulcahy) for a new At Home Artist In Residence (AHAIR) program. I owe a huge thanks to Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts and NQ RASN for funding and organizing this. I created new work from my home studios for two weeks during June. 

Artist Statement  –  Waiting for go 

Waking me at night was a list of COVID-19 related words, I wrote them down. I was not sure why, but I wanted to utilise these into an artwork about this current time. Perhaps I was trying to find order among the disorder in current lives.  My choice of medium  was slices of emerald green anodised aluminium waste from a JCU building, all slightly different extrusions and shapes and combine this with jewellery materials like silver and titanium to tell a story of our time. The artwork echoes my view of what is going on the world today and our individual capacity to cope at a time of crisis.

 

The AHAIR program is presented in partnership with the NQ Regional Arts Services Network – NQ RASN This is a pivot in response to COVID-19 and Umbrella’s usual studio residency program. AHAIR provides opportunities for North Queensland visual artists who have lost income and opportunities as a result of the coronavirus.

 

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