The Bundanon Trust, near Nowra (New South Wales) was gifted to the Australian people by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd. It now supports arts practice and engagement through residency, education, exhibition and performance programmes.
The Bundanon Trust Artist-In-Residence programme has become the largest of its kind in Australia. As the peak arts and disability organisation in New South Wales, Accessible Arts has partnered with the Bundanon Trust to present an annual residency programme specifically supporting artists with disability or who are Deaf. This unique creative and career development opportunity will support five visual artists and musicians with disability/who are Deaf from New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory this November.
“Artists and musicians with disability don’t always get the same opportunities as artists without disability due to a range of physical, financial and cultural barriers. This programme is all about trying to level the playing field for professional artists and musicians with disability so they can take their creativity and their careers to the next level,” Accessible Arts CEO Liz Martin says.
“These residencies have been important stepping stones in the careers of many successful Australian artists, and this is what makes our annual initiative an incredibly valuable creative and career development opportunity for artists with disability. We’re especially delighted to be able to expand the program to also support musicians with disability this year.”
The artists are. . .
Breanna Jones, a self-taught songwriter who fronts Sydney-based indie rock band Library Siesta. Breanna creates songs which are adventurous while drawing the listener into her world.
Lulu Wulf, who explores what happens in the shadows of night. She explores internal and external space, which comes with familiarity and intimacy. She’s a graduate of VCA Painting.
Aaron Aryadharma Matheson was awarded the Richard Ford travel award. He has a Masters in Fine Art from the National Art School in Sydney. For Aaron, painting is about seeing the cosmic from – and in – our mundane and embodied standpoint.
Casey Gray is an advocate for people with disability, who wants to help people have access to the arts and culture and help them be recognised the same as artists without disability. Casey was selected for the Front And Centre leadership programme run by Albany Lane and Accessible Arts.
Emma Price is a visual artist from the Blue Mountains, working with various mediums including drawing, painting, collage, mosaics and printmaking. Art is an intrinsic part of Emma’s life, and she’s greatly inspired by the beauty of the environment.
The residencies are on at Bundanon Trust (New South Wales) from 21-27 November.
