“Artist-in-Residence Programs offers artists, curators, and all manner of creative people the essential time and place to stay and work away from the pressures and habits of every-day life, so that they can apply singular focus to their chosen art practice.
Each program has its own background, atmosphere and requirements, with working periods differing enormously. There are also a lot of differences in financial resources, housing and studio facilities, application procedures, selection procedures, coaching and exhibiting.”
Now the Art Residencies I have found myself are quite a bit more casual with no application processes required. Just new friends & acquaintances who have things (buses, walls, signs) that they’d like to get creatively painted!
My first Art Residency is with Sam “Sphinx” on Sphinx Rocks Community. Sam is a remarkable older French-Australian with diverse interests who regularly welcomes WWOOFers onto his land.
Of course now some of you may ask, “What is a WWOOFer?”
WWOOF stands for Willing Workers On Organic Farms, www.wwoof.com.au
Where individuals are generally required to work for 4 to 6 hours on the property/in the garden each day in exchange for your keep (receiving all meals and accommodation without the exchange of money).
So instead of working on the land for a set period of time, I’ve been given an art project to complete within the month, in exchange I get to park Mr.Rainbow on a beautiful piece of land, meet lots of new fascinating people, get fed and live a creative lifestyle :D
The project that Sam & I have agreed upon are that I shall paint a mural on his double decker bus that is set up as a place for his WWOOFers to stay while here.
Since receiving this first opportunity with Sam, I have now arranged to do another Art Residency with Talitha in Cawongla and potentially another with Paul in Cabarita!
Am very excited about all these fun prospects!
Jen
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