Muriel’s residency focuses on the development of a dance syllabus for Maloya dance, which will involve identifying common movements and developing a well-organised teaching method.
Alongside the West Australian Quilters’ Association’s stitched and bound exhibition, local contemporary quilt artists will work in residence, challenging the concept of the ‘quilt’ medium.
André Lipscombe will be trialing experimental methods of painting over the course of his residency. André is a visual artist based in Perth, represented by Art Collective WA, whose practice focuses on a formalist approach to painting and drawing.
With a belief that everyone should be able to access the conversations that happen around art, Bowman will write for and in response to the arts using forms (zines and audio) that have low barriers to access for the community.
Is time a sensory experience? In this print-based project, van Leeuwen will explore transparency, layering and repetition to mark the passage of felt time in a personal chronography. Using natural forms, a recurring motif, these unique state monoprints will utilise handmade stencils, found textures and drawing techniques as markers of unfolding events and traces of memory.
Morgan, an artist and arts educator, continues developing a body of work encompassing painting, ceramic sculpture and printmaking that explores themes of social control, wellbeing, mindfulness and mental health.
Various artists connected to DADAA’s Midland Hub will work in residence across a variety of mediums. DADAA is a leading arts and health organisation that creates access to cultural activities for people with disability or mental illness.
Muia will develop a body of experimental etchings inspired by the unique and diverse flora and fauna found in Perth’s eastern suburbs and hills. Using several different printing techniques on a single artwork, the outcomes will be exhibited in his solo exhibition Upper Reach at Midland Junction Arts Centre, opening 6 May 2022.
Whiskey & Boots will listen to and record the ideas of young people in the community of Midland for their upcoming verbatim performance The Quadrangle.
