Bundanon Residency
Artist in Residence
Accessible Arts has initiated an artist in residence opportunity for an artist with a disability at The Bundanon Trust. Gifted to the Australian people in 1993 by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd, the Bundanon property is located on 1,100 hectares of bushland overlooking the Shoalhaven River. The Bundanon Trust cares for a collection of more than 4,000 artworks and supports the development of arts practice through its residence program at the property. Artists from all over the world have used the artist in residence program to reflect on their practice, draw inspiration from the landscape and produce work across all art disciplines.
Scott Trevelyan, master printmaker and art facilitator is the recipient of the Accessible Arts Bundanon Residency for 2008. Scott graduated from Southern Cross University, Lismore in 2007 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts and works with various print mediums such as etching and lino-block, to create works on paper and artist-books.
In August 2002, Scott was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in which he acquired extensive injury. During his rehabilitation he became involved in BISSI (Brain Injury Support Service Incorporated) and began to promote art as a cathartic means of recovery to the support group. He has worked closely with both SCU and BISSI to construct an art studio at his property in Alstonvale, known as Willowbank Studio. This studio has been operating for two years and holds workshops for BISSI members. It has become a very successful resource that the North Coast Area Health, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service also utilises to reintegrate clients into a social environment.
Scott will use the residency to develop a new body of work for his own contemporary art practise and will have access to the Bundanon Trust Printing Press. He will record and interpret the entity of the landscape at Bundanon. This imagery will then be reworked and used for upcoming exhibitions.
For more information about Scott Trevelyan visit the artist’s webpage.
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Works by Scott Trevelyan from left to right:
1. Momentary Lapse of Reason, 2006, etchings in motorcycle helmet artists book.
2. Self Portrait, 2004, copperplate etching.
3. Skull Base, 2001, linoblock print.
Partners & Contributers
With support from Bundanon Trust, Fern Studio at Bundanon has been made available for the artist in residence program. The Disability Council of NSW conducted an access audit of the studio and Accessible Arts contributed the financial support for an artist’s stipend over the duration of the residency.
Accessible Arts coordinated a selection process. After promoting the opportunity to the arts and disability sector state wide, applications were received from visual artists, performance artists, film and theatre scriptwriters and a poet. A selection panel was formed in response to these art forms and the project proposals of each applicant.
The selection committee comprised of:
Christopher Cyrill, novelist, short story writer and playwright whose works have been extensively published in Australia and overseas. He currently works for the Literature Unit of the Australia Council for the Arts.
Glenn Barkley, Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Glenn was CEO and Consultant Curator of the Ergas Collection in 2007 and is currently completing his PhD in Australian Outsider Art at the University of Sydney.
Sarah Tracton, writer and filmmaker. In 2007, Sarah’s short documentary White Sound premiered at Sydney's first fully accessible film event for people with a disability at the Possible Worlds Canadian Film Festival. Sarah is profoundly deaf.
Sarah-Jane Rennie, Manager of Sector Development at Museums and Galleries NSW and on the board of Directors at Accessible Arts.
The selection process unearthed some important discussion and ideas for future professional development projects for artists with a disability. These included the need for documentation workshops, screenwriting partnerships with Metro Screen and the need for accessible master classes in specialised art forms.
About Bundanon
Bundanon supports professional artists’ practice, across all disciplines and at all stages in their career. Bundanon advances contemporary art practice through fostering artists, producers/directors, as well as curators and educators engaged in research and development. Residencies under this program do not necessarily involve production-based outcomes. However, potential to engage with the arts community/audience regionally, nationally or internationally is desirable. The residency supports artists’ new work, research and collaboration. Australian and international artists are hosted in purpose-built studios located at the Bundanon properties.
