Upcoming artists-in-residence: Gathered Collective

Gathered Collective: Charli Gerry, Claire Paul, Anna Seymour

Gathered is a collective of three emerging women artists’ Claire Paul, Charli Gerry and Anna Seymour, who live and work on Gadigal and Darkinjung Country. Together they explore ways of relating to the natural world that embody a slowness and presence in the now. Such forms of existence seem critical during a time defined by hyperactivity and extraction from the Earth. They engage in walking and foraging practices to embrace a deep observation of ecologies; documenting encounters with plants, fungi & landscapes through written, paper-based & textile works. The end results are ever changing and constantly evolving, as are the organic materials which comprise our artworks. Collectively their Gathered creative practices seek to embrace a deeper understanding of the natural world and gather with non-human beings. 

During our residency at Gunyah, we will engage in walking and foraging practices in North Arm Cove and extending into surrounding Worimi Country. These interactions will be documented and translated into various works in textile, movement, pine-hole photography, writing and paper-making.

Anna intends to work with organic textile-based materials to demonstrate the interconnectivity of ecologies. She aims to engage with materials which decompose over time and are diagrammatic in form. 
@cesca__studio 

Anna Seymour, 'Kindred', 2022, mushroom compost, new and reused

hessian and jute thread


Charli plans to think through mycelium - as a relational process - to unearth the web of connections that bind the beings, cycles, rhythms, lands of the surrounding site. Guided by mushroom foraging and observation, documentation will take form in movement, writing, paper-making and photography.
@charligerry
www.charlirosegerry.com.au

Charli Rose Gerry, 'Entangling with Relational Ecologies', 2023, 

various foraged mushrooms, recycled artworks, velum paper, thread, waterbased-ink


Claire will explore applications of pinhole photography, foraging and paper-making. Naturally sourced water will form the solute for plant coffee-based photograph developers, whilst foraged plant matter will provide the basis for handmade paper pulp.
@claireepaul
www.clairepaul.com.au

Claire Paul, 'Soft Breeze', 2023, charcoal and ash screen-printed onto handmade paper (recycled artworks and foraged plant matter)

2024 Gunyah Artists Announcement

 



There was a record number of quality applications this year, thank you to all the artists who applied. And thanks also to our selection panel: Vanessa Berry, previous Gunyah artist-in-residence; and Kath Fries, Gunyah AIR director. 

 

Congratulations to the selected artists! 


 




Gunyah Artists-in-Residence 2024:


Lou Smith 

Bronwyn Rennex

Karlina Mitchell and Lee Mitchell


Claire Paul, Anna Seymour and Charli Rose Gerry


The Darkroom Social: Isobel Markus-Dunworth and Remi Siciliano

Obscura Deaf: Irene Holub, Sofya Gollan, Angie Goto and Riona Twomey Tindal






Follow @gunyahartists on Instagram to see posts from their residencies during the year.





Image credits from top:

Kath Fries, Sunrise view from Gunyah deck, 2023

Kath Fries, The old Gunyah house sign, 2020




Gunyah artists-in-residence program is located on Gathang Country, the ancestral lands of the Worimi people. We acknowledge them as the traditional custodians for this place, land, sky, and waters. When artists come to the Gunyah to develop and share their own creativity, learning, skills and cultural practices, we respect the knowledge embedded forever within the First Nations Custodianship of Country.

2024 Gunyah residency applications now open!

 

2024 Call Out Gunyah AiR applications! 
Background photo: Blake Lawrence, Gunyah residency 2022


I'm delighted to annouce that the owners of Gunyah are continuing the Gunyah Artists-in-Residence program, and applications are now open for 2024!

Since 2011, the Gunyah AiR program has been providing low cost accommodation for short term self-directed residencies for solo, collaborative, family and group projects. 

Applications are now open for visual artists, writers, curators, composers, musicians, performers, designers, arts administrators, new media artists and other creators, to apply for a residency at Gunyah in 2024. 

In 2024, each residency will run for ten days. There will be one per month from May to October.

Please read ABOUT GUNYAH before applying and see the APPLY page for more info about applying. 
Applications close 29 Feb 2024.
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