Courthouse ARTS offers Positions in Residence to young and emerging artists each year. Currently we have two such positions; these are filled for 2012 by:
Sarah Hayes
Photographer
Sarah is the principal photographer at a-nom’-a-ly’, one of Geelong’s most innovative and dynamic photographers. Sarah has a unique view of the world around her and creates images that re-present her subjects in an entirely new light.You can see some of her work at Courthouse Arts in an upcoming exhibition of images from the annual Falls Festival. In 2012 she will be working with local teens to develop a travelling photographic exhibition of their view of life in Geelong.
a-nom’-a-ly’ (noun) something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected
Ben Neoh
Curator
Ben has practiced as a full time graphic designer for the last two years since studying at the Arts Academy (University of Ballarat). He assisted with the curation of No Vacancy Gallery in Melbourne, and has himself curated the group show Please Welcome at KUBU Art Studio and Light up Geelong in a disused shop in Market Square, which aimed to not only unite the creative community but also to generate public interest through presenting arts in more accessible formats.
Artists in Residence 2011 to 2012
Rachel Joy
Visual Artist
Rachel is a Melbourne based visual artist who takes old-school printmaking techniques to the streets with her paste-ups of messed up pop-culture icons. She likes to play with our pre-conceived ideas about identity, history, space and place. Rachel has received artists’ residencies, commissions and is published in books and journals. Her work has been exhibited at the national Wool Museum, the Counihan, George Paton, Margaret Lawrence, and Brunswick Street Galleries and is held in the Acacia Art Collection.
Rachel has received residencies in such places as Tasmania, Warburton WA and Taiwan, but this is her first one in her old home town, Geelong.
Courthouse ARTS is proud to announce Rachel Joy as our very first ARTIST IN RESIDENCE in the newly renovated building. The residency will commence 14 November 2011. During this time Rachel will create a large scale steel stencil sculpture for the Courthouse ARTS courtyard as well as conducting a series of stencil and paste up workshops.
Donna Jackson
Performance and Installation Artist
Donna has a Bachelor of Education with a major in Drama from Melbourne University. She has been an Artistic Director for twenty years, and is a writer, performer and theatre maker. As a result of working at a women’s refuge Donna initiated a show for schools with West Theatre about domestic violence No Myth.In 1989 Donna became the Theatre Department coordinator at Footscray Community Arts Centre. In this position she wrote, devised and directed seven productions, including The Bridge, a production about the collapse of the Westgate Bridge. Donna is the Artistic Director for Illuminated By Fire and We Built This City. She works in large scale community performance. In 2002 she established the Women’s Circus, developing a passion for outdoor large-scale performance works in non-traditional spaces.
