Image credit L-R: Naomie Hatherley. Photography by Michael Jalaru Torres | Chelsea Hopkins-Allan. Photography by Luke Griffiths | Aaron Claringbold and Rebecca McCauley. Photo courtesy of the artists | Tania Spencer. Photography by Duncan Wright | Shandell Cummings. Photography by Jasmine Eales, courtesy of Regional Arts WA
ART ON THE MOVE partners with organisations across Western Australia to deliver the Artists in Residence Program.
Our core stream of artist residencies provides funding for West Australian artists to live, work, and undertake a significant creative project in a regional location. During each residency, artists are invited to activate local collections while contributing to the community through workshops, public events and exhibitions.
Other supported residencies launching in 2025 will provide opportunities for regionally based artists to travel to Boorloo (Perth) to further develop their practice and engage in creative exchange.
MEET OUR 2024-25 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
North Midlands Project | Naomie Hatherley
RESIDENCY PARTNER
North Midlands Project, Midwest region
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Naomie Hatherley will undertake an eight-week residency across the North Midlands in the Mid West, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Macpherson Homestead’s reopening in Carnamah. Her research will focus on the history of the homestead, particularly the relationships between the Macpherson and other settler families and the Amangu and Badymia people. Inspired by the story of eight local Aboriginal families who sent flowers to Donald Macpherson’s grave in 1931, she will explore the symbolism of this floral gesture and how such narratives can inform the concept of reconciliation.
FOLLOW NAOMIE’s JOURNEY
https://www.instagram.com/n0meshath
https://www.naomiehatherley.com
Gathaagudu / Shark Bay | Rebecca McCauley & Aaron Claringbold
RESIDENCY PARTNER
The Shire of Shark Bay, Gascoyne region
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Rebecca McCauley and Aaron Claringbold’s residency focuses on imaging Gathaagudu/Shark Bay through collaboration with Traditional Owners and community, creating an interdependent portrait of the place and its people. They aim to produce new work that highlights the profound and intricate connections between people and their environments. Rebecca and Aaron want to work with local community to create photographic portraits showcasing the world they nurture, including animals, plants, land/seascapes, and weather. They are interested in photographing how people shape the world and how their world shapes them.
FOLLOW REBECCA AND AARON’s JOURNEY
https://rebeccajanemccauley.com
https://www.aaronclaringbold.com
https://www.instagram.com/rebeccamccauley
https://www.instagram.com/toponymic_entropy
Kinjarling / Albany | Shandell Cummings
RESIDENCY PARTNER
Museum of the Great Southern, Kinjarling / Albany
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Shandell Cummings will research the fish traps in Kinjarling/Albany and community perception and knowledge of these structures. She will invite community members to gather and share conversation, providing an opportunity for personal interpretation of knowledge, feelings, and aspirations around the fish traps. Shandell hopes that her residency will strengthen connection between the Museum of the Great Southern, Menang people and the wider community, through research, community conversations and workshops, and an exhibition of her findings.
FOLLOW SHANDELL’s JOURNEY
Gathaagudu / Shark Bay | Tania Spencer
RESIDENCY PARTNER
The Shire of Shark Bay, Gascoyne region
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Tania Spencer will travel to Gathaagudu/Shark Bay to undergo an investigation into shell craft, beginning with a shell collection bequeathed by her nanna. Many of these shells were collected during her nanna’s yearly trips to the Shark Bay area. During the residency, Tania will reflect on her childhood, where they spent time together making shell ornaments from these shells. Tania aims to explore the Museum’s collection for historical stories and cultural significance of shell crafts in Shark Bay, including examining Indigenous links with colonial practices. Her residency will include community outreach to uncover and share stories and connections related to this cultural heritage.
FOLLOW TANIA’s JOURNEY
https://www.taniaspencer.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/taniaspencerartist/
Kinjarling / Albany | Chelsea Hopkins-Allan
RESIDENCY PARTNER
Museum of the Great Southern, Kinjarling / Albany
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Chelsea Hopkins-Allan will create a body of work based on the exploration of moths and butterflies in the Great Southern area, a biodiversity hotspot with numerous endemic species that have not been properly documented. This project will involve a citizen science initiative, encouraging community participation to share and create from findings, while Chelsea also creates drawings and paintings to record these discoveries. She will also travel to Perth to study the Museum’s Lepidoptera collection, drawing, photographing, and consulting with an entomologist to catalogue and identify species found in the field, including addressing the process for unidentified species.
FOLLOW CHELSEA’S JOURNEY
https://www.chelseahopkins-allan.com
https://www.instagram.com/chelseahopkinsallan_art
https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaHopkinsAllanArt
EXPLORE FURTHER
Click the links below to find out more about the program.
PROGRAM CONTACT
If you wish to find out more about our Artist Residencies, please contact Kristen Brownfield at project@artonthemove.art or 08 9271 3902.
This project is made possible through the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost with funding managed by Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and delivered by ART ON THE MOVE.
