Categories: General
      Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016
     Title: BigCi Artist in Residence
Bilpin international ground for Creative initiatives (BigCi)
82 Hanlons Road Bilpin, Blue Mountains NSW


Open Day Sunday 27 November 2016, 11am - 4pm

Guest Speaker: Keith Muir, Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd

Artists: Jenny Pollak, Nicole Welch, Renata Buziak, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier

To view images go to Bush Tucker of the Blue Mountains on Portfolio page





After several weeks residency at BigCi, during which all artists created new work inspired by the beautiful surroundings of the Blue Mountains region, you are invited to view new work, and work in progress, as well as listen to the artists' talks, ask questions and engage in discussions:

Program:

11am Exhibition opens

11:30-11:40am Welcome by Rae Bolotin

11:40am - 12pm: Guest speaker: Keith Muir, Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd, will speak about the unique, spectacular and little known areas of the Greater Blue Mountains that are currently unprotected and under threat from coal mining.

12pm - 12:30pm Jenny Pollak - artist talk and poetry reading

12:30pm - 1pm Nicole Welch - artist talk

1pm - 2pm BYO Lunch, BBQ available

2pm - 2:30pm Renata Buziak - artist talk and demonstration

2:30pm - 3pm Nathalie Hartog-Gautier - artist talk

Post residency reflection:

“BigCi artist residency and Rae and Yuri’s vision and support allowed me to immerse in natural environment of the beautiful BigCi property and national parks surrounding the area, explore possibilities and ideas. It didn’t take long to pick bush tucker as the focus of my residency. Building on my previous medicinal plants research, I enjoyed creating a new body of work, a series of bush tucker lumen prints, and a series of biochromes, which will continue to develop after the residency is completed. The residency also provided very enjoyable and priceless place for meeting, sharing, working and discussions with other artists.” Renata Buziak

Read other artists reflections on the BigCi website