The Bundanon Trust has partnered with Accessible Arts, the peak arts and disability organisation in New South Wales, to present an annual residency program specifically geared towards supporting artists with disability or who are d/Deaf from NSW and the Australian Capital Territory.
This new creative development opportunity has been awarded to four talented visual artists and a musician who will each undertake a residency at the renowned Bundanon Trust estate from 21 to 27 November 2022. Breanna Jones is a self-taught songwriter and member of Eora/Sydney-based indie rock band Library Siesta who writes songs that are adventurous and draw the listener into her world. Lulu Wulf is a graduate of VCA Painting who studies the work of Ellsworth Kelly, Olafur Eliasson, Janet Laurence, and the writings of Matt Gaw and Jun’ichiro Tanizaki through her own photography, oil painting, watercolour sketches, and writings. Aaron Aryadharma Matheson is a painter represented by Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, who has a Masters in Fine Art from the National Art School and a Postgraduate Diploma in Drawing from the Royal Drawing School in London. For Matheson, painting is about seeing the cosmic from within our mundane and embodied standpoint.
Aaron Aryadharma Matheson. Courtesy Accessible Arts, New South Wales
Casey Gray is an advocate for people with disability who is part of the Front and Centre leadership program run by Albany Lane and Accessible Arts, which has helped her understand how she can make arts and culture more accessible, which includes writing books for people with intellectual disability and low levels of literacy. Emma Price is a visual artist from the Blue Mountains working across a range of mediums, including drawing, painting, collage, mosaics, and printmaking, who is inspired by the beauty of the environment and has exhibited in many local, national, and international exhibitions.
“Artists and musicians with disability don’t always get the same opportunities as artists without disability due to a range of physical, financial and cultural barriers. This program is all about trying to level the playing field for professional artists and musicians with disability so they can take their creativity and their careers to the next level,” says Accessible Arts CEO Liz Martin. Find out more about Accessible Arts and the Bundanon Residency recipients online.
