Artist-in-Residence Programme

Alana Wilson, clay and textile artist from Canada - September to December 2011. Alana worked on developing a new body of work which she sold through Sturt Gallery and gave a visual presentation of her studies, travels and work.

Meri Peach, basket weaver from Sydney, NSW - May to July 2011. Meri taught a weekly class in basketry, and a Winter School workshop using Australian native plants.

Karen Farrell, Sydney NSW - 2011 one year pottery resident. Having spent 6 weeks at Sturt in 2010 as a graduate resident, Karen has returned for a full year and is working on developing her body of work. Karen teaches weekly classes to adults and Frensham students, has taught a short introductory course and will offer a ceramics course for children at the 2012 Summer School.

Lise Frølund weaver from Drenderupvej, Denmark - October 2010 to January 2011. Lise worked on her own designs, taught regular term classes at Sturt and presented a workshop as part of the 2011 Summer School program.

Sabina Bernadelli, silver and goldsmith from Rome, Italy - August to November 2010. Sabina developed a new body of work in silver and gemstones and assisted the teaching of term classes.

Julie Ryder, textile artist from Canberra, ACT - March to April 2010. Julie continued developing her new body of work incorporating local materials found at Sturt and prepared for her exhibition Generate.

Dee Taylor Graham, potter from Sydney, NSW - 2010. Dee worked on developing her range of table ware, taught Frensham and Sturt classes, built a bread and pizza oven and organised a number of events based around pots and pizzas.

Chris Weaver, potter from Kaniere, NZ, April to July 2010. Chris produced a body of work for his exhibition Handled at Sturt Gallery. Chris also taught classes at Sturt including a throwing course at the 2010 Winter School.

Madeleine Child and Philip Jarvis, potters from Dunedin, NZ, October to December 2009. Madeleine and Philip developed their own designs and also taught regular classes to Frensham Secondary students.

Kate Heaslip, photographer from WA, September to November 2009. Kate worked on a book of portraits of people of the Southern Highlands for publishing in 2010 and also photographed events and people at Sturt.

Kay Faulkner from Birkdale, Queensland, May to August 2009. Kay examined the application of woven shibori techniques in weaving to be made into wearable items. As well as teaching a weekly class, Kay offered a woven shibori workshop at the Winter School. Visit her blog: http://kayfaulkner.wordpress.com/

Sina Emrich, goldsmith from Germany, April to July 2009. Sina worked with found materials, gathering small mementos from her life and her travels such as wood, coins, nuts and shells. Visit her blog: http://schmucknomadin.wordpress.com/

Monique van Nieuwland, weaver from Canberra, ACT, April to July 2008 produced new work from weaving studio and experimented with natural dyes from locally gathered material. Taught a Winter School class in gauze leno weaving.
Monique returned for a second residency from March - May 2009 working on exhibition pieces and teaching weaving

Annie Trevillian, textile artist from Canberra, ACT, April to July 2008 gathered material for future work and taught a Winter School class in textile printing. An exhibition of her work accompanied her residency.

Bede Clarke, potter from Missouri USA, October 2007 produced and wood fired ceramics and taught weekend workshop.

Howard Archbold, chair maker from NSW, June to August 2007 continued work on his hand made chairs and taught a number of courses.

Koie Ryoji, potter from Japan, September 2006 developed own work and gave one day demonstration.

Hilary Green, tapestry weaver from Victoria, April to July 2006. Held a class in Tapestry weaving at the Winter School and gave a slide talk about her work.

Keith Rice-Jones, potter from Canada creates ceramic sculptures from pre-formed slabs and extrusions. He held a four day participatory workshop at Sturt Pottery also gave a visual presentation of his work.

Patty Wouters, potter from Belgium. June to July 2005. Week workshop throwing porcelain and decorative techniques, followed by a firing using a variety of low fire smoke firing techniques. An exhibition of her work followed her residency.

Virginia Kaiser, basket maker from NSW. Gave a one day workshop introducing beginners to basketmaking in May 2005 and curated an exhibition at Sturt Gallery

Nick Statham, woodworker from Canowindra, NSW and graduate from the Sturt School for Wood. Held a weekend woodcarving workshop and an exhibition in April 2005.

Yasuhisa Kohyama, potter from Japan. 2004. Taught weekend workshop on hand building sculptured vessels and held a successful exhibition in Sydney at The Ceramic Art Gallery March 2005.

Melanie Olde, weaver from Canberra. March to May 2004. Wool dyeing and weaving a variety of scarves and wraps in the Weaving Workshop. Taught weaving techniques to primary aged children, and to Frensham secondary students.

Victor Greenaway, potter from Victoria. June to August, 2004. Worked on woodfired porcelain, tutored a porcelain weekend workshop and exhibited his work at Sturt.

Svend Bayer from Devon UK. 2004. Made large pots for anagama firing, Sturt Pottery. He also tutored at Sturt Summer School 2004, built a new wood fired kiln and held a successful exhibition at Sturt Gallery.

Julie Ryder, textile artist from Canberra, ACT. 2003. Tutored two 3day workshops in fabric printing techniques. Worked on her printed and stitched textiles in the Weaving Workshop and held a successful exhibition at Sturt Gallery.

Virginia Kaiser, basketmaker, April to May 2003. Currently working with new techniques and materials. Has recently taught a successful weekend workshop and is a regular tutor at Sturt Summer Schools.

Vanessa Samuels, jeweller from Sydney, NSW, February to April 2003. Worked on exhibition pieces, taught workshops, evening classes and Frensham students.

Sondi, jeweller, August to November 2002. Worked on body of work for exhibition - Guest exhibitor at 2002 Sturt Annual Exhibition. She also conducted several workshops and taught secondary students from Frensham school.

Lissa Ward, Designer in Residence at Sturt School for Wood 2002. Tutoring for a two-week Design module, working on batch product design for Sturt Shop, plus teaching Design and Technology students at Frensham school.

Suzie Atkins, Le Don, France. 2001. Guest artist for Sturt Annual Exhibition. Suzie also gave a masterclass on saltglazing and together with her husband Nigel presented a series of lectures on saltglazing, contemporary French ceramics and marketing your work from a remote area.

Roger Gifkins, Kempsey NSW . 2001. Widely regarded as Australia's premier box maker Roger tutored Wood School Students for two weeks for a "batch product" module.

Svend Bayer, Devon, UK. 2001. Made large pots for anagama firing, Sturt Pottery. He also tutored at Sturt Summer School 2001, and had a very successful exhibition at Sturt Gallery.

Ian Jones, Gundaroo NSW. For three months in 2000. Ian made pots for anagama firings. He also conducted workshops, gave slide presentations and exhibited at Sturt Gallery.

Erika Semler, from the Blue Mountains in NSW. Wool dyeing and weaving two large hangings over a period of three months in 1999, working in the Weaving Workshop.