Meet the Participating Mentors
Caren Florance (AUS)
Caren Florance works creatively with text and print in many different ways, but books remain close to her heart.
Dissatisfied with traditional publishing relationships, her PhD at the University of Canberra (2013-18) explored collaborative experiments with poets and poetics using a range of analogue and digital print processes. Her interests include:
the history of the book and the contemporary role of the artist book
print culture and its intersections with creative culture
materiality in visual art and writing
the influence of technical processes upon writing and visual expression
print-performance and page-performance
glitch, error and accident
the intersection of analogue and digital processes
Caren’s teaching expertise is sited in book arts, text art and typography, vispo, and graphic design. She teaches her students to use the book form to augment their practice, not dominate it.
She works predominantly with relief printmaking, both press-based and hand-printed. Other forms of mark-making find its way into her work, particularly via revisitings of old technologies. Digital processes are increasingly of interest.
Ampersand Duck is an umbrella for many activities. It sometimes publishes in partnership with Recent Work Press.
Caren is a sessional lecturer for the ANU School of Art & Design’s Printmedia & Drawing Workshop as well as for Visual Communications, Heritage and Environment, and Creative Writing at the Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra. She is an Accredited Professional Member of Craft ACT, and a member of the Print Council of Australia, the Bibliographic Society of Australian & NZ. In 2018 she was a Donald Horne Creative and Cultural Fellow at the University of Canberra and one of two Critics-in-Residence at ANCA Gallery, Canberra.
More here
Erika Osborne (US)
Erika Osborne received her BFA from the University of Utah in painting and drawing and her MFA from the University of New Mexico. Erika’s artwork deals with cultural connections to place and environment. She has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally, with over ten solo exhibitions and over 80 group exhibitions in recent years – including shows at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Nevada Museum of Art and the Chautauqua Institute. She is currently represented by Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado. Erika has also been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a recent Fulbright fellowship. Her work has been highlighted in four books surveying the evolution of land and environmental art in the West. She has also been a contributing author for books and journals such as Arts Programming for the Anthropocene: Art in Community and Environment, published by Routledge Press. Erika’s work has also been featured in national publications along with international art magazines such as New American Paintings, Art Papers, Sculpture Magazine and Southwest Art Magazine.
As well as being a practicing artist, Erika Osborne has dedicated herself to university level art education. After teaching painting and drawing, alongside environmentally driven field courses such as Land Arts of the American West, Wilderness Studio and Place: Appalachia at the University of New Mexico and West Virginia University, Erika currently teaches at Colorado State University where she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History. At CSU Erika teaches all levels of painting alongside an interdisciplinary field courses such as Art and Environment and Cultural Extraction: Energy in the Humanities.
More here
Richard Saxton (US)
Richard Saxton is the founder and director of M12. The M12 Collective is known for groundbreaking and award-winning creative projects that explore the aesthetics of rural cultures and landscapes M12 is an interdisciplinary group based in Colorado on the American High Plains that create context-based art works, research projects, and education programs.
Working in the fields of art and design, they favor projects that are centered in rural areas and which can be developed through dialogical and collaborative approaches. Their projects explore community identity and the value of often under-represented rural communities and their surrounding landscapes. They strive to be stewards of effective local and global creative problem solving, and a community resource for evolutionary thinking and innovative communication. They have a holistic organizational philosophy that fuses creative practice, cultural institutionality, and education.
http://m12studio.org/
Heather Burness (AUS)
Heather Burness is an Australian artist working in print based processes. Her work focuses on the ephemeral experience and phenomena of ‘place’, engaging with specific sites through in-field installations of printing plates. These later become printing surfaces for works-on-paper in her studio. She captures the marks of the flow of water, mist, low-lying clouds, fog, shorelines, groundwater, rivers, soils, atmospheric conditions and the meeting of fresh and saltwater. She is influenced by local Indigenous knowledge and Western scientific thinking.
Heather was awarded The Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation (CAPO) Fellowship in 2011. She has a Master of Philosophy from the School of Art at the Australian National University (ANU), 2004, and has exhibited nationally and in group exhibitions internationally. She has works in the collections of Australian regional galleries, the State Library of New South Wales, the National Library of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia. She lectured at the ANU School of Art from 1996 to 2009 and in 2011 and 2012. She also editions prints for selected artists under the name Grey Lady Press.
https://www.heatherburness.com/
Kate Cole-Adams (AUS)
Kate Cole-Adams is a Melbourne writer and journalist.
Her non-fiction work Anaesthesia won the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, 2017 and the 2017 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Media Award. It was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-fiction, 2017. Her novel Walking to the Moon is also published by Text.
List of All Mentors
Dr Ellis Hutch Visual artist – performance/video, video, sound recording, soundscapes, photography, drawing, screen printing, plaster etching, writing
Locations of field research Chiang Mai, and surrounds, Thailand. Haukijärvi, Lake Parilanjärvi, Finland. Arkaroola, Flinders Rangers, South Australia. Lake Mungo, NSW, Australia. Molonglo River and surrounds, ACT, Australia. Bundian Way – ancient Aboriginal pathway, NSW, Australia
Subject matter Investigations of: notions of belonging and displacement, physical and metaphorical; shifts in qualities of light and sound; night, darkness, cold; the history of SE NSW, impacts of colonisation, pre-colonial histories, Indigenous knowledges; urban impacts on rivers. Learning place: mapping/walking.
Artwork produced http://ellishutch.space/
Dr Owen Bullock Creative Writer
Locations of field research Namadji and Canberra, ACT, Southern NSW; Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Forest, lakeside, river and coastal landscapes; the urban environment
Subject matter The continuity of nature; humans in the landscape.
Artwork produced Poetry and haiku.
KB Jones Visual artist – painting, mixed media and installation
Locations of field research Recent locations include New York City, upstate New York and West Texas; urban, rural, farmland and industrial
Subject matter Relationship between mind and landscape, climate change, history and story-telling
Artwork produced Painting and drawings, murals and installations
www.kbjones.com
Dr Paul Collis Creative Writer - prose and poetry
Locations of field research Far North Western Plains, NSW: Bourke/Brewarrina – arid semi-desert, Darling River. Dubbo/Bathurst - Wiradjuri Country.
Central West Slopes and Plains: Canberra - Highlands NSW. Newcastle, NSW. Coastal
Subject matter Exploration of Indigenous Culture and ‘read the land’ through a specific Indigenous lens (I am a Barkindji person)
Artwork produced Poetry in Red Room Poetry – poetry in First Languages. I have a book of poetry soon to be release through Recent Works Press – probably November 2020. Dancing Home - a novel (Winner, David Unaipon Award 2016. Winner, ACT Book of the Year 2018)
Prof Yoshimi Hayashi Visual artist – sculpture, ceramics, performance, land works
Locations of field research Southern California (ocean, arboreal, desert)
Subject matter Migration, immigration, place/site based, navigation, existentialism, environmental issues
Artwork produced https://yoshimihayashiart.wixsite.com/yoshi
Dr Matthew Cooperman Creative Writer – poetry, nonfiction, hybrid, criticism
Locations of field research Intermountain West (Colorado, Utah, N. Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming) & California
Subject matter Ecopoetics, immersive field theory, ethnography, bioregionalism, wild form, disability studies
Artwork produced http://matthewcooperman.org
Allison Beaudry Visual artist – video, performance, installation
Locations of field research Southern California
Subject matter Feminism, trauma with family, dislocation of place
Artwork produced Video/performance, installation https://www.allisonbeaudry.com/
Dennis Dehart Visual artist – photography
Locations of field research Eastern Washington
Subject matter Environment – river systems of the Pacific Northwest
Artwork produced www.dennisdehart.com
Ryan Henel Visual artist – sculpture, infrastructure, sound installation, photography, public art
Locations of field research New Mexico, Southwestern United States
Subject matter Environment, site-specificity, nature/culture, biophilic design
Artwork produced See http://www.ryanhenel.com/
John Blay Creative writer
Locations of field research South East Australia
Subject matter Place, Voice, Sound
Artwork produced Poetry, Prose, Image
https://www.southeastforests.com.au
Natalie Bateman Visual artist (Yuin) – painter and designer
Location of field research and subject matter Yuin country
https://natsart.com.au/
Marzena Wasikowska Visual artist – photography
Locations of field research South Coast of Australia and specifically, the land and seascapes between Brou Lake and Eden are my current Locations of field research.
Subject matter Environmental issues relating to climate change, family portraiture.
Artwork produced The working titles of recent and ongoing bodies of work are: Earth’s Self Correcting Systems 2014 ongoing; Journey Reluctantly Taken 2007 - 2017; Negotiating the Family Portrait 2010 ongoing. https://www.marzenawasikowska.com/
Sarah Ryan Visual artist and landscape scientist
Locations of field research ACT and southern NSW landscapes
Subject matter Environmental issues, ecological interpretation
Artwork produced Photographs and text
Ryan Pierce Visual artist
Locations of field research Pacific Northwest, Southwest, and Mountain West United States (rural and remote, mainly forests and deserts)
Subject matter Cultural and natural resilience to climate change, radical political movements, history of remote landscapes
Artwork produced Painting, sculpture, fiction writing, interactive journeys, artist books.
http://www.ryanpierce.net
Rachel Peachey & Paul Mosig Visual artists – Photography, video, sound, sculpture, textiles, Internet art
Locations of field research Blue Mountains NSW, Far West NSW, Central Tablelands NSW, Snowy Mountains NSW, Salt Lakes SA, Berlin Germany, Lombardy region Italy, Southern Iceland, Mae Rim Thailand. Rural, remote, desert, tropical, alpine, volcanic, forested, cultivated, fire effected, post- industrial and urban landscapes
Subject matter Geological time, landscape transformation, human use patterns, risk taking in the environment, the way humans project magical properties on to non-human entities
Artwork produced Photographs, videos, soundscapes, performance for camera, books, installations, sculptures, text paintings, internet art
Cannupa Hanska Luger Visual artist
Locations of field research Glorieta, NM USA; Indigenous land of North America, rural, remote; forested, cultivated, tribal land
Subject matter Indigenous Futurism, Indigenous reverence for land and more than human species
Artwork produced Sculptural installation, performance, video, wearable regalia, social engagement, monumental public artworks, land acknowledgement. www.cannupahanska.com @cannupahanska #cannupahanskaluger
Fran Ifould Visual artist – printmedia and Drawing
Locations of field research Eastern Riverina on the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers, the Western Alpine area of NSW, Shoalhaven River area around Braidwood and the coastal mountains behind the south coast of NSW
Subject matter Based on environmental outcomes of our current climate, agricultural practices and social tenure of the land
Artwork produced Woodblocks made from fire poker work and printed onto paper, artist books of pencil and ink drawings, natural dying from indigenous vegetation, and acrylic painting on canvas
Prof Alison Alder Visual artist – screen printing, animation, installation
Locations of field research New South Wales, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory, metropolitan, rural, remote
Subject matter Social justice, environment, climate action, feminism
Artwork produced Screen printed posters, videos, animations, installations
Dr Amanda Stuart Visual artist – sculpture/installation/re-imagined objects
Locations of field research Yuin/ Ngunnawal/ Nambri/ Ngaringo/ Wiradjuri/Walgalu (SE NSW, Australian Capital Territory, Snowy and Upper Snowy Mountains)
Subject matter Ongoing and historic impacts of colonisation in Australia, introduced species, contested landscapes & environment, engagement with museum collections
Artwork produced Public sculpture commissions (silica bronze); ephemeral installation, re-imagined objects with histories, photographic documentation, sensory interest.
https://amandagrahamstuart.com
Rebecca Selleck Visual artist
Locations of field research Canberra ACT
Subject matter Environmental and animal ethics
Artwork produced Installation and sculpture (bronze and resin casting, soft sculpture, assemblage, animatronics)
Zoe Anderson Written poetry/performance, poetry/spoken word
Locations of field research Namadgi NP, nature reserves, urban settings in the ACT and surrounds
Subject matter Human-ecological relationships, meaning making in the Anthropocene
Artwork produced Storytelling and place - text, live performance and video
Aidan Hartshorn Visual artist (Walaglu of the Gurmal Nation) – sculpture, skilled in sketching and drawing
Locations of field research Walgalu country (Tumut and surrounding regions), Yuin Country (Eden) Ngunnawal/Ngambri country (Canberra, ACT region)
Subject matter Cultural identity, Integrity, Institutional modes/methods of display and representation of Indigenous people, Activism and Environmental issues
Artwork produced Sculptures, Ephemeral Work, Installation, Drawings, Video Media
William T. Gilbert Visual artist, performance, video
Locations of field research Southwestern US and North Central Mexico
Subject matter Regional ecologies
Artwork produced Ceramics, installation, video, maps
Dr Judith Ajani Visual artist
Locations of field research Ngunnawal and Ngarigo land (Tidbinbilla and NSW Snowy Mountains - granite rocks)
Subject matter Earth's story
Artwork produced Drawings and paintings on paper
Jeanette Hart-Mann Transdisciplinary artist
Locations of field research New Mexico and American Southwest High Desert Ecological Communities. Urban, rural, remote landscapes and land-based communities
Subject matter Agriculture/Agroecology. Food and Seed sovereignty. Intersection of Culture/Storytelling and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Ecological Restoration
Artwork produced Interventionist, Performance, Photography, Video, Audio, Sculpture, Installation, Writing, and Publication
Gilbert Riedelbauch Designer and craftsperson – focus on metal
Locations of field research Suburban Australian National Capital and rural settings in Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.
Subject matter Exploration of a variety of traditional and contemporary materials and processes. While, trained as a silversmith I have a particularly interest in the integration of digital fabrication processes together with traditional metalworking techniques. Recently, sculptural interpretation of bushfire impact, see: ‘Carbon Totem’, 2019 https://www.contour556.com.au/artists-2020/gilbert-reidelbauch
Artwork produced https://gilbertriedelbauch.com/
Professor Eleanor Gates-Stuart Interdisciplinary artist – Digital media (photography-video-3D artefacts-print-animation)
Locations of field research NSW: Canberra & Wagga Wagga; urban and semi-rural landscape Subject matter Agricultural Crop science, Bio-art, Future Relics, Virtual’scapes, Dissolving Distance, Storytelling, Portraiture
Artwork produced Installation, Video, Painting, Photography, Projection
https://eleanorgatestuart.com and https://portrait.institute
Nina Elder Researcher and visual artist
Locations of field research McCarthy, Alaska and Albuquerque, New Mexico
Subject matter Human and geologic interactions, deep time, extractive industry, indigenous sovereignty
Artwork produced Drawing, performative lectures, critical writing, interdisciplinary research, murals, engaged pedagogy. See https://www.ninaelder.com/
Kim Mahood Visual artist and Writer
Locations of field research Central Australia, Tanami Desert, including NT and SE Kimberley, semi- arid, arid zone wetland, Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert
Subject matter White/Indigenous interface in remote Australia, Landscape and consciousness, Remote wildfire, Cross-cultural land management, Earth from space
Artwork produced Painting, drawing, sculpture, mapping. Paintings in collaboration with Walmajarri artist Veronica Lulu, Environmental mapping with Walmajarri custodians. Literary non-fiction, memoir, essays, poetry, cross-cultural collaborations.
Aby Kaupang Hybrid creative writing, poetry, non-fiction
Locations of field research Ring of Fire (Circum-Pacific tectonic and volcanic region), Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest
Subject matter Engaging the ecstatic wild, bio-economical-political subjectivity & power (esp in crisis), categorical thinking & linguistics, ecopoetics, modes of restitution, disability studies
Artwork produced http://www.abykaupang.com
Erin Esplie Visual artist, film and video
Locations of field research Various (including rare earth mines & cyanobacteria labs)
Subject matter Science, notably environmental science
Artwork produced The Lanthanide Series (feature-length film), plus dozens of short films.
https://www.erinespelie.com/
Patrick Kikut Visual artist – painting
Locations of field research Western United States, especially the intermountain west and southwest
Subject matter Western landscape in the age of increasing pressure from our cultural/societal demands
Artwork produced Painting, drawing, sculpture and performance
www.patrickkikut.com
Bailey Russel Visual artist
Locations of field research The American West
Subject matter Land usage and our interaction with nature
Artwork produced Photographs. www.baileyrussel.wordpress.com
Beau Carey Visual artist
Locations of field research Deserts and Mountains of the American West, Alaska, Svabard, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the coasts of Maine
Subject matter Landscapes, mapmaking, time, celestial events, environmental issues
Artwork produced Large scale oil paintings on canvas and paper. http://www.beaucarey.com/
Assoc Prof Paul Magee Creative writer – poet
Locations of field research Canberra, Moscow, Siberia, Far North Queensland, Ancient Rome
Subject matter Recurrent images, anecdotes, errors, philosophy, exuberance, grief
Artwork produced Poems, translations and essays
Amelia Zaraftis Visual artist
Locations of field research South East Australia, South West USA
Subject matter Embodied experiences, safety and vulnerability, signs and systems, belonging and connection
Artwork produced Sculpture, installation, performance, video works and drawing
Dr Carolyn Young Visual artist
Locations of field research SW Queensland, NSW, Northern Victoria, Riverland SA; urban, rural, farming, remote, coastal, forested, cultivated, cool temperate, semi-arid and alpine.
Subject matter Ecological and natural resource management concepts, often in consultation with ecologists and land managers. Specific examples include: grasslands and woodlands, small Australian mammals, and river geomorphology
Artwork produced Photographs. www.carolynyoung.com.au
Hanna Hoyne Visual artist – sculpture; installation, performance & photography, public sculpture
Locations of field research ACT bushlands, urban & suburban; South Eastern NSW, forest & coastal
Subject matter The paradox self, hybrid cosmologies, migration, ecologies, biophilic cities, reimagining resources
Artwork produced Sculpture, performance, performance photography
John Reid Visual artist – photography, performance
Locations of field research SW Queensland; NSW; Northern Victoria; South Australia. Urban, suburban, rural and remote inland. Coastal, semi-arid, subtropical, temperate and alpine landscapes - forested and cultivated.
Subject matter Environmental issues, cultural heritage and occupation of place
Artwork produced Photographs, photographs and text, artist books and documents, performance - live and for the camera.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=669494536 and search site for 'Pages'