Artist talk: Thursday 19th May, 6 – 7pm followed by light refreshments
Jacky Cheng, a visual artist from Broome, WA and Soula Veyradier, Program Director from SPACED will be presenting an engaging artist talk about the thematic residency Rural Utopia along with Jacky’s practice and her presence in Margaret River.
Light refreshments will be provided after the talk with a chance to mingle with the presenters. All welcome. The library is an easily accessible venue. Please RSVP your attendance to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600.
Artist in Residence: Jacky Cheng
Jacky with Margaret River’s local host producer, Francesco Geronazzo from Margaret River Printmaking Studio has started engaging with some community members in local conversations through their workshop delivery on the making of Orizome, a Japanese fold and dye paper art. This collaborative effort between Jacky and the community not only enables skill-sharing but also evokes fascinating interrelationship of social connections between Broome and Margaret River. The Orizome is in the progress of becoming a community ‘Paper Patchwork Blanket’.
About SPACED
Spaced commissions context-responsive and socially engaged art projects across the whole of Western Australia and beyond. Our programs are grounded in artistic practices that explore everyday life issues and histories through a dialogue with diverse social groups. Through our programs, we create diverse and challenging experiences for artists and communities through contemporary visual art. For over 20 years, our organisation has been delivering programs that build connections between contemporary art and non‐specialist audiences, especially, but not exclusively, in regional and remote communities. The art projects we commission as part of these programs emerge from residencies that enable artists to engage with specific social, environmental, and historical contexts.
Rural Utopia
Rural Utopias is a program of residencies and exhibitions in rural and remote Western Australia. Artists are developing new works alongside their host communities, responding to new social, environmental, and historical contexts