BSA RALPH WOODFORD RESIDENCY

RALPH WOODFORD ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM

Unfortunately this initiative is no longer available.

We would like to acknowledge and thank Jim Olivier for his generosity, giving BSA the opportunity to offer this wonderful program to the wider art community. The benefits that BSA students and our local community have experienced thanks to all the artists who have spent time here have been enriching for all and we will cherish the memories that we have from these last two years.

The Byron School of Art Ralph Woodford Residency was a residency program for contemporary artists working in a range of disciplines. Artists were provided with accommodation and a studio space located in the Byron Bay hinterland. The quiet, idyllic location provided a contemplative living space and studio for artists to work and carry out research away from the ongoing commitments of everyday living. The initiative aimed not only to foster and support artistic development of individual artists, but also to bring critically engaging contemporary work to our community and to the Byron School of Art (BSA).

The BSA Ralph Woodford Residency Program began in 2018 with resident artists to date including Andrew Browne, Brent Harris, Sam Shmith, Judith Eisler, Yvette Coppersmith, Marie Hagerty, Peter Vandermark, Peter Humble, Rowena Crowe, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Laura Jones, Belle Bassin and Bridie Lunney.

Image credits: above, Andrew Browne, Michelle Eabry