Powerhouse Announces NSW Creative Industries Residencies

The Powerhouse Museum has today announced the NSW artists, creatives, practitioners and organisations chosen for its inaugural creative industries residency program.

The program was launched earlier this year, open to expressions of interest, and received more than 65 applications from NSW-based creatives working across a diverse field of practices. The selected residents will be provided with dedicated subsidised workspaces at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo from October 2019 and the opportunity to collaborate with the museum team during their residency.

The creatives, artists and organisations selected as the first 11 residents are: Anna Tregloan, interdisciplinary artist, writer and researcher; Cat Jones known for creating immersive, cross-disciplinary work; design studio Common Office founded by Rob Meyerson from Western Sydney University; designer and illustrator Dinalie Dabareral; Electronic Music Conference, founders of the EMC Festival; filmmaking collective Four Leg Films, Bistro and Birdland, consisting of multi-award winning duo Chris Thompson (producer) and Alex Barnett (post production supervisor) from Four Leg Films, producer Elliot Clifford (Bistro) and writer and director Kerinne Jenkins (Birdland); art and architecture duo Heidi Axelsen + Hugo Moline; sound designer Julian Wessel; and sculptor, video and installation artist Rosie Deacon.

The internationally renowned Australian fashion duo, Romance Was Born (Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales), whose collaboration with Australian designers Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee can currently be seen at the Powerhouse as part of the new major exhibition, Step Into Paradise.

Queer Screen, one of the largest film festivals in the Southern Hemisphere to celebrate LGBTQI+ lives, stories and culture and producers of the Mardi Gras Film Festival and the Queer Screen Film Festival will also join the residency.

"I am thrilled to welcome these artists and creatives as residents of the Powerhouse. We are committed to supporting NSW creative industries and the development of contemporary practice. Through this new residency program, we will support emerging and established practitioners to expand their practice and create new work in a collaborative environment" said Lisa Havilah, Chief Executive, Powerhouse Museum.