Wyndham Arts & Culture’s new artist-in-residence program at The Bluestone at Little River Railway Station is excited to announce its inaugural recipients. Artists Ashleigh Winter and Elizabeth West will utilise the space to create new works over three months commencing in November. Both artists will present outcomes in the community as part of their residency.
Ashleigh will work on the project Blueprints of Little River and Wyndham Corridor using the photographic printing process of cyanotype. Elizabeth will utilise the residency to deepen her studio-based practice, after more than a decade of temporary public art projects.
About The Bluestone at Little River Railway Station
The Little River Railway Station is one of Victoria’s remaining original train stations. The bluestone building – once a ticket office and waiting room, was unused for many years. In 2017, local community members from Little River raised funds for its restoration and revival. Although works are not complete, the interior spaces are now restored and accessible for use. The summer residencies program is anticipated to reactivate the bluestone building through creative activation.
Artists
Ashleigh Winter
Ashleigh Winter is an emerging artist working with alternative photo processes on Wadawurrung Country in Little River, Victoria.
A few years ago, Ashleigh won the prestigious Art Award at Kardinia International College and is looking to create and expand her art pieces and story.
Ashleigh’s practice is to blend old-school photo techniques with local nature, using analogue methods to explore regional histories and environments.
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Elizabeth West
Elizabeth West is an Australian-Māori artist whose practice reflects on our relationship to environments and resources. Growing up in Sydney’s Southwestern suburbs, she also has a strong connection to Mulubinba/Newcastle, where generations of her family lived on islands in the Coquun/Hunter River. She lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne.
Her creative practice began with weaving, in large-scale pieces made from salvaged plastics and installed in public spaces. Over more than a decade of temporary public art projects across Australia it has grown into an expanded practice of installation, textile sculpture and image-making.
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