Lorna Crane, Susan Chancellor, Poppy Benton and Jen Mallinson were four artists from the Far South Coast of NSW who traveled to Broken Hill for a six-week residency at the Broken Hill Art Exchange Inc. Their residency was partly funded by the Regional Arts NSW CASP fund with support from South East Area Arts (SEAR). During their stay over six weeks they gave an artist talk at the Regional Art Gallery (10th May) that was well attended by local artists and visitors to the gallery. At the residency they were introduced to local art groups including GAARA arts and several local artists including Deirdre Edwards and Barbara Defranceschi. This has resulted in exchange visits between the desert and coastal artists and joint exhibitions.
Lorna Crane – Lorna is an experienced artist and as a Churchill Fellow has traveled to the USA, Canada and the UK. She has been involved with setting up pioneering arts programs for mental health, community artists, artist mentoring and artist run initiatives since the early ‘80’s. Lorna has her individual studio practice at South Pambula, NSW. (Images below: Bronze Moon, Lorna & her work 1sm, Message in a Bottle, Quarantine Bay with Sailing Ships)
Poppy Benton was the first Living Artist recipient for the Far South Coast Living Artist Project and Director of the Essential Object at Tathra NSW. Poppy has her individual studio practice at Tanja.
Susan Chancellor is a member of the Spiral Gallery Co-operative, Bega NSW. Poppy is involved with the management and curating of exhibitions. She was a participant in the South Coast Solar Print workshop in partnership with Megalo Access Arts ACT. and a member of the South East Modern Art Group, which is involved in running exhibitions and workshops. Poppy has her individual studio practice at Pambula, NSW
Jen Mallinson spent seven years living and working in Europe as senior graphic designer and artist. Jen has her own graphic design business and her individual studio practice is in South Pambula, NSW (IMAGES: malefemale, Quiet Reflection, Still, Veils of Light)
