𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨

Image: Rosie Armstrong, Forest Floor (detail), 2022, Screen print on linen, Dimensions varied. Image courtesy of the artist

Studio 22 - Emerging Artist Support Scheme

Gallery 3

Rosie Armstrong & Lucy Chetcuti

Friday 2 December - Friday 16 December 2022

Each year M16 offers two six month residencies in our Studio 22, made possible with the support of Narrabundah Family Medical Practice. This studio has long been dedicated as a space to help establish emerging artists, curators and arts writers.

The Emerging Artist Support Scheme provides an opportunity to develop artistic practices in a supportive and professional environment.

The 2022 artists in residence were Rosie Armstrong & Lucy Chetcuti. They will be displaying their work in Gallery 3.

Rosie Armstrong and Lucy Chetcuti became aware of their shared affinities with textiles in their methods during their Honours Projects at the ANU School of Art and Design. They approach and reference the field of textiles with different understandings, contexts and aims.

In this exhibition Rosie and Lucy explore thread as a key aesthetic and conceptual focus.Rosie investigates change, agency and connection through weaving and interactive textile surfaces. Lucy explores themes of queerness, connectivity, relationality and intimacy in her use of sewing thread, torn fabric and raw canvas.