Writers & Illustrators in Residence workshops
The School of Arts and Arts New England Centre for Research and Innovation in the Arts are proud to announce the first three Writers and Illustrators in Residence in the Creative Communities in Children's and Young Adult Literature program funded by the Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund.
The three successful applicants, selected from a wide pool of applicants from around Australia, are Clare McFadden, Kevin Burgemeestre, and Tristan Bancks.
They will be visiting Armidale in May and June to take up residence at the Unviersity of New England, to devote themselves to new writing and illustrating projects, and to run workshops in illustration and writing for participants from the school, university, TAFE, and local community. For the most part, workshops will be conducted at the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM).
Clare McFadden (4 - 18 May 2012)
Details about Clare's workshops can be found in this brochure or poster.
Clare McFadden is a producer/facilitator of arts based programs for children and communities. She is also a writer and illustrator. She works in schools, kindergartens and cultural institutions across Australia. Clare has designed for theatre, film and music productions and her illustrations have been exhibited in group and solo shows: most recently at the 2011 Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy.
In 2010, Clare was the recipient of the Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artist’s Fellowship – enabling her to investigate international best practice methods of engaging children in the arts. Last year, she was a recipient of the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust Fellowship. The Flying Orchestra is her first book. It was awarded the 2011 Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award and was selected as one of the "50 Books You Can't Put Down" as part of the Australian Government's Get Reading Campaign.
http://cargocollective.com/claremcfadden
Kevin Burgemeestre (18 May - 2 June 2012)
Details about Kevin's workshops can be found in this brochure.
Kevin writes, draws, builds & tells lame jokes ... (he's not really fond of rubbers though!)
He studied at RMIT majoring in illustration before graduating in Children's Book Illustration at the Rietveld Acadamie in Amsterdam. He divides his time between writing and illustrating children's books and giving workshops to kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, libraries, universities and teacher groups.
He's illustrated numerous children's books including the well-known Bernard Was a Bikie and Thunder Mountain. Other titles include Antarctic Dad with Hazel Edwards, and B is for Bravo, both written and illustrated by Kevin and featuring innovative dioramas. The recent Uncle Eddie books with Lucy Farmer continue themes of adventure and discovery. Kevin conducts humorous and informative workshops on writing, illustration, sketching, cartooning and photo collage for all year levels.
http://kevinburgemeestre.com.au/
Tristan Bancks (6 -17 June)
Details about Tristan's workshops can be found in this brochure.
Tristan Bancks tells stories for the page and screen. His background is in acting and filmmaking. His short films have won a number of awards and have screened widely in festivals and on TV.
Tristan has written several books for children and teens, including the brand new Galactic Adventures, First Kids in Space (UQP, July 2011) and My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up (Random House, July 2011). He is also author of the Mac Slater books released in Australia and the US. Mac Slater Vs. The City was released in America in April 2011. His illustrated series Nit Boy, is about everybody's favourite mini-beasts. Nit Boy is currently being developed for television. Tristan's Young Adult novel, it's yr life (Random House), was co-written via email between Byron Bay and L.A. with actress / author, Tempany Deckert.
Tristan loves telling fast-moving stories for young people and inspiring others to create.
Further Information
Information about the planned program of workshops will be available shortly.
Inquiries about the program of events may be made to creativecommunities@une.edu.au, or to Dr Elizabeth Hale, School of Arts, UNE at ehale@une.edu.au