In 1991, the University of Tasmania received a bequest from the estate of the artist-lecturer, Rosamond McCulloch who had taught at the Tasmanian School of Art during the 1950s and 1960s. The $100 000 bequest was used to purchase a studio in the world-renowned studio complex, the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, which is situated on the right bank of the river Seine, a stone’s throw away from Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cité and within easy walking distance of all of the main Paris galleries including the Louvre. The Cité complex has approximately 300 studios - these are owned by universities and arts organisations spread worldwide - and the buildings also house common rooms and library, a large gallery, a concert hall, as well as printmaking and photographic facilities. A residency at the Cité carries with it free and unlimited access to virtually all art museums in France.
Rosamond McCulloch’s wish was that her bequest should be used to assist a graduate of the Tasmanian School of Art to travel overseas. In the spirit of the bequest, then, the University now has a permanent base in Paris. It was fortunate to be able to purchase a newly renovated studio, developed by the Cité administration, in an eighteenth century townhouse a block back from the main Cité complex. It is a spacious apartment with kitchen and bathroom facilities, a large work-space and a bedroom on the mezzanine floor. Its two large sets of french windows overlook a charming garden.
Since
1991, the McCulloch Studio Management Committee has, with considerable assistance
from Arts Tasmania, Hobart Rotary and the Rees family, been able to send eight
young artists to live and work in Paris for periods of four months each. The
artists have each received a stipend of to help defray their living and materials
costs as well as return airfares; the University and Arts Tasmania also assist
with the payment of service fees that the Cité charges for maintaining
the Studio.
2001 Program
The McCulloch Studio Residency for 2001 will be offered from the beginning of September to the end of December, 2001. This is sponsored by the University of Tasmania and assisted by a generous grant from Arts Tasmania, the Tasmanian Government’s arts advisory and funding body.
A hard copy of the 2001 application form can be obtained from the
Secretary, Tasmanian School of Art at Hobart, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-57, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001.
Further contacts:
Ph. (03) 6226 4304 Fax (03) 6226 4308 e-mail: enquiries@www.artschool.utas.edu.au
CLOSING DATE FOR THE 2001 MCCULLOCH STUDIO RESIDENCY:
than 5.00 pm on Friday, 15th September 2000
Gabriella
Smart June, 1992 Sharyn
Woods (1) July-October, 1992 Lorraine
Jenyns(5) November-December, 1992 Carole
Roberts May-June, 1993 Jane
Burton (1) June-October, 1993 Ross Straker
October-November, 1993 Ray Arnold(5)
December-May, 1994 Floride
Pavlovic May-July, 1994 Pat Brassington(5)
August-October, 1994 Julie Payne
November-December, 1994 Karina
Clarke (1) January-April, 1995 Donna Marcus
May-June, 1995 Ian Bonde
July-September, 1995 Matthew
Calvert(3) October-November, 1995 Michael
Edwards (1) December-April, 1996 Angela
O’Rourke April-May, 1996 Jenny Spinks
(2) May-July, 1996 Kit Hiller
July-September, 1996 Brian Parkes
September-November, 1996
(1) Winners
of McCulloch Studio residencies (2) Winner
of Sapin Jalouste Scholarship (3) Winner
of Samstag Scholarship (4) Winner
of Greenshields Scholarship (5) Awarded
Australia Council Fellowships
Filomena
Coppola (1) December-April, 1996-1997 Bob Jenyns
May-June, 1997 Wayne Brookes
July -August, 1997 Alex Miles
September-October, 1997 Jock Young
November-December, 1997 Meg Jenkins(4)
January-February, 1998 Jeff Burgess
March-April, 1998 Stephen
Lees May-June, 1998 Stephen Goddard May-June 1998 (Accommodated in another Studio) Refurbishment July-August, 1998 Heather
B. Swann (1) September-December, 1998 Mary Knights
January-February, 1999 Celeste
Chandler, March-April, June-August Leisha
Owen May, 1999 Rosemary O'Rourke(1) September 1999 - January, 2000 Diana Klaosen, March-April, 2000 Vivienne Breheney, May-June, 2000 Wayne Hudson, July-August, 2000 Sean Bacon (1) September-December, 2000
Alex Wanders (1) Feb-May, 1992
