The Academy of The Arts has a well established artist-in-residence program. Visiting artists generally spend 6 - 7 weeks at the Academy of the arts, pursuing their art and contribute to teaching and Arts Forum programs. The School has an artist-in-residence cottage and studio on the Newnham campus which provides accommodation and studio space for the visiting artists.
Recent artists-in residence include Professor Patricia Hickman, Professor Rey Buono, Professor Tom Supenski, Derek Hart, Greg Payce, Professor Roger Gaudreau, Pip McMannus and Dr Pam Woods.
To find out how to apply for an Artist-in-Residency at the Academy of the Arts, please click here.
Darren completed his Bachelor of Education (Arts and Crafts) in 1984 at Melbourne College of Advanced Education. He completed a Graduate Diploma in Fine Art in 1988 at RMIT, going on to complete his Master of Arts in 1991. He has worked fo rmany years as a lecturer and teacher of ceramics and sculpture at various academic institutions including the University of Melbourne and Victorian College of the Arts. Darren is currently a PhD Candidate at Monash University.
Darren McGinn
Stephen Mulqueen is a sculptor who resides between Otago Dunedin, in southern New Zealand and County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland. Stephen is a graduate of the Otago School of Art, Dunedin and the Australian National University Canberra. As a past winner of the Cleveland Art Award he is also known for his work as a jeweller/goldsmith and founding member of the Contemporary Jewellery workshop and Gallery FLUXUS: 983-2004.
Steve Mulqueen
He states: "Living at the beginning of the twenty first century in souther Aotearoa/New Zealand my research is positioned within debates concerning the contestability of place in postcolonial discourse".Stephen's present work is based on accumulative experiences gained durin gmore than three decades of work and travel in southern New Zealand, Australia and Ireland.
Tom Supensky has been making ceramic art for over 50 years. His first experience was at the University of Southern California in 1956. He continued his studies at the Ohio State University, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics in 1961. He began teaching art in 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland, eventually accepting a position at Towson University in 1968 where he taught until his retirement in 2004.
Tom Supensky
Tom has exhibited his work and presented numerous workshop and lectures over the world, including Korea, Canada, England, Wales, Germany, Italy and throughout the United States.
