Monique Tippett Artist

Day 4 Banff Residency 3rd March 16

Artist introduction day .   Today we had the opportunity to share a 10 minute overview of our practice and the proposed project we aim to work on during our time here at the centre with fellow participants and faculty.  As those of you who know me can confirm this usually sends me into a spin although I am happy to say I got through it with out to many stumbles.  I think I was more excited to see all the other artist work and hear about there practice and the variety of different, ideas,  approaches, mediums and materials being used.   They are all very cleaver and amazing artists if anyone is interested in looking them up here is a list of their names:

Gabrielle Amodeo (NZ), Tyler Hilton (CAN), Ingrid Kroenig (CAN), Nial McClelland (CAN), Norma Jean Mac Lean (CAN), Myriam Dion (CAN), Jan Kabatoff (CAN), Sasha Opeiko (HGK), Laura Kelly (IRE), Tyler Jordan (CAN), Laura Findlay (CAN), Andrew Tarrant (CAN), Brenda ? (CAN)

I also managed to get one small painting done (just getting warmed up), two marquettes made from folded cardboard and one made from pieces of scrap veneer.   I really hope that I can use the time to experiment with some other materials/processes, its a huge learning curve that I am hoping to make the most of!  


 

made from scrap cedar veneer

Folded Cardboard

inks, Charcoal and spray paint on blackout

Folded Cardboard

Artist introduction day .   Today we had the opportunity to share a 10 minute overview of our practice and the proposed project we aim to work on during our time here at the centre with fellow participants and faculty.  As those of you who know me can confirm this usually sends me into a spin although I am happy to say I got through it with out to many stumbles.  I think I was more excited to see all the other artist work and hear about there practice and the variety of different, ideas,  approaches, mediums and materials being used.   They are all very cleaver and amazing artists if anyone is interested in looking them up here is a list of their names:

Gabrielle Amodeo (NZ), Tyler Hilton (CAN), Ingrid Kroenig (CAN), Nial McClelland (CAN), Norma Jean Mac Lean (CAN), Myriam Dion (CAN), Jan Kabatoff (CAN), Sasha Opeiko (can), Laura Kelly (IRE), Tyler Jordan (CAN), Laura Findlay (CAN), Andrew Tarrant (CAN), Brenda Danbrook (CAN), Sara (HGK)

I also managed to get one small painting done (just getting warmed up), two marquettes made from folded cardboard and one made from pieces of scrap veneer.   I really hope that I can use the time to experiment with some other materials/processes, its a huge learning curve that I am hoping to make the most of!  


 

made from scrap cedar veneer

Folded Cardboard

inks, Charcoal and spray paint on blackout

Folded Cardboard


Day 3 Banff Centre Residency

Its my first few days here at the Banff Centre.  Yesterday was orientation day and we spent a few hours looking through all the seperate studio set ups….omg, each department is set up to the highest standards, every machine, process and materials are available for us to use, from the fully equipped woodworking studio,  a ceramic studio with several different types of kilns, draws and draws filled with glazes and samples.  Little sculptures and pots that other residents have left behind, fill every available space.  The photography studio has state of the art, enlargers, projectors, equipment I have never seen (I wish my daugther Ebony and Cameron were here),  light  photographic white studio with green screen, cameras and projectors of all kinds available to use.  Large format printers of in all shapes and sizes………..as well as digital sound and  audio rooms filled with equipment as well as technical technical help……….phew!!!!!  It is mind blowing!

I formally got to meet the other artist in residence and staff yesterday as well and I am really happy to say that everyone is really upbeat and friendly, and the staff are super helpful.  We were also given our studio keys, so first thing this morning I headed up to my space to unpack and get stuck into it!  

Stay tuned, I will be posting images of my marquettes and little paintings I have started today over the next few days……..as well as some more pics of the studios.


The Banff Centre Artist Residency Feb 29th to Mar 26th 2016

Tomorrow is my first day at The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada.   Banff is a 90 min flight from Vancouver.  It is nestled in the Rocky Mountains, surrounded by national parks.  This will be a once in a life time opportunity for me to visit this world renowned centre for the arts.   I am so very grateful to receive a grant from Western Australian Department of Culture and The Arts to attend this 4 week residency.  I will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers, attend inspiring talks and performances by world-renowned visiting artists, and enjoy a spectacular mountain environment where you can engage or seek retreat. 

The Banff Artist in Residence program provides time and space for artists, curators, and researchers to create, experiment with and develop production techniques, and cultivate new directions in their work. This program provides access to world-class facilities in photography, sculpture, printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, textiles, painting, performance, media arts, film, and audio, as well as supporting curatorial and critical studies. What does the program offer artist?  it offers the opportunity to create while removed from from the constraints of everyday life.  What more can one ask for!

While attending the artist residency I will be researching my response to the landscape through the development of sculptural and three dimensional linear forms.  My work is the result of an instinctual relationship with the natural environment that bridges the gap between painting and sculpture.  My intention is to use the time to extend the limits of my sculptural repertoire, to further explore the strong lineal and textural qualities of the forested landscape that surrounds my home in Dwellingup, Western Australia.  The sculptural form is an intuitive response to the myriad natural features of the sylvan environment: fallen logs, arboreal bodies, canopy and understory shaped over time by elemental forces, fire and fauna, wind and water.

How do these resultant forms of the cycle of growth and decay inform my work, aesthetically and conceptually?

Thanks also to my family for letting me go on this adventure, I hope to share with you what I learn!

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