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Rita Angus Residency

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TheRita Angus ResidencyinWellington,New Zealand, is an opportunity for artists to live in the former home ofRita Angus,one of New Zealand’s best-known painters, while creating a body of new work.

About the Residency

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The Rita Angus Cottage at 194A Sydney Street West in the Wellington suburb ofThorndonwas built in 1877.Rita Anguslived there from 1955 until her death in 1970.[1]

TheHeritage New Zealandentry for the cottage (registered as aCategory 1 Historic Place) reads: "Many paintings of the house, the garden, the Bolton Street Cemetery and the buildings of the neighbourhood attest to the great influence this place had on the life of the artist."[1]

In 1984, the cottage was purchased by the Thorndon Trust with the intent of providing accommodation for artists visiting Wellington, either for short periods or to work on particular projects.[2]

In 2006,Massey University’s College of Creative Arts partnered with the Thorndon Trust to launch the inaugural Massey University Rita Angus Visual Arts Residency, enabling both New Zealand and international artists to live at the cottage and develop a body of work.[3]

In 2010,WelTecpartnered with the Thorndon Trust to resurrect the residency, with support fromCreative New Zealand.[4]The residency guidelines required artists to submit proposals for a project they would like to complete while living at the cottage, with a brief to "localise the concepts 'technology' and 'culture' in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand".[5]

Past recipients

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Other past residents include Jenny Dolezell,Nicola Jackson,Yvonne Rust,and Michael Tuffery.[4]

References

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  2. ^"Rita Angus Cottage Committee"(PDF).Canterbury Society of Arts Newsletter(118, Sept/Oct/Nov 1984).Archived(PDF)from the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  3. ^"Rita Angus Visual Arts Residency launched".Massey University.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  4. ^ab"Applications now open for the Rita Angus Residency".12 February 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 12 February 2013.Retrieved21 April2023.
  5. ^ab"Rita Angus Residency".Scoop.21 April 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  6. ^Hunt, Tom (19 February 2012)."Artist goes to pieces for new Te Papa work".Stuff.co.nz.Fairfax Media.Archivedfrom the original on 20 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  7. ^"Where art and technology meet - a new partnership resurrects the Rita Angus Residency".WelTec.June 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  8. ^"The artist residing - Exiting: Ronnie van Hout - Artist in Residence".Massey University.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  9. ^"Ani O'Neill: Cottage Industry".The City Gallery Wellington.Archivedfrom the original on 12 January 2015.Retrieved11 January2015.
  10. ^"Artsville: Made In Dunedin / Séraphine Pick".TV One.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  11. ^ab"Gary Freemantle".Art Associates.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  12. ^"Stephanie Sheehan".Hangar Frames Gallery.Archivedfrom the original on 13 January 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  13. ^Trevelyan, Jill; Treadwell, Sarah (2006).Joanna Margaret Paul drawing.Auckland: Mahara Gallery and Auckland University Press. p. 12.ISBN1869403681.
  14. ^"Charlotte Fisher".Bath Street Gallery.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  15. ^"Jane Zusters biography".Jane Zusters artist website.Archivedfrom the original on 14 January 2015.Retrieved8 March2015.
  16. ^Wedde, Ian (2005).Making Ends Meet: essays and talks, 1992-2004.Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 57.ISBN0864735030.