Artist In Place

Melissa works primarily in fibre-based art, with her practice extending to various mediums, including painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and installation. She is best known for her finger-knitting techniques, with work focused on immediacy and attunement to sensations. Melissa reflects on our sensitivity to an ever-changing environment and her own inner feelings and contemplations.

Tal works in the field of craftivism, employing craft as a medium for activism and collaboration. Her works tackle complex social, political, and environmental issues, drawing inspiration from her own experiences and collective conversations with her community. She employs textiles to create intricate wall hangings, quilts, and banners that address challenging topics and emotional landscapes. Tal holds a PhD in Visual Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (2018) and a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours from Griffith University (2010).

As a Kombumerri man with a passion for music and language development, Lann is deeply immersed in the heart of the coast’s creative arts field. An indigenous multi- instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, director and creative designer Lann records and composes soundscapes in his northern Gold Coast studio.

Lann’s transition over recent years has taken him deeper into First Nations structures, reaping rewards for his community and gifted a more intimate connection of country to him. Lann is increasingly employed to design cultural soundscape, documenting and recording language, creating visual installations and structuring new ways of presenting language-based “welcome to country” through the combination of music, dance and video elements.

Some recent credits include 2018 Commonwealth Games, Festival 18, Yugambeh Museum, HOTA Naidoc celebration and Musical Direction for First Nations program at Arts Ablaze (collaboration with Alicia Jones), Those Who Rock with Everybody NOW.

Morag Myerscough is an acclaimed British artist and designer, renowned for her vibrant and immersive public art installations that transform urban environments. She is best known for her use of bold colours, patterns, and words to create spaces that foster a sense of community, belonging, and joy.

Myerscough’s work spans a wide range of projects, from schools and hospitals to cultural hubs and town centres, often involving local communities in the design process to reflect their cultural identity and shared history.

Over the years, she has received numerous accolades, including being named a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in 2017 and receiving multiple honorary degrees, including from the Royal College of Art, University Arts London, and Gloucester University.

Myerscough’s work is instantly recognizable for its energy and ability to resonate with diverse audiences worldwide, having been featured in cities across the globe, including London, Melbourne, Hong Kong, and Mexico City. Notable commissions include projects for the Design Museum, Brighton Festival, South Bank Centre, and Battersea Power Station.

In addition to her design work, Myerscough is a passionate advocate for belonging, often speaking about the importance of creating spaces that promote inclusivity.

www.moragmyerscough.com

Ros Oades is one of Australia’s leading documentary theatremakers, noted particularly for her work pioneering headphone verbatim techniques and audio installations.

Her work has been described, as being like a documentary film-maker or investigative journalist, where she embeds herself in a community to develop source material for a artistic project by talking with and collaborating with real people to listen to and collect stories.

She has also had a long career in Australian television including roles in the iconic Australian TV shows A Country Practice and Home and Away, and her cartoon voices over work can be heard on many of Australia’s best-loved children’s TV series including: Banana’s in Pyjamas, Kitty is Not a Cat, Sherazade the Untold Story, Dogstar, Zigby, Sea Princesses, Bambaloo, Kangaroo Creek Gang and lead role in the Logie Award winning Tracey McBean.

Her audio-scripted performance work Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday received the Green Room Award for outstanding writing for the Australian Stage and in 2019 Oades received a special Green Room Award for Technical Achievement in theatre. Her work has also been nominated for Helpmann Awards, Sydney Theatre Awards and NSW Premier’s Literary Award.

Three of her works have been published as a compilation titled Acts of Courage by Currency Press, including Stories of Love and Hate (made in response to Cronulla riots through interviews with 65 people over a two-year period), Fast Cars and Tractor Engines and I’m Your Man.

She is currently a recipient of the Creative Australia’s Fellowship for theatre awarded to outstanding established Australian artists.

www.roslynoades.com