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Artist in Residence Form

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Application Form for The Old School, Mount Wilson Artist in Residence

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• Have your support material file ready to upload. Make sure your file for uploading does not exceed 10MB.
• If you are having any trouble with this application please let us know via

email: judithtribe@gmail.com or phone: 0410632096

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A copy of your application will be sent to you via the email address in your Applicant Details

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Residency Dates

Each residency runs for one month during the period October 2024 to June 2025. Please specify your month/s of preference below.

Please note: it may not be possible to meet all requests.

Referees

Please provide the contact details for two authorities in your field who know your work.

Referee 1

Referee 2

We expect 3 types of uploads

  1. Please upload a current CV, no more than one A4 page
  2. Please upload a residency proposal no more than two A4 pages, including your proposed community engagement activity
  3. Please upload examples of your work
  • For visual artists, photographers, printmakers and textile artists: up to 5 good quality images of recent works including titles/descriptions
  • For video artists, one video up to 10 minutes in duration
  • For musicians and composers: one recording up to 10 minutes
  • For writers: up to two pieces of writing to a maximum of 1,000 words in any genre/s

Support Material

Submit only .pdf, .ppt, .doc, .docx, .pptx, .jpg, .png, .gif, .jpeg, .mp4, .mp3, or .mov.
• Please ensure that total file size does not exceed 10MB.
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By submitting this application I declare that all information is correct and that all support material is my original work. I understand that, if I am successful, this material may be used for promotion of The Old School, Mount Wilson Artist in Residence program through Mt Wilson website and print publications.

Application Guidelines

The Old School, Mount Wilson Artist in Residence program provides accommodation and exclusive use of a studio for one month. The program is designed to benefit both emerging and established artists and considers applications from visual artists, writers, photographers, video artists, printmakers, musicians, composers, and textile artists.

The residency is also suitable for two artists collaborating on a project.

Applications will be assessed and selected by a panel consisting of an arts administrator, a curator and a member of the Artist in Residence (AiR) committee. We reserve the right to seek external advice when assessing your application.

Selection Criteria

Successful applicants will be selected on the basis of their written proposal and the sample works submitted, according to the following criteria

  • Quality of work
  • The strength of the proposal
  • Proposed community engagement activity

The panel will also consider:

  • Suitability of the art form for the studio
  • Availability of dates

Support Material:

Submit only pdf, ppt, doc, docx, jpeg, png, mp4 or mov.

  • Please ensure that total file size does not exceed 10MB.
  • Contact details for two referees
  • Current CV (not more than one A4 page)
  • Residency proposal, including your proposed community engagement activity (not more than two A4 pages)
  • Examples of your work
    • For visual artists, photographers, printmakers and textile artists: up to 5 good quality images of recent works including titles/descriptions
    • For video artists, one video up to 15 minutes in duration
    • For musicians and composers: one recording up to 15 minutes
    • For writers: up to two pieces of writing to a maximum of 1,000 words in any genre/s.

To Apply:

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English Ivy (Hedera helix)

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Whilst English ivy (Hedera helix) provides some lovely features and screens in our gardens this is very aggressive when out of control. 

The Dandenong Ranges in Victoria (see video) are similar to Mt Wilson/Mt Irvine with the basalt soil and ornamental gardens and have a similar problem to the mounts with Ivy growing up trees and sometimes enveloping the whole tree.

Ivy is rampant in the village and eradication is difficult.  However, we can all do something to limit the spread of ivy. Ivy flowers and produces fruit when it climbs up a tree and the seeds are then carried into gardens and the bush by birds. English ivy will eventually choke and kill trees, even big ones, both natives and exotics.  To stop it spreading we need to focus on ivy growing on trees.  

Tree Fern Treatment

For tree ferns the task is more complex as the ivy roots grow into the trunk. To kill the ivy the stems must be scraped with a knife and the herbicide applied to the ivy stem wound, being careful to avoid the tree fern trunk. This is best done in the growing season October to end April.

Non Tree Fern Tree Treatment

For other trees the process is much easier.  Just cut the Ivy at the base and the Ivy should die. It is best also clearing about 1 m from the base of the tree.  (see video)

Herbicide

Glyphosate (Roundup) is a herbicide that is used for killing English Ivy. Please note special care must be taken when using Glyphosate. The MWPA accepts no responsibility for the use or application of any chemicals. Always check the labels and Safety Data Sheets for all chemicals and use only as directed. 

Please note that the Blue Mountains Basalt Forest in around Mt Wilson is a ‘Blue Mountains Sensitive Vegetation Community’ so extreme care needs to be taken when controlling weeds in bushland areas. The only weed control methods recommended in sensitive areas are ‘scrape and paint’, ‘cut and paint’ and ‘stem injection’. If in any doubt about how to control weeds on your property consider using an accredited weed control contractor.

Other Usefull references:

Weedwise Weed of the Month - English Ivy

Weedwise - English Ivy - Best Practices

WikiHow - How to kill English Ivy

 

 

 

 

Stinking Iris (Iris foetidissima)

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Flowering from November on The Mounts is Iris foetidissima also known as “Stinking Iris” or “Roast Beef Plant” after its rather unpleasant fragrance when cut or bruised.

It is a clump-forming evergreen herb to 100 cm, with tough rhizomes immediately below the soil surface.

The flowers are 5–7 cm in diameter and are dull purplish-grey tinged with yellow. More common in Australia is the yellow flowered variant that is often naturalised.  You will find both varieties flowering in Mt Wilson currently. 

At maturity each seed capsule splits into three, each with two rows of round orange seeds of 5 mm diameter, these can persist for several months.

Despite the Royal Horticultural Society giving Iris foetidissima their prestigious Award of Garden Merit. The plant is clearly becoming a problem in Mt Wilson, most notably in and around Church Lane.  Each plant grows rapidly and seeds readily and is dispersed by birds. Mature stands will easily smother a garden bed and become extremely difficult to remove.

 

There are three options to manage this plant:

  1. If you wish to retain any plants, systematically remove any seed capsules before the seeds emerge.
  2. To remove the plants, the most effective way is to mattock out the rhizomes (juvenile plants can usually be removed by hand.
  3. Iris foetidissima will respond to Glyphosate (RoundupTM) but the leaves will need to be soaked and secondary spraying may be required.

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2021 Newsletters

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February 2021

pdf Under and Overcliff at Wentworth Falls February 2021 (443 KB)

March 2021

pdf Ikara Ridge and Ikara Head at Mt Victoria March 2021 (431 KB)

April 2021

pdf Hat Hill to Anvil Rock at Blackheath April 2021 (413 KB)

May 2021

pdf Transit of Venus Track at Woodford May 2021 (428 KB)

June 2021

pdf Asgard Swamp and Thor Head at Mt Victoria June 2021 (426 KB)

July 2021

pdf Cancelled Leura Lookouts Walk July 2021 (441 KB)  

August 2021

pdf Cancelled Leura Lookouts Walk August 2021 (427 KB)

September 2021

pdf Cancelled Leura Lookouts Walk September 2021 (429 KB)

October 2021

pdf Cancelled Leura Lookouts Walk October 2021 (434 KB)

November 2021

pdf Jinki Ridge near Mt Wilson November 2021 (432 KB)

December 2021

pdf Waterfalls, Logging Trails, The Mill and Daintree Lane at Mt Wilson December 2021 (443 KB)  

 

 

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  2. Birds in Mt Wilson
  3. Current Bushfire Status
  4. Common Holly (Ilex Aquifolium)