Box Hill Community Arts Centre Artist in Residence Program

2012 Artist in Residence Applications now open

Box Hill Community Arts Centre is now accepting applications for the 2012 Artist in Residence Program.
For more information phone (03) 9895 8888.
Applications close 31st December.
Download 2012 Artist in Residence Guidelines and Application Form.
  Artist in Residence 2012 Guidelines and Application Form (108.41kB)

Artist in Residence 2011 - Nikita Burt

The Loft studio will be Nikita's artistic hideaway for 2011 as she joins the BHCAC as its Artist in Residence.

Nikita is excited to take on the role and looks forward to the year ahead. "The centre has some amazing artists and programs and I am looking forward to meeting and learning with them.  I feel honoured to be looking after The Loft studio this year."

As artist in residence, Nikita will spend much of her time developing a community arts project to help celebrate the Box Hill Community Arts Centre's 21st birthday later this year. Nikita will work with the members of the community to explore past and present imagery and create an artwork to be exhibited as part of the centre's birthday celebrations in October. Nikita has plans to initiate some interesting starting points, with the projects true nature emerging with the participants interests and responses.

Nikita specialises in charcoal drawing as well as paper-cutting and textiles. While working in The Loft studio, she will also spend time creating a series of artworks to be exhibited in the BHCAC gallery and other venue's across Melbourne.

Nikita studied fine arts in Mildura until 2006, through Latrobe University before moving to Melbourne to study with the Melbourne Institute of Experimental and Creative Arts in Therapy.  She also spent several months of volunteering in central Australia at the Warlukulangu Art Centre in Yuendumu, Northern Territory. Nikita has experience in community arts in north and west Melbourne through The Centre in Errol Street, North Melbourne.