G'day everyone. Ironwood is off on their (almost) annual excursion to Bundanon, artist Arthur Boyd's magic gift to all Australians, and artists of all stripes (and spots;)
We will be in residence there from February 3 - 22, working on lots of different things. We plan on a couple of sessions a day including rehearsing programs for the rest of 09, trying out some exciting new works with composers Kevin March and Damian Barbeler, reading our way through lots of chamber music, and planning lots more concerts, workshops and adventures in between.
You can find out more about Bundanon at www.bundanon.com (follow the link down the side of this blog). Bundanon was one of the homes of the Boyd family,and is where Arthur Boyd painted many of his most famous works - things like Pulpit Rock, and the flametrees, and the rocks by the riverside are all things you can see as you walk around Bundanon.As well as being an artist-in-residence complex, Bundanon is also a working beef cattle farm, with a prizewinning herd of Brangus cattle..that's a cross of Brahman and Black Angus cattle breeds, for all those city dwellers out there;)
For anyone interested in reading more about Arthur Boyd and the amazing Boyd family, Darleen Bungey's new biography about Arthur Boyd is great reading, and Brenda Niall's comprehensive family biography 'The Boyds' is fabulous to get an overview of the Boyd family and how they influenced each other artistically.
We'll try to update our blog regularly during the residency so you can read and see more of what we get up to....Hope you can visit our blog often!
Until next week,
Best summer residency wishes from Nicole & Ironwood(with their Akubra hats and RM Williams boots on!)
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