international residency — NEWS

Double wow! ✨ A double-page preview of my artist residency, community outreach project, and upcoming exhibition ‘Grotto Girl’ has just been featured in the Sunday Times of Malta - beautifully written by the insightful Dr Louis Laganà (Lough) who seems to have adopted an incredible appreciation of my work 🙏

I had no idea it had come out - and just ahead of my exhibition opening at MUŻA Valletta #Heritagemalta I’m ever so grateful for this incredible, thoughtful, and thought-provoking reflection on my work and practice ❤️🇲🇹❤️

Please join me for the opening on June 11 at 6:30pm at MUŻA, with the inauguration to be opened by:

🇲🇹Mr Owen Bonnici – Minister for Culture, Lands, and Local Government @bonnicio

🇲🇹🇦🇺His Excellency Mr Matt Skelly – High Commissioner of Australia in Malta

🇲🇹 Dr Louis Laganà – Art historian, critic, and curator.

Feeling honoured, excited, and deeply thankful. 💙

Heartfelt gratitude to my dear friend for his impeccable art documentation and 📸 Henry Zammit Cordina @henryzammitcordina

And a warm thank you to 🙏❤️🇲🇹 The Sunday Times of Malta and Arts and Culture editor Lara Zammit
Thank you again Dr Louis Laganà for delivering an amazing insight into my work and creativity, I’m completely humbled by your passion about it and feeling very grateful.

Dr Laganà is a highly respected art historian, critic, curator, and practicing artist. He earned his PhD in Art History (Modern and Contemporary Art) from Loughborough University in the UK, and currently serves as Associate Professor at the University of Malta @ummalta within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing. His research and teaching span Modern and Contemporary Art History, Visual Culture, Psychoanalysis and Art, The Arts and Wellbeing, and more.

Dr Laganà is also a prolific writer. His literary contributions include the three-volume series “Two Generations of Maltese Artistic Families” (2014–2016) and the co-authored book “Psychology and the Arts: Perceptions and Perspectives” with Professor Carmel Cefai. He has contributed extensively to academic journals, exhibition catalogues, and newspapers, helping to shape discourse around art and culture in Malta and beyond.

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2020 is certainly shaping up to be a busy one and I’m pleased to announce I’ll be heading of to France again for a couple of months as Artist-in-Residence at DRAWInternational Caylus. The AIR programme aims to support artists in their professional practice/research and encourage creative exchange and fosters artistic research to promote and reveal ideas within a contemporary context.

DRAW welcomes applications from artists of all countries and all disciplines
(drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, photography, printmaking, design, multimedia, video, installation as well as writers) for residencies of 1 to 3 months.

Artists are selected on the quality of their residency proposal, it's relevance to DRAW's philosophy and environment and evidence of previous artistic work. The centre organises events (exhibitions, open workshops and seminars/presentations to promote it's activities and share creative experience and opportunities within the public domain.

DRAWinternational offers international artists, teachers and students the opportunity to extend professional practice through cultural exchange.

Board :
Artistic director :
John McNorton

Administrator :
Grete McNorton

Board Members :
Professor Deanna Petherbridge CBE
Professor Graham Button
Paul Beauchamp - Principal Lecturer

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