Kate Cotching: October 2015

From the 11th of August until the 30th of October 2015 I lived and worked in the historic Thirning Villa in Ashfield NSW. The Residency was part of Ashfield council's Artist In Residence program.
During this time I produced some of the work for my exhibition We lost and we won at Ararat Regional Art Gallery and ran a number of community arts projects, including an exhibition titled Out of the cube in Thirning Villa, a sculpture workshop, and an award ribbon making activity in the main street as part of Ashfield Council's Frolic in the Forecourt.

The beautiful artwork by Bharti Partel made during the workshop at Thirning Villa

One of the many award ribbons made by passers-by at the Frolic in the Forecourt

The video is a slideshow of the other ribbons made on the day

Over the past year I've been working towards an exhibition at Ararat Regional ArtGallery.

The exhibition We lost and we won runs from 22^nd October to the 6^th December.

There will be a special viewing and an Artist's talk on Saturday the 7^th November at 1pm which is open for anyone to attend.

The work in the exhibition playfully challenges the way we see victories, inviting the possibility that in some cases, facing up to the daily hum-drum of life can be as challenging as winning a race. With this in mind I have made a series of paintings as well as a collection of soft, fabric trophies for my friends and family to recognise their self-professed but otherwise unacknowledged accomplishments.

Ararat Regional Art Gallery is at the intersection of Vincent Street and the Western Highway, Ararat, in the historic late-Victorian Town Hall building. It is open Monday to Friday 10am – 4.30pm and Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 12-4pm

Ararat is around a two and a half hour drive from Melbourne at the gateway to the Grampians region and there are daily Vline trains from Melbourne to Ararat. A great place for a day trip if your in Melbourne.

Here are some images of some of the work exhibited as well as work in progress.