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The Rita Angus Residency in Wellington, New Zealand, is an opportunity for artists to live in the former home of Rita Angus, one of New Zealand’s best-known painters, while creating a body of new work.

About the Residency

The Rita Angus Cottage at 194A Sydney Street West in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon was built in 1877. Rita Angus lived there from 1955 until her death in 1970.^[1]

The Heritage New Zealand entry for the cottage (registered as a Category 1 Historic Place) reads: "Many paintings of the house, the garden, the Bolton Street Cemetery and the buildings of the neighbourhood attest to the great influence this place had on the life of the artist."^[1]

In 1984, the cottage was purchased by the Thorndon Trust with the intent of providing accommodation for artists visiting Wellington, either for short periods or to work on particular projects.^[2]

In 2006, Massey University’s College of Creative Arts partnered with the Thorndon Trust to launch the inaugural Massey University Rita Angus Visual Arts Residency, enabling both New Zealand and international artists to live at the cottage and develop a body of work.^[3]

In 2010, WelTec partnered with the Thorndon Trust to resurrect the residency, with support from Creative New Zealand.^[4] The residency guidelines required artists to submit proposals for a project they would like to complete while living at the cottage, with a brief to "localise the concepts 'technology' and 'culture' in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand".^[5]

Past recipients

2012 Glen Hayward^[6]
2011 Residency shared by Ben Cauchi and Andre Hemer^[5]
2010 Wayne Youle^[7]
2008 Ronnie van Hout^[8]
1997 Ani O'Neill^[9]
1995 Séraphine Pick^[10] and Gary Freemantle^[11]
1994 Stephanie Sheehan^[12]
1993 Joanna Margaret Paul and Charlotte Fisher^[13]^[14]
1991 Jane Zusters^[15]
1989 Gary Freemantle^[11]
1985 Tony Fomison (first residency)^[16]

Other past residents include Jenny Dolezell, Nicola Jackson, Yvonne Rust, and Michael Tuffery.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rita Angus Cottage". Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ "Rita Angus Cottage Committee" (PDF). Canterbury Society of Arts Newsletter (118, Sept/Oct/Nov 1984). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ "Rita Angus Visual Arts Residency launched". Massey University. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Applications now open for the Rita Angus Residency". 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Rita Angus Residency". Scoop. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ Hunt, Tom (19 February 2012). "Artist goes to pieces for new Te Papa work". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ "Where art and technology meet - a new partnership resurrects the Rita Angus Residency". WelTec. June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ "The artist residing - Exiting: Ronnie van Hout - Artist in Residence". Massey University. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ "Ani O'Neill: Cottage Industry". The City Gallery Wellington. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
^ "Artsville: Made In Dunedin / Séraphine Pick". TV One. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Gary Freemantle". Art Associates. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ "Stephanie Sheehan". Hangar Frames Gallery. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ Trevelyan, Jill; Treadwell, Sarah (2006). Joanna Margaret Paul drawing. Auckland: Mahara Gallery and Auckland University Press. p. 12. ISBN 1869403681.
^ "Charlotte Fisher". Bath Street Gallery. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ "Jane Zusters biography". Jane Zusters artist website. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ Wedde, Ian (2005). Making Ends Meet: essays and talks, 1992-2004. Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 57. ISBN 0864735030.