About the artists

Bronwyn Weingott
holds a Bachelor of Arts Psychology/Social Anthropology and a Graduate Diploma of Documentary Film. She has worked with stories of refugees previously in her short film Breath. All three recent films she has made- Final Call, Yumi Umiumare- Invisible Sides of Feeling, and Breath- demonstrate a long term interest in displacement, journeys, departures, arrivals, a migrant’s perspective. She has lived and worked overseas in countries like Sweden and England – studying Film Theory at the University of Reading, and working as a freelance photographer for a newspaper in Sweden on the island of Gotland.

Jessica Salehian
is a visual artist and landscape architect. She has previously exhibited sculpture and paintings in Sydney and Perth and worked in the performing arts in Canberra whilst studying. She has done concept designs and research for Bicentennial Park, Glebe, for Leichhardt Council and was a team member designing the Gundangarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre through Liverpool Council and UNSW. She has sold work in exhibitions in Sydney and Perth. Having worked previously with community liaison and environmental design she enjoys the melding of art, community and landscape.

Tamsin Salehian
has been exhibiting artwork since 1997. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University. She has been involved in both environmental and artistic projects for the last ten years, working both here and in the UK. She recently won the Gabriel Gallery Award, and was shortlisted for the Baldessin Fellowship. She has exhibited at the St Kilda Botanic Gardens with the Contemporary Sculptors Association and at the Yarra Sculpture Space and takes part in regular shows.

 

 

Refuge

n. A sheltered or protected state, safe from threat or harm

Compassion

n. sensitivity to the suffering of others, often including a desire to help.

This project has been assisted by the City of Port Phillip Cultural
Programs Board through it's
Cultural Development Fund