Melitta Firth is Visual Arts Network Coordinator for Arts Northern Rivers, New South Wales, managing this initiative that supports professional artists in the region, and Exhibitions Coordinator at Lismore Regional Gallery. In addition to recent work curating group shows and travelling exhibitions. Firth's international experience has included a curatorial internship at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.  She used her residency with Selasar Sunaryo Art Space to further her networks in the Indonesian contemporary art scene, and developing an exhibition that will explore Australian and Indonesian concepts and depictions of oceans, borders and islands for eventual touring in both countries.

Supported by the Australia-Indonesia Institute.

Recently appointed Development Officer with the ACT Writers Centre, Hal
Judge is a versatile creative writer of plays and screenplays and award-winning poet. Over the last decade he has produced many cabaret and poetry slams at top live entertainment venues and has featured at the Tasmanian, ACT, Northern Territory and Ubud writers' festivals. During the residency, Judge will assist the Paradox Literary Centre to become a viable resource centre for writers throughout Indonesia. (Supported by the Australia-Indonesia Institute and Arts ACT)

Joanna Barrkman is the Curator, Southeast Asian Art and Material Culture at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Barrkman has specialised in the study of Asian textiles.  Her residency in Yogyakarta, hosted by Babaran Segaragunung Cultural House, will allow her to work on a cultural development project focused on the revitalisation of the ancient Giriloyo batik traditions. Through a collaborative process involving the Giriloyo batik artisans, she will document and interpret the technical batik process, the batik motif symbolism and the artisan's histories.  This will provide the basis for a public exhibition which aims to heighten awareness of the preservation of this ancient craft. (Supported by the Australia-Indonesia Instituteand Arts NT)

Kristin Phillips is a textile conservator at Artlab Australia. Artlab undertakes conservation work for the major state institutions in Adelaide including a large collection of Asian textiles at the Art Gallery of South Australia. The residency will enable Phillips to travel to Yogyakarta to visit the many textile collections in the area, in particular at Sonobudoyo museum, allowing her to expand her knowledge of textile conservation practices in the region and to present workshops on different aspects of textile conservation. (Supported by Arts SA) 

During her time at the Northern Territory Writers' Centre, Finley Smith co-devised, developed and managed WordStorm, the Northern Territory Writers' Festival.  She has a long association with Indonesia and returned to Bali to resume her collaboration with the Ubud Writers' and Readers’ Festival.  She helped to strengthen relationships between the literary communities of Australia and South East Asia, establishing new administrative systems for the festival and mentoring Balinese festival staff in festival management.  A key outcome was her instigation of the publication Asia Literary Review 2006 Ubud Festival Edition and her promotion of Indonesian and non-Indonesian writers. She has since been offered an ongoing position as Festival Manager.

Funded by the Australia-Indonesia Institute and Arts NT.

Rob Finlayson works as an arts administrator, writer and community cultural development practitioner. He has led the Western Australia State Literature Centre Inc, worked in local government as an arts officer, community development officer and writer-in-community.  In Indonesia Finlayson worked to implement best practice for an international writers' festival while based at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Bali.  He continued working for the festival, despite the second Bali bombing that occurred just prior to the festival opening. The Festival proved successful in spite of the tragedy, with double the attendances of 2005 and extremely positive feedback from audiences and participants alike.  Following the residency Finlayson went on to work with Arts WA.

Funded by Arts WA and the Australia Council.

Arts Manager Malcolm Smith spent a total of six months in Indonesia immersed in the new media arts scene, working with video artists and artist-run initiatives.  His main project while hosted by Cemeti Art House/Foundation, Yogyakarta, involved researching and building a DIY (Do It Yourself) Video Projector, as a way of investigating new approaches to the presentation of video art.  Additionally he presented workshops and talks on a range of topics including practical DIY projector, Australian video art and arts management issues for artist-run initiatives.  Ongoing outcomes include an online discussion group about Indonesian artist-run initiatives and several screenings of Indonesian video art in Australia.  Following his residency Smith worked as Exhibitions Coordinator at Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design in Sydney

Funded by Arts NT and the Australia-Indonesia Institute.

Fiona Carter was the Marketing Manager for artsMARK in Darwin when selected for a residency.  In Indonesia Carter was based with Kelola, a non-government arts organisation in Solo, which provides nation-wide expertise and services to the arts sector in Indonesia.  During her residency she provided marketing assistance to Kelola’s operations, focussed on sponsorship and marketing with Gedung Kesenian (Jakarta Arts Centre) and developing contacts and future links between Indonesian and the Northern Territory arts organisations.

Funded by the Australia Indonesia Institute and the Australia Council.

Initially a performing artist, Lindy Allen has worked her way through a variety of positions including Festival Director and General Manager, Mallacoota Festival, Artistic Director, Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival and Sponsorship Manager, Melbourne Theatre Company. Allen’s belief in the importance of the expression of local cultural identity to the maintenance of vibrant communities took her to Indonesia for two months to study community art practice in a non-funded environment. She used this experience to develop Common Ground, a major international regional arts residency program for regional Victorian festivals, which took place between 2006-2007. Lindy Allen went on to a position as Director of Regional Arts Victoria following her residency.

Funded by the Australia Indonesia Institute and the Australia Council.

Kirsty Ellem, previously the Manager of the Wellington Entertainment Centre in Sale, Victoria spent two months working with the Kelola Foundation in Solo towards meeting their aim of providing learning opportunities, funding and access to information to Indonesian arts organisations. Over the course of the residency she presented four workshops, two on business partnering and two on arts management practices. This was complemented by extensive travel throughout Indonesia and to Singapore, which allowed her to build a greater knowledge of the diversity of the arts across Indonesia and networks with Indonesian arts managers and performers.

Funded by the Australia Indonesia Institute and the Australia Council.

Stuart Koop has developed diverse skills across a range of art and cultural contexts, while serving in positions such as Curator at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne, Director of the Centre for Contemporary Photography and with the Ewing and George Paton Galleries at the University of Melbourne. In Indonesia Koop worked with the Cemeti Art Foundation in Yogyakarta, initially to collaborate on a textiles exhibition but also contributed ideas and models to the discussion of industry developments in Indonesia. The outcomes of his residency were considerable: two exhibitions, two catalogue essays, two reviews, three screenings, one professional development workshop, two lectures, two forums and several translations.

Funded by Arts Victoria, the Australia Indonesia Institute and the Australia Council.

Mitzi Zaphir has extensive experience in theatre company management, and at the time of the residency was Project Co-ordinator in Cultural Affairs with the City of Sydney where the focus of her work was the organising of large-scale cultural events. During her residency, Zaphir was based at the Kelola Foundation in Solo, Central Java.  She assisted with a number of projects including workshops and briefings for Indonesian arts managers seconded to Australia, the workshop program for local artists and arts managers, grant making workshops and the research project into the management means for traditional arts in Indonesia. In 2002 she was a Program Manager for the East Timor Independence Day Celebrations.

Funded by the NSW Ministry for the Arts, the Australia Indonesia Institute and the Australia Council.

Simon Wellington was the General Manager of the Salamanca Theatre Company (STC) in Tasmania prior to undertaking his residency with Taman Ismail Marzuki (Jakarta Arts Centre). With previous experience in the areas of venue and events management, Simon has also concentrated on marketing and audience development initiatives. His residency at TIM proved to be more of a springboard into the life of Jakarta and much of what he learned was unexpected. His frustrations with the management style at TIM made him think in new ways about management - both in Australia and Indonesia and to see the dynamism of work that took place outside of the institutions.

Funded by the Australia Indonesia Institute, Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council.

As producer of Arimba Cultural Exchange, Arif Hidayat has managed various Australian and Indonesian cultural exchange projects beginning with Bengkel Theatre Rendra’s Australian tour in 1992 and most recently the jazz fusion group Krakatau. During his residency with the Farabi Music School Hidayat sourced sponsorship possibilities and facilitated new opportunities for cultural exchange through working with arts organisations, sponsors and government bodies. He has been assisting other artists to strengthen their links with Indonesia, including Performing Lines and the Adelaide Festival project The Theft of Sita. He also organised a tour of the Jakarta-based jazz fusion band, Krakatau in October 2000.

Funded by the Australia Council and the Australia Indonesia Institute.

Christine Clark is a graduate of the master of Business Administration course at Griffith University and at the time of her residency was National Manager, Musica Viva In Schools, Musica Viva Australia and Project Officer, Asia-Pacific Triennial.  Based in Bandung and Yogyakarta, Clark coordinated and presented a four day practical Art Project Management Workshop.  She also presented lectures, assisted in the international promotion for the newly opened Cemeti Art House and undertook follow-up with artists and writers for the Indonesian component of the Asia-Pacific Triennial.

Funded by the Australia Council, Arts Queensland and the Australia Indonesia Institute.