Art Residency

@Dog Rocks is developing as an interdisciplinary art site open for creative work and events.

Situated on the edge of mesmerizing natural Dog Rocks reserve, a haunting indigenous site, the property includes large open landscape and garden areas, purpose-built studio gallery, and workshop zones.

Visual art, new media, sound, writing, dance, and any other creative practitioners are welcome to explore these very inspiring surroundings.

With breath-taking mosaic studio walls, garden installations and numerous features @Dog Rocks is literally an embodiment of creative rigour – the work by artist Michael Morgan (www.michaelmorganartist.com) for whom @Dog Rocks is also the base for experimentation in video and the production of his epic interdisciplinary project series – Impermanent Vessels (www.impermanentvessels.com).

If you are a creative or group willing to inspire @Dog Rocks, exchange creative energies, explore the nature, hold a workshop or gathering, or develop your project in this unique site, talk to Michael by contacting him on 0418 524 167.

Impermanent Vessels -'Rebirth' production work, September 2012

Michael working on Impermanent Vessels -‘Rebirth’ ceramic (raku) head casts, September 2012

Michael using silicon mold for Impermanent Vessels - 'Rebirth' raku head casts, September 2012

Michael using silicon mold for Impermanent Vessels – ‘Rebirth’ raku head casts, September 2012

Michael with his 50 head copy sculptures of fired raku collected in front of Secret Garden, November 2012

Michael with his 50 head copy sculptures (fired raku clay) for Impermanent Vessels – ‘Rebirth’ collected in front of @Dog Rocks Secret Garden, November 2012

Michael with some of the Impermanent Vessels - 'Rebirth' head casts after they have been recovered from sea and taken back to @Dog Rocks after one year

Michael with some of the Impermanent Vessels – ‘Rebirth’ head casts after they have been recovered from sea after one year and taken back to @Dog Rocks, January 2014

Work in the workshop area @Dog Rocks

Work in the workshop area

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Studio view

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Studio view from the second level

 

MIchael with visitors on Golden Plains Arts Trail open studio weekend, 2014

Michael with studio visitors on Golden Plains Arts Trail  weekend, 2014

Studio Wall 'Tree of Life', completed in 2011

Studio Wall ‘Tree of Life’ (mosaics of recycled ceramic material), completed in 2011

Garden Angel Dog Rocks

Kinetic garden sculpture ‘The Guardian’ (glass mosaic surfacing, steel mesh and wire) and ‘The Boat’ installation, 2015

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The sculptural wilderness to be encountered at the Dog Rocks Natural Reserve

River Walk by Lance Youston

Protected Natural Reserve along the bank of Moorabool river in Batesford. PHOTO Lance Youston

Petrified Forrest - @Dog Rocks garden feature

Petrified Forrest – @Dog Rocks feature during installation, 2015

 

Connecting with nature, connecting through creativity at Dog Rocks

Creative expedition at Dog Rocks