after/Landscape – Gudgenby Hut, Namadgi National Park, ACT, Australia, 2009, part 1. In September of 2009 with my Canadian colleagues E.J. Lightman, Anne O’Callaghan and Jeannie Thib, I travelled to Canberra to live and work as a visiting artist for 2 months. We were greeted at the airport by our hosts (Craft ACT) and the participating Australian artists and spent the afternoon getting to know each other. This was then followed by a drive to the mountains and the Gudgenby Hut residency, in Namadgi National Park. Here we would spend our first 10 days. It was an incredible introduction to Australian history and landscape as the hut was located deep within the National Park, a remote and isolated landscape. Every day was a new experience, from ‘mobs’ of kangaroos at our doorstep, sitings of wombats and other local fauna, hikes to historic indigenous sites, tours of huts used for ‘walk abouts’, daily visits from the Park Rangers with local stories from the region, and unexpected weather changes (yes we had snow!). A brilliant way to begin this adventure. after/Landscape – Australia and Canada 2009-2011 The multi year project was the curatorial brainchild of Barbara McConchie (Craft ACT Design Museum, Canberra, ACT, Australia) and Anne O’Callaghan (The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario Canada). The project took place between 2009-2011 with artist residency exchanges, workshops, artist talks and exhibitions in Australia and Canada. In Australia each artist was hosted by an art centre, Craft ACT, Canberra Glassworks, Megalo Print Centre and the Print and Sculpture departments at The Australian National University. In Canada, The Tree Museum was the main host for the artists to build in situ works in the forests of Muskoka culminating in the prestigious annual exhibition. www.craftanddesigncanberra.org www.thetreemuseum.ca