2015 Creative Fellows

Our 2015 Creative Fellows carried out research into a range of projects in various formats including film, photography, book manuscripts, scholarly articles and maps, on topics ranging from Indigenous history to women composers, graphic design to psychogeography.

The following recipients received funded fellowships or honorary fellowships.

Matthew Greaves and Nicholas Tammens

Film essay/moving image and exhibition: Honesty.

Katayoun Javan

Photographic exhibition and catalogue: Building a home away from home.

Dr Brigid Louise Magner

Book manuscript and interactive map: On the trail: Reading literary places in Australia.

Dr Amanda Scardamaglia

Scholarly articles and exhibition: Charles Troedel: A biography of colonial trademarks, pictorial advertising and other lithographs.

Dr Johanna Selleck

Scholarly articles, book manuscript and orchestral piece: Eternal Pioneers: The journey of women composers in Australia.

Dr David Sornig

Scholarly essays and exhibition: Dudley Flats: A psychogeography.

Nicola Stairmand

Publication and online documentation of illustrative maps: Living at Coranderrk: everyday life on a self-sufficient station.

Warren Taylor and Dominic Hofstede

Book manuscript and online archive: The birth of the professional studio: Australian graphic design 1960–90.

Dr Sue Walker

Book manuscript: WA Somerset Shum – Editor, Journalist, Practical Man – an unknown figure whose impact on people from all walks of life contributed to the making of Melbourne’s culture.