Ararat Gallery TAMA (Textile Art Museum Australia) is pleased to be hosting Siying Zhou, our Artist in Residence throughout November.

Born in China, Zhou is a Melbourne-based artist whose installation works utilise various media such as video, photography, textiles, performance and drawing to examine the cultural in-betweenness of being Chinese-Australian.

Zhou’s residency will focus on the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre’s collection and Ararat’s Chinese history. She will get to know the community through workshops for school groups and community members, as well as designing a drop-in kids craft activity for the TAMA foyer. Zhou’s residency will support the development of her exhibition with Ararat Gallery TAMA in March 2020.

Siying Zhou’s workshop dates

Drop-in kids craft activity – 20 November 2019 onwards 

School workshops – 29 November 2019

Free Dumpling workshop – Saturday 30 November – 2-4pm

Zhou will share her Dad’s recipe as she shows participants how to make dumplings from scratch. These dumplings will also reference participants favourite family food. The artist invites participants to bring a special ingredient from home to infuse into the recipe. This workshop is being held with the support of Ararat Rural City Council and Creative Victoria’s Full House program.