Caroline McQuarrie uses weaving to explore early settler history in New Zealand. Photo: Supplied / Lucy Bleakley
To a collaboration between farming and art. The Gullies Arts Residency was established last year, and is set on a 250 hectare sheep and beef farm in the Rangitīkei District, belonging to Laura and Richard Morrison.
This year's recipient is interdisciplinary artist Caroline McQuarrie. She is spending the 8 week residency using local wool to explore the settler history of the region through embroidery and weaving. And Laura Morrison will tell us about how her he farm came to be a focal point of artistic endeavour.
