Rosie returns to Esperance! After a successful residency in 2023, Canada-based textile artist Rosalie Boland has returned to the Cannery to continue inspiring and educating our community of sewers and textile artists.

Rosalie studied Applied Fashion Design and Technology, combined with a Certificate in Screen Printing and Digital Design for Textile at TAFE and completed a specialised Bachelor of Dramatic Art in Costume at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia (NIDA). Since relocating to Canada in 2016, Rosalie’s career as a textile artist led her to create work with renowned international artists and productions such as Flume, Lady Gaga, the Australian Ballet, Canadian Opera Company, Banff Arts Centre, Ballet BC, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Netflix series “Maid”, “The Haunting of Bly Manor”, and “Snowpiercer”, Amazon series “The Man in the High Castle”, and the Disney Children’s and Family Creative Arts Emmy-award-winning series “The Mysterious Benedict Society”.

For Rosalie, art making and craft has always provided a sense of community, and she values its history and the inclusive space it can generate. She is deeply passionate about sharing knowledge and how intentionally creating together can provide us with the opportunity to share stories. Gatherings and workshops are an integral part of her creative practice.

Rosalie will be sharing her skills with us through workshops in the Art Lab Volume 1 2024 program, to be launched soon. For more information email katie@canneryarts.com.au

Photo of Rosalie Boland in the Shop at the Cannery Arts Centre photographer Sarsby Martin