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Kyiesha Booth is Indigenous Artist based on Gadigal land sydney. Her current practice explores personal experiences and organic forms found in nature. Kyiesha completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School, where she majored in sculpture. She has undertaken two internships with Aurora at Martumili Artists. Kyiesha was awarded the National Art Schools First Nations Scholarship 2023–25, the National Art School Shirley Randell Student Award 202,The Arts matters mentorship award (2025- 26). Her artwork has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions such as Objectectality, Goodspace (2025) and Groundwork, Rofe Street Gallery (2024).

Alice Royds is a multidisciplinary artist practicing on Gadigal land whilst completing her Honours at the National Art School, where she is specialising in ceramics. In her body of work, Alice is exploring practices she describes as “ritualistic feminine behaviours”; habits or activities that have been defined as traditionally and historically feminine. Practices surrounding textiles are of particular curiosity, especially the rituals, storytelling and symbols embedded in quilt making. Solid ceramic surfaces immortalise delicate patterns of lace and fabric, imbuing a strength to the fabric in honour of the way that women’s craft has always been an art form. An intimacy of labour emerges in the disciplinary crossover between ceramics and textiles; the rigid patchwork tiles lack the malleability of fabric creating a slow and laborious process in creating. Each quilt is made with a personal relationship in mind, the final product being a physical manifestation to honour a bond shared.

Anisha Sawaid is an emerging designer based on Gadigal land. Weaving forms the core of her practice, examining the slow, meticulous craft and its links to nature, culture and technology. Her recent works reimagine traditional weaving techniques and motifs through a more technological lens by utilising code to translate data sets. This new dialogue between ancestral practices and digital systems offers space for hands-on experimentation and new discoveries. Her upcoming research and body of works begin to dive into her Bedouin-Palestinian heritage to strengthen the diasporic connection with her cultural identity and family roots. Anisha continues to ground her work in design thinking and strengthen technical skills in the weaving practice.

Sirinya Stuebe is an emerging Thai-Australian artist based on Dharug, Gundungurra and Gadigal lands. Primarily working with sculptural forms, her practice often comes back to found materials, including objects, recycled fabrics, language, and most recently sound, using these materials to reframe how we engage with our everyday lives and identities. Interactive installation is a key element in her work, exploring the audience as inherent to the artwork, whether this is through sensory, textual or interactive experiences.