CC: W.I.P. – Ilona McGuire

Cool Change is excited to present an exhibition of works in progress by Ilona McGuire, the second artist-in-residence for 2023 in our inaugural Residency Program.

To conclude the residency, please join us for an artist talk with Ilona led by CC’s Grace Connors and Paul Boyé, followed by a Blak Dingo Club screen-printing session in which attendees are invited to bring in their own blanks (t-shirts, jumpers, totes, etc.) to transform into BDC merchandise.

Exhibition opening:
4:00 – 7:00 PM
Saturday, 6 April 2024

Exhibition duration:
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Thursday – Friday
11 – 12 April 2024

Initiated by Bibbulmun Noongar and Kungarakan artist Ilona McGuire as an extended foray into social practice, The Blak Dingo Club was conceived of as an opportunity for celebration and joy within a social, historical, and political context and awareness of our presence on unceded lands and waters: “an offering for my Mob and our beloved friends”. Following a development period afforded by the residency, BDC presented a heritage walking tour, two movie nights, a quiz night, a reading group, and a DJ set over Birak and Bunuru, the beginning of an ongoing schedule of events.

CC: W.I.P. is an exhibition format developed by Cool Change to share the outcomes of artists participating in our Residency Program. The exhibition series will make the studio practices, research, and conversations advanced over our two-month residency periods tangible to a larger audience. Combined with peripheral events, CC: W.I.P. intends to draw out the experimental qualities of ‘works in progress’: earworms, preoccupations, discoveries, mistakes, and daydreaming.