The Women of Montsalvat

Victorian Women’s Public Art Program

I am excited to be part of a small team of women creating artwork to the brief of The Women of Montsalvat funded through the Victorian Women’s Public Art Program in 2025-2026. This artwork celebrates the founding women of Montsalvat who were the driving force behind Montsalvat’s design, construction and culture.

Lead artist, Amanda Grant, and I have designed and are creating a large, female form sculpture to sit permanently in front of The Barn Gallery at Montsalvat. I am creating cast glass pieces to be inserted into the sculpture. This involves taking clay impressions of various architectual and artistic features around the Montsalvat grounds and buildings; casting these in a plaster / silica mix; and then further casting these plasters moulds in glass at my home studio.

Parallel to the sculpture, is a further sculpture by Amanda Grant and mosaic artist, Sonja Parkinson of Logohatch; songs created by Cath Rutten, of Singing Her Space; and biographies created by Sarah Hammond of Nillumbik Council.

Exhibtions have taken place at Montsalvat, including the works of The original Women of Montsalvat; and further a contemporary exhibition of women’s art, Women of the Badlands, drawing from local art collectives including Baldessin Press, Laughing Waters, Dunmoochin and Montsalvat.

Keep an eye out for our unveiling (due September).