FUSE Glass Artist Residency Catalogue 2021

Donors
Thank you to our donors.
The FUSE Glass Prize and Residency
program is a shining example of how
collective philanthropic support can
create great opportunities for artists and
add extraordinary value to the work of
arts organisations.
The prize evolved from conversations that
began in 2014 between committed glass
art collectors Jim and Helen Carreker and
JamFactory. The FUSE Glass Prize launched
in 2016 and was funded then, as it is now,
predominantly through private philanthropy
and sponsorship.
The FUSE Glass Artist Residency Exhibition
at Carrick Hill has been made possible by the
additional generosity of Pamela Wall OAM
and Ian Wall AM who have been committed
and long-term supporters of Carrick Hill. The
new purpose-built exhibition space, in which
this exhibition is presented, was named the
Wall Gallery in their honour.
The FUSE Glass Prize is supported by the
following donors; Jim and Helen Carreker,
the Hon Diana Laidlaw AM, David McKee AM
and Pam McKee, the David & Dulcie Henshall
Foundation, Pamela Wall OAM and Ian Wall
AM, Susan Armitage, Sonia Laidlaw, Trina Ross
and Maia Ambegaokar and Joshua Bishop.
The Carrekers’ steadfast support has been
ongoing. They gifted additional funds in
2020 to enable significant evolution of the
prize – including the development of the
FUSE Glass Artist Residency in the alternate
years of the prize. Most recently the Carrekers
have very generously provided further funds
to set up an endowment that will ensure this
important new residency component will be
well supported over the next ten years.
With this latest commitment, the Carrekers’
personal philanthropic support of FUSE has
become the most significant private support
in JamFactory’s history.
Alex at work in the Glass Studio
Photo: JamFactory
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