Fyerfly

2023 Mentoring Program
Genre: Music

From the gentle mountain streams of Victoria, sadcore songstress Fyerfly is captivating audiences with her mesmerising late-night intimacy. In the vast world of Dark Indie, Fyerfly’s sensuality stands vulnerably in its fragile & emotive delivery of sadcore & new-aged torch songs. Fans describe her voice as “sultry & soulful”, offering a soothing solace in the enveloping darkness.

 https://www.fyerfly.com.au/

Kat Pengelly

2004 BAF Award
2022 Mentoring Program
Genre: Fashion Design

Kat Pengelly creates wearable art. Her label ‘Koshka’ is a creative force of Art Fuelled Fashion.

With a background in Fine Art, Kat’s fashion collections enter the world via art galleries and theatres. Her artistic label was unleashed at the Art Gallery of Ballarat with a solo show and performance called Launch Pad. A capacity crowd was in attendance and the gallery acquired one of Kat’s garments for their permanent collection.

Kat’s artful fashion incorporates sculptural and image making processes and are often presented as performance art. Her favorite artistic expression is to create thought provoking Fashion Concept Shows. The collaboration required to execute such events is a source of inspiration for her.

A successful applicant of many grants, Kat has received significant funding from the Regional Arts Fund, administered by Regional Arts Victoria to produce her shows called Feeling the Ceiling – Fashion for Rock Climbers (2011) and Fashion for Funerals – Putting the FUN into Funerals (2015). Both of these performances were premiered at the Nati Frinj Biennale.

https://koshka.com.au/

Jack L. Stacey

2008 Shep Award
2011 Shep Awards
2017 BAF Award
2021 Mentoring Program
Genre: Music

Jack L. Stacey is an accomplished composer, pianist and organist.  As a composer Jack's works have won him numerous awards. His ability to express the human condition through music is exceptional. As a jazz pianist Jack's audiences are swept away in the colour and vibrancy of his playing. His performances are a combination of the standards and his original, jazz inspired works.  As a classical pianist Jack explores the many nuances and textures of such composers as Debussy, Rachmaninov and Beethoven, to name but a few. Jack presents his recitals with an intensity and maturity beyond his years as he brings to life the works of the great composers. As a pipe organist Jack plays the organ with a rich understanding of acoustic registration, classically-trained improvisation, and professionally performed hymns and offertories. He currently plays each Sunday at St Paul's Anglican Church, Bakery Hill, in Ballarat.

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