Get to know a little bit more about the young creatives that make up the 2025 Arts Agitators program. 

Arts Agitators is Bunjil Place’s flagship youth engagement program for young creatives aged 15 – 25 years. As a multi-disciplinary program, participants’ artistry ranges from visual art, to writing, poetry, music, acting, and all creativity in-between. As a peer-led program, the Arts Agitators determine creative and professional development opportunities to upskill as creatives, and develop and deliver arts projects for wider community throughout the year. 

To learn more about the program, contact [email protected].

Ala Webb

Ala is an Australian artist this is curious about nature and creates unexpected moments in her work. Ala plays an instrument within the woodwind family (the flute) and incorporates her instrument into a genre that it doesn’t normally belong. She will often use an unexpected source track (not classical or country) and use her flute to perform the melody of that song with dynamics. Inspired by nature, she takes photos of her surrounding environment, and creates an artwork through the use of engraving, exploring a range of emotions in each artwork. Her connection with nature, in particular Australian native animals, portrays a story of everyday life. 

Corey Kerford

Corey Kerford is a queer autistic visual artist from the outer suburbs of Naarm. They explore the themes of queer joy, absurdism and isolation. Articulating that intersectionality plays an essential role in the expression of their work. They strive to look for beauty in the “mundane”.

Cristina Perra

Cristina Perra is a young creative artist located in Melbourne’s South-East suburbs. Cristina explores the idea of creative freedom, how any colour, material and piece of rubbish can be transformed into a collage or sticker-bomb piece of work. She draws inspiration from the city of Melbourne, with the brightly coloured street art and road signs contrasting the traditional Melbourne buildings and her local suburban area. You will often find her doodling onto any piece of paper she has nearby or collecting random materials to stick into a collage. Cristina describes her work as “innocent childishness” and “charming”, because “art isn’t as complicated or pretentious as it comes across, it’s freedom”. Her art has helped her through her struggles with mental illness and hopes that when viewing her art, the audience can unwind from their daily stressors and feel a sense of euphoria, just from sitting amongst the bright colours and patterns. 

Jasmine L. H.

Artist name is Jasmine L. H. Which she originates from Southeast Asia with mixed ethnic groups which are Javanese and Malaysian. Though for now based in Australia which she explores themes of death, rooted emotions and flowers in combination to her own personal story, characterised by portraits. Favourite medium: mixed media, due to how expressive it can be created through various materials. Nevertheless, digital drawing is also one that she uses often for the slick and easy use. Fun fact: someone who likes cats, can speak three languages fluently, love connecting with people in different areas and sleeping. Contact: insta= i0viy

JF

JF is a multi-faceted artist, with a soft spot for traditional-based art forms including pencil drawings and animation. She explores themes of warmth, movement, resilience and a sense of awe through subjects of people, animals and nature. She wishes to spread the feeling of sunshine that she experiences from the joy of art making, and hopes that her love of the expansive and wonderous world of art can reach, and even inspire, the very same sunny spark and ability to rise again in others.

Lewis

Lewis doesn’t consider herself an artist, however she creates art to explore her inner visualisation of finding peace with bitter coldness. She interprets this as her ability to seek comfort from being wrapped in a blanket of melancholy or even to find beauty in the simple things such as nature. She uses various mediums such as graphite, watercolour, and acrylics to depict her new and lost connections along with understanding her mind and what it’s telling her visually. She hopes to certain individuals it can create a sense of belonging. 

Maxwell Pickup

Maxwell Pickup is a multidisciplinary emerging artist from Melbourne, VIC, whose everyday practice spans sewing, drawing, painting, embroidery and other hands-on, exploratory practices. Driven to create a sense of comfort and nostalgia, they often explore themes of sentimentality and the value of quiet, everyday moments. They gravitate towards warm and vibrant colours, infusing their creations with liveliness and energy. Their work reflects the slowness and mindful attention of handcraft, where process becomes a way to engage with the present moment. Keen to experiment, Maxwell embraces unfamiliar methods and materials as a way to continuously evolve and connect with others through shared making. 

Ruby Mills

Ruby (she/they) is a queer and autistic multidisciplinary artist located in the Dandenong Ranges on Wurundjeri land. Their creative practices vary greatly from collage, crochet, zines and cosplay. They make art not only to express themselves but also as a form of mindfulness; finding the creative process itself enjoyable and fulfilling. They take inspiration from bright colours, fashion, music, pop culture, nostalgia and the camp aesthetic.

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