This year’s recipients of The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists have been announced. In its 19th year, it presents five early career artists with scholarships worth $5000 to develop their careers internationally through study, residency or mentorship. The recipients also get the chance to showcase their works at the UNSW Galleries on September 28.

“NAVA is thrilled to administer this annual scholarship which supports young artists to think internationally about the development of their art practice,” said Penelope Benton, General Manager of NAVA.

This year’s scholarship winners include interdisciplinary artist Caroline Garcia, who will travel to New York to complete a two-year Masters of Fine Arts program at the Parsons School of Design.

Experimental artist Lu Forsberg will undertake a self-directed research project in Sweden, examining contemporary Swedish mining methods and mine rehabilitation, while Jimmy Nuttall will complete a film work and dissertation on the relationship between queer identities, ancestries and contemporary online screen cultures during a one-year Masters in Artists’ Film and Moving Image at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Shireen Taweel will travel to Turkey to learn copper artisan skills with the Copper Tinsmith and Narce Association of Gaziantep, while classically trained flautist and sound artist Mimi Kind will undertake...