Fieldwork and Writing Residencies

  • 2026

    Gunyah Artist-in-Residence

    Light House Arts Writer in Residence

    Arts Pathways Castlemaine

    Drawing Projects with Zoe Amor

  • 2022-2025

    Lascaux Caves, France Fieldwork

    Vietnam Summer Writing Retreat

    Sac O’ Suds Merkin Poetry Playshop

    with Bonny Cassidy

    Drawing Projects with Zoe Amor

    Printmaking Workshop with Diana Orinda-Burns

    Feldenkrais Practitioner Training - Year 1

    ACCA Melbourne Writing in the Expanded Field IV: Touching Feeling Writing

    culminating in the 2023 digital publication: https://expanded-field.vercel.app/shari-kocher/

    Various paper-making & eco-printing workshops

  • 2018

    New Zealand Mount Taranaki and Mount Tongariro Fieldwork Trip

  • 2017

    Morocco Poetry Residency, Café Tissardmine, Sahara

  • 2016

    New Mexico Summer Writing Residency, Ghost Ranch

  • 2015

    Central Australia 40 Day Solo Desert Camping Trip

  • 2014

    Bali Three Week Writing Retreat, Abasan Mountain Retreat

  • 2012

    Peru and Argentina 3 Month Creative Research Fieldwork

  • 2009

    Bundanon 10 Day Poetry Retreat & Writing Workshop, Boyd Residency

  • 2003

    Wollongong Australian Poetry Foundation Residency

Shari welcomes future opportunities to deepen her practice through fieldwork and creative residencies. To connect or collaborate, feel free to get in touch.