International Artist residency schemes are increasingly popular, but it can be problematic travelling to a new place and making friends. Welcome then is the inaugural Canberra Wellington Indigenous Artist Exchange programme. Not only does it support a Wellington artist to go to Canberra for six weeks, but a Canberra-based Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artist comes to Wellington. And the artists are on hand to help each other acclimatise. The inaugural pair are Wellington artist Ana Iti, of Te Rarawa descent, and Australian artist Dean Cross of Worimi descent.