Listening to Land, an installation in the Great Hall of the Civic Centre, invites us to reflect on the role of nature in our human experience. A program of creative workshops, intimate performances and cultural activities will be offered alongside this installation.
Collect and Collage
With Daniela Calcagno
School holiday workshop: Thursday 15 April, 1pm to 2pm
Join Daniela Calcagno to find your special leaf, and learn to draw it, then create a suncatcher from natural materials.
Age: 5 and up. Parents are invited/encouraged to participate with their child
Fee: Free
Participant limit: 20 people
Book Listening and Collage here
Mosaic Workshop
With Lucy Cleary
School holiday workshop: Friday 16 April, 10:30am to 12pm
Come along and make a set of nature-themed coasters.
With Lucy Cleary, this year’s winner of the City of Whittlesea Art Award for her Mosaic and Glass entry in the 2021 New Futures Exhibition.
Parents are invited/encouraged to participate with their child and family groups welcome.
Age: Primary aged children
Skill level: Beginners to experienced
Fee: Free
Participant limit: 12 people
Mosaic Workshop for Youth
With Lucy Cleary
School holiday workshop: Friday 16 April, 1 to 2:30pm
Come along and make a set of nature-themed coasters
With Lucy Cleary, this year’s winner of the City of Whittlesea Art Award for her Mosaic and Glass entry in the 2021 New Futures Exhibition
Age: 7 upwards
Skill level: Beginners to experienced
Fee: Free
Participant limit: 12 people
Book Mosaic Workshop for Youth here
Drawing the Environment
With Catherine Blakey
Tuesday 20 April and Tuesday 27 April, 10am – 12pm
Learn to see when you look, learn to draw what you see.
Drawing with conventional and non conventional materials you will explore extensive and exciting mark making opportunities, offering a new insight to creative ways to express imagery.
Age: Adults
Skill level: Beginners to experienced
Fee: Free
Recommended clothing: Wear something you are happy to get paint on
Participant limit: 10 people
Ticketing: You can attend either or both of these sessions, however, you will need to book for each session.
Book Drawing the Environment on 20 April here
Book Drawing the Environment on 27 April here
Landscape retreat
With Alexandra Leti
Thursday 22 April, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Are you ready for an enlightened three hour acrylic on canvas art session. If so come along and show us your painting skills and don’t worry if you are a beginner, I will guide you through all the steps so we all start at the same pace!
We will be using between a A3/A2 paper size canvases attached to a board with tape and we will be painting a landscape of beautiful white gum trees with a darker and colourful background.
I currently tutor art groups in my studio and look forward to showing you all some new techniques of painting in the 2021 way.
Age: Adults
Skill level: Beginners to experienced
Fee: Free
Recommended clothing: Wear something you are happy to get paint on
Participant limit: 10 people
Fused Glass Flower Pendants
With Lucy Cleary
Friday 30 April, 1 – 3pm
Lucy Cleary will teach you how to assemble a glass flower pendant.
She will fire them in her kiln and attach a bail and participants can collect their pieces after one week. Lucy was awarded the City of Whittlesea Art Award for her Mosaic and Glass entry in the 2021 New Futures Exhibition
Age: Adults
Skill level: Beginners to experienced
Fee: Free
Participant limit: 12 people
Book Fused Glass Flower Pendants here
Nature Writing
With Sue Gunningham
Friday 7 May, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Join Sue Gunningham, local writer, to see the landscape using all your senses, to hear its whispered voice, to write its message.
The workshop will enable the participants to look at the world in different ways and challenge us to shift our perceptions to describe the landscape as more than background to a story.
Age: Adults
Skill level: No experience necessary
Fee: Free
Participant limit: 15 people
Digital Workshops
With Jason
After the success of last year’s Online 101 Workshops, we would like to offer you our next series, revisiting what you learned and expanding on it. This time, we’ll meet in person with your devices.
Come along with your questions, frustrations, hesitations and get advice and help from the fabulous Jason.
Using your phone to take great photos
Tuesday 4 May, 6:30pm - 8pm and Wednesday 5 May, 10am - 12pm
An introduction to lighting, framing, straightening and tweaking photographs on your phone so you have an excellent photography to use for your exhibition applications, social media posts, marketing and websites.
Book the Tuesday 4 May session here
Book the Wednesday 5 May session here
Facebook Refresher and Lab
Tuesday 11 May, 6:30pm - 8:30pm and Wednesday 12 May, 10:30am - 12pm
An absolute beginners guide to using Facebook to share, display, promote your work, connect with other artists, create community.
Book the Tuesday 11 May session here
Book the Wednesday 12 May session here
Instagram Refresher and Lab
Tuesday 18 May, 6:30pm - 8:30pm and Wednesday 19 May, 10:30am - 12pm
A beginners guide to using Instagram to share, display, promote your work, connect with other artists, create community.
Book the Tuesday 18 May session here
Book the Wednesday 19 May session here
Weaving a "vessel"
With Gay Chatfield
Date and time to be announced
Join Gay Chatfield, local artist, learn the art of random weaving to create your own scared vessels using locals materials.
The workshop will enable the participants to mindfully weave together an array of natural materials to create a unique sculptural form.
Gay recently won the Award of Excellence - Response to Theme Environmental Perspective at the City of Whittlesea New Futures Art Exhibition with her entry “Weaving a sacred vessel”
Age: Adults
Skill level: Beginners to experienced
Fee: Free
Participant limit: 10 people
Recommended clothing: Wear something comfortable
