Art Labs is a series of artist-led workshops connecting young audiences with artists, artmaking and the National Gallery collection.
In this Art Lab, join multidisciplinary artist Anna Madeleine Raupach and a group of like-minded peers in a cyanotype printing workshop inspired by the exhibition Olive Cotton and Her Contemporaries. This is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition presented as part of the Bowness Family Foundation Photography Touring Program.
Begin the day with an exhibition floor talk led by National Gallery artist educators. Gain insight into the work of one of Australia’s most significant modernist photographers, Olive Cotton, and some of her celebrated international peers.
Following the talk, work hands-on with Anna to learn about the cyanotype process — a camera-less photographic printing technique that uses sunlight to produce distinctive blue-toned images. Experiment with light, shadow, form, composition and found objects to create cyanotype exposures and take home your unique prints.
All materials provided.
This Art Lab is made possible by the generous support of the Bowness Family Foundation.
What to bring:
• Comfortable clothes suitable for artmaking Hat and sunscreen.
• If weather permits, the workshop will include time outdoors gathering objects for compositions and printing cyanotypes using natural light.
• Your own water bottle and afternoon snack.
• Optional: a light reflecting or an interesting found object to include in your composition, such as glasses, a leaf, feather or piece of lace.
About the Artist:
Anna Madeleine Raupach is a multidisciplinary artist based on Ngunnawal/Ngambri land, Australia, and a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University School of Art & Design. Through multimedia installations, AR and VR experiences, and mixed media artworks, her practice engages with science and technology to critically address socio-political issues enmeshed with climate change.
For information on accessing the venue, contact Cowra Regional Art Gallery at [email protected] or on 6340 219.
For all other enquiries about the workshop contact the National Gallery of Australia at [email protected]
ADMISSION FREE
AGES: 13 – 24 years
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This event is part of the National Gallery of Australia’s touring exhibition Olive Cotton and her contemporaries, presented at Cowra Regional Art Gallery. These programs are generously funded by the Bowness Family Foundation.
Find out more about Olive Cotton and her contemporaries.
Olive Cotton and her contemporaries is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition presented as part of The Bowness Family Foundation Photography Touring Program.
IMAGE Creative Conversations with Anne Ferran, Oct 2024. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photo: Kerrie Brewer
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