About the workshop
This collage workshop invites participants with disability to explore ideas of play through hands-on making. Drawing inspiration from the iconic face of Luna Park Sydney, participants will create their own ‘Fun Facade’, reimagining playful entrances, characters and environments.
Working with accessible, textured materials, participants are encouraged to experiment with layering, cutting, tearing and assembling to build expressive and imaginative surfaces. The workshop centres sensory and creative exploration rather than technical skill or realism, inviting participants to respond to colour, texture and form in intuitive ways.
Collages might take the shape of faces, entrances, abstract structures or imagined places, shaped by individual interests and ways of working. Materials include cardboard bases, coloured and textured papers, fabric and felt, foil, stickers, yarn, foam shapes, glue and tape.
The workshop is designed to be supportive, open-ended and playful, creating space for experimentation, enjoyment and self-expression.
About the artist
Christian Bonett is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works on Gadigal Land (Sydney). His practice incorporates installation, ceramic sculpture, painting, and neon elements. Bonett’s work explores the visual language of cars, signage, roads, and urban environments, playfully transforming everyday forms to challenge ideas of identity, gender, class, consumerism and place.
Bonett holds an MFA from the National Art School, a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from the Manchester School of Art (UK), and a Bachelor of Art Education from UNSW.
When | Wednesday 13 May, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Where | Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
Cost | Free – light refreshments and a mid-workshop snack included
Capacity | 15
Transport and parking | The Gallery can be reached via public transport (buses 324, 325 or 326, or a walk from Edgecliff Station or Double Bay Wharf). After-hours parking is available at Council Chambers (536 New South Head Rd, Double Bay NSW 2028). If arriving via Uber or taxi, please request drop-off or collection at the Council Chambers.
Image credit | Lunar Parks Sydney
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