Suitable for ages 9 – 14yrs
Artist and Dabee Wiradjuri Elder Peter Swain will lead children in an engaging participatory storytelling and collaborative drawing experience. This session includes a stone ceremony incorporating river stones and the artist’s sand art installation.
Participants will be encouraged to slow down, look differently and learn about the importance of water to Aboriginal people, and explore art as a way of understanding the complex relationships between water, land, and life.
Peter has worked extensively with schools and young people sharing his understanding of Country, connectivity and individual reciprocity, and belonging.
This session is one in a series of workshops being presented alongside the exhibition, The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere at Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
All materials provided.
Parents / guardians welcome to stay throughout.
Kandos School of Cultural Adaption’s The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere Workshop Series:
11 April – Kids Workshop: Mira-Mura Galing Bila with Peter Swain
14 April – Kids Workshop: Seeding Flowering Futures with Erika Watson
16 April – Adult Workshop: Energies in Motion with Silk and Charcoal with Georgina Pollard & Laura Fisher
30 April – Adult Workshop: Experimental Weaving and Shadow-play with Leanne Thompson
8 May – Adult Workshop: Clay, Pigment, Fibre with Leanne Thompson & Erika Watson
Ticketed Event. Bookings essential
Image: Collaborative drawing workshop. Photo courtesy Peter Swain.
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