Northern Beaches Council

Workshop: Experimental Weaving and Shadow-play

Join artist Leanne Thompson for an immersive 3-hr session exploring weaving and shadow-play at Manly Art Gallery & Museum.

Workshops

Event Details

Category

Workshops

Event Starts

Apr 30, 2026 10:30

Event Ends

Apr 30, 2026 13:30

Venue

Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Location

1a West Esplanade, Manly NSW, Australia

Join artist Leanne Thompson for an immersive 3-hour workshop exploring weaving and shadow-play.

This session will delve into the possibilities of foraged and harvested materials with participants experimenting with techniques drawn from Leanne’s multi-disciplinary practice, including weaving, assemblage, experimental drawing and shadow-play.

Throughout the session, Leanne will discuss the ideas explored in her artwork on display and the cultural, scientific and intrinsic knowledge held in the relationships between plant, animal, object, and substances. 

All materials provided. Includes tea / coffee.

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.

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: Leanne Thompson, Sound line for compos mentis. Courtesy the artist.

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