Creative Hub at the Freds Pass Rural Show – free art workshops for adults will be facilitated by 5 local artists during the Saturday and Sunday of the show.
The Creative Hub will be opposite the Creative Pavilion, in an outdoor setting, under the trees. You register on the day on a whiteboard for the upcoming workshop, or if not full by pre-registration, drop in registration will be accepted until the 20 workshop places are full. Each workshop will run for 45 minutes, except for the first workshop on Saturday which is more of a drop-in activity spanning 2 hours.
These workshops are for adults – we already provide at our show HEAPS of free children’s activities which does include art and craft activities.
Weaving Workshop with Aly de Groot and Ibu Putu Desak Warti
Sit with Balinese dancer/choreographer, mentor and adept weaver Ibu Putu Desak Warti along with contemporary fibre artist, Aly de Groot, and learn Balinese offering making and basket weaving with a twist.
Aspa Willis, owner of Darwin Art, Craft & Garden is a local artist who runs various workshops from her rural home. She will be teaching a simple but effective technique of mandala art, using a template.
Veronica Hodges is a rural artist who loves creating in watercolour, mixed media and is a Certified Zentangle Artist and practicing tutor.
The Zentangle Method is an easy to learn, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns called tangles. Tangles are created with a combination of dots, lines, simple curves, S-curves and orbs.
Liz Martin, a rural visual artist, enjoys working with many different mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, printmaking and photography. Naturally inquisitive and with an eye for detail she explores many themes in her work: nature and its rhythms, the beauty of the human body, the built environment and its effect on social cultures.
We respectfully acknowledge the First Nations people of this country and recognise their continuing connections to their lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to their leaders past, present and emerging.
0488 588 202
info@fredspassruralshow.org.au
