During these school holidays, entertain your children with this hands-on clay building workshop led by Gamilaroi artist Dr Emma Hicks. The kids will be able to use local native plants to make patterns on the clay and take home their creations. Parents will also be able to join the fun and learn to weave with Noongar weaver Jodie Dowd during this session.

Suitable for children ages 5+

Multiple 45 minute sessions will be made available over a three-hour period . Registrations are essential and participants need to select the time period in which they will attend e.g. 12- 12.45pm. 10 participants max per 45-minute session.

Parents and/or guardian must be present during the workshop booking period.

The workshop runs in conjunction with ‘Keep the fire burning’ exhibition, 12 October - 3 November 2024

(and children attending the workshops will be given a preview of the exhibition (which officially launches the next day)

KEEP THE FIRE BURNING

Cleanse, protect, renew - the flames of fire bear witness through this First Nations community exhibition at the Coal Loader on Cammeraygal Country during Spring 2024.

Breathing life into stories both new and old, this exhibition features works of eight First Nations artists who have used the fire element in its creation or story. Fire was used to eco-dye silks and weavings for the collaborative artwork by First Nations community members, stories of passion are shared through sounds and moving images, and forms have been forged through flames to create glass works and designs on possum skin cloaks.

Curated by Jodie Dowd with work by Amanda Jane Reynolds, Dr Virginia Keft, Kieran Satour, Lucy Simpson, Nathan Mudyi Sentance, Dr Emma Hicks, Amethyst Downing-McLeod, and Jodie Dowd pay homage to this year's NAIDOC theme to ‘Keep the fire burning’.

See Arts in North Sydney – North Sydney Council (nsw.gov.au) for more information about the exhibition curated by Jodie Dowd.