Craft & Connection at The Dax Centre

Join us at The Dax Centre to create an embroidered patch with artist Louise Meuwissen and connect with other crafty people in your community!

The Dax Centre is excited to host a new creative workshop, Craft & Connection, led by Melbourne artist, Louise Meuwissen.

For centuries, people have used craft and creativity as a touchstone to come together and connect as a community. This is especially displayed in the current exhibition at The Dax Centre, She Who Persists, spanning 70 years of female artists textile and craft-based artworks. These artworks serve as incredible examples of how communities have supported each other and persevered through adversity, connecting through their craft. Many have experienced the magic of how having busy hands – be they drawing, sewing, embroidering, or knitting – can help us to open up to each other and share how we are feeling.

Louise Meuwissen works with textiles and found materials to make intricate embroidered paintings, sculptures, installations and wearable art. Louise specializes in delivering relaxed, fun, craft-based workshops that celebrate our innate creativity, personal expression, and belief that making is for everyone. Louise’s previous workshops have been delivered with institutions such as the NGV, Bunjil Place, and Craft Victoria.

Louise will guide workshop attendees through the process of creating an embroidered clothing patch to adorn a personal item, such as your tote bag, jacket, jeans, or even a cushion or blanket!

Using materials from Louise’s personal collection, you will be guided in the creation of your design, its translation to textiles, and learn sewn embellishment techniques to create a unique piece inspired by She Who Persists. Louise will speak to her practice, and her experience in crafting’s capacity to facilitate mental wellbeing.

The workshop presents a chance for attendees to connect with others in their community who enjoy craft and tour our current exhibition She Who Persists. This will be a non-judgmental space, where attendees can connect, share if they choose to do so, and find comfort in their craft practice and the pleasure of communal creativity. The workshop ticket price includes entry to the exhibition, light refreshments, and all materials. 

Participants will receive a glass of champagne on arrival, with tea, coffee and juice, and a cheese platter and desserts spread to follow.

All materials will be provided. Participants are welcome to bring along any personal or sentimental materials they may wish to include in their own work. Participants with all levels of experience welcomed and encouraged.

Tickets: 

$80 per person + booking fee + GST. Includes workshop, materials, food and drink, and gallery tour. 

Dates: 

12-4pm - Saturday 12th of October 2024 

12-4pm - Saturday 19th of October 2024 

Location: 

The Dax Centre, Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC. 

Disclaimer: Please note that this workshop requires us to reach a minimum attendance number to proceed. If we do not reach this number, the workshop will be cancelled, and your ticket will be refunded. You will be notified by 27th September 2024 if the workshop is to be cancelled. 

Get in touch!

Please email info@daxcentre.org with any questions or dietary requirements, or please call 9349 2538. 

Image Credit: Images Courtesy of Louise Meuwissen. Copyright - Louise Meuwissen.