Dream Banner Community Workshop with Paul Walker

Saturday 17 October 2026

10.30am - 3.30pm

Grafton Regional Gallery

FREE EVENT | Bookings appreciated.

Part workshop, part experiment, RestLab is a space to rest, dream and create together.

Guided by local artist-facilitators, participants are invited to slow down, connect through creativity and explore what rest can look like in contemporary life. Through somatic movement, imagination activities and collaborative textile making, the day offers an opportunity to engage with creativity from a place of rest and attention.

Throughout the day, participants will contribute to a collective Dream Banner using reclaimed textiles, with ideas, stories and reflections becoming part of a unique artwork for the FORT REST exhibition. Rather than focusing on a polished final product, the emphasis is on process and the experience of making together.

Artist Facilitators

● Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal – Somatic Movement

● Claudie Frock – Textile Art

● Paul Walker – Imagination

A full workshop schedule and additional event information will be shared closer to the date.

The Art of Slowing Down is a community-engaged arts project by Paul Walker exploring rest as a creative, collective and social practice. The Dream Banner created during RestLab Grafton will be exhibited at Grafton Regional Gallery as part of FORT REST, from 10 October–29 November 2026.

This is a supported and accessible event, and people of all ages and abilities are warmly welcome. If you have specific access requirements, please contact Maggie McDade at maggie.mcdade@clarence.nsw.gov.au

The Art of Slowing Down / FORT REST is co-produced by SeedArts Australia and developed with the support of Critical Path. The project is proudly funded by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

GRG is wheelchair accessible. Proudly hosted on Bundjalung Country.

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