Professional Development for Artists- Panel Discussion- 'Taking time- Creating Crafting Communities and Crafting with Community' FREE

Presented as part of North Sydney Council's Professional Development for Artists series and as part of Sydney Craft Week "Craft Up Late".

Panel discussion- . Taking Time: Creating Crafting Communities and Crafting with Community

Join us to hear a panel of creatives discuss the dividends from investing time to create communities of like-minded crafters and also from sharing their craft with the broader community.

Panellists include:

Jane Theau: is a multi-disciplinary artist and a committed facilitator of arts projects with refugee groups in Auburn and the community in northern Sydney. She founded Textiles Sydney in 2020 (based at Primrose Park Arts and Crafts Centre in Cremorne) a fast-growing and passionate community of textile practioners.

Bridget Kennedy: A renowned contemporary jeweller and object maker who is a passionate advocate for redoing, remaking and recreating. Her bespoke projects and support of artisans and  facilitation of community workshops allow her to share her knowledge, inspire and support other makers. 

Jean Kropper: Jean Kropper is a paper artist, paper engineer, hand bookbinder, cartoonist, printmaker, designer and paper sculptor. She owns design studio ‘Paper and Pixel’, Her work sees her contribute to corporate marketing ideas, youtuber ,book author and community program facilitator including at North Sydney Community Centre.

Image Bridget Kennedy ‘A Year of Time’, 2017, dimensions variable, various material woven photo credit Luke Torrevillas