The Speaking Place workshops will be delivered by carefully selected, world-class artists and makers at Piccolo Family Farm as a part of the A Day in the Orchard festival. The workshops will be centred around the concept of 'Speaking Place', and will be delivered across a day of networking among emerging artists of various disciplines as a part of the A Day in the Orchard festival, culminating in a collaborative dinner in the Cellar Door and Experience Centre.

Registration includes participation in selected workshop, meals including the Speaking Place collaborative dinner, and entry to A Day in the Orchard festival on Sunday 9th October.

Analog Brewing Workshop

With Topher Boehm – Wildflower Brewing and Blending

Wildflower Brewing & Blending’s Topher Boehm will bring participants back to the basics of producing beer with rudimentary and traditional processes.

During the course of the interactive workshop Topher will speak to the history and fundamentals of these methods, and how the concept of Place resonates through the fermentation process. The final product will be taken back to Wildflower Brewing & Blending to complete its final stages and will be delivered to participants so they can taste the final result!

Topher is an obsessive learner and inquirer who seeks educational opportunities in every aspect of culture. He wants to create the beers he loves to drink and share them with friends. He is also ardent about sensory experiences, seeking gastronomic food and wine to challenge and develop his palate. After spending 4 years as a professional brewer in Sydney, Topher travelled extensively to Europe and his native Texas learning old-world techniques necessary to successfully make wild, mixed fermentation beers. He hopes that Wildflower will inspire makers and tinkerers to utilise their immediate surrounds to craft beautiful things.

This workshop is an over 18s event.

SPEAKING PLACE SCHEDULE:

8AM – WELCOME BREAKFAST

9AM – WORKSHOPS COMMENCE

12PM – LUNCH AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS

1PM – WORKSHOPS RESUME

4PM – WORKSHOPS END

7PM – SPEAKING PLACE COLLABORATIVE DINNER

This project was made possible through a CTA Experience Marketing Campaign Grant provided by Regional Arts NSW through the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional, remote and very remote Australia.