Welcome to Creating Change: Family Together - *Free Family Workshops!

We are proud to offer a series of *FREE Creative Art Workshops for the Ku-ring-gai communities Youth (14+) and their chosen parent, carer, guardian, grandparent, uncle, aunty or significant adult person. 

Sundays at Gordon Library, enrol in one or all 4 of the workshops on offer.

August 23: 2pm to 4pm: Threads of Colour - Kinusaiga Inspired Making - Explore the beautiful Japanese-inspired technique of Kinusaiga using fabric, colour and pattern. Participants will create their own design by layering fabric into a prepared foam base, experimenting with texture and composition to make a unique framed artwork to take home.
 

September 6: 10am to 12pm: Noticing the Unnoticed - Slow down and look closely at the colours, shapes and small details often missed in everyday surroundings. Through gentle watercolour activities and simple colour theory, participants will explore how colours connect, shift and appear in the world around them, creating a small keepsake inspired by observation and curiosity.

September 13: 10am to 12pm: Pieces of My Day - Use paper, images, colour, texture and collected fragments to create a visual journal page. This workshop invites participants to reflect on moments, colours and events arranging them into a personal mixed-media artwork that tells a story.

September 27: 10am to 12pm: Drawing from the Everyday - Explore simple drawing and creative exercises designed to loosen up your hand, eye and imagination. Using everyday objects and playful prompts, participants will build confidence with mark-making, observation and expressive drawing.

All materials will be supplied, plus a delicious morning or afternoon tea. So just bring yourself.

Join our wonderful Art Tutor Rehana Nathwani to spend time in imagination with your family member creating artworks in various forms to keep, along with the memories made. 

*These workshops are generously funded by the Ku-ring-gai Council Domestic and Family Violence Prevention and Awareness Grant to bring community together and start conversations around these issues in our community. Youth must attend with their chosen parent, carer, guardian, grandparent, uncle, aunty or significant adult person, please also be aware conversation and information around Domestic and Family Violence will be presented and discussed in these workshops to bring awareness with the use of Trauma informed core principles.