UPCOMING WORKSHOPS/EVENTS
Dabble at Dogwood
For Teens and Adults
Adventures in Papermaking
with Zela Bissett
DATE: Saturday 1 April 2023
VENUE: Murilla Room, Dogwood Crossing, Miles
TIME: 10am – 3pm
COST: $20
Start your adventure in papermaking by learning how to couch a sheet of botanical paper using a mould and deckle; moving to advanced couching techniques – multiple couching and inclusions. Gympie educator, author and artist Zela Bissett, encourages participants to explore their creativity through a watchful eye for local resources which can produce fine artworks without expensive equipment, as well as providing an authentic connection with place.
To register click HERE
Credit: Zela with paper pulp and equipment.
Image courtesy of the Artist.
QAGOMA Kids on Tour | Superpowered
Dogwood Crossing, Miles is delighted to present the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGoMA) Children’s Art Centre and Regional Services interactive program ‘Superpowered on Tour’ to children and families in regional and remote Queensland. ‘Superpowered on Tour’ is a collaboration of the Children’s Art Centre with four Australian artists; Kaylene Whiskey (Yankunytjatjara people), Tony Albert (Girramay/Yidinyji/Kuku Yalanji peoples), Gordon Hookey (Waanyi people) and Vincent Namatjira (Western Aranda people).
‘Superpowered on Tour’ is an expression of the artists’ desire to use their voices and art to empower Aboriginal people and create inspirational imagery for all children. As such, the activities focus on humour and making children feel empowered.
SUPER PARTY: draw a party with your heroes
WARAKURNA WARRIORS: create your own superhero identity
POWER PORTRAITS: have your photo taken with icons of power
MAKE A ROO: take on your own heroic kangaroo persona
Saturday 29 April, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Dogwood Crossing, Miles
FREE
To register, click HERE
Image caption: Young visitors at Gordon Hookey’s Make A Roo 2013 in ‘Superpowered’, Children’s Art Centre, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2022 / © Gordon Hookey / Photograph: Katie Bennett © QAGOMA
MINIMAKERS for school aged children
DENIM POCKET PATCH EMBRIODERY
with Ann Greaves
Continued adventures in stitching with Chinchilla textile artist Ann Greaves. Ann will teach participants to repurpose a denim jeans pocket into a colourful fashion patch using applique, stitching and embellishment with trims and buttons.
DATE: Saturday 20 May 2023
VENUE: Dogwood Crossing, Miles
TIME: 10am – 12pm
COST: $5
To register click HERE
MINIMAKERS for school aged children
Rewilding the Urban Jungle for kids
with Bianca Tainsh
In this workshop, children will learn new, creative collage techniques alongside award-winning artist, Bianca Tainsh. The result is a colourful sprawl re-wilding an urban landscape.
DATE: Saturday 24 June 2023
VENUE: Dogwood Crossing, Miles
TIME: 10am – 12pm
COST: $5
All materials provided.
To register click HERE
Image: Collage cutouts from the Rewilding the Urban Jungle Workshop with Bianca Tainsh at Mundubbera Regional art Gallery. Image courtesy of the artist.
Dabble at Dogwood
For Teens and Adults
Rewilding the Urban Jungle
with Bianca Tainsh
In this workshop, participants will develop skills and learn new, creative collage techniques alongside award-winning artist, Bianca Tainsh. The result is a sprawl of colourful flowers, skyscrapers given over to waterfalls, streetscapes of gums and lilyponds and all the creatures we’d like to see inhabiting those spaces; as collage ‘re-wilds’ an urban landscape.
The workshop is a great way to reflect on what has been lost through the clearing of our natural environment to make way for urban convenience. But also, to imagine how we might include nature in our visions for future urban projects.
Find out more about Bianca Tainsh
DATE: Saturday 24 June 2023
VENUE: Murilla Room, Dogwood Crossing, Miles
TIME: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
COST: $20
All materials provided.
To register click HERE
Image of Rewilding the Urban Jungle with Bianca Tainsh held at The Court House Gallery, Cairns, QLD. Image courtesy of The Social Impact.
STORYTIME FOR TODDLERS
SESSION DATES, SESSION TIMES ARE 10.30AM – 11.30AM
Registration required
11 April – @ the Gallery – All Stitched Up
18 April – @ the Library – Ahoy There!
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9 May – @ the Gallery – The Cloth and the Pot
16 May – NO SESSION – Miles Show Day Public Holiday
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13 June – @ the Gallery – Paint the Town
20 June – @ the Library – Lion Practice
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11 July – @ the Gallery – Journey with Nature
18 July – @ the Library – You’ve Got to Have a Hat
8 August – @ the Gallery – 10 Artists: Finale
15 August – @ the Library – Diggers and Other Machines
12 September – @ the Gallery – MSHS Showcase
19 September – @ the Library – Here is the Beehive
10 October – @ the Gallery – Hybrid Greening
17 October – @ the Library – Baby Owls
14 November – @ the Library – Shapes of Australia
21 November – @ the Gallery – Untitled
12 December – @ the Library – Christmas
LIBRARY SPECIAL EVENTS
Back by popular demand, Mark Guthrie returns to the Westerns Downs to deliver 3 hour Comic Deep Dive workshops to children aged 8-15 years.
Tuesday 4 April, 9am – 12pm
Click HERE to register for this FREE event
Rustling Leaves
Children are invited to create their own special wind chime using leaf printed models from clay.
Why not enter your creation into the Miles Show!
Tuesday 13 April, 10am – 11am
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Worm Farming and Composting – Dogwood Crossing, Miles
Are you sick of putting food waste into landfill? You may want to learn how to generate a beneficial soil conditioner for your garden from your waste!
Friday 12 May, 9am – 11am
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