Craft + Design Canberra Kids Workshops
The blossoms have sprung a bloom across Canberra, and Floriade is bursting with vibrant colour. These school holidays we’ve partnered with Craft + Design, to offer Canberrans a range of bespoke school holiday workshops.
Craft + Design Canberra Kids workshops are bespoke, artist run workshops for children. In these fun workshops children will explore the theme of Regenerate through creativity and imagination, developing skills in design thinking, problem-solving and making by hand. The workshops cover a range of craft and design techniques including ceramics, construction, painting and First Nations cultural weaving.
Botanical Brooches - Hanna Hoyne
Join artist Hannah Hoyne and make botanical forms, flowers and stars using recycled egg cartons and cereal boxes, reimagining these throw away items into unique and precious little brooches.
Hanna Hoyne creates interactive and wearable sculptures that provide playful and contemplative spaces for everyday people.
Workshop Dates: Monday 30 September 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Wednesday 2 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Cost: Entry is free but booking required
Suitable for children aged 6-13 (please note parents or carers must accompany children for workshops)
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Woven Boxes - Dan Maginnity
Join artist Dan Maginnity and make a box woven from brown paper shopping bags. These boxes can be adapted and joined to make many different outcomes, just like natural Minecraft cubes!
Artist Dan Maginnity works on Ngunnawal | Nambri Country, working with reclaimed materials, building objects from recycled cardboard or painting murals on existent architecture.
Workshop Dates: Sunday 6 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm, & 2pm
Monday 7 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm, & 2pm
Cost: Entry is free but booking required
Suitable for children (please note parents or carers must accompany children for workshops)
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Cultural Weaving - Jessica Spencer (Wiradjuri)
Weave a bracelet using natural fibres in vibrant colours with Wiradjuri fibre artist, Jessika Spencer.
Jessika is a First Nations weaver, writer and activist, she is a Wiradjuri woman from the Sandhills of Narrungdera, NSW
Workshop Dates: Sunday 5 October 11am, 12pm and 1pm
Friday 11 October 11am, 12pm and 1pm
Cost: Entry is free but booking required
Suitable for children (please note parents or careers must accompany children for workshops)
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Painting Cultural Artifacts - Jessica Spencer (Wiradjuri)
Join Wiradjuri artist, Jessika Spencer in a children’s painting workshop. Jessika’s Father Ross Spencer makes cultural artefacts and will be making boomerangs for each workshop participant to paint and take home with them. You’ll get to learn about Aboriginal symbols and iconography and learn how to customise your own boomerang.
Workshop Dates: Saturday 5 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm
Friday 11 October 2pm
Cost: Entry is free but booking required
Suitable for children (please note parents or carers must accompany children for workshops)
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Clay SeedPods – Fran Romano
Make a clay seed pod filled with real seeds to take home, put in your garden and watch the flowers grow!
Fran Romano is a Canberra-based ceramic artist. Her work is inspired by memory, history and nostalgia investigated through layering and experimenting with surface texture and photographic imagery.
Workshop Dates: Workshop Dates: Saturday 4 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm
Thursday 10 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm
Cost: Entry is free but booking required
Suitable for children (please note parents or carers must accompany children for workshops)
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Yarn Sticks - Harry’s Clarry
Let’s make a Yarn Stick together. Tell your story as you wrap with colourful yarn and weave things onto your stick. Clarrissa, a proud Kamilaroi woman is the artist behind the name Harry's Clarry. She loves creating, sewing, painting and sharing her culture.
Workshop Dates: Tuesday 1 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm, and 2pm
Tuesday 8 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm
Cost: Entry is free but booking required
Suitable for children (please note parents or carers must accompany children for workshops)
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Paper Birds - Tom Buckland
Discover the art of sculpting three-dimensional, freestanding birds using recycled cardboard with artist Tom Buckland.
Tom Buckland is an artist who works with recycled materials such as cardboard and salvaged electronics. He creates playful, interactive and experimental installation, video and performance work that invites the audience to embark on a journey of discovery.
Workshop Dates: Tuesday 3 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm
Wednesday 9 October 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm
Cost: Entry is free but booking required
Suitable for children (please note parents or carers must accompany children for workshops)
Secure Your Spot HERE
All Craft + Design Workshops will be held on Ground Level City Walk opposite David Jones.
Craft + Design Canberra facilitates quality learning experiences in contemporary craft and design techniques run by local Craft + Design Canberra artists, who are experienced in facilitating children's workshops and are experts in their creative fields, find out more HERE
