The Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council will be holding
workshops across the towns of Ravensthorpe, Hopetoun and Jerdacuttup to
facilitate the creation of 100 individual portraits to symbolise how we are all
affected by and connected by, cancer.
The 100 portraits will be displayed at the Ravensthorpe Town Hall on May
24 2014 for the performance of “Calendar Girls”.
We are using the term “portrait” very loosely, only in that
your art work is made with somebody special in mind, perhaps yourself, who has
battled with cancer of some form. Your
art work may be a story about survival, loss or the impact of the experience on
you.
The first was held on Wednesday 2nd April at the
Fitzgerald Hall and attended by 8 participants, a nice small and friendly group
for me to begin with…especially good since I wasn’t very well on the day! Thank you ladies for attending and having a
go! Huge thanks also to Jen Biddulph for
organising this workshop and baking the delicious morning tea!
The next workshop will be held at the Dunnart Studio Gallery
in Ravensthorpe from 9am on Tuesday 29th April. Everyone is welcome to attend; it would be
nice to see some men too! (We will also be
holding an evening one in Ravensthorpe for those who work.) To receive up to date information on upcoming
workshops and other events, like our FB page https://www.facebook.com/Raveaboutarts or subscribe to our blog to get updates in your emails http://raveaboutarts.blogspot.com.au/
Not artistic? It
doesn’t matter. The ways in which a
portrait can reflect its subject is limited only by your imagination! You can paint, collage photos and other
papers, scrapbook, write, knit…whatever you feel best represents the portrait
you want to create, be it a self-portrait or not. Workshop participants will be shown examples
of portraits created in various ways and provided with the tools and equipment
to get started.
The only catch is that each portrait must have a pink thread
running through it from left to right.
The thread itself may be painted, glued or stitched...but it must run
from one side of the canvas to the other so that when the works are
collectively exhibited, we can link up the threads to symbolise the connections
within our communities.
If you would like to complete a canvas, but can’t make a
workshop, please contact Mel on 0427 381 530 to arrange to pick one up.
I hope you enjoy these photos from the first workshop at
Fitzgerald.
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| Mmmmmm......look at all those brand new paints! |
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| Tate and Danelle discuss ideas. |
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| Hayley's paper didn't stay blank for long! |
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| Rosemary sketches some ideas before starting on her canvas. |
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| Brenda contemplates her composition. |
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| Tate gets stuck into painting! |
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| Val begins! |
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| Hanneka came with a pile of buttons, sticks and ribbons...you'll have to wait until the exhibition to find out what she did with them! |
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| Who doesn't love buttons? |
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| Hayley gets going. |
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| Danelle and Tate get very messy! |
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| Everyone is hard at work. |
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