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emerging and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. Islander Strait Torres and Aboriginal all to this extend and emerging NEST EXHIBITION HERITAGE DRESSMAKING STITCHES WORKSHOP connection to the land and waterways. We pay our respects to their Elders past, prese prese past, Elders their to respects our pay We waterways. and land the to connection

nt and and nt 2-26 April NEST represents a place of sanctuary and growth. Tuesday 7 April, 2-5pm Add to your very own Sovereign Hill Victorian

work on, the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung People, and recognises their continuing continuing their recognises and People, Wurrung Dja Dja and Wadawurrung the on, work Artists: Ann Betts, Sarah Canham, Katherine The City of Ballarat acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land we live and and live we land the of Custodians Traditional the acknowledges Ballarat of City The Art Gallery of Ballarat Sovereign Hill Museum Sampler Book with heritage hand sewing Backspace Douglas, Wednesday Sheridan and Lizzie 39 Magpie Street, Ballarat dressmaking stitches typically used in the 1840s Tongway. FREE. and 1850s. Suitable for beginners. 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat Disability access available $75 per person including entry. BOOKINGS Opening event ESSENTIAL. Saturday 4 April, 3pm-5pm Disability access available THE STORY OF EUREKA FLAG TALK SOLDIERS HILL ART COLLECTIVE ART WALK Tuesday 7 April, 5.30pm Decades of research by Clare Gervasoni and Eureka Centre Dorothy Wickham has led them to consider 4 & 5, 11 & 12 April, 10am-4pm The SHAC Art Walk is activating streets of 102 Stawell Street South, Ballarat various stories concerning the Eureka Flag. This Various locations Soldiers Hill with locals and visitors exploring the talk will highlight their discoveries. FREE. Disability access available Opening event wide variety of art produced by Soldiers Hill Art Friday 3 April, 6pm Collective members. See website for full details. TALK Ballarat North Bowling Club OUT OF THE STORE: BALLARAT CERAMICISTS 402 Gregory Street, Soldiers Hill Wednesday 8 April, 5.30-7pm Ballarat has a tradition of working with clay Art Gallery of Ballarat dating back to the days of the goldrush. Join Julie TALK McLaren, Kiri Smart and ceramicist Neville French SOVEREIGN HILL COSTUME DEPT 40 Lydiard Street Nth, Ballarat as they talk through their favourites. Friday 3 April, 3-4pm & 4-5pm Discover exquisite examples of original Victorian Disability access available $16 per person or $13 AGB members. fashions in the Gold Museum collection and Sovereign Hill Museum BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. 39 Magpie Street, Ballarat learn about the process of historical costume reproduction with curatorial and costume design 3-13 APRIL 2020 Disability access available professionals. $15 per person plus entry. LEATHER BELT MAKING WORKSHOP BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. Thursday 9 April, 9am-3pm Making your own leather belt using traditional Sovereign Hill Museum methods at a leather harness and wheelwrighting WORKSHOP WADAWARRUNG WEAVING 39 Magpie Street, Ballarat workshop. Suitable for beginners. Saturday 4 April, 10am-12pm Local Wadawarrung woman Tammy Gilson $150 per person including entry. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. BADAC shares her stories and weaving skills in making 5 Market Street, Ballarat Central traditional necklaces. Tammy will share her spiritual connections to her ancestors, respectfully TEXTILES AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM: Disability access available TALK acknowledging her elders. From Eureka Flag to #MeToo FREE. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. 3-13 APRIL 2020 Thursday 9 April, 6pm Internationally recognised artist Kate Just will introduce her practice and discuss how artists FRAME-LOOM WEAVING WITH ANA PETIDIS WORKSHOP Eureka Centre, 102 Stawell Street South, Ballarat have deployed textiles to comment on social craft.creativeballarat.com.au 5 April, 10am-12.30pm Adults and children can come together to learn inequity and injustice. FREE. BOOKINGS Disability access available & 1.30-4pm with skilled textile artist how to create a frame ESSENTIAL. Art Gallery of Ballarat loom and complete a woven artefact to take 40 Lydiard Street Nth, Ballarat home. $40 per person, AGB members $35 per #IWASLANDFILL CRAFT CHALLENGE WORKSHOP person. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. Disability access available Friday 10 April, 10am-3pm In this series of workshops, textile artist Deb Saturday 11 April, 10am-3pm Weston will rescue a bale of waste yarn from BOTANICAL PRINTING WITH OLWYN FRASER WORKSHOP CAM C108, Level 1 landfi ll and challenge the community to re- purpose this waste into blankets, baskets and 5 April, 11am-1.30pm Working in small groups participants will be Old Law Courts Camp Street, Ballarat Central shrugs. $25/1KG WOOL. North Ballarat Bowling Club introduced to basic botanical dyeing techniques 402 Gregory Street, Soldiers Hill followed by creating a hand dyed piece of fabric. Disability access available $15 per person. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. Disability access available POP-UP CROCHET CLINIC WORKSHOP BASKET STITCHING WITH JUDITH BRYCE WORKSHOP Saturday 11 April, 9-11am Pop in to a pop up where you can show off 5 April, 12.30-3pm Learn basic stitch techniques to begin your own 411 Sturt Street, Ballarat and share your work, or catch up on advice, basket to be completed at home with a small encouragement and problem solving in the North Ballarat Bowling Club Sunday 12 April, 11am-2pm weaving kit, needle and additional raffi a. wonderful world of colourful, creative crochet. 402 Gregory Street, Soldiers Hill $15 per person. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. Eureka Centre FREE. Disability access available 102 Stawell Street, Ballarat Explore VISUAL ARTS • CERAMIC • CRAFT • TEXTILES • RARE TRADES • SCULPTURE BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL for some sessions. For more information and all booking details go to craft.creativeballarat.com.au

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Open Studio Talk Open Studio Open Studio 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm 11am & 2pm each date 4 & 5 April, 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm 11 & 12 April, 10am-5pm 403 Eddy Avenue, Mt Helen 10.30am-4.30pm 608 Neill Street, Soldiers Hill 403 Eddy Avenue, Mt Helen Ballarat Grammar - Beckworth Art Gallery & Cleaver Wing Grace Bailey’s paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human 201 Forest Street, Wendouree condition. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship. FREE Fibre Arts Australia invites you to visit workshops in progress by international artists and exhibitions of Fibre Art. A Pop-Up shop will be trading on Saturday with Fibre Art traders and booksellers. FREE. BALLARAT SOCIETY OF ARTISTS VISUAL ARTS

Open Studio Talk LINDA FRANKLIN VISUAL ARTS 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm 4 April, 11am & 2pm Pastels with Trudy Nicholson Open Studio Workshop 5 April, 11am & 2pm 4 & 5, 11 & 12 April, Make Eco-Friendly Paints Line, ink, wash & oils with Jon 10am-5pm 5 April, 3pm-5pm Lam South Street Art Studio South Street Art Studio Trades Hall 410 South Street, 410 South Street, Ballarat Central 24 Camp Street, Ballarat Central Ballarat Central Susan’s abstract fl oral and botanical works seeks to capture and communicate the dynamism and magic of nature. Primarily working in acrylics, mixed media Eleven artists from the Ballarat Society of Artists will join together to present Linda’s work weaves together historic and contemporary narratives, and occasionally oils. FREE. their latest work, love of art and creativity through a variety of mediums. symbology, process and art materials. FREE Workshop: Step back into art history and learn the lost trade of hand-making paints using eco-friendly, natural mineral pigments. Participants are guided. PAULINE O’SHANNESSY-DOWLING SCULPTURE/ Suitable for adults, both beginners and experienced painters. Cost: $35 per VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS & MEGAN ANDERSON KATIE CHANCELLOR person. TICKETED EVENT. Open Studio Open Studio 4 April, 10am-12pm 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm NEVILLE FRENCH CERAMICS Fabrix-design- workshop Katie Chancellor Studio 826 Barkly Street, Ballarat 85A Bridge Mall, Ballarat Central Open Studio Talk 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm 4 & 5 April, 10am-11am Combining Pauline’s love of colour, detail, whimsy and drawing, with Megan’s 1203 Winter Street, 1203 Winter Street, Buninyong skills in design, dress-making and historical interpretation – these two artists Buninyong Disability access available invite patrons to paint or draw creatively onto a fabric surface of their choice. All Disability access available materials provided. Cost: $50 per person plus booking fee. TICKETED EVENT.

ANA PETIDIS TEXTILES

Open Studio Talk 11 April, 10am-5pm 11 April, 11am 8 Moss Avenue, Mt Helen 8 Moss Avenue, Mt Helen

Ana Petidis is a studio weaver. Having studied textiles at RMIT, her practice is process driven, often concerned with human ecology and embraces material exploration, colour and techniques. Ana hand weaves and tells stories refl ecting on human relationships. FREE.

DONNA POULTON CERAMICS Katie Chancellor is a contemporary artist whose practice has evolved from urban art paste ups into colourful birds painted on wood panels, symbolic Neville French is a ceramic artist who works mainly with porcelain to create Open Studio Workshop of her memories growing up on a farm in Alexandra. FREE. sculptural vessels that explore place and space. His exhibition pieces evoke 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm 11 April, 11am-1pm notions of quietude and transcendence. FREE. 11 & 12 April, 10am-5pm Fairweather Gallery CERAMICS, Fairweather Gallery 158 Ryan Street, Brown Hill CLAYMOTION CRAFT 158 Ryan Street, Brown Hill THE GREEN WOODSMITH RARE TRADES Open Studio Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist. With a fascination for crystalline, a 1pm-3pm, 4,5,11 April Open Studio diffi cult and fi ckle specialty which she continues to experiment with. Her works Claymotion 5 April, 10am-5pm are exhibited locally, across Victoria and collected internationally. 34A Mair Street, Ballarat Central 73 Hastie Street, Buninyong Workshop: Produce a hand formed dish that will be fi red with a crystal glaze Disability access available Disability access available of your choice. Refreshments included. Cost: $25 per person. Visit this Ballarat centre for crafts and view the different techniques available. Paul Ryle is a ‘green woodworker’ using freshly cut timber and traditional Register for the mosaic making workshop, all ages. Materials included. FREE hand tools. Paul’s range is all made from locally sourced timbers. FREE. AND TICKETED EVENTS. RACHEL GROSE & VISUAL ARTS/ BENNY MITCHELL RARE TRADES IAN KEMP VISUAL ARTS MAGGIE DANNATT VISUAL ARTS Open Studio Open Studio Talk 4-12 April, 10am-5pm Open Studio Workshop 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm 4 & 11 April, 2pm The Lost Ones Gallery 11 & 12 April, 10am-5pm 11 April, 11am 14 Camp Street, Ballarat Central How to take the best photo of 11 & 12 April, 10am-5pm 205 Seymour Street, Soldiers Hill your dog for portraits. Ian is a fi ne art photographer. His fi ne art work explores the temporal nature The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the makers. Rachel Grose 12 April, 11am of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and demonstrates her silvermaking skills alongside Benny Mitchell who handcrafts How to draw from a photo landscape photography. FREE leathergoods. FREE. 910 Eureka Street, Ballarat East

Maggie Dannatt is a pet portrait artist working with soft pastels on pastel paper. Maggie’s portraits may look photorealistic at fi rst glance, however she DEBORAH LEE KLEIN SCULPTURE/ JOAN TALLENT VISUAL ARTS aims for a looseness and spontaneity to show the expression and character & MELINDA MUSCAT VISUAL ARTS of the much loved pet. FREE. Open Studio Open Studio 11 & 12 April, 10am-5pm 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm 9 Benson Close, Delacombe VISUAL ARTS LAURA DAY 11 & 12 April, 10am-5pm Joan is a realist / Impressionist inspired painter. Her work is varied across 4 Isla Park, Glen Park Open Studio Workshop still life, fi gurative, landscapes and seascapes with pastel, oil, pen and watercolour. FREE. 4 & 11 April, 10am 5 April, 1pm-4pm Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated 419 Cobden Street, Mount Pleasant skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits. FREE Laura works with paint and mixed media. Workshop: Tap into inner wisdom STEPH WALLACE VISUAL ARTS and discover what your soul is calling you to do. Use painting as a healing ritual. Cost: $100 per person. TICKETED EVENT LYNNE MAKINGS VISUAL ARTS Workshop 4 April, 10am-12pm, 1pm-3pm Open Studio Ballarat Tech School TEXTILES CAROLYN ELSWORTHY 4 & 5 April, 10am-5pm 136 Albert Street, Ballarat 11 & 12 April, 10am-5pm Open Studio Demonstration 513 Armstrong St North, Soldiers Hill Inspired by the latest design trends, Steph Wallace creates miniature scale 4-12 April, 10am-5pm 5 & 12 April, 2pm-3pm furniture from her studio using age old techniques and the latest technology. 368 Forest Street, Wendouree Lynne’s works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, Workshop: Create a piece of lasercut art to take home. From designing canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil your own artwork to cutting a variety of materials this class is suitable for the Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing absolute beginner through to those with existing experience. Limited tickets. stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. FREE. line. FREE. Suitable for ages 12+. FREE. TICKETED EVENT.

Some events and activities are ticketed. Some locations may have accessibility issues. We make every effort to ensure all information is correct at the time of publishing. For the most up-to-date information and all booking information visit craft.creativeballarat.com.au #artofmaking2020 UNESCO City of Craft and Folk Art