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Blackwood Art & Ecology Club
https://blackwoodartandecologyclub.myportfolio.com
The Blackwood Art & Ecology Club will gather once a month throughout 2025 in the forest hamlet of Blackwood. It’s all about getting together, sharing knowledge and getting creative. The program includes a series of visual art workshops for children, adults and families based around an ecological theme. The themes will playfully explore facets of the local natural environment and cyclic systems of nature.
Check out the website for ongoing updated information about workshops throughout the year.
Supported by FRRR Strengthening Rural Communities Grant / 2025
The next workshops is:
INSECT COSTUMES
Sunday April 6
Get inspired by the world of insects and turn yourself into a sculpture! A great collection of materials to make available to dream up your own insect costume. Wear your creation in the Easter Carnival Street Parade at Easter!
Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/insect-costume-making-tickets-1271794364179?aff=oddtdtcreator
Coming up:
FUNGI TOWN
Learn to grow Oyster mushrooms (adults)
Make fungi sculptures (kids)
Bookings to open up soon
CAMO CREATURES
Make a creature sculpture then make it camouflage into it’s habitat (6+ all ages)
Bookings for afternoon session only: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/camo-creatures-tickets-1234208303259?aff=oddtdtcreator
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The first two workshops were wonderful:
GLOBAL WORMING WORKSHOP
February
‘The Unsung Hero’ got a few a hugs while participants explored my garden. We met some worms that are hard at work making compost for the veggie patch and made a worm soft sculpture. The word about town is that children have been loving their worm soft sculptures and snuggling up each night.
FLYING SEEDS WORKSHOP
March
We got inspired by the amazing variety of seeds on the seed table. We thought about how seeds find a new place to grow and then made our own flying seeds and tested them out to see how far they travel. The bridge over the Mineral Spring was a perfect location to set our seeds flying.
More workshops will open for bookings as the year progresses, stay tuned!
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