art & ecology workshops
Creative Play exploring Environmental Themes
Artist Aviva Reed will facilitate an afternoon to unleash your creative play exploring a variety of mediums including watercolour, collage, pastel, ink and pencil.
We will create portraits of our local ecosystems as a way to learn about our local ecology and experiment with art materials. Includes tea, coffee & nibbles.
Suitable for 12+
$30
ESKAPE DUB NITE
Keefe West creates a nite of dub music at Esk Studio.
A night of chill vibes, food and drinks.
Entry by donation.
Wayapa Afternoon at ESK
Warm welcome for a RAW (Regen and Wayapa) afternoon in the beautiful back yard of Esk. Wayapa is a species centred modality that elevates individual and collective connection to Country (land,sky and water) nested within First Nations wisdoms and strengths… and importantly the sacredness of you 💗💥💗
Bring something from Nature to contribute to our temporary nest/mandala/creation that reminds you about connection and which may also remind you that you are nature yourself!
By registering your agreeing to receive quarterly communications aligned to the solar cycle from Alana, Regenerative System Resetter and Wayapa sharer and trainer. She will also send you information for you and your networks about Wayapa training happening in Maclean in March. Kapu Esso ( big ass thanks).
The Squid, the vibrio & the Moon
A morning making watercolour artworks inspired by a story about the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bioluminescent bacteria that help it glow in the moonlight. Using Small Friends Books as a learning resource, we will explore the micro and macro creatures of the ocean.
Suitable for ages 12-120
$20
About the facilitator: Some would call Aviva Reed an artist, others a scientist. Aviva describes herself as a visual ecologist and creative provocateur. She enjoys provoking thought, smashing paradigms and rebuilding them. She loves combining ideas and exploring concepts from multiple perspectives. Through her practice she seeks to evoke enchantment, cross-disciplinary thought, and to question status quo notions of normality.
Aviva has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science, a Masters of Education (in Environment) and has spent the past decade working as a professional artist.
The Squid, the vibrio & the Moon: an art/science workshop
A morning making watercolour artworks inspired by a story about the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bioluminescent bacteria that help it glow in the moonlight. Using Small Friends Books as a learning resource, we will explore the micro and macro creatures of the ocean.
Suitable for ages 7-10
$20
About the facilitator: Some would call Aviva Reed an artist, others a scientist. Aviva describes herself as a visual ecologist and creative provocateur. She enjoys provoking thought, smashing paradigms and rebuilding them. She loves combining ideas and exploring concepts from multiple perspectives. Through her practice she seeks to evoke enchantment, cross-disciplinary thought, and to question status quo notions of normality.
Aviva has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science, a Masters of Education (in Environment) and has spent the past decade working as a professional artist.
The Squid, the vibrio & the Moon: an art/ science workshop
A morning making watercolour artworks inspired by a story about the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bioluminescent bacteria that help it glow in the moonlight. Using Small Friends Books as a learning resource, we will explore the micro and macro creatures of the ocean.
Suitable for ages 12-120
$20
About the facilitator: Some would call Aviva Reed an artist, others a scientist. Aviva describes herself as a visual ecologist and creative provocateur. She enjoys provoking thought, smashing paradigms and rebuilding them. She loves combining ideas and exploring concepts from multiple perspectives. Through her practice she seeks to evoke enchantment, cross-disciplinary thought, and to question status quo notions of normality.
Aviva has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science, a Masters of Education (in Environment) and has spent the past decade working as a professional artist.
The Squid, the vibrio & the Moon: a science/ art workshop
A morning making watercolour artworks inspired by a story about the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bioluminescent bacteria that help it glow in the moonlight. Using Small Friends Books as a learning resource, we will explore the micro and macro creatures of the ocean.
Suitable for ages 7-11
$20
About the facilitator: Some would call Aviva Reed an artist, others a scientist. Aviva describes herself as a visual ecologist and creative provocateur. She enjoys provoking thought, smashing paradigms and rebuilding them. She loves combining ideas and exploring concepts from multiple perspectives. Through her practice she seeks to evoke enchantment, cross-disciplinary thought, and to question status quo notions of normality.
Aviva has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science, a Masters of Education (in Environment) and has spent the past decade working as a professional artist/ science/ educator.
Forest fungi
Join Aviva for an afternoon of exploring ecological ideas about forests and fungi and creating a watercolour painting. There will be a short presentation on forest science, we will explore examples of ecological portraiture and then create our own watercolour ecological portrait.
$20 including materials
Suitable for ages 10-100
BOOK HERE
About the facilitator: Bringing together art, science and environmental education, Aviva explores the ecological world with art and storytelling. She has worked extensively within community, primary, secondary and tertiary education facilitating sessions on microbes, deep time and the ecological imagination. She has a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Environment, majoring in Education. She is currently completing her PhD in Creative Arts & Literature. She is author/ illustrator of five books on microbial communities and evolution.
Paper play workshop
Explore paper & mixed media drawing towards the creation of a small body of work for exhibition at the Iluka Emporium with artist Kerrie Speirs.
FREE
Bookings: ilukaemporiumworkshops@gmail.com
Sponsored by Northern Rivers Community Fund for our project “Strengthening Community Friendships & Resilience through the Arts”
Creative writing & art therapy
This workshop is an invitation for you to create through words and art.
The session will be facilitated by art therapist, Shelley Murphy and will start with a meditation to bring you into the space and set you up for the creative process. You will then be invited to create a piece of writing which will then lead to an expressive art work related to your story.
$50 including all materials and tea.
BOOK HERE
Please note: You don't have to be an artist or be an expert in writing for this workshop, the key is to let go of any expectation and create something freely.
About the facilitator: Hi, my name is Shelley and I am from Newtown, Sydney now relocated to the scenic Clarence Valley. I am a qualified art therapist and have experience faciliting group sessions for childen as well as 1:1 sessions with adults. I am now the founder and owner of 'Art of symetri, the art of you'. I believe that art has a deep theraputetic value which helps us communicate and understand ourselves in a physical sense, it can be an act of self discovery and that there is always room for it.
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton
Salty sea
Join Aviva for an afternoon of exploring ecological ideas about oceans and coral reefs through creating a watercolour painting. There will be a short presentation on ocean coral science, we will explore examples of ecological portraiture and then create our own watercolour ecological portrait.
$20 including materials.
Suitable for ages 10-100
BOOK HERE
About the facilitator: Bringing together art, science and environmental education, Aviva explores the ecological world with art and storytelling. She has worked extensively within community, primary, secondary and tertiary education facilitating sessions on microbes, deep time and the ecological imagination. She has a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Environment, majoring in Education. She is currently completing her PhD in Creative Arts & Literature. She is author/ illustrator of five books on microbial communities and evolution.
River flow
Join Aviva for an afternoon of exploring ecological ideas about freshwater rivers and then creating a watercolour painting. There will be a short presentation on river science, we will explore examples of ecological portraiture and then create our own watercolour ecological portrait.
$20 including materials
Suitable for ages 10-100
BOOK HERE
About the facilitator: Bringing together art, science and environmental education, Aviva explores the ecological world with art and storytelling. She has worked extensively within community, primary, secondary and tertiary education facilitating sessions on microbes, deep time and the ecological imagination. She has a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Environment, majoring in Education. She is currently completing her PhD in Creative Arts & Literature. She is author/ illustrator of five books on microbial communities and evolution.
Symbiosis Storytelling
‘The Forest in the Tree’ is a science adventure story about microbes, forests, trees & fungi
created by Small Friends Books.
We will explore this wild underground world through a book reading and conversation and then we will create our own science inspired watercolour artworks of soil and fungi.
Ages 6+
Presented by visual ecologist Aviva Reed. Aviva was lead illustrator for this series and has a wealth of creative and scientific insights to share.
$10
Charcoal, chalk & pastel
Explore charcoal, chalk and oil pastel drawing techniques paper. Learn the elements of design to create colourful patterns and drawing skills that are bold and expressive with local artist, Kerrie Speirs.
Ages 7-14 yrs. Max 10 participants
$60 including all materials and morning tea provided.
BOOKINGS:
kerriespeirsart@gmail.com
Paper play workshop
Explore paper & mixed media drawing towards the creation of a small body of work for exhibition at the Iluka Emporium with artist Kerrie Speirs.
FREE
Bookings: ilukaemporiumworkshops@gmail.com
Sponsored by Northern Rivers Community Fund for our project “Strengthening Community Friendships & Resilience through the Arts”
Symbiosis Storytelling
‘The Forest in the Tree’ is a science adventure story about microbes, forests, trees & fungi
created by Small Friends Books.
We will explore this wild underground world through a book reading and conversation and then we will create our own science inspired watercolour artworks of soil and fungi.
Ages 6+
Presented by visual ecologist Aviva Reed. Aviva was lead illustrator for this series and has a wealth of creative and scientific insights to share.
$10
Symbiosis Storytelling
‘The Forest in the Tree’ is a science adventure story about microbes, forests, trees & fungi
created by Small Friends Books.
We will explore this wild underground world through a book reading and conversation and then we will create our own science inspired watercolour artworks of soil and fungi.
Ages 6+
Presented by visual ecologist Aviva Reed. Aviva was lead illustrator for this series and has a wealth of creative and scientific insights to share.
$10
