Art Matters

Art Matters Murwillumbah

Region: Rural North | Murwillumbah
Years 5 to 8
Program Visual arts
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Art Matters workshops provide opportunities for students in Years 5 to 10 to develop visual artmaking skills through participating in intensive workshops, encompassing:

  • validation of the importance of visual arts, including as an intra and interpersonal expression
  • understanding of subject matters explored in artmaking, especially art as a tool to communicate contemporary issues
  • experimentation with a variety of artmaking substances.

The 2-day workshop will be delivered in collaboration with local artist Charlotte Haywood and Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre, utilising art education experts from the gallery and the Department of Education. Workshops may focus on painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, jewellery, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, animation and digital media facilitated by professional artists and school teachers with specialised skills.

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Enquiries

Sarah Armour
Arts Coordination Officer
Rural North
[email protected]
0429 965 197

Venue

Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre

2 Mistral Rd
Murwillumbah South NSW 2484
Australia

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Years 5 to 8 workshop

Workshop applications now closed.

  • Wednesday 11 June and Friday 13 June 2025 (Term 2 Week 7)
    • Day 1: 9 am to 3 pm
    • Day 2: 9 am  to 5 pm. Parents, carers and teachers are invited from 4:30 pm to view the exhibition of student work.
  • Cost: $60 per student
  • Artist facilitator: Charlotte Haywood
  • Mixed media sculpture: Students will explore a variety of mark-making techniques using fabric and paint to create textured fabrics, which they will then appliqué and assemble into vibrant textile artworks.
  • Gallery exhibition: Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Spiders of Paradise is an exhibition developed and toured by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

 

  • Student numbers are limited for each workshop.
  • Schools will be notified of your student's registration in the program and attendance will be noted by the school.
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Payment

The two-day workshop cost of $60 per student is to be paid through The Arts Unit student payment portal prior to the workshop date. Within the payment portal please select the program 'Visual Arts' and then payment for 'Local Visual Arts' which will allow you to select the relevant Art Matters program.

Student fees will be collected directly by The Arts Unit from schools who elect to pay on behalf of their students. Please email program coordinator to arrange this.

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All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If support is required to participate in Art Matters Murwillumbah, please email [email protected] so we can assist.