Workshop

Botanical Mark-making

Sat 8 Aug 2026
Artspace

Above: Virginia Keft, Pinampi, detail; 2026 installation view, Artspace. Photo: Hamish McIntosh
When
Sat 8 Aug 2026, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location
Artspace
43–51 Cowper Wharf Roadway
Gadigal Country
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Sydney Australia
Details

Free, booking essential: Register here.

All ages and abilities are welcome, with children under 12 to be accompanied by an adult. For any additional access support required, please contact artspace@artspace.org.au.

Join artists Maddison Gibbs and Virginia Keft for an all-ages botanical mark-making workshop exploring native plants and objects from Country.

Drawing inspiration from their works currently on display at Artspace – As Above, So Below and Pinampi – participants are invited to respond to the textures, forms and patterns found in leaves, bark, seedpods and other natural materials through guided drawing exercises.

Through hands-on making, close observation and intergenerational knowledge sharing, this workshop invites participants to reflect on the relationships between plants, place, cultural knowledge and creative practice.

Presented as part of the Knowledge Sharing Forum, view the full program here.

Curators
Maddison Gibbs, As Above, So Below was co-commissioned by Artspace and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery as part of an ongoing institutional partnership supporting the development, presentation and visibility of regional NSW artists. The Banner Series is supported by Andrew Cameron AM and Cathy Cameron.

Virginia Keft, Pinampi, is presented as part of 2026 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), developed and curated by Artspace, Sydney, in partnership with the NSW Government through Create NSW.

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