Facilitated by Zoe Thompson- Moore and Philippa Doyle
Sunday 6th August 1-3pm
Studio 30
$20 per person (FULLY BOOKED)
Facilitator info
Zoe Thompson-Moore/piecewerk (Pākehā) lives in Te Awakairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt with her family. An artist around the block, she can usually be found in the backyard gleaning inspiration from the loose-parts-play of neighbourhood kids and tending the beloved community compost heap. For more information on the artist: www.zoethompsonmoore.com
Philippa Doyle (Pākehā - nō Netherlands, nō Northern Ireland) lives in Northland, Te Ahumairangi, Whanganui-a-Tara with her family. She is a Textile Artist, mother of three adult children, a volunteer for Good Bitches Bake, a soup maker for those having a tough time, a recovering Public Servant and an adoptee. Philippa uses textiles as a way of marking both the small and the big events of life – all significant in their own way.
Create your own statement work of art by stitching a favourite phrase or poem on vintage linen. All linen, thread and supplies provided. A variety of simple stitches will be taught so that you can create your own original work.
To book email: sascha.perfect@wcc.govt.nz
Dirty Laundry
29 July - 25 August
Dirty Laundry brings together eleven artists and writers to explore and express their experience of invisible labour: painter & designer, Kate Stevens West; somatic practitioner, Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann; essayist, Bronwyn Polaschek; poets, Cassie Ringland-Stewart & Mary Walker; digital artist & photographer, Johanna Mechen; photographer, Dianna Thomson; painter, Hana Carpenter; installation artists, Caitlin Rose Donnelly & Zoe Thompson-Moore & personal non-fiction writer, Holly Walker.