Suitable for ages 8 – 18 yrs

Artist and Dabee Wiradjuri Elder Peter Swain will lead children in an engaging participatory storytelling and collaborative drawing experience. This session includes a stone ceremony incorporating river stones and the artist’s sand art installation.

Participants will be encouraged to slow down, look differently and learn about the importance of water to Aboriginal people, and explore art as a way of understanding the complex relationships between water, land, and life.

Peter has worked extensively with schools and young people sharing his understanding of Country, connectivity and individual reciprocity, and belonging.

This session is one in a series of workshops being presented alongside the exhibition, The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere at Manly Art Gallery & Museum.

All materials provided.

Parents / guardians welcome to stay throughout.

About Peter Swain
Peter Swain is a Dabee Wiradjuri Man, and a direct descendant of Peggy and Jimmy Lambert from the Tjarrapi Dabee people of Rylstone. Peter was born on Country in Rylstone and has continuous cultural connections to Rylstone and Ganguddy (Dunn Swamp). He is a practising artist and has exhibited in galleries and public spaces across NSW, the ACT, Italy and Austria. Peter has been cultural advisor for, and an artist in several Cementa Arts Festivals in Kandos. 
 

Kandos School of Cultural Adaption’s The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere Workshop Series: