Image detail: Leanne Thompson, Sound line for compos mentis. Courtesy the artist.
Image detail: Leanne Thompson, Unravelled and Interwoven. Courtesy the artist.
Join artist Leanne Thompson for an immersive 3-hour workshop exploring weaving and shadow-play.
This session will delve into the possibilities of foraged and harvested materials with participants experimenting with techniques drawn from Leanne’s multi-disciplinary practice, including weaving, assemblage, experimental drawing and shadow-play.
Throughout the session, Leanne will discuss the ideas explored in her artwork on display and the cultural, scientific and intrinsic knowledge held in the relationships between plant, animal, object, and substances.
All materials provided. Includes tea / coffee.
Participants to bring:
• Own lunch
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.
Kandos School of Cultural Adaption’s The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere Workshop Series:
| Kids Workshop: Mira-Mura Galing Bila. Singing up the rain for the river. | Sat 11 April 2026 RSVP |
| Workshop: Energies in Motion with silk and charcoal | Thurs 16 April 2026 RSVP |
| Workshop: Experimental Weaving and Shadow-play | Thurs 30 April 2026 RSVP |
| Workshop: Clay, Pigment, Fibre | Fri 8 May 2026 RSVP |
| CEAD Forum 2026 | Sat 9 May 2026 RSVP |
Pricing
$75.00 General
$67.50 MAG&M Society
Location
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade
Manly NSW 2095