November 2022
Come along to our very first Paint & Sip workshop with local artist and art teacher, Jacky Morris to paint a gorgeous Little Blue Wren. (Includes all materials, as well as wine, refreshments and platters). Find your tickets here.
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Join us for an afternoon of macrame craft with local creator, Jenny, who will teach us how to make boho inspired Christmas decorations. Each participant will go home with one complete decoration and the knowledge to make more! Suitable for ages 12 and over (children aged 12-16 must be accompanied by a paying adult). Ticket price includes all materials and refreshments.
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An ocean inspired exhibition showcasing work by local artists including: Jeremy Ievins, Chrissy Pudney, Ockert Le Roux, Kai Ievins, Jane McCumstie, Andrea Bartetzko, Phil Ackland, Julie Ann McEwen, Mel Esam & Dale Malseed.
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Spend a couple of hours with us at Little Blue Wren Art Gallery and create your very own miniature garden. Grab your plant pot and paint it in your own style and then start building your own little garden, complete with plants, animals, dinosaurs and more. go with a Farm scene or maybe jungle, Jurassic or just come up with something of your own. All materials supplied along with snacks and refreshments.
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Join us for an afternoon workshop with Danni creating a beautiful mixed media art piece by using watercolour paint on fabric in an embroidery hoop Everyone will create one beautiful piece of mixed media artwork. No painting or needlework experience is necessary. All workshop materials supplied, as well as afternoon tea
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Join local artist, Danni as she guides us through a relaxing afternoon of macrame where you will have the opportunity to make a unique, custom-made macramé plant hanger and the skills to make more Macrame is a grounding craft with a meditative aspect as you tie the knots to create your beautiful textiles. This creative class will give you the basic skills to continue making macrame at home as even the most intricate designs are [...]
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Mixed Media artist, Jane McCumstie's evocative multi-sensory exhibition, Awe and Wonder of the Ordinary, will be running at Little Blue Wren Gallery from 25th February until 8th April. ‘Awe and Wonder of the Ordinary’ will be a multi-sensory event, including soundscapes, written word and aromas to accompany more than thirty pieces of mixed media art arousing sensory moments of awareness with poetic emotion.
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Join us for an afternoon Resin workshop with Rachel to create your own resin art piece. For all levels from beginners to experienced we will walk you through all the knowledge & hands on activity to create your very own resin wall art masterpieces. Everyone will have the opportunity to create two resin artworks on canvas panels. This is a sticky & messy medium, so wear clothes that you wont be too sad if you [...]
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Join us for an afternoon Resin workshop with Rachel to create your own resin art piece. For all levels from beginners to experienced we will walk you through all the knowledge & hands on activity to create your very own resin wall art masterpieces. Everyone will have the opportunity to create two resin artworks on canvas panels. This is a sticky & messy medium, so wear clothes that you wont be too [...]
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Join us for an afternoon Resin workshop with Rachel to create your own resin art piece. For all levels from beginners to experienced we will walk you through all the knowledge & hands on activity to create your very own resin wall art masterpieces. Everyone will have the opportunity to create two resin artworks on canvas panels. This is a sticky & messy medium, so wear clothes that you wont be too [...]
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Join us for a relaxing afternoon of felting with award winning artist, Zetta Kanta. Zetta will teach us how to create these gorgeous little critters using the needle felting technique. All materials provided. This class is suitable for both adults and children. Please keep in mind when booking your child's ticket that if you would also like to make a felt critter when you are here supporting your child, please book [...]
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Join local art teacher, Rachel for a relaxing and creative workshop where you will learn how to create your own unique art piece on canvas using the Acrylic pour technique. Bring along an apron as we are sure to get a little messy! Everyone will create two canvas pieces. All materials supplied, as well as afternoon tea
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Join the team at Little Blue Wren Gifts and Art this week with your craft-art project and hang out with other creatives! These are free sessions offered at the Wren and an opportunity for us to hang out and get creative together! Bring your knitting, sketching, painting, crochet, scrapbooking, felting, reading, writing…anything really!
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Join local art teacher, Rachel for a relaxing and creative workshop where you will learn how to create your own unique art piece on canvas using the Acrylic Flow art techniques. Bring along an apron as we are sure to get a little messy Everyone will create two canvas pieces. All materials supplied
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Join us for our Kids Cafternooons! We will host a wide range of art and craft activities, including painting terracotta pots and making little gardens in them! All materials included- tickets $16 each! Head to our website for tickets or call the gallery to reserve a ticket!
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The Feminine Art of Mark Making is a creative collision of fine art and firearms. The collection reimagines the traditional accuracy target as vibrant geometry and uses rifles to create powerful marks through the canvas. The exhibition by local artist Beth Kay seeks to challenge and disrupt. Ordinarily femininity is represented as soft, gentle, passive and pliable, but this collection reimagines the feminine as strong, bold and firm. The collection is a radical reimagining of femininity [...]
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Explore the art of Alcohol Inks! Join local art teacher, Rachel for a morning of creating with alcohol inks, by learning how to create beautiful elegant abstract artwork. Everyone will have the opportynity to explore the medium by making several images that can be used to make greeting cards or stand alone art pieces. This workshop is an introductory guide to using alcohol inks. Ink will be available for sale after the workshop in Backroom [...]
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Join local award winning textile artist, Zetta Kanta in this needle felting workshop where you will learn to make an adorable felted mini wall hanging. All materials provided as well as refreshments. All materials supplied Suitable for adults and young people 12 years and over
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Join Tabitha & Mabel at Little Blue Wren Gifts & Art for an afternoon of kids crafting for Reconciliation Week. There will be a range of activities offered, including painting and weaving. Suitable for children from the age of 4 years old. We do not supply art smocks, so please bring one along or come dressed in clothes that you wont mind getting a little bit of paint on!
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This Reconciliation Week join Little Blue Wren for an Aboriginal Weaving Workshop. Participants will have the chance to learn the craft of coil weaving and basket making which has been passed down from generation to generation. Everyone will have the opportunity to start a basket (progress will depend on how fast you can weave!!), make a set of woven earrings or a coaster. All materials will be provided.
Find out moreJune 2023
This Reconciliation Week join Little Blue Wren for an Aboriginal Weaving Workshop. Participants will have the chance to learn the craft of coil weaving and basket making which has been passed down from generation to generation. Everyone will have the opportunity to start a basket (progress will depend on how fast you can weave!!), make a set of woven earrings or a coaster. All materials will be provided.
Find out moreJoin us for a relaxing and enjoyable art class, including acrylic painting with local artist, Andrea Bartetzko as she takes us through a range of creative exercises to explore the acrylic medium, our creativity and develop our art skills. This workshop is suitable for beginners, as well as experienced artists who would like to extend their art practice or explore a new medium.
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Join Tabitha for a NAIDOC basket weaving session, to weave a coolamon shaped basket. All materials supplied.
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SALA EVENT: Forgotten Fables of the South-East by Tyson Jay Brant Hosted by Little Blue Wren This exhibition will launch on 4 August 2023 and run through National Homelessness Week (August 6 – 12) until 1 September Forgotten Fables of the South-East is a collision between pop art, graffiti art and social commentary. Tyson has created a series of psychedelic pop art canvases which are, in part, a celebration of diversity beyond the physical. The [...]
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Weaving workshop this weekend! Come and get creative with me! Here are the deets: Saturday 28 October at 1.00 pm Tickets are $35 and all materials are provided. We’d love to see you! for more details click the link below: Facebook
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Blue Wren Studio Presents: Full Circle Collaborative Exhibition 20 Artists 35 Pieces of Art Join us for this unique exhibition celebrating the artistic talents of 20 artists who have metamorphosed leftover, surplus, and waste materials into works of art. Full Circle explores what happens to items at the end of their life and demonstrates how can they be transformed into things of beauty and brilliance (or functionality) and in this case into works of [...]
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Little Blue Wren is delighted to present Mashado| Fine Lines, an exhibition that pays homage to the extraordinary talents of local, self-taught artist, Margrit Mashado. A collection of meticulously crafted drawings, sketches and scribbles offers a profound and awe-inspiring journey into the world of technical excellence and artistic virtuosity. Exhibition on Display from 2nd February until the 1st of March 2024 Located: Little Blue Wren Gifts and Art Gallery, 111 Commercial Street West [...]
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