ArtLab workshops respond to HOTA Gallery exhibitions, providing kids with the opportunity to explore ideas, materials and techniques and create unique artworks of their own.
Join us during NAIDOC week for a special ArtLab led by artist Lisa Sorbie Martin. Known to family as Aka (grandmother), Lisa generously shares her art and Torres Strait culture in our Children’s Gallery exhibition Aka Sorbie: Saltwater Heart.
In this workshop we will explore how a range of natural materials may be used to create sustainable inks and dyes and applied to fabric. Through experimental mark making we will generate our own organic textile design to take home. Recommended for ages 6 – 12 years.
Children must be accompanied by an adult or carer and cannot be left unsupervised at any time. Thank you for your understanding.
Based on the Gold Coast for over 40 years, Lisa Sorbie Martin has worked in visual art, textile design, wearable art, ceramics and public art since 1997. As a cultural educator and creative innovator, she fosters community engagement through storytelling and artmaking, linking Indigenous and non-Indigenous narratives, drawing inspiration from the natural environment and woven together to highlight history and culture.
135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217
ArtLab – Sustainable Textile Art with Aka Sorbie
