FLOW – weaving workshops – Riverland

In 2013, Country Arts SA was the only South Australian organisation to receive funding from the Australia Council through the Community Partnerships Key Producer program.

Flow, a local Riverland project lead by ex Riverland Youth Theatre Artistic Director Olivia Allen, will gather stories from the diverse community of the Riverland reflecting their personal, cultural, and historical interaction with water. The stories will capture the daily rituals around water, memories of its enjoyment as well as stories of survival and devastation caused by its destructive power.

A large scale sculptural installation created by the Riverland community will be set amongst the surroundings of the McCormick Centre wetlands, which can be enjoyed simultaneously with the sounds, and stories of water as part of the South Australian Living Artists Festival in August and September 2014.

Artist Kathryn Sproul (Oz Asia Moon Lantern Festival) will lead weaving workshops with Riverland artists and community members weekly, which will form the textile sculpture.

When: From May 22 through to  3 July, 2014

Wednesdays, 2:00pm to 3:30pm at McCormick Centre, Renmark

Wednesdays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm at River Lands Gallery, Berri

Thursdays, 10:00am to 12:30pm at McCormick Centre, Renmark

Cost: All workshops are FREE

For more information contact: Olivia 0414 348 884

As a Key Producer Country Arts SA is establishing projects that explore community life and celebrate diversity in our regional areas.

Country Arts SA is asssited by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts and advisory body and through the Regional Arts Fund an Australian Government programme that supports sustainable cultural development in communities across reginal and remote Australia.

This project is presented by Country Arts SA and supported by the Australian Landscape Trust, McCormick Centre, River Lands Gallery and Renmark Paringa Council .