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Drawing of a figure wearing a blue cape with white rosettes on a pink background.
Until 5 Aug

Shapeshifter

  • Exhibition
  • Activity

Shapeshifter is a drawing performance class, using your body to draw other bodies. Guided by drag performance artist Zero, no prior drawing experience is needed.

Pencils, paper, tools and mirrors provided.

Your ticket includes the option to display any art created during the workshop at the Motley Gallery as part of the Shapeshifter exhibition for the duration of the show.

Note: nudity; 18+.

Part of the NetherWorld Festival.

Hours

Date Times
Mon 3 Aug
  • 7pm - 8.30pm 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Tue 4 Aug
  • 7pm - 8.30pm 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Wed 5 Aug
  • 7pm - 8.30pm 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Location

The Motley Bauhaus
118 Elgin St
Carlton 3053

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From $15 to $26

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People gathered in a gallery space installation that consists of found objects, photographs, and ephemera scattered across the floor, listening to a person hosting a talk.
13 Aug

Navigating Emotions Through Art + Drawing Club

A panel discussion exploring the relationship between art and emotion, plus a Drawing Club workshop.

  • Art
  • Talk
A hand drawing with a yellow marker, amongst colourful drawings of cell pathways on a black surface.
15 Aug

Grow a Drawing with Briony Barr

Magnify the micro in this drop-in drawing activity with visual artist Briony Barr.

  • Free
  • Workshop
Garden glimpse framed by dark foliage, looking onto rosebeds and stucco portico on bluestone building.
Until 24 Sep

A Morning in East Melbourne House and Garden Tour

Spend a morning in East Melbourne and visit the exhibition at Fairhall and gardens of Bishopscourt.

  • Art
  • Talk
The silhouettes of two people looking at an Indigenous art installation of gum leaves on the wall.
8 Aug

Among the Gums

Spend your Saturday among the gum trees for a sensory afternoon of art, making and conversation.

  • Free
  • Talk
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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