Outdoor Gallery: Still life and collage workshop with artist Frances Powell

Outdoor Gallery: Still life and collage workshop with artist Frances Powell

Date & time
Sat 10 Aug 2024
10:00am to 12:00pm
Add to Calendar 2024-08-10 10:00 2024-08-10 12:00 Australia/Brisbane Outdoor Gallery: Still life and collage workshop with artist Frances Powell Artist Frances Powell guides you through her creative process in an accompanying video tutorial, offering simple techniques for capturing moments through still life and collage. With clear instructions and minimal materials required, you can easily recreate the experience at home. Part of the &lsquo;Paradise Gloss&rsquo; program. <strong>About Frances Powell</strong> Frances Powell is a Brisbane still life and collage artist, drawing inspiration from figure drawing, abstract shapes and colour associations in her work, which primarily focuses on paper. Her latest works, exhibited in Heritage Lane, reflect on the significance of slowing down and cherishing moments shared over a meal with loved ones, celebrating the individual elements that make up the sum of the experience. <strong>About &lsquo;Paradise Gloss&rsquo;</strong> From 14 June to 3 November 2024, we invite you to explore Council&rsquo;s latest Outdoor Gallery exhibition, Paradise Gloss. Curated by Laura Brinin, Paradise Gloss provides the community with opportunities to engage in creative exploration and encourages play to improve mental wellbeing. Historically, art creation has been used as a tool to unpack and expand upon lived experiences, and this exhibition is centred around that positive research by inviting the Brisbane community to interact with the artwork for a positive wellness outcome. The exhibition along with the accompanying activations and public program celebrates the resilience and connectivity of our city, and the strengths of the individual making the community whole. <strong>About the Outdoor Gallery</strong><br /><a href="https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/things-to-see-and-do/experiences-and-culture/public-art-in-brisbane/outdoor-gallery" target="_blank">Council&#39;s Outdoor Gallery</a> transforms Brisbane&#39;s laneways, city streets and car parks into imaginative, curious, and engaging spaces. Comprising of light boxes, banners, vitrines, and evening projections, the Outdoor Gallery displays art outside in city streets, instead of inside on gallery walls. 2023 marked 10 years of the Outdoor Gallery program. Share your experience of the <a href="https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/things-to-see-and-do/experiences-and-culture/public-art-in-brisbane/outdoor-gallery" target="_blank">Outdoor Gallery</a> exhibitions and public programs on social media using #BNEPublicArt.
Age

Suitable for ages 12+

Cost

Free

Artist Frances Powell guides you through her creative process in an accompanying video tutorial, offering simple techniques for capturing moments through still life and collage. With clear instructions and minimal materials required, you can easily recreate the experience at home.

Part of the ‘Paradise Gloss’ program.

About Frances Powell
Frances Powell is a Brisbane still life and collage artist, drawing inspiration from figure drawing, abstract shapes and colour associations in her work, which primarily focuses on paper.

Her latest works, exhibited in Heritage Lane, reflect on the significance of slowing down and cherishing moments shared over a meal with loved ones, celebrating the individual elements that make up the sum of the experience.

About ‘Paradise Gloss’
From 14 June to 3 November 2024, we invite you to explore Council’s latest Outdoor Gallery exhibition, Paradise Gloss. Curated by Laura Brinin, Paradise Gloss provides the community with opportunities to engage in creative exploration and encourages play to improve mental wellbeing.

Historically, art creation has been used as a tool to unpack and expand upon lived experiences, and this exhibition is centred around that positive research by inviting the Brisbane community to interact with the artwork for a positive wellness outcome.

The exhibition along with the accompanying activations and public program celebrates the resilience and connectivity of our city, and the strengths of the individual making the community whole.

About the Outdoor Gallery
Council's Outdoor Gallery transforms Brisbane's laneways, city streets and car parks into imaginative, curious, and engaging spaces.

Comprising of light boxes, banners, vitrines, and evening projections, the Outdoor Gallery displays art outside in city streets, instead of inside on gallery walls. 2023 marked 10 years of the Outdoor Gallery program.

Share your experience of the Outdoor Gallery exhibitions and public programs on social media using #BNEPublicArt.

Bookings

Bookings required via Eventbrite.

Venue

Side Gallery, 7 Emma Street, Red Hill

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