HEADDRESS WORKSHOP WITH DEBORAH KELLY
Age range: 10+ years
Workshop dates and times: TBC
As part of a very special series of workshops in conjunction with the exhibition CREATION, internationally renowned artist Deborah Kelly will be inviting participants to join her in making their very own decorative headdresses and masks to be displayed as part of the exciting collaborative and cross-disciplinary exhibition at The Lock-Up.
Participants will have the opportunity to be invited back to The Lock-Up to adorn their wearable artworks and take part in an extraordinary chorale procession as part of Newcastle’s New Annual Festival. Join local artists, dancers and choirs led by Deborah Kelly that will be walking from The Lock-Up to Newcastle Town Hall, showcasing the Songs of CREATION composed by Lex Lindsay and celebrating the close of the New Annual Festival on Sunday 2 October 2022.
IMAGES:
ABOVE: CREATION chorale headdresses. Found papier-mache, paint, glue, sequins, glass beads and elastic cord, dimensions variable. Photo: Deborah Kelly
FEATURED IMAGE: Still from Orison Tempestas, video, colour, sound, 3:41mins. Written and composed by Lex Lindsay, sung by Liza-Mare Syron, Eugene Choi, Kit Spencer, Zaya Barroso, Harriet Gillies and Alison Williams (pictured). Percussion: James Tawadros
ABOUT CREATION
CREATION is an artwork in the form of a “queer, insurrectionary science fiction, climate change religion” by artist Deborah Kelly. A multi-pronged exhibition manifesting across visual art, crowd-sourced wisdom, dance moves, animation, gatherings and song Deborah Kelly brings ceremonial, communal climate action to life with regalia, chanting, banners, movement and (ir)reverence.
Previous presentations of CREATION have been shown at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney NSW, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane QLD, and will continue on from The Lock-Up to Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, VIC, and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery NSW.
Supported by Creative Newcastle. The Creative Newcastle Program is delivered under the Special Business Rate program.
