Age: 15 plus
$100
11am – 2pm
Sunday 22 March
8a Tivey Street, Newstead
This is a wheelchair accessible venue
A brush with woodland birds
With over fifty-five years of experience as a professional artist, exhibiting on five continents, Richard will draw on some of his acclaimed illustrated works, such a The Fairy-Wrens – a monograph of the Maluridae by Richard Schodde and A Brush with Birds – paintings and stories from the wild, as he conducts a painting workshop with participants.
Materials will be provided, or participants are welcome to bring their own favourite medium and materials. Richard prefers to demonstrate in Gouache, but many of the participants may not be use to working in that medium.
Richard Weatherly is an iconic Australia artist, conservationist and innovative farmer. He uses art as a platform to contribute to the conservation and restoration of the environment, global sustainability and landcare.
Life with Birds is an immersive celebration of the birds and woodland ecosystems of central Victoria curated by Geoff Park, presented by Newstead Arts Hub in partnership with Castlemaine State Festival.
Life with Bird brings together a distinguished range of collaborators – artists, photographers, sound recordists, field naturalists, scientists and writers. The various events enable participants to enjoy and learn whilst on the path to a deeper appreciation of the richness of our bird life – which is facing many challenges, especially that of global climate change.
The proceeds of this diverse and rich program of events will be dedicated to a community designed citizen science woodland bird conservation project in central Victoria and to the Newstead Arts Hub.