WRAPPING AND COILING
10AM – 1PM WEDNESDAY 9 JANUARY 2008. Cost $25 includes materials and notes

Learn how to wrap and coil with fabric and yarn and make a vessel like those featured in LRG 24:7. Enid Taylor will demonstrate the steps required to commence and build your vessel.

WRAPPED CORDS
1.30PM – 4.30PM WEDNESDAY 9TH JANUARY 2008. Cost: $25 includes all requirements

Learn how to create a beautiful cord for use as an embellishment on tassels, bookmarks, mobile phone, ipods, or whatever you like. You can select a variety of threads and beads to work with. Barbara Riordan and Jane Rayward will demonstrate and assist.

FUN WITH STITCHES
8 to 10 year olds, 10am – 1pm Friday 11 January 2008
11 to 18 year olds, 10am – 1pm Saturday 12 January 2008

Cost: $10 (includes all requirements)

Learn how to have fun with your stitching and gain new skills. You’ll not only learn how to stitch, you’ll walk out of the workshop with something you’ve made yourself! You can make items like a felt bag, a bookmark or just stitch your own design. A workshop with the Lismore and District Embroiderers, Judy Santarossa, Gene Trim, Marion Underhill & Barbara Riordan.

The members of the Lismore and District Embroiderer’s Guild will be dropping in to Lismore Regional Gallery for stitching days and to answer questions during the show.

THE YEAR OF THE RAT PAPERCUTTING WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITION
3 free daily workshops 23 and 24 January 2008,
9 – 11am, 12 noon – 2pm, 2.30 – 4.30pm

Adult participants will produce paper mod.cons, such as houses, cars and any objects of their choice following Pamela’s professional and creative direction. Children participating will be invited to create symbols of Chinese New Year using an existing template.

OUTDOOR DISPLAY ACROSS LISMORE CITY CENTRE

During the Chinese New Year celebrations, visitors to the Gallery will be invited to place papercuts of water rats in the Lismore City Centre. The water rat correlates with the Chinese New Year and has been selected as a symbol for Lismore because of the great river systems of the Northern Rivers. You can meet the artist, Pamela, at the workshops and installation sessions to gain greater insight into the Horsing Around the World project.

Bookings essential contact us by phone 6622 2209 or email artgallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au