RAPPVILLE CREATIVE RECOVERY PROJECT
PAST WORKSHOPS
FRIDAY, 9 JULY 2021
WILD FLAVOURS - NATURAL ICE CREAM WORKSHOP!
Learn to make ice-cream with local plants! Join Wal from Natural Ice-cream Australia and artist Charlotte Haywood to discover delicious and unusual flavours using native plants and backyard produce.
Explore memories, share recipes and favourite desserts for the creation of a Rappville ice cream flavour adding to a new community cookbook.
TIME: 2pm - 4pm
LOCATION: Rappville Primary School
AGES: All ages
COST: Free
* UPDATE - WORKSHOP POSTPONED Due to COVID-19 restrictions this workshop.
New dates will be announced soon.
WEDNESDAY, 14 JULY 2021
IF TREES COULD TALK - A POEM FOR RAPPVILLE
Join local bush poet Steve Cavenagh and artist Lyndall Phelps to create a poem that celebrates what trees mean to Rappville. Timber, and the benefits that flow from it, are central to Rappville’s prosperity, but the surrounding trees also have strong emotional connections for many. Jacaranda trees celebrate the early settlers to the area whilst Camphor Laurel and Illawarra Flame trees honor the young men of Rappville who died in WWI.
TIME: 6pm-8pm
LOCATION: Rappville Commercial Hotel
AGES: 18+
COST: Free
SATURDAY, 19 JUNE 2021
PHOTOGRAPHING RAPPVILLE WORKSHOP
Join us for an afternoon of photography, led by professional photographer Jaka Adamic. During the afternoon the group will capture the uniqueness of Rappville and those who live, work and play there. The resulting photographs will be exhibited in the village during October. Please bring either your camera, phone or tablet.
TIME: 1pm-4pm
LOCATION: Rappville Showgrounds
AGES: All ages
COST: Free
ABOUT JAKA ADAMIC
Born in Slovenia (part of former Yugoslavia), Jaka has had a lifelong interest in darkroom photography, creating his first darkroom at age 6, before embarking upon a 25 year long career as an acclaimed European photojournalist. Since migrating to Australia in 2012, Jaka has developed his passion for vintage photographic techniques, mastering the alchemical process, form and technique of wet-plate photography.
SATURDAY, 26 JUNE 2021
CONNECT. COLLECT. GROW
Join us for a seed discovery workshop with Michelle Chapman, founder of Seed Tree Maps and co-author of Australian Rainforest Seeds: a guide to collecting, processing and propagation (CSIROPublishing, 2020). Michelle will share some of the secrets of fruit and seed collection and propagation. After reconnecting with familiar plants and exploring new natives through a sensory and scientific journey, you will never look at trees in quite the same way again!
Michelle, alongside project artists Charlotte Haywood and Lyndall Phelps, will deliver a fun, hands on 2-hour workshop exploring how plant and tree species can be used to inspire new gardens, local ecologies, artworks, flavours, food, maps and community. Share plant stories and walk away with some free seeds to experiment with at home. Using the maps and guide, Michelle makes the science of seed handling easy for everyone, because she hopes one day tree growing will be as popular and normalised as recycling or growing veggies.
TIME: 10am - 12pm
LOCATION: Rappville Primary School
AGES: All ages
COST: Free
ABOUT MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Michelle Chapman is founder of SEED TREE MAPS, a unique tree identification and mapping service that enables people to connect with nature, collect seeds, and grow their own trees. She co-authoredAustralian Rainforest Seeds: A guide to collecting, processing and propagation (CSIRO Publishing, 2020)to support species diversity in rainforest nurseries, ecological restoration projects and backyards.
INSPIRATIONAL PLANTS WORKSHOP
Be inspired by the beauty of plants in the Rappville area. You can make your own plant themed artwork using a range of media, including drawing, collage and printing. You're welcome to bring images of your favourite local plants, or plant material including leaves, flowers or bark. This is a drop-in activity; however, you are welcome to stay for the entire session if you wish.
Join project artists' Charlotte Haywood and Lyndall Phelps in this creative, fun, exploration of plants and Rappville flora.
TIME: 1pm-3pm
LOCATION: Rappville Primary School
AGES: All ages
COST: Free