Colours of Country with Virginia Keft

Program Winter School Holidays 2024

Colours of Country with Virginia Keft

Join Dr Virginia Keft, proud Murriwarri woman, multidisciplinary artist, performer and researcher, in a creative mixed-media workshop for families.

Colours of Country invites you and your family to be inspired by place, Country and nature. The artist will guide you through an adventure with colour, texture and design to spark your creativity while you experiment with techniques and textiles.

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Artist

Virginia Keft is a Murriwarri artist, performer and researcher who lives and works on Dharawal and Gadigal Country with firm links to her community. Her practice includes weaving, painting, drawing and sculpture, and celebrates connections to place, community and Country. She draws inspiration from the natural world around her and is informed by her deep respect for culture, knowledges, perspectives and truth-telling.

Winter School Holidays 2024

Ended 21 Jul 2024Across Sydney

Winter in cut out artwork.

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Slow Stitching with Kay Lee Williams

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Family micro:bit Cardboard Robots

Family micro:bit Cardboard Robots

Family Minecraft Escape Room

Family Minecraft Escape Room

Weaving with Rhiannon and Leanne

Weaving with Rhiannon and Leanne

Four textiles of varying sizes, colours and patterns are laid out atop a dark brown fabric.

Four textiles of varying sizes, colours and patterns are laid out atop a dark brown fabric.

Young figure is building a device.

Young figure is building a device.

Lyric Writing with Akala Newman

Lyric Writing with Akala Newman

A smiling woman standing outside wearing a black t-shirt and a scarf with orange printed eucalyptus leaves draped around her neck.

A smiling woman standing outside wearing a black t-shirt and a scarf with orange printed eucalyptus leaves draped around her neck.

Ended 7 Jul 2024

2 sessions

Duration – 1 hour 30 minutes

12.30amSun7 July 20243.30amSun7 July 2024

$10

$10Children

$10Adults

Castle Hill

On Dharug Land

Powerhouse Castle Hill

2 Green Rd, Castle Hill NSW 2154

Notes

This tour is designed for school-aged children, ages 5–12. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

Plan your visit

Accessibility at Powerhouse Castle Hill

Getting to Powerhouse Castle Hill

Country Always

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

Colours of Country with Virginia Keft

We Rise

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

2024

Exoskeleton

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Parramatta

Parramatta

2024

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