Shell workshop: Maximum 15 people at $150 per person for one day workshop including materials Local Aboriginal woman, Maxine Ryan, will help you make the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge made of shells. Maxine is the third generation that shell-work has been passed onto, with her mother and her grandmother both making shell-work at La Perouse before her. Their work features at the National Gallery in Canberra, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Powerhouse Museum. To book this event, please go to: http://www.trybooking.com/DVOV
Aboriginal workshops and tours Sunday 1st December 2013. 10am to 4pm. All workshops are practically based but include stories and time for real conversations with Aboriginal people
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Nov 2013 and take Book the same worskhop before 26 t’s $75 per person to advantage of the 2 for 1 offer, tha cher and walk away spend a day with an Aboriginal tea DE: (2for1) with your own artwork... PROMO CO
All profits will go towards running a Back to the Bush program for Aboriginal youth at risk run by First Hand Solutions Aboriginal Corporation - www.firsthandsolutions.org
Spearhead Cultural Connections: $150 per person for one day workshop including materials Spear making is a traditional Aboriginal skill and important cultural activity linked to survival. Dean Kelly of Warada Kinship will share his knowledge and skills with workshop participants about the manufacturing and creation of this ancient tool/weapon. He will also explain where the spear came from and how it has evolved and continues to hold and set the direction for life’s journey and how its form can be used to continually set and achieve your intended goals. To book this event, please go to http://www.trybooking.com/DVOU Women’s weaving workshop: Maximum 15 people at $150 per person for one day workshop including materials Join Yuin woman, Jess Sinnott, Aboriginal Education Officer and tour guide, in a weaving workshop where she will discuss the traditional uses of plants including the ones you weave. To book this event, please go to http://www.trybooking.com/DVMS
Catch N Cook cultural tours: From 10am to midday and two till four o’clock, $90 an adult and $60 a child Is a two hour cultural tour around La Perouse that covers the history of the aboriginal people of La Perouse past and present as well as boomerang throwing. To book this event, please go to: http://www.trybooking.com/DVOW
Contact details: Call 0408 113407 or firsthandsolutionsaboriginal@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/firsthandsolutions www.firsthandsolutions.org
Bare Hands location: Bare Island, Anzac Pde, La Perouse, 2036 Meet at the bridge at the entrance to Bare Island at 10am for opening ceremony by Warada Kinship.