On Saturday 11 May the Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) is teaming up with artist and educator Claudie Frock and the Ballina Shire Council Community Recovery Team to deliver TOGETHER Arts & Community Wellbeing Day - a free, fun-filled arts and cultural event in the heart of Ballina.
Running from 10.00am – 1.00pm and taking over the NRCG & Ignite Studios creative precinct, TOGETHER will be a free, fun, accessible and playful space for the community to attend, with people of all ages invited to connect and get creative with some of our region's most imaginative artists and facilitators!
Throughout the event, creative workshops and playful spaces will be on offer for anyone to engage with. The program will include gentle natural fibre weaving with Tania Marlowe and Deb Cole from Jugan Dandii; Roundabout Theatre's Pop Up Play Space with the Lollipop Ladies - a fun and colourful games installation located in the NRCG green space; Let's Stick Together - a collective collage workshop with Claudie Frock & Mia Zapata; DANCE THE ART: Inclusive Gallery Movement Tours with dancer and performance artist Katie Cooper-Wares; and youth virtual reality art workshops and digital storytelling with Sean Spencer from Social Futures Computer Clubhouse.
TOGETHER promises to be a fun, art-filled day, offering everyone from the community a chance to explore, connect and play together through creativity. Bookings are not required to attend. Turn up, and dip in to one or several of the creative sessions on offer.
Access Information: The event will be Auslan interpreted and is wheelchair accessible.
