Event Information
Description
Create dandelions and make wishes with artists-in-residence Naomi McCarthy and Shirley Daborn!
As part of their Pat Parker Memorial Residency, Naomi and Shirley are hosting a series of dandelion-making workshops. The paper flowers made by participants will form a large-scale collaborative artwork that will be assembled at Blacktown Arts Centre in December 2017.
The project also sets out to collect and share the individual secrets, wishes, dreams and desires of people in the Blacktown community. These wishes will be recorded by the artists as a text-based digital artwork presented alongside the veil of yellow dandelions.
“We don’t know what this project will reveal, perhaps the uniqueness of people’s secret wishes or perhaps the similarities.” – Naomi and Shirley
Read our interview with Naomi and Shirley to learn more about the project:
https://blacktownarts.com.au/artists-in-residence-naomi-mccarthy-shirley-daborn/
Organiser Blacktown Arts
Organiser of Dandelion Projects | Veil of Wishes
Blacktown Arts is a recognised leader in the development of contemporary arts in Australia. We support artistic innovation and offer exciting, new experiences for audiences through an award-winning curated program of exhibitions, performances, workshops, residencies and events.
We acknowledge the Darug people who are the traditional owners of the Land on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and thank them for their Custodianship of this Land.
