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Artworks can be made in all shapes and sizes!

Watch this fun video by Susie from Handy With Scissors and make your own cardboard caravan inspired by Brook Andrew’s artwork Travelling Colony.

For his artwork, Brook painted a series of caravans with radial diamond patterns that are important symbols in Wiradjuri culture.

About this artwork

Brook Andrew, Travelling Colony, 2012
Re-painted caravan, 270 x 420 x 220cm

Travelling Colony is a dazzling hand-painted caravan inspired by Brook Andrew’s Wiradjuri heritage, popular culture and the circus.

It is a multi-faceted artwork that compels audiences to see issues of race, consumerism and history in different ways.

Materials
Milk carton
Paper
Safety scissors
Glue
Skewers
Bottle tops x4
Coloured pencils or crayons

Brook’s artwork is part of the Blacktown City Art Collection, and is on display in the carpark of The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm.

Does a portrait have to look like a person?

We asked Susie from Handy With Scissors to create a series of fun video activities inspired by the Blacktown City Council art collection.

We’ll be releasing one video during each of the 2018 school holidays, so you can make your own art at home!

Get started with our autumn video, inspired by Linda Brescia’s portrait of Sophia Kouyoumdjian, Coordinator at Parramatta Artists Studios.

About this artwork

Linda Brescia, Sophia, 2015
Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm

Sophia is a portrait based on studio photographs of the subject. The artist arranges paint skins from her palette over facial features and then repaints the composition. The artwork refers to the masks we wear and the personas we assume.

Materials
Recycled wrapping paper
Scraps of coloured/patterned paper
Safety scissors
Gluestick

Visit The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre to see more artworks from the Blacktown City Art Collection (until 26 May 2018).

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Make Art at Home | Caravans

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