Mixed Media Workshop: Texture and Text

Next date: Saturday, 23 May 2026 | 12:00 PM to 02:30 PM

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In seeking the texture of the text with Abbra Kotlarczyk.

Join us for a hands-on exploration of text and texture with poet, visual artist and Darebin Art Prize finalist Abbra Kotlarczyk.

Together we'll examine how specific textures (surfaces /networks /structures) shape the way words are read and understood. We'll then get hands-on with embossing, frottage, hole and letter punch and squeeze paper techniques. Exploring how these surface treatments can be used as conveyers of poetic and political messaging.

For inspiration we welcome participants to bring:

  • Objects: to use for frottage (rubbings) or embossing (coins/ seed pods /jewellery etc).
  • Text: A single word to a larger text of your own or someone else’s. Languages and language systems other than English encouraged.

All materials provided. Bookings are essential.

Dates

Saturday 23 May | 12:00pm - 2:30pm

Ages

Suitable for adults 18+

Cost

General admission: $20+ booking fee

Blaktix: $10 + booking fee

What are Blaktix?

BlakTix are discounted or free tickets reserved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. No proof of identity is required to book this ticket type.

About the Facilitator

Abbra Kotlarczyk is a poet and visual artist of Polish and Irish descent living on Wurundjeri Country. Her expanded drawing practice is grounded in the foundation of paper: a medium & ideological substrate that she uses to interrogate questions of power, memory, story and inter-subjectivity. Her work is interested in queering normative stratifications of social & ecological relations that foreground human- and blood-lineages, often subverting conceptions of gender- & bio-logics. She has facilitated workshops and masterclasses in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, including at KINGS Artist Run, Gasworks and Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).

After the workshop, see Abbra's artwork in the Darebin Art Prize 2026 showing at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre until Saturday 20 June 2026.

abbrakotlarczyk.com.au

@abbra_czyk

Access

Please note: components of this workshop may be a little noisy, specifically around use of hammer and hole/letter punches. If you have sound sensitivities, please consider bringing a pair of earmuffs/noise cancelling headphones/earbuds.

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Accessible toilet
  • Flexible seating options
  • Assistance animals welcome
  • This event is not Auslan interpreted

Visit our Accessibility page for more information and resources to help plan your visit.

On this webpage you will find:

  • A virtual tour of Bundoora Homestead
  • A social story
  • A sensory map
  • A video tour of Bundoora Homestead
  • A floorplan of the building
  • Accessibility and transport options

If you have any questions please contact us via bundoorahomestead@darebin.vic.gov.au or call (03) 9496 1060.

Getting here

  • Disabled parking available (2 spaces); entry via ramp at main entrance
  • Free car parking available (40 spaces) via onsite car park
  • Bike parking also available
  • Tram route 86, stop number 63 (Greenwood Drive) + approx 6 min (550m) walk. This tram stop is accessible. 

To plan your visit click here.

Terms & Conditions

Please note we are a cash-free venue.

No refunds (partial or full) are available for tickets, all sales are final.

Please note general photography and short videos (for social media) may be recorded at this event for promotional use only and to document this event internally. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a member of staff know once you arrive.

To plan your visit and for more information please click here.

 

     

Image credit: Abbra Kotlarczyk, Love Triage I (detail). Courtesy the artist.

When

  • Saturday, 23 May 2026 | 12:00 PM - 02:30 PM

Location

Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, 7 Prospect Hill Dr, Bundoora, 3083, View Map

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Key Information

Date

Saturday 23 May

 

Time

12:00pm - 2:30pm

 

Venue

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre

7 Prospect Hill Dr, Bundoora

 

Tickets

General admission: $20

Blaktix: $10

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