Sustainability Collaborative Project | Mural

Eco Art Workshops delivered to small groups

This new local project consists of a series of eco art workshops. Ekarasa offers workshops to 3-5 groups of people on tile making and tile painting with earth’s /soil pigments paints, she will demonstrate how to make paint from scratch with soils and non-toxic pigments. The tiles will then be assembled as a mural in the Henderson area.

The project is targeting groups such as older people, the young, and various ethnic groups while aiming for a zero-waste approach. The workshops give an opportunity for every participant to create and contribute to an artwork that is displayed as a community mural. The tiles are durable and can be displayed either indoors or outdoors.

Benefits to participants include:

• The opportunity to participate in an individually expressive yet collective creative arts project.

• Engaging a range of people in the community, young and older people. Asian communities. Ethnic communities.

• Practical hands on learning of the diverse earthen materials and geology linked to places particular to the local area.

The workshops are designed to be:

• Zero waste, fun, creative, educational, non-hierarchical, stimulate lateral thinking, develop empathy and responsibility, community oriented, participatory and celebratory

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