Workshops

1. Portland Palissy Session
Date: 21 April 2024
Designed and Conducted by: The Portland Inn Project

The Portland Palissy Session, held at Art Gallery Miyauchi , engaged participants in a hands-on activity to explore and document the local biodiversity. Facilitated by Rebecca Davies and Anna Francis, the session began with a brief introduction and a nature walk focusing on plant species and invertebrates around the gallery. Participants collected plant samples and made sketches, then returned to create clay representations of their findings. Inspired by Bernard Palissy’s work, the clay activity included pressing leaves into the clay and forming a collaborative plaque. The session aimed to create an eco-report of the neighbourhood, fostering a deeper understanding of local ecology.

2. The Everyday Mindfulness
Date: 14 June 2024
Designed and Conducted by: Wang Ruobing and Sai 

The workshop invites the participants to use the everyday ready-made objects to create a fresh interpretation with art. The participants are encouraged to bring along some everyday objects that they often use, or things they pick up on the way to attend the workshop. The objects can be pencils, pens, tooth brushes, paper, hair pins etc. Minimal 10 items from each participant.

The artists will lead them to pay attention to these objects brought by them and guide them to create new ways of “reading” through reassembling, drawing and reorganizing. The workshop intends to pay attention to the things produced by mass production, raise awareness of the position of these objects in one’s environment and refresh curiosity in how things come to be there and how we might process them through art making.