Blackwood’s got a new group in town, and it is bringing creativity and science together.
Blackwood Art and Ecology Club is the brainchild of the resident artist and nature-lover, Kathy Holowko.
She said she was driven to start the club to give kids and parents an opportunity to learn about nature and how living things rely on even the simplest things.
“All these kinds of sculpture-based workshops that I’ve done all over Victoria, and even across Australia, I wanted to bring to this lovely local creative community,” she said.
“I did sort of a test run at the Easter carnival last year, and invited everyone to come and make mushroom costumes for a couple of days, and then we all wore our costumes at the Easter street parade.”
Ms Holowko said the test run had a great turn out, and that the appetite was there, so the group where science and art collides was formed.
“I really wanted to make a year full of monthly events where we could meet up regularly.”
Ms Holowko has planned a workshop for every Sunday of the month for the rest of the year.
The workshops are free to all Blackwood residents, thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Foundation For Rural & Regional Renewal.
“I’ve organised this year-long program for the Blackwood community, but I’ve also created a second workshop in the afternoon to give everyone else in the nearby region a chance to join.”
Faith Macale
