The Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre will soon host a market designed for local artists to buy, swap and sell materials.
The Creatives Treading Lightly Market will be held on Saturday, March 16, for a day of discussions, demonstrations and more.
Gallery and Exhibitions producer Madeline Frohlich said the market day was formulated out of a series of panel discussions where artists met to discuss how sustainability impacts their work.
One attraction of the day will be a gallery exhibition by local textile artist Connor Overdam-Shaw.
“I am a multi disciplinary queer visual artist and writer, my passions which you will see at Louis Joel are around sustainability, fashion and gender,” they said.
“I will be there to talk about my work and answer questions about how I source recycled material and what I do with it afterwards.”
Mr Overdam-Shaw’s exhibition is called ‘Closet’, describing their narrative as a drag performer.
“It is pretty much just my closet because I create all my work using recycled textiles and then I wear performance based outfits,” they said.
“Everything seen will be made of textiles that were sourced sustainably in some way, a lot of is actually just actual trash that has been salvaged.
“I’m big on saving materials from landfill, so it is a whole range of different things.”
In addition to the author talk and exhibition, other activities will include demonstrations from artists Camille Perry, Ilona Herreiner, and Isboel Morphy-Walsh.
Louis Joel is currently recruiting for local artists and artisans who might be interested in being stallholders which will be selling, donating or swapping excess materials for the market portion of the event.
Details:events.humanitix.com/reanimate-recirculate-rejuvenate-sustainable-art-materials-market.
