Join Jacky Cheng, our current Artist in Residence for a three-hour Orizome Sunday Workshop. Jacky's practice is fundamentally about identity and awareness through cultural activities, memories of home, country, and family and community intergenerational relationships. She is interested in the dynamics of community engagement through Orizome - the art of folding and dyeing papers revealing individual geometrical patterns. Dip and dye to create individual pieces that will form the cover of your own hand-made Japanese stab and stitch book to take home.

Jacky Cheng was born in Malaysia of Chinese heritage, and now resides in Yawuru Country, Broome, WA. Her practice is fundamentally about identity and awareness through cultural activities and memories of home, country, and relationships. Cheng has been a finalist in multiple art awards including; The National Works on Paper, VIC (2022) 67th Blake Prize, NSW (2022). Cheng completed residencies in Finland (2017, 2018, 2019), Spain (2018), Japan (2019) and Fremantle Art Centre (2021, 2022) to further her practice in working with paper. In 2022, Cheng was awarded the prestigious John Stringer Prize and currently, she is completing stage 2 of SPACED residency in Wooditjup Country, Margaret River for a group exhibition Rural Utopia in late 2023 at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Her first permanent public art piece was completed in Broome in late 2022.

Cheng is a sessional art lecturer at North Regional TAFE; and an arts worker. Her teaching accolades have been recognised at the Australia Training Awards and she was a finalist for the Curtin University Teaching Excellence Award by Awards Australia.

DATE: Sunday 7 May 2023 1pm - 4pm.
COST: Adult $95, Friends Member $85, Concession $75
MATERIALS: All material and an afternoon glass of wine are included.
SKILL LEVEL: No experience necessary. Minimum age is 18 years