Buda Castlemaine

Connections: European printmaking and Australian gardens – drawings made into printing plates using the sun with Dianne Longley
2023-04-02 10:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
Dianne Longley – Agave Print Studio

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In this workshop you will take drawings from the Buda House garden or from the Australian bush or your garden and transform them into intaglio prints using water-washable photopolymer plates, exposed in sunlight. Bring a range of your drawings or photographs from your garden to the workshop. Or there will be time to draw plants and garden views from the gorgeous Buda House gardens.
You can use a graphite pencils or felt-tipped pigment pens or pen and ink to create a drawing on drafting film which we will expose onto a photopolymer plate in the sunlight. The plate is washed out in tap water, dried and hardened, and then printed onto dampened paper to produce beautiful intaglio prints.
Information to participants:
Please bring drawings and photographs to the workshop that can be used as source material for your images. Or do a drawing at Buda House.
You can place a drawing or photograph underneath the translucent drafting film and draw the image onto the film or draw straight onto the film. We are working with plates 10 x 15cm, so you can even take a detail from a larger existing work.
Bring a pencil case, pencils, eraser and fine-tipped pigment pens (available most newsagents) and a small notebook. I will be giving you some notes that you can annotate.
Wear old clothes, or bring an apron/cover-up, also wear covered shoes in the studio.
Please arrive at 9.50am for a 10am start. We finish at 4.30-5pm.
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Dianne Longley is currently a master printmaker at Agave Print Studio, an access printmaking studio established in picturesque Trentham. Agave Print Studio offers accommodation, and professional printmaking facilities for intaglio and relief/letterpress printmaking, specialising in photopolymer plate printmaking. She teaches a range of printmaking workshops, and Agave Print Studio offers studio access and residencies, printmaking collaborations, and edition printing.

Copper Etching with Damon Kowarsky and Equinox Printmaking
2023-04-01 10:00 - 2023-04-02 16:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Copper Etching with Damon Kowarsky
Medium Copper / Ferric Chloride
Weekend workshop to learn the basics of intaglio printmaking [etching] on copper.
Etching on copper is one of the oldest forms of printmaking. Invented in Germany in the 15th century, it has since been used by masters including Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Picasso, Hockney, and many others. It is very close to drawing, and is a rewarding way to create multiple images in a medium with a rich history and dynamic contemporary practice.
Over the two day workshop participants will learn the basics of copper etching. This includes etching with ferric chloride and printing on cotton paper with high quality ink.
Participants will draw in the wonderful gardens at Buda, and make their etching directly from their drawings.
Day one at Buda
Morning – drawing in garden
Afternoon – transferring design onto prepared copper plate
Day two at Equinox Printmaking Chewton
(Participants will be given directions on day one)
Morning – etching plate
Afternoon – printing!

Participants need to bring
Day one sketchbook and pencils/pens, chair or stool, lunch
Day two apron, close toed shoes, safety glasses, lunch
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Damon Kowarsky studied printmaking at Victorian College of the Arts and Glasgow School of Art. Since graduating he has travelled extensively. Architecture and the colours of earth and sky inspire much of his work.
Kowarsky is the recipient of awards including a Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award, Creative Victoria New Works Grant and Australia Council Asia-Australia Creative Partnerships Grant. He has worked as a scientific, courtroom, and archaeological illustrator.
In 2007 he taught drawing and studied miniature painting at Beaconhouse National University Lahore. In 2010, 2014, and 2017 he taught printmaking at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi.
Kowarsky exhibits regularly in Australia and abroad, including solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Hong Kong, New York, Philadelphia, Wellington, Cairo, Damascus, Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.
In 2014 and 2017 he was artist in residence at Guanlan Original Printmaking Base. In 2015 he was part of the Bait al Zubair Museum’s inaugural artist in residence program. In 2016 he completed a two month residency in France with the support of the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists. In 2018 Warrnambool Art Gallery undertook a substantial survey exhibition of his prints, paintings and drawings. He is currently working on a series of new etchings inspired by travels in North and South East Asia.
Equinox Printmaking is operated by long-standing printmakers Nancye Canobie and Keith Wiltshire. Both artists have exhibited in public and private galleries in regional and metropolitan Australia.
Equinox Printmaking caters to intaglio and relief printmaking, as well as being Australia’s preeminent private lithography atelier. The studio specialises in both stone and metal plate lithography.

Artists Talk with Damon Kowarsky & Exhibition launch by David Frazer
2023-03-31 17:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Meet the artists presenting an Australian European Connection at Buda Castlemaine, with a special artist’s talk by Damon Kowarsky and the official opening by David Frazer with wine and canapes.
“This talk will look at depictions of landscape through my work and the contemporary and historical printmakers who have influenced it.
Landscape [along with portraiture and still life] is one of the three big themes in art. This talk will consider the ways landscape has expanded and contracted in response to new ideas about the world, and how it has come to be central to my current practice.
In a country as urbanised as Australia there is a paradox in our desire to visually depict landscape as separate from everyday experience – the Heidelberg School famously caught the train to paint their pastoral idylls.
For me it is this discomfort with our place in this country that feeds the enduring power of landscape art. It is also, given the truly astonishing environments we live in and at the margins of, a huge joy and privilege to be able to depict them through the medium of print.”
Damon Kowarsky
Damon Kowarsky | Equinox Printmakers | Sharon Greenaway | Dianne Longley | special guest David Frazer
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Damon Kowarsky studied printmaking at Victorian College of the Arts and Glasgow School of Art. Since graduating he has travelled extensively. Architecture and the colours of earth and sky inspire much of his work.
Kowarsky is the recipient of awards including a Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award, Creative Victoria New Works Grant and Australia Council Asia-Australia Creative Partnerships Grant. He has worked as a scientific, courtroom, and archaeological illustrator.
In 2007 he taught drawing and studied miniature painting at Beaconhouse National University Lahore. In 2010, 2014, and 2017 he taught printmaking at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi.
Kowarsky exhibits regularly in Australia and abroad, including solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Hong Kong, New York, Philadelphia, Wellington, Cairo, Damascus, Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.
In 2014 and 2017 he was artist in residence at Guanlan Original Printmaking Base. In 2015 he was part of the Bait al Zubair Museum’s inaugural artist in residence program. In 2016 he completed a two month residency in France with the support of the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists. In 2018 Warrnambool Art Gallery undertook a substantial survey exhibition of his prints, paintings and drawings. He is currently working on a series of new etchings inspired by travels in North and South East Asia.
David Frazer has exhibited nationally and internationally with over 40 solo exhibitions since 1996 and a number of group exhibitions and prizes throughout Australia, China, the UK and Poland.
He will be very pleased to open the exhibition.

Bookbinding with Damon Kowarsky and Hyunju Kim
2023-03-26 10:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Learn to make your own softcover Japanese bound sketchbook.
You will learn a simple and easily repeatable bookbinding technique perfect for making sketchbooks and visual diaries. The workshop will provide suitable paper for one book but the technique can later be adapted to whatever paper you prefer.
Participants need to bring
Steel ruler – 50 cm minimum length
Pencil
Eraser
Gluestick
Craft knife or cutter with sharp blades
Poster, map, or thin fabric for cover measuring exactly 28 x 58cm. Old maps and navigational charts are particularly good, as are art posters or anything printed on reasonably durable paper.
2 inch bulldog clip
Lunch (please bring your own or pop downtown)
Participants are suggested to bring a selection of papers to make extra books, time permitting. These can be a range of new art papers [cartridge, drawing, watercolour etc] or smaller offcuts from printmaking projects or other works on paper. Sketchbooks are a great way to reuse and repurpose smaller pieces of paper. Lighter weight [200gsm or under] papers are recommended, though it can be interesting to make books with a range of different papers in them.
Following the workshop [time permitting] participants will be free to draw in the gardens at Buda in their new sketchbook
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Damon Kowarsky studied printmaking at Victorian College of the Arts and Glasgow School of Art. Since graduating he has travelled extensively. Architecture and the colours of earth and sky inspire much of his work.
Kowarsky is the recipient of awards including a Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award, Creative Victoria New Works Grant and Australia Council Asia-Australia Creative Partnerships Grant. He has worked as a scientific, courtroom, and archaeological illustrator.
In 2007 he taught drawing and studied miniature painting at Beaconhouse National University Lahore. In 2010, 2014, and 2017 he taught printmaking at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi.
Kowarsky exhibits regularly in Australia and abroad, including solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Hong Kong, New York, Philadelphia, Wellington, Cairo, Damascus, Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.
In 2014 and 2017 he was artist in residence at Guanlan Original Printmaking Base. In 2015 he was part of the Bait al Zubair Museum’s inaugural artist in residence program. In 2016 he completed a two month residency in France with the support of the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists. In 2018 Warrnambool Art Gallery undertook a substantial survey exhibition of his prints, paintings and drawings. He is currently working on a series of new etchings inspired by travels in North and South East Asia.
Partner of Kowarsky, Hyunju Kim’s magical realism splits worlds and brings different realities together. Recent exhibitions include 2020Secret Garden, Naive Gallery, Seoul, Korea2015 Taseer Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan; Potogar Gallery, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan; Almo Library, Seoul, Korea

William Morris and the Strawberry Thief
2023-03-24 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-23 16:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | VIC
STORYTELLING PERFORMANCE: ‘WILLIAM MORRIS & THE STRAWBERRY THIEF’

Castlemaine Fringe Festival 2023
– Joanna Laurie, www.blackirisstoryteller.com
Join me as we amble together through the wondrous world of William Morris; artist, poet, designer and grandfather of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Inspired by nature and beauty, we do a little digging to discover how Morris’s legacy weaved its way into the creative lives of the Leviny sisters of Buda House and inspired the budding artistic community of Castlemaine.
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Exhibition - A European Australian Connection
2023-03-24 12:00 - 2023-04-30 16:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
Buda Historic Home and Garden is the European villa of Hungarian silversmith Ernest Leviny built during the Victorian goldrush. Damon Kowarsky is an Australian artist working across drawing printmaking and painting who will address this European Australian connection as an exhibition within the heritage home. Having travelled extensively, Kowarsky uses precise artmaking techniques to question architectural exteriors in Australia and Europe presenting factual reality as an illusion with a pristine finish and tactile nature.

Equinox Printmaking is operated by long-standing printmakers Nancye Canobie and Keith Wiltshire and specialises in both stone and metal plate lithography. Sharon Greenaway is a Bendigo based floral artist and photographer, who’s artistic practice revolves around creating exquisite art, juxtaposed with the fragility of humanity and our place in the natural world of the Central Goldfields region. Equinox and Greenaway will explore the connection between the European heritage garden and its context within the Central Victorian landscape as one of the most significant large nineteenth or early twentieth century suburban gardens surviving in Victoria.
General Admission applies
Naarm – Damon Kowarsky
Equinox Printmaking
Floral Art by Sharon Greenaway
Damon Kowarsky studied printmaking at Victorian College of the Arts and Glasgow School of Art. Since graduating he has travelled extensively. Architecture and the colours of earth and sky inspire much of his work.
Kowarsky is the recipient of awards including a Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award, Creative Victoria New Works Grant and Australia Council Asia-Australia Creative Partnerships Grant. He has worked as a scientific, courtroom, and archaeological illustrator.
In 2007 he taught drawing and studied miniature painting at Beaconhouse National University Lahore. In 2010, 2014, and 2017 he taught printmaking at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi.
Kowarsky exhibits regularly in Australia and abroad, including solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Hong Kong, New York, Philadelphia, Wellington, Cairo, Damascus, Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.
In 2014 and 2017 he was artist in residence at Guanlan Original Printmaking Base. In 2015 he was part of the Bait al Zubair Museum’s inaugural artist in residence program. In 2016 he completed a two month residency in France with the support of the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists. In 2018 Warrnambool Art Gallery undertook a substantial survey exhibition of his prints, paintings and drawings. He is currently working on a series of new etchings inspired by travels in North and South East Asia.
Equinox Printmaking is operated by long-standing printmakers Nancye Canobie and Keith Wiltshire. Both artists have exhibited in public and private galleries in regional and metropolitan Australia.
Equinox Printmaking caters to intaglio and relief printmaking, as well as being Australia’s preeminent private lithography atelier. The studio specialises in both stone and metal plate lithography.
Sharon Greenaway is a photographic artist specialising in macro photographs of local flora.
Sharon took great delight as well as many hours of work to create these cotton banners that will hang in the Buda garden juxtaposing the European garden. Each banner features local floral wildflowers from the region.
Supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council

2022 Traditional Arts Fair
2022-11-20 10:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | VIC
Please buy tickets at the gate today

It’s back! Buda brings the Traditional Arts Fair to Castlemaine on Sunday November 20th from 10am till 4pm. Buda will showcase traditional arts, cooking and gardening in as many and varied forms as possible, in the spirit of the Leviny daughters. Embroidery, book binding, tinsmithing, weaving, knitting, knife making, lacemaking, felting, painting, metalwork, jewellery, cooking, handmade body products, basket weaving and much more! Handcrafted icecream, coffee, Buda special gourmet BBQ, Devonshire teas, light lunches, Shedshaker bar, music and children’s activities will all make for a fantastic day. Three stages will be running with free demonstrations all day, along with individual demonstrations on each stall and a special guest artist in residence.
New this year is Gold Panning! Adults and kids can come and learn to pan for gold from experts from Miner’s Den Bendigo. The panning dirt is guaranteed to have gold in it. Will you find it?
Honouring our European connection, the Belly Dance Goddess troupe will be showcasing gypsy tribal dance at various times during the day. Don’t miss their colourful, fun dance display.
The Fair will be hosting a make and take table on the day. Sit down with Andrea and learn to make some very funky jewellery, or Christmas decorations. There are a few sessions to choose from and you will take home a completed item. Book at the booking table on the day.
There are also magnificent items up for raffle including a basket of artist made goodies, a Catherine Pilgrim lithograph and a basket of famous Buda produce. To top it all off, Buda’s tour guides will be conducting guided tours at a discounted price for one day only.
You can buy tickets on the gate but to help us out in advance, you can buy your tickets online.
$5 adults. Kids are free!
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Free Demonstrations and Timetable
See all the activities here

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Spring Garden Ramble with Carol Henderson
2022-09-21 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Wednesday September 21st, 1pm -2.30pm
Spring Ramble – Spring in the Buda garden is just glorious, with new flowers to discover every week. Explore some of these hardy and drought tolerant plant treasures with our Garden Curator, Carol Henderson, who will also discuss spring garden maintenance and share what our garden team are up to this season. Afternoon tea, children’s activity and plant sale included.
Cost $15 full/$12 concession card holders, volunteers and Friends of Buda. $5 children 12yo and under
This is an outdoor event so please come dressed for the weather. Note this walk includes uneven paths and stairs, please contact us for accessibility support. For accessibility enquiries please email Carol.

Buda’s own Garden Curator, Carol Henderson is a horticulturist, permaculture designer and teacher. Passionate about urban food production, she finds all plants and gardens fascinating and regularly runs workshops for CERES, schools and local councils. Working with children, youth and adults from all walks of life, Carol tailors each session to suit the needs and interests of each group. Her style is friendly and highly interactive so you won’t be sitting still for long!

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Fun and Games at Buda
2022-09-20 09:30 - 11:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Come and explore toys and games from the past.
Marbles
Jumping jacks Spinning tops Quoits
Hooky
Skittles
Coconut shy
Cat’s Cradle
Hoop & Stick games Hopscotch
Flick cards
Dolls
Trains
Make your own peg doll or action figure to take home

Suitable for ages 4-12 years. Children to be accompanied by an adult. Share your skills and stories with your children and grandchildren.
Cost: $15 per person
Includes games, craft activities, morning tea with scones, jam and cream.

Enquiries: Meredith Blake (03) 5472 1032 or email curator@budacastlemaine.org
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Books at Buda
2022-08-27 14:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | VIC
Books at Buda – Meet Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs
Frances Burke was Australia’s most influential and celebrated textile designer of the 20th century. From the late 1930s to 1970, her designs achieved a prominence unparalleled in Australia before or since.
In March 2020 Buda was finally able to re-instate the Frances Burke ‘Totem’ design curtains in the Dining Room after many years of waiting to find the appropriate replacement fabric.
In 2005 it was decided that the original curtains dating from around 1950, were in such a poor state and beyond conservation, that they should be removed to preservation storage. An attempt was made to have the fabric replicated in the following years, but Buda was unable to do that due to copyright of the Burke design.
Contact was made with Robyn Oswald-Jacobs and Nanette Carter who wrote the book on Frances Burke and it is through them that a small bolt of the original ‘Totem’ design fabric in the exact same mustard colour of the originals came to light. Buda was able to secure a donation to pay for the fabric and the vendor was most happy to see it used to make the new, replacement curtains.
Frances Burke ‘Totem’ design curtains in the dining room
Join the authors of the book celebrating the life and work of Frances Burke at Buda House, in conversation with Emma Busowsky, Curator of the Bendigo Art Gallery.
Afternoon tea will be provided
Please note that the authors will be signing books and chatting to guests after the event.
$20 – includes entry to Buda House, afternoon tea and a 10% discount on the book.
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About the authors:
Nanette Carter completed a master’s degree in art history focusing on the development of modern design in Melbourne in the 1930s. She subsequently researched and wrote on post-war interiors by designer and artist Clement Meadmore. Her 2015 PhD on the emergence of DIY culture in the post-war period in Australia was jointly supervised by the School of Historical Studies and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne.
Independent scholar Robyn Oswald-Jacobs completed a diploma in textile design at RMIT before undertaking a research master’s degree on textile designer Frances Burke. In part as a result of this research the Textile Resource Collection: Australian Fashion and Textile Design was established by the Department of Fashion and Textile Design at RMIT. Managed by Oswald-Jacobs, the centre collected, exhibited, and published archival material, later forming the foundation of the RMIT Design Archives

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The Josine McEwan 2022 fundraising dinner
2022-07-30 18:30 - 22:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Come and join us for a 3 course winter meal for the annual Josine McEwan fund-raising dinner with renowned geologist Clive Willman presenting ‘Living among the Mines”.
The late Josine McEwan was a volunteer in the garden at Buda Historic Home & Garden in Castlemaine. Knowing how important Buda is to the region and wanting it to remain open for future generations to enjoy, Josine left a generous bequest to Buda when she passed away in 2006. Since 2007 an annual lecture and fundraising dinner has been conducted in Josine’s memory.
Clive Willman is a renowned Geologist specialising in mapping and structural geology since 1980 and combining film-making and geology since 2005.
This year’s lecture presented by Clive is the fascinating ‘Living Among the Mines. That’s cool but please stop poisoning the kids.’
Clive’s Living Amongst the Mines research explores the sights and sounds that the Leviny family experienced in the late 19th century. This artistic and cultured family, more than any other household in Castlemaine, were surrounded by the clanging and banging of mine machinery. Deep shafts were located just metres from their fence line, and at times, even the streets were mined. Amazingly they tolerated all this until Ernest Leviny drew the line when a sulphurous and smoke belching mineral processing plant, just around the corner, withered his precious garden and poisoned the kids.
The dinner includes a glass of bubbly on arrival followed by a delicious and seasonal three course winter meal.
Please let us know by email if you have dietary requirements.
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Cow on the Mullock heap

Winter Garden Ramble with Carol Henderson
2022-06-29 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Wednesday June 29th, 1pm -2.30pm
Winter Garden Ramble. Explore the hidden plant treasures of the Buda garden in winter. This tour will be conducted by our Garden Curator who will also discuss winter garden maintenance and share what our garden team are up to this season. Afternoon tea, children’s activity and plant sale included.
Cost $15 full/$12 concession card holders, volunteers and Friends of Buda. $5 children 12yo and under
Please come dressed for the weather. Note this walk includes uneven paths and is not suitable for people with limited mobility.

Buda’s own Garden Curator, Carol Henderson is a horticulturist, permaculture designer and teacher. Passionate about urban food production, she finds all plants and gardens fascinating and regularly runs workshops for CERES, schools and local councils. Working with children, youth and adults from all walks of life, Carol tailors each session to suit the needs and interests of each group. Her style is friendly and highly interactive so you won’t be sitting still for long!

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Understanding Soils
2022-06-04 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Saturday June 4th, 1pm -4pm
Understanding Soils. Discover the wonderful world that exists beneath our feet and the key principles to maintaining good soil. In this workshop we will explore how physical, biological and chemical interactions impact soil health, determining the health of ourselves and our gardens. We will undertake simple soil tests and look at practical options for repairing, building and maintaining your own patch of earth. BYO soil sample for testing (optional).
Suitable for Adults and young people over 16 years
$75 includes afternoon tea.

Buda’s own Garden Curator, Carol Henderson is a horticulturist, permaculture designer and teacher. Passionate about urban food production, she finds all plants and gardens fascinating and regularly runs workshops for CERES, schools and local councils. Working with children, youth and adults from all walks of life, Carol tailors each session to suit the needs and interests of each group. Her style is friendly and highly interactive so you won’t be sitting still for long!

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Mother's Day High Tea with Christine Nixon
2022-05-08 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | VIC
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Our Mother’s Day High Tea will be on Sunday 8th May 2022 commencing at 2pm, a perfect way to spend a pleasurable Sunday afternoon.
This year’s speaker will be Christine Nixon. Christine is a well known author, experienced public speaker and advocate for women, disadvantaged youth and multifaith/multicultural communities.
Christine Nixon has had an extraodinary life. She has pursued and been given many opportunities. She has experienced the best and worst of human behaviour. She has been highly praised and highly criticised but never ignored.
An Arresting Life
Christine will tell us the story of the changes in women’s lives over the last 50 years from her perspective of policing and community service and its relationship to the independent lives of the Leviny women.
What you can expect

Sparkling wine on arrival
High tea, savouries and sweets served to your table
Leaf tea and brewed coffee
Optional tour of the House and garden

$45 ADULT $42 CONC
$40 FRIENDS OF BUDA
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Arts and Crafts Tour with Chris Lloyd
2022-04-24 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | VIC
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The Leviny sisters had a great interest in following the growth of Australian Art in the early 20thCentury. They supported both male and female artists, the rise of printmaking and were instrumental in the formation of the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum.
In this special tour, Christine Lloyd will bring to life the story of the remarkable Leviny family and their relationship with the Arts and Crafts movement and Buda’s Australian Arts collection.
$15/$12 conch. and Friends of Buda. Includes morning tea
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Still Life Linocut (c1930) by Alice Newell (Buda Collection)

Orchids (1925) Hand-coloured woodcut by Margaret Preston (Buda Collection)The Levinys had correspondence with Margaret Preston in 1941.

Gum Trees (c1910) Watercolour by Elsie (Hake) Barlow (Buda Collection)Believed to have been purchased by the Levinys from her 1912 solo exhibition in the Mechanics Institute, Castlemaine.

Stories of Buda. A series of specially themed tours and after dark exclusive events exploring the life and times of the extraordinary Leviny family through 118 years of makers and collectors, Arts and Crafts and creative family life
The Australian Heritage Festival is bringing people together from across the country, from all walks of life, and for those who have enjoyed discovering heritage for a long time or are just taking their first steps to do so. Join us. Celebrate heritage and culture through ceremony, song and dance, performance art, talks and tours.

Living amongst the mines tour with Clive Willman
2022-04-23 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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A fascinating tour presented by renowned Geological consultant Clive Willman on Saturday 23rd April.
The Living Amongst the Mines tour explores the sights and sounds that the Leviny family experienced in the late 19th century. This artistic and cultured family, more than any other household in Castlemaine, were surrounded by the clanging and banging of mine machinery. Deep shafts were located just metres from their fence line, and at times, even the streets were mined. Amazingly they tolerated all this until Ernest Leviny drew the line when a sulphurous and smoke belching mineral processing plant, just around the corner, withered his precious garden and poisoned the kids.

$15/$12 Conc. and Friends of Buda
Morning tea included
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Stories of Buda. A series of specially themed tours and after dark exclusive events exploring the life and times of the extraordinary Leviny family through 118 years of makers and collectors, Arts and Crafts and creative family life
The Australian Heritage Festival is bringing people together from across the country, from all walks of life, and for those who have enjoyed discovering heritage for a long time or are just taking their first steps to do so. Join us. Celebrate heritage and culture through ceremony, song and dance, performance art, talks and tours.

Buda After Dark
2022-04-22 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
“November 1900 Dorothy writes in her diary: “Last Monday was bonfire night, we had a bonfire between the tennis court and mangle room…”
Join us at Buda on Friday 22nd April for wine and cheese followed by a twilight tour with Kerry Anderson. As we enjoy dusk in the garden and view the township and Buda house under lights, we will consider what this beautiful piece of land would have been like pre and post the goldrush, and how it continues to flourish today. Words from Dorothy’s diary and Hilda’s recorded interviews will provide a fascinating insight into family life at Buda after dark. From family bonfires to world events such as the fire bell ringing to break the news of the relief of Mafeking and Armistice Day. Inside the house we will explore what pursuits the Leviny family enjoyed under the light of candle, gas and electricity and relive the horror of a young Hilda accidentally setting fire to the curtains!
$25/$22
Friends of Buda $20
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Stories of Buda. A series of specially themed tours and after dark exclusive events exploring the life and times of the extraordinary Leviny family through 118 years of makers and collectors, Arts and Crafts and creative family life
The Australian Heritage Festival is bringing people together from across the country, from all walks of life, and for those who have enjoyed discovering heritage for a long time or are just taking their first steps to do so. Join us. Celebrate heritage and culture through ceremony, song and dance, performance art, talks and tours.
Buda After Dark

Autumn Garden Ramble with Carol Henderson
2022-04-20 09:00 - 10:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Wednesday April 20th, 9am -10.30am.
Discover some of the Buda plants that shine in autumn. This tour will be conducted by our Garden Curator who will also share what our garden team are up to this season. Because it’s school holidays, the ramble includes a planting activity for children during morning tea.
Cost $15 full/$12 concession card holders, volunteers and Friends of Buda. $5 children 12yo and under
Please come dressed for the weather. Note this walk includes uneven paths and is not suitable for people with limited mobility.
Morning tea and plant sale included.

Buda’s own Garden Curator, Carol Henderson is a horticulturist, permaculture designer and teacher. Passionate about urban food production, she finds all plants and gardens fascinating and regularly runs workshops for CERES, schools and local councils. Working with children, youth and adults from all walks of life, Carol tailors each session to suit the needs and interests of each group. Her style is friendly and highly interactive so you won’t be sitting still for long!

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An introduction to backyard chooks
2022-04-02 13:30 - 15:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
Our Traditional Arts workshops 2022

An introduction to the benefits of living with backyard chooks

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With the state of the world, we are currently living in, have you made the move to live more simply and as part of this, do you dream of walking out to your own chicken coop and collecting fresh eggs for breakfast? Not only that chooks make a great addition to sustainable gardens and make great backyard companions.
So come along, spend a few hours with Kerrie and Pete, from Our Life Our Way chatting about living with backyard chickens. We will cover
The pros and cons of different breeds
Basic needs – housing, roosting and nesting, free ranging, feeding and water systems, and food and foods to avoid
Tips for avoiding and managing pests and diseases
Chook predators
Problems to be Prevented – common parasites and health issues using organic and natural methods including medicinal herbs
Chicken First Aid Kit
Myths and troubleshooting
We don’t profess to know it all but have learnt heaps over the 20+ years we have lived with backyard chickens, we aim to provide practical and hands on advice to help steer you in the right direction with your own backyard chooks.
1.30-3.30pm $50
Concession and Friends of Buda $45
Includes coffee and cake

The Krugers also manufacture and wholesale beautiful heirloom products .
They want to remind people of a time when household items where made locally and by hand or hand driven machines. When things where made to last and treated with respect as it was not the use once throw away society we live in today.
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Tinsmithing with the Old Woolshed Tinsmith
2022-04-02 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
Our Traditional Arts workshops 2022

Learn new skills and help revive a lost trade of Tinsmithing workshop with Pete Kruger.
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The Krugers dream to combine skills with the desire to create long lasting heirloom products. They have passion for producing quality Australian made products and also want to share this lost trade with others in their range of tinsmithing workshops. Class sizes are kept small in order to offer a quality experience. All materials supplied. (No experience necessary)
10am – 12pm $100
Make 3 copper or tin Stars using tin smithing skills.
Stars have many creative options. Make hanging stars or tree topper stars.

Pete really enjoys the art of sheetmetal fabrication and the skills of hands on tinsmithing.
Taking a flat sheet of tinplate or galvanized sheet and with knowledge and skills creating a decorative household item.
Actually he is obsessively passionate about it and it’s his mission to teach, encourage and revive these skills and knowledge.
Pete has been a qualified Sheetmetal fabricator, since 1986. He is based in rural Victoria and operates out of a 1950’s converted wool shed.
Preserving skills, teaching how to make & mend and encouraging ALL to try something new and create is a strong driving force behind establishing his tinsmithing and welding workshops.
The Krugers also manufacture and wholesale beautiful heirloom products .
They want to remind people of a time when household items where made locally and by hand or hand driven machines. When things where made to last and treated with respect as it was not the use once throw away society we live in today.
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Beginners Guide to Pruning with Carol Henderson
2022-03-23 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Pruning is easy and fun when you know how, but understanding why, when and how to prune is important. In this workshop, you’ll skill up in all the basics so you can get started pruning right away, including a practice on plants in the Buda garden! Learn how to improve plant health and maximise fruit and flower production as well as how to choose the right tools for the job and keep them in good condition. BYO secateurs for sharpening, or just use ours. Note this is a hands on workshop which be conducted outside. It includes uneven paths and is not suitable for people with limited mobility. Please come dressed for the weather. Afternoon tea included.

Buda’s own Garden Curator, Carol Henderson is a horticulturist, permaculture designer and teacher. Passionate about urban food production, she finds all plants and gardens fascinating and regularly runs workshops for CERES, schools and local councils. Working with children, youth and adults from all walks of life, Carol tailors each session to suit the needs and interests of each group. Her style is friendly and highly interactive so you won’t be sitting still for long!
Price includes afternoon tea.

What to bring
Note pad and pen
What to wear
Comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear

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Summer Garden Ramble with Carol Henderson
2022-02-23 09:00 - 10:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
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Wednesday February 23rd, 9am -10.30am.
Summer is a challenging time for gardens in central Victoria. Find out how the Buda garden team maintains the garden with minimal irrigation. This tour will be conducted by our Garden Curator who will introduce you to some of the Buda plants that thrive in the heat and share summer gardening recommendations.
Cost $15 full/$12 concession card holders and Friends of Buda.
Please come dressed for the weather. Note this walk includes uneven paths and is not suitable for people with limited mobility.
Morning tea and plant sale included.

Buda’s own Garden Curator, Carol Henderson is a horticulturist, permaculture designer and teacher. Passionate about urban food production, she finds all plants and gardens fascinating and regularly runs workshops for CERES, schools and local councils. Working with children, youth and adults from all walks of life, Carol tailors each session to suit the needs and interests of each group. Her style is friendly and highly interactive so you won’t be sitting still for long!

COVID safety

This ramble and morning tea will take place outdoors, under Covid safe distancing requirements and strict limitation on numbers.
See our Covid Safe plan here
Should we have to cancel the ramble due to Government changes relating to COVD-19, we will let you know as soon as possible. A full refund will be made to the payment method you used to purchase tickets.
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Traditional Arts Fair
2021-11-21 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
The Traditional Arts Fair committee has made the difficult decision to once again reimagine this year’s fair into a series of several smaller events. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 difficulties, we have decided that smaller events that are able to be managed with Covid safe requirements will be more rewarding for all.
We will be bringing you our famous produce in a pop up shop beginning the Cup Day weekend and continuing through until the 21st November.
We will also run an series of exciting workshops in the areas of Traditional arts, culinary arts and horticulture, in as many and varied forms as possible, in the spirit of the Leviny daughters.
Please keep an eye on these event pages where each one will be listed and we do hope you will join us.

In the meantime, you can read below how our fair went in 2019. We hope to bring the full version back in 2022.

Below is how the fair was in 2019.

SUNDAY 24th November 2019
10am – 4pm
Entry: $5.00 per person
Children Free
Following the success of the 2018 fair, Buda’s annual Traditional Arts Fair is coming to again Castlemaine on Sunday 24th November , showcasing traditional arts, cooking and gardening in as many and varied forms as possible, in the spirit of the Leviny daughters.
Hilda Leviny, the youngest of the Leviny women who lived at 42 Hunter St Castlemaine until she died in 1981, held a fundraising event every year at Buda Historic Home and Garden around this time and in her legacy we’re opening the doors of Buda for this exciting open day.
SKILLS ON SHOW
Patchwork, spinning, weaving, knitting, lacemaking, etching, quiltmaking, emboidery, fishing rods, pickling, metalwork, handmade body products, lacemakers, lithography, etching, and much more! Most stallholders will be continuously demonstrating throughout the day. We also have our demonstration stages. All demonstrations are free once you’ve entered the gate.
CRAFT STAGES

2019 Demonstrations

No Slide Found In Slider.

MAKE and TAKE!
In the Gardeners’ Palace.
These session will be an hour long with Art with Heart tutor Andrea McKey
$10 per person per session (14+ years). All materials and tuition supplied
11am – 12pm Copper Earrings
1.30 – 2.30pm Felt Hearts
3 – 4pm Copper Necklaces

MAKE A DAY OF IT!
Handmade Icecream, Coffee, Buda special gourmet BBQ, Duang’s paella, Devonshire teas and light lunches, beer, music, and children’s activities.
Plus 2019 Artist in Residence Mark Dober demonstrating Plein Air Watercolour painting at the Pavilion.

BUDA ‘UNLOCKED’ HOUSE TOURS

Book your tour now to get some special insights into the Leviny family’s art and decorative art collections and some fascinating stories of family life. This year we have new specialised tours that have been five months in the making. Don’t miss out. 11 am A HAPPY FAMILY
The Levinys’ childhood memories growing up at Buda
12pm A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
Ernest Leviny’s story
1pm ART INFLUENCES AND INFLUENCERS
A focus on the Buda Collection
2pm BUDA – A FAMILY HOME
A general tour
MORE INFORMATION>
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RAFFLE
This year’s raffle has some beautiful prizes and is well worth the $2 ticket. You can buy ticket’s on the day or at reception prior to the fair. Drawn at 3pm on November 24th.

1st Prize‘Summer’s End’ Contemporary quilt$1,200.00.

2nd PrizeBasket of artist made items $800.
3rd Prize“Sewing Sample”Fabric contemporary collage $160.00

Also to be raffled is our ever popular Gingerbread House

WORKSHOPS
This year we have a series of hands on workshops available to enhance your experience of the Traditional Arts.
Running before and after the fair with expert tutors, they will be sure to please.
Click on each link for full information and to book-
Native Flora Embroidery with Sharon Greenaway, Monday November 18 @ 9:30am – 12:00pm
Coiled Raffia Baskets with Janet Troy, Monday November 18 @ 2pm – 4:30pm
Happy Day Felt with Andrea McKey, Tuesday November 19 @ 1:30pm -3:30pm
Paper Piecing Quilt Design with Jodi Godfrey, Wednesday November 20 @9:30am – 3:30pm
Kokedama with Kerrie Jennings, Wednesday November 20 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Plein Air Watercolour Painting, Sunday December 1 @ 10:15am – 2:15pm

Meanwhile, here are some photos of the great time we had in 2018.

David Anderson Bamboo Fly Fishing Rods The Gypsy Weaver Bridget Farmer Printmaker BBQ happiness Ilka White Weaving demonstration Jill Hildebrandt propagation demonstration Lacemaking Lemonade delights ShedShaker craft beer

Traditional Arts Fair Workshop – Furoshiki with Duang Tengtrirat
2021-11-19 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | VIC
Our series of Traditional Arts Fair Workshops 2021. Workshops will take place in the Garden room and/or outside with plenty of space for physical distancing, Covid safe hygiene protocols in place and strict attendance limits.
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Furoshiki
The art of Furoshiki; the Japanese art of no waste wrapping
Furoshiki is a beautiful way of wrapping gifts or wrapping for transportation. Together we will wrap bars of soap, various size of boxes, a casserole to take to a party and bottles of wine. Cloth will be provided or bring your own as well as anything you may want to wrap. Materials will be available if you don’t bring your own.

Duang Tengtrirat loves to cook and share her love of cooking. It is an experience of the heart, mind and senses.
With the ever increasing challenges of our climate crisis, Duang is passionate about keeping her footprint small and in minimising her carbon contribution to our atmosphere.
After sixty years of fine tuning how to make food taste as good as it can be, she concludes that good food comes from good ingredients. Nothing can be better than fresh, local, seasonal and, whenever possible, organic foods.
Inspiration often comes from fresh and seasonal produce as they are at their best.
As a child Duang wrapped her lunches to take to school. Of course the food was packed in a box, then wrapped. The wrapping cloth works as a placemat and then a serviette!!!

COVID safety

This workshop will take place in the Garden Room, under Covid safe distancing requirements and strict limitation on numbers.
See our Covid Safe plan here
Should we have to cancel the workshop due to Government changes relating to COVD-19, we will let you know as soon as possible. A full refund will be made to the payment method you used to purchase tickets.
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Cuttings for kids with Carol Henderson Copy
2021-11-18 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
Our series of Traditional Arts Fair Workshops 2021. Workshops will take place in the Garden room and/or outside with plenty of space for physical distancing, Covid safe hygiene protocols in place and strict attendance limits.
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Cuttings for kids: Learn how to make new plants for free from plants in the Buda garden. This is a workshop where you’ll learn by doing, get a bit dirty and take home the new plants you have created. Ages 10 – 14 or in school years (grades) 4 to 8.

Buda’s own Garden Curator, Carol Henderson is a horticulturist, permaculture designer and teacher. Passionate about urban food production, she finds all plants and gardens fascinating and regularly runs workshops for CERES, schools and local councils. Working with children, youth and adults from all walks of life, Carol tailors each session to suit the needs and interests of each group. Her style is friendly and highly interactive so you won’t be sitting still for long!

What to wear
Comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear
COVID safety

This workshop will take place in the Garden Room, under Covid safe distancing requirements and strict limitation on numbers.
See our Covid Safe plan here
Should we have to cancel the workshop due to Government changes relating to COVD-19, we will let you know as soon as possible. A full refund will be made to the payment method you used to purchase tickets.
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Traditional Arts Fair Workshop – Embossed Foil Decorations for kids
2021-11-14 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
Our series of Traditional Arts Fair Workshops 2021. Workshops will take place in the Garden room and/or outside with plenty of space for physical distancing, Covid safe hygiene protocols in place and strict attendance limits.
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Embossed Foil for kids and families
Learn the simple techniques of repousse and chasing used by Dorothy Leviny to create some of her wonderful metalwork creations. You will create your own embossed decorations, ready to hang or give as gifts.
Ages 8+ years to adulthood
Running this workshop will be Christine Lloyd who is a retired art and design teacher, Buda Tour Guide and Committee member.

COVID safety

This workshop will take place in an outside shelter, under Covid safe distancing requirements and strict limitation on numbers.
See our Covid Safe plan here
Should we have to cancel the workshop due to Government changes relating to COVD-19, we will let you know as soon as possible. A full refund will be made to the payment method you used to purchase tickets.
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Arts and Crafts Tour
2021-11-14 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | VIC
The Leviny sisters had a great interest in following the growth of Australian Art in the early 20thCentury. They supported both male and female artists, the rise of printmaking and were instrumental in the formation of the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum.
In this special tour, Christine Lloyd will bring to life the story of the remarkable Leviny family and their relationship with the Arts and Crafts movement and Buda’s Australian Arts collection.
See our Covid Safe plan here
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Still Life Linocut (c1930) by Alice Newell (Buda Collection)

Orchids (1925) Hand-coloured woodcut by Margaret Preston (Buda Collection)The Levinys had correspondence with Margaret Preston in 1941.

Gum Trees (c1910) Watercolour by Elsie (Hake) Barlow (Buda Collection)Believed to have been purchased by the Levinys from her 1912 solo exhibition in the Mechanics Institute, Castlemaine.

Lorena Carrington – Cyanotype Workshop for adults
2021-11-13 13:30 - 15:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
Our series of Traditional Arts Fair Workshops 2021. Workshops will take place in the Garden room and/or outside with plenty of space for physical distancing, Covid safe hygiene protocols in place and strict attendance limits.
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Lorena Carrington – Cyanotype Workshops
Lorena Carrington is a photographic illustrator and artist who has worked with some of Australia’s best-loved authors. Her cyanotype workshop is much loved by artists and writers, children and adults. Participants explore their local surroundings and use found objects, and the cyanotype process (one of the earliest forms of photographic printing), to create their own montaged creatures and landscapes. In these workshops, we will explore the Buda garden to find inspiration for our own artworks. Paint your background and make a bird from leaves, a house from sticks, or a secret garden from flowers and feathers. These are workshops for all ages and abilities, as the montage technique is an opportunity for stress-free creative play, and pleasure in the environment.

COVID safety

This workshop will take place in an outside shelter, under Covid safe distancing requirements and strict limitation on numbers.
See our Covid Safe plan here
Should we have to cancel the workshop due to Government changes relating to COVD-19, we will let you know as soon as possible. A full refund will be made to the payment method you used to purchase tickets.
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Lorena Carrington
Cyanotype Workshop

Cyanotype Workshop
Cyanotype Workshop

Lorena Carrington – Cyanotype Workshop for kids
2021-11-11 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450, Australia
