ARTISTS from Borroloola learned valuable skills in printmaking and etching at a vocational and education training workshop facilitated by Charles Darwin University last month.
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Seven Waralungku Arts Centre artists completed printmaking units in a Certificate II in Visual Arts during the recent seven-day workshop at Northern Editions printmaking studio at the institution’s Casuarina campus.
Northern Editions gallery manager Chris Miezis said the artists could use their screens to print designs on products, such as t-shirts, which they could then sell at the community’s art centre.
“These workshops hone in on the artists’ skills,” Ms Miezis said.
“The artists also have a product to sell by the end of the workshop, which brings income into the community.”
Senior artist Nancy McDinny said she hoped to pass on the skills she had learned in the workshop to young people in the Borroloola community.
“This is my first time doing printing and I am learning new skills,” she said.
“I hope to use these skills in the future and teach them to the young children if they are interested.”
Fellow artist Stewart Hoosan praised Northern Editions printmakers Glynis Lee and Karlissa Kennedy for running the workshop.
