Internationally recognised contemporary embroidery and mixed media artist Fleur Woods will bring her distinctive creative practice to Melbourne this month≠+ leading a five-day immersive workshop at the Convent.
Based in rural Te Waipounamu (South Island), Aotearoa New Zealand, Woods has built a devoted international following for her richly layered textile works, which combine painting, stitch, collage, found materials and hand embroidery into vibrant contemporary artworks. Her work is collected globally and has been exhibited from regional New Zealand galleries to New York’s Lower East Side.
The sold-out workshop will be attended by creatives from all over Australia and New Zealand, and is an opportunity for people of all abilities to learn in one of Melbourne’s most significant arts, culture and learning precincts. Across five days, participants will explore mixed media textile collage, hand stitching, composition, colour, embellishment and contemporary embroidery.
While the workshop has reached capacity, the event highlights Abbotsford Convent’s role as a destination for internationally recognised artists to share their practice, fostering creative exchange and supporting lifelong learning within Australia’s arts community.
The workshop will also offer participants the opportunity to immerse themselves in the wider creative community at the Abbotsford Convent, which is home to more than 130 artists, makers and creative practitioners working across its studios and spaces.
“The Abbotsford Convent is a place with such a strong creative energy, and I’m looking forward to sharing my process while encouraging everyone to discover their own unique voice,” said Fleur Woods.
“I was looking for a venue that offered a beautiful, inspiring, light filled practical space for art making close to the CBD, and the Convent ticked all the boxes. It will be wonderful to gather at the Convent, be creatively nourished by our art making, and also by the creative communityalready onsite.” said Fleur Woods.
About
Fleur Woods is a contemporary embroidery artist based in rural Aotearoa New Zealand. Working across stitch, painting and mixed media, her joyful, highly textured artworks are inspired by gardens, native bushand the natural world.