Artmaking workshop with Christian Hansen
Join Arts Project Australia artist Christian Hansen for an hour-long artmaking workshop for neurodiverse audiences. Participants will be guided through a one-hour session drawing a still life focusing on abstraction, perspective and illusion, and draw with pastels.
Arts Project Australia
Arts Project Australia (APA) is a creative social enterprise that supports artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work and advocates for their inclusion within the broader contemporary art sector. Their mission is to see Australian artists with intellectual disabilities at the centre of the national and international arts sector – recognised, earning income and thriving in their arts practice. The Arts Project Australia studio is based in Northcote, and their art gallery is a part of the Collingwood Yards arts precinct.
Workshop capacity: 10 participants + carers.
(b. 1978, Melbourne, Victoria. Lives and works in Melbourne)
Christian Hansen is an emerging artist working primarily with acrylic, gouache, pencil and pastel on paper and canvas. With Australian and Romani cultural heritage, his work is symbolic and powerful, often commenting on the politics of colonialism. Recently, his practice has expanded to include other mediums such as ceramics and he is currently working on an autobiographical book that he has begun illustrating and plans to publish.
Hansen has worked in the Arts Project studio since 2017. He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions and is a current member of The Northcote Penguins, an art collective formed in the Professional Practice Program at Arts Project Australia. His work is held in in private collections throughout Australia.
General enquiries
Ph +61 3 8620 2222ngvenquiries@ngv.vic.gov.au
9am–5pm, daily