FREE | Young People Art Lab with Claire Fletcher

Name: FREE | Young People Art Lab with Claire Fletcher
Start: 2025-08-24T10:00:00+08:00
End: 2025-08-24T16:00:00+08:00
Location: John Curtin Gallery

Schedule

Sun Aug 24 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

John Curtin Gallery | Perth, WA

Free, bookings essential
Ages: 16 to 25
Art Labs is a series of artist-led workshops connecting young audiences with artists, artmaking and the National Gallery collection.
In this Art Lab, join artist Claire Fletcher, from PhotoAccess, for a full-day workshop inspired by Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. This is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition presented as part of the Bowness Family Foundation Photography Touring Program.
Begin the day with a floor talk delving into Goldin’s deeply personal approach to photography.
After the talk, join Claire to examine how Goldin uses photography to express identity, emotion and shared experience. Through a series of hands-on activities, the group will look at composition, colour, tone, mood, intentionality and the beauty of accidental wins. Clare will share practical tips for capturing compelling images and discuss good practice for public photography etiquette.
In the second part of the workshop, explore the power of photography as a tool for documentation, observation and personal expression. Using your own photographs to create a zine, tell a story about your community and what it means to be a young person today.
What to bring:
-A few personal photographs, printed in standard sizes (10x 15 cm or 13 x 18 cm) that you would be happy to use in your zine.
-A few digital photographs to share during group discussions. These can be stored on shareable devices like a phone or USB drive.
-Your own lunch, snacks and a water bottle – this is a full-day workshop.

Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a defining work of the 1980s and showcases an in-depth photographic exploration of Goldin's life and chosen family - her 'tribe'. – The work originally began as a slide show displayed in various New York clubs and bars frequented by Goldin and her friends. This slide show was eventually distilled into a series of 126 photographs, which have since become part of the National Gallery’s collection.