Future Fiestas workshops with Leeroy New
About this Event
Come make something strange, joyful and unexpected, and watch them come to life!
Future Fiestas asks you to widen your imagination and draw on your creativity to transform everyday materials such as plastic or cardboard into brilliant costumes and spectacular sculptural forms.
Drawing on Filipino fiesta traditions, where ceremony, performance, community and spectacle meet, artist will work alongside community from Blacktown to create wearable artworks.
In January 2027, these sculptures will come alive, stepping off their pedestal to join the crowd as part of 2027.
Workshops:
Join us at the Max Webber Library to contribute to these festive large-scale collaboratively made costumes. During the workshops, join Leeroy and his team, as you transform discarded materials into something special.
Max Webber Library
Level 1 Function Centre
61 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown, 2148
Saturday, 14 and 21 November, 2026
10 am to noon
Free
All materials provided
Registrations essential
No prior skills needed and all materials provided
All ages welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult carer.
You will be contributing to an artwork that will culminate in a large-scale installation and parade as part of .
Image: Artwork by Leeroy New, Ma Buhyan Crossing the Horizon, photography by by Leeroy New.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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