NAIDOC 2024 Digital Projection Workshop

NAIDOC 2024 Digital Projection Workshop

Learning the art of animation and projection

Would you like to learn how to create animated artworks?

In this workshop participants will learn from Queensland artist Donna Maree Robinson how to use the stop motion app (on mobile phones, iPhones or iPads) to easily create an animated digital artwork based on images they will draw, paint or collage on the day or previous existing work.

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum is offering free places to attend this two-day Animation Workshop, 10.30am-4pm, Thursday 4 and Friday 5 July 2024. Your animated artwork will then be displayed as part of the NAIDOC week celebrations at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum.

Places are limited, please phone 4976 6766 or email gragm@gladstone.qld.gov.au to secure your spot.

Materials to Bring

• An iPhone, mobile phone or iPad with the iMotion/stop motion app installed. Stop Motion is available on any smart phone e.g. Samsung, iMotion can only be used on iPhones or iPad.
• Previous artworks and materials to create new work, can be collage materials, drawings and paintings.

About Donna Maree Robinson

Donna Maree Robinson is an award-winning multimedia artist who is based in Mackay, Queensland. She is primarily interested in site-specific projects and works across a variety of disciplines that include large scale video projections, public works, gallery exhibitions, filmmaking and festivals. Donna has a Master of Contemporary Art from the University of Tasmania and was mentored by internationally renowned new media artist Craig Walsh in 2010. Her work has been shown in several national and international exhibitions, including New York, London, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, throughout Queensland and Iceland, where she attended a 2-month Artist Residency during the winter of 2013. In 2012 Donna won the QRA Digital Art Award and was a finalist in 2016 for both the London based Lumen Art Prize and the Contemporary Art Awards (Australia).

This project is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), a partnership between the Queensland Government and Gladstone Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.