DATE: TBA

Facilitator – Patrick Sutzack

Venue - Waterton Hall Estate, Waterton Rd, Rowella

Meet place - Convict Barn at 9.30am return approx. 4.00pm

Workshop Fee - including morning and afternoon tea, lunch, and wine $100.00

Bookings - www.sculpturetasmania.com/Aspects/Patton

Meet at the Convict Barn, walk along the riverbank, respond to place and season accompanied by image and sculpture. A beginning of all kinds of awakenings, release, energy and hope, observation, and expression.

Discussing concepts, with acclaimed author Dr. Shirley Patton in the Waterton Hall boat house, indulge in lunch and continue discussion and writing responding to the surrounding environment.

Return via the former schoolhouse and house gardens to the convict barn. Outcomes of this workshop will be showcased at the May Aspects – Ruffins Bay Exhibition in the barn.

Texts responding to place and season accompanied by image and sculpture. A beginning of all kinds, an awakening, release, energy and hope, observation, and expression. 

In collaboration Sculpture Tasmania Inc and Tamar Valley Writers present a day of exploration at Waterton Hall on Kanamaluka in conjunction with Arts Tasmania and Reconciliation Tasmania.

The day begins with a walk along the riverbank, discussing concepts with acclaimed author Dr Shirley Patton in the Boathouse followed by further writing and discussion. Return via the schoolhouse and house garden. Ensure you wear appropriate clothing for the weather and walking.

Outcomes to be showcased at the May Aspects-Ruffins Bay Exhibition 2022 in the Convict Barn Waterton Hall Estate.

Dr Shirley Patton grew up in outback Western Australia and now lives in wine-growing country overlooking the beautiful Tamar/Kanamaluka River. 

A decade ago, she left an academic career as a published researcher of family violence, and a lecturer in the Department of Sociology & Social Work at the University of Tasmania, to write fiction full time. Since then, she has obtained a Masters of Creative Writing, and has published several short stories in a variety of literary publications. 

Her very successful novel The Secrets We Keep is available through all major bookstores and online. 

http://www.shirley-patton.com/