SUNDAY 21 September was the UN’s International Day Of Peace, while 20-26 September was the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel.
To celebrate these days and promote peace, a printmaking workshop was held in Dungog last weekend.
The CWA hall in Dowling Street was the venue for the two-day Towards Peace print workshop.
Dungog visual artists and printmakers Sasi Victoire and Leigh Nankervis led the group in designing and making block prints with a peace theme – something close to Sasi’s heart.
She said that “peace has a ripple effect”, and that workshop participants could “impart peace” to others.
An internationally-acclaimed artist, Sasi led similar workshops in Vietnam earlier this year.
Last weekend, she and Leigh helped Dungog locals to explore creativity, connection and peace through art.
While the works had a peace theme, the group were also encouraged to find their own inner peace through making art.
Attendees cut, inked and printed block prints on a variety of surfaces, from paper to fabric.
Some of the artworks made at the Towards Peace workshop will be shown at an exhibition at Dungog By Design in November.
The workshop participants made 2D artworks to be hung, as well as useful 3D items like tote bags.
The artworks will be available to purchase at the exhibition.
Funds raised from the sales of works will be donated to the Towards Peace charity in Vietnam and local causes like the CWA building fund.
Artists can choose how they want the proceeds of their works to be distributed.
By Lisa WISEMAN
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