Making time with Kelly Dolly 2022

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Making Time is a free workshop series for young people aged 12-21 featuring contemporary Australian artists.

Curated by the MCA Youth Committee these not-just-workshops are a safer space for young people to gather, make, play, question, share and deepen their understanding of contemporary art and the art world.

Join us for a special LGBTIQA+ inspired Making Time workshop ahead of the 2022 Mardi Gras Parade. Led by artist Kelly Dolly learn about queer history, design and activism whilst creating your own protest (or party) ready symbols to paint onto garments, placards and buttons. All art materials will be provided, however, if you wish to decorate an item of clothing please bring this along with you. The artist recommends black, white or plain coloured cotton t-shirts for best effect, but feel free to get creative and bring something out of the box!

This workshop is suitable for young people aged 12-21. Parent/guardian permission is required for persons under 18 years. Registration is essential.

About the artist

Kelly Dolly is a visual artist born in Naarm, of Scottish descent and living between Bundjalung and Gadigal Country. Her practice encompasses painting, performance and curatorial projects. She has a current interest in hand painted signwriting and slogans influenced by her father's occupation as a commercial set painter and the lineage of feminist and queer art and activist practices. Most recently she has exhibited In Memory, at Bus Projects, Thinking Business, Goulburn Regional Gallery (touring nationally), _Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism _at ACCA, MUMA _Art You Can Wear _project and created a design collection for the NGV Design Store. Kelly is a resident of the NSW Creative Industry Residency Program at MAAS/Powerhouse and a founding member of artist collective Barbara Cleveland, represented by Sullivan+Strumpf. Works of Barbara Cleveland can also be found in the MCA Collection.