Shadow Puppet Zine-making Workshop
Sunday 6 September
9.30 am – 12 pm
With light, play, and imagination, create a handmade shadow puppet zine. Design characters, tell stories, and bring paper creations to life.
This creative shadow puppet zine workshop invites participants to explore storytelling, paper craft, and illustration through a unique handmade format. Using paper cut-out techniques inspired by Bria McCarthy’s signature style, participants will create their own interactive shadow puppet zines.
Participants will be encouraged to invent an original story, design characters and scenes, cut out puppet pages, and experiment with layout and composition to bring their zines to life. Combining elements of bookmaking, puppetry, and visual storytelling, the workshop offers a playful and imaginative introduction to creating artworks that can be read, performed, and interacted with.
The session encourages creativity, experimentation, and self-expression, with each participant leaving with their own handcrafted shadow puppet zine to take home.
Bring with you: A story in mind if you have one.
Extra info: Participants may use scissors and supervised sharp cutting tools during the workshop as part of the zine-making process. This all ages workshop is designed for participants 12 years of age and older. Children aged 12 – 17 years must be accompanied by an adult. Purchase tickets for participating parents/carers.
Artist Bio: Bria McCarthy creates art for theatre, literature, film and education, specialising in experimental puppetry. She created the ‘Shadow House’, a textile sculpture shown at the Art Gallery of NSW and the National Museum of Australia. She was the recipient of the 2024 Wear it Purple Foundation Grant with her new puppet show in development and her solo show ‘Dragon Hearts’ won the 2023 Sydney Fringe Award for Best Emerging Artist. She was the 2022 ACE Indigenous Artist Resident, and her debut manuscript was shortlisted for the 2022 Text Prize. She is an autistic artist with Wiradjuri and Irish heritage. Her work is characterised by an emphasis on multispecies storytelling, neurodivergent imagination, and it is always a little magical.
Cost: $15 / $10 InSight Members / Cultural knowledge sharing bears no charge for all First Nations participants. Free entry is available for those experiencing financial hardship. Phone 4780 5410 to book your FREE tickets. Funded by the City of the Arts Trust Grants Program.
Please note, InSight members need to add a promo code when booking in order to access the member discount. Please call us on 4780 5410 if you are unsure of your member promo code.
Image: Bria McCarthy