Workshop – Material Experimentation with Thomas Readett

Workshop
29 January - 1 December 2024
Student artist experimentation from Thomas Readett workshop. A square piece of cardboard with with grey paint splatters. 2 small silver plastic plates hold paint - grey and white. A paintbrush sits in a plastic cup of water.
Student artist experimentation from Thomas Readett workshop. A square piece of cardboard with with grey paint splatters. 2 small silver plastic plates hold paint - grey and white. A paintbrush sits in a plastic cup of water.

Join Ngarrindjeri artist Thomas Readett in exploring approaches to artistic experimentation in ACE's new series of practical workshops for secondary school artists.

When

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

29 January to 1 December 2024

MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION workshops support student artists in valuing experimentation over perfection, risk-taking over convention and redefining creative success. 

This workshop with Thomas Readett explores techniques for applications of paint using aerosol and brush, and is suitable for up to 20 student artists in years 9 to 12.

Date: Negotiated
Time: Negotiated
Duration: 3 hours
Location: Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
Cost: Full fee $1334 inc. GST
DfE School Cat 1-4 $1082 inc. GST

Feature Image: MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION: Thomas Readett (2023), workshop documentation, Valley View Secondary School. Photography by Tayer Steed.

Experimentation of ideas and mediums drive contemporary art making. An artist’s ability to experiment and take risks will determine their potential for growth, concept development and creative output. Through persistent trial and error artists cultivate an intimate familiarity with their chosen medium: they unearth fresh perspectives, insights and unexpected connections between ideas and materials that give their work intricacy and depth.

Thomas Readett is an artist and Ngarrindjeri man, who was born and raised on Kaurna Yarta, where he continues to practise and live. Thomas is primarily a painter and mural artist whose graphic aesthetic is powerfully rendered in black and white, melding street art with classical training to produce work that is both technical and conceptual.

Read about ACE's booking and cancellation policy here.

Student artist experimentation from Thomas Readett workshop. 4 students hold their artworks in a circle. 4 pieces of cardboard with various grey white and black spray painted works.
Student artist experimentation from Thomas Readett workshop. 4 students hold their artworks in a circle. 4 pieces of cardboard with various grey white and black spray painted works.
MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION: Thomas Readett (2023), workshop documentation, Valley View Secondary School. Photography by Tayer Steed.

ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.

ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.

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