We are so excited to announce the NEW program at Casa Bonita Women's Empowerment Hub: THE CREATIVE ROOM 🎨
Casa Bonita has assigned a permanent space to facilitate workshops, community building and sense of belonging for migrant artists and the local community
👩🏻🎨👩🏽🎨 Artists from all backgrounds will manage and run their own creative workshops 🎨
🌈 Everyone will have a chance to connect, learn and have so much fun at a safe space where culture, diversity and women empowerment is celebrated- ha, that's Casa Bonita! 💥
VIVIANA ARANGO, founder of Forest Creek Crafts
Join me welcoming Viviana to Seddon and Casa Bonita. She's a Colombian textile artist who moved to Australia more than 10 years ago. Viví completed a degree in Psychology in Colombia before moving into Fashion design in Melbourne and also completing further studies in Textile design at RMIT.
She founded @forest_creek_crafts from regional Victoria in 2021, and with her professional career and desire to bring a space for creative mindfulness, she brings to Seddon a series of intimate workshops for mums and women.
Her first workshops are in Spanish, perfect if you want to practice your Spanish with native Spanish speakers
📅 Saturday 27 August 2pm - 4pm. Constellation embroidery for mums. Spanish
$45 per person, materials included.
Book here
📅 Sunday 28 August 1pm - 5:30pm. Connect with the stars through embroidery and astrology
$80 per person, materials included
Book here
More information: contact the artist directly @forest_creek_crafts or arangovivi@hotmail.com
Lina Arcila, founder of LinaMar Art
LinaMar is an emerging abstract artist from Colombia, a place of colour and brightness that profoundly influenced her art and style. She was intuitively inspired to make connections between her own life experiences with colours and their meaning and influence.
Painting has always been LinaMar’s way of communicating her feelings and taking in life with its beauty and challenges. Her creative goal is to inspire those who view her artworks to reconnect with themselves and enjoy each colour. Her playful use of different textures and shapes invites the viewer to focus on mindfully experiencing the paintings.
This workshop is a perfect space to be creative and let go, listen to your emotions through an abstract creation guided by the artist at all times, also you'll learn about brushes, paints, mediums, how to paint freely, and how to take care of your tools. Please note this workshop is for adults of all ages.
📅 Saturday, 4th September and
📅 18th September from
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
$50 per session per person
Book here 
