GSA O-Week Art Workshop: Miniature Canvas Painting

When

July 29 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Where

Gryphon Gallery, 1888 Building

Price

Free
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This GSA O-Week Special Event involves painting on miniature canvases to produce a unique keepsake for yourself and a friend.

***Please note – this is a ticketed event and registration is compulsory***

The Miniature Canvas Artwork Painting Workshop invites graduate students to pause, create, and connect beyond the usual pressures of academic life. The objective of this workshop is to nurture wellbeing and community through the simple act of making art together. Each participant will paint a couple of hand-held, pocket-sized canvases for a personal keepsakes or gifts.

 

Students are encouraged to explore, create, and use prompts as conversation starters. Facilitator support and guidance provided throughout.

 

Unlike digital interactions, painting restores our connection to the physical world, builds focus, and brings joy back into our hands. Across all disciplines, the workshop does more than spark creativity: it supports fine motor skills (for health and science students), empathy and reflection (for arts and social sciences), and visual storytelling (for business students). Painting side by side breaks down barriers, fosters friendships, and grows a vibrant, collaborative graduate community. Students will leave not only with their own creations, but with a renewed sense of presence, purpose, and connection.

No prior art experience is needed. All materials are provided.

 

LOCATION

Gryphon Gallery in the 1888 Building (the heritage building behind Stop 1).

View the exact location here: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/g7n8

 

* THERE ARE LIMITED SEATS FOR ART CLASSES – PLEASE ONLY BOOK IF YOU CAN ATTEND*

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PLEASE NOTE: this event is only for postgraduate students of University of Melbourne. When you login to Eventbrite to register, please use your UoM student email. Orders made that do not include a UoM student email and ID will be cancelled.

Venue accessibility: accessible entry is via the courtyards of 1888 Building (back of building) and a lift is located next to reception on the ground floor (near the West courtyard entry). There is an all gender accessible bathroom on Level 1.

If you would like a map or further information please email events@gsa.unimelb.edu.au