Pop-up 'Scrub Club' Oyster Cleaning Workshop
Friday 7 July 2023 from 10am to 3pm
Help us to create a new public artwork for our 50th anniversary! An important part of marking the Sydney Opera House's 50th anniversary is a large outdoor artwork by Quandamooka artist Megan Cope. We need your help to bring this exciting project to life. Join a series of free hands-on workshops helping transform shell waste into an iconic, monumental artwork. We need 100,000 shells to complete the artwork. Stay as long or as little as you like.
As Megan says, “This project is for everyone. Cleaning the shells is an important part of the work and a wonderful way for people to connect”.
Join us on Friday 7 July, between 10am - 3pm (NAIDOC Week) on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt (eastern side of the Monumental Steps).
All cleaning materials (and shells) will be provided but we’re asking people to bring rubber gloves if you can, to save on waste. Every workshop is free and you can drop in anytime.
Drawing inspiration from Tubowgule as a historic place of ceremony, gathering and celebration, Quandamooka artist Megan Cope will transform the Sydney Opera House.
Using tens of thousands of kinyingarra (oyster in Jandai language) shells, Cope’s immersive sculptures expand the narrative beyond the Opera House, connecting it with Land, Sky and Sea Country through a First Nations lens.
More info here.