Creative Club with Sophie Honess

An Art Program for Youth Aged 9-16yrs

Saturday 3 May 2025, 10am - 12pm

 Held monthly on the first Saturday

This program is now at capacity. Please email to be placed on the waiting list. 

Join Artist Sophie Honess in a unique yearlong art program. Held monthly, on the first Saturday of the month, the two-hour workshop allows young creatives to explore creative making across a number of materials. As part of this program, you will meet like-minded creatives, learn from artists, participate in workshops, contribute to collaborative making, and gain experience and build confidence in creative skills. The program is open to 16 creatives, aged between 9 and 16 years. 

Meeting once a month in the Esther Halliday Studio, this a free youth-orientated program. An enrolment form will need to be completed in order to participate. Enrolments will remain open until all 16 places are filled; however, participants can join throughout the year if places become available. 

Creative Club

When: 10am - 12pm 

First Saturday every month; future dates are as follows,

7 June, 5 July, 2 August, 6 September, 4 October, 1 November, 6 December

Age: Suitable for students aged 9 to 16 years. Max. 16 participants

All materials supplied

Registration required - This program is now at capacity. Please email to be placed on the waiting list. 

Please email Emma Stilts or phone 6767 5230 (Tues, Wed, Thurs) 

More about the artist - Sophie Honess

Sophie speaking to her work, 'Rest' during the 5th Tamworth Textile Triennial

Sophie Honess is a Gamilaroi Yinarr based in Tamworth, NSW. She has been creating textile art professionally since 2017. Sophie's work responds to her immediate environment, finding and exploring hidden beauty on Gomeroi country through colour and texture.

Sophie has been included in a number of group exhibitions and has held two solo exhibitions at Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, in 2021 and 2023.

Sophie was selected as an artist in the 5th Tamworth Textile Triennial in 2023 and was also a chosen as an artist in the Country Road & NGV First Nations Commission Exhibition 'My Country' in 2024.

Follow Sophie here 

Instagram (@sophie_honess) 

Website Sophiehoness.com

Video on collaboration with NGV Jonathan Jones and Sophie Honess | My Country

If you have any questions about this workshop or any programming, please contact the friendly gallery staff. 
Phone: (02) 6767 5230 or email e.stilts@tamworth.nsw.gov.au

The Tamworth Regional Gallery offers free and accessible programming and parking - located behind the building, accessed via Peel or Hill St.