This project is designed to uncover practitioners of traditional cultural beading skills of the many cultural groups who live within the Goulburn Valley Region.

Hiroko Suzuki was born in Japan and lived in Australia for ten years and will share techniques of working with paper to make beads that will contribute to a large sculptural artwork.

Glass beads to dazzle and delight you – learn how, and participate in Beads of Culture – Tuesday 8, 15, 22 May

Come along and create some contemporary expressions of an age old tradition – Wednesday March 21, 28, & 18 April

Women and men from Goulbourn Valley Region communities will come together in a series of hands on workshops to share, rediscover and reinterpret traditional bead making, sewing, threading and use.