King Street Newsletter Summer 2021

artisan on King St is a not-for-profit organisation that is dedicated to supporting and promoting contemporary craft and design practice for both makers and their audience. This year they celebrate 50 years as the home of craft and design in Queensland! Their King St retail store offers an eclectic mix of hand-crafted items for purchase, they also have curated exhibitions and regularly host bespoke classes, like their upcoming learn to macramé earrings workshop. Their recent exhibition ‘Drawn Thread: Celebrating 50 years of feminism and fibre’ paid homage to their curatorial offerings celebrating their five decades in operation. Check out artisan’s upcoming workshops and exhibitions in their What’s On section of their website. Phone 3215 0808 www.artisan.org.au artisan have been expertly curating and supporting contemporary craft and design practice for 50 years! Five decades of artisanal expertise Pop-up art exhibition celebrates culture and country To mark NAIDOC Week, in November, the community WeWork team at 25 King St organised a pop-up art exhibition with the acclaimed Birrunga Gallery (Brisbane’s only First Nations owned, Indigenous Art Gallery) in celebration of culture and country. The original artworks by the gallery’s founder and principal artist in residence, Birrunga Wiradyuri, were displayed at the Level 6 lift lobby and throughout the main community floor for WeWork members and guests to enjoy. Photo credit: Jess Murphy