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School Holiday Program
Winter School Holiday Program
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Stay entertained these winter school holidays with a range of fun and affordable activities! 

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Exhibitions
Annemieke Mein
Annemieke Mein: Nature Revealed Exhibition
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11 July - 30 August

This is a rare opportunity to view the art of Annemieke Mein in metropolitan Melbourne and experience first-hand an international phenomenon. 

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Term Program
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Term 3 Winter Workshops
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Discover our Term 3 Winter Workshops at Box Hill Community Arts Centre and Strathdon House & Orchard Precinct.

All ages
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Workshops
Annemieke Mein
Annemieke Mein: Nature Revealed Workshops & Events
Program & Events
July - August

To celebrate our Annemieke Mein: Nature Revealed exhibition, we are hosting an exciting line-up of activities and events across multiple locations. There's something for all ages!

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Sustainable savings series
Eco-Friendly Living
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Sustainable Savings Series
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Discover smart ways to save money and protect the planet in our new series of hands-on workshops.

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Habitat: Local flora and fauna
In this exhibition local artists from the Alcove Art Group create works inspired by rich diversity of plants and animals that call Whitehorse home.
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  • Annemieke Mein
  • Art Exhibition
  • Free
Artspace
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Make a fairy house inspired by Schwerkolt Cottage
Visit the enchanting Schwerkolt Cottage, explore the gardens, then make your own fairy house inside the Museum. Kids can forage the extensive grounds to find twigs, leaves and petals to add to their fairy house.
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  • Children
  • Free
  • Heritage
Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex
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Annemieke Mein: Nature Revealed Exhibition
Featuring a selection of works generously loaned from the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale, which holds the most comprehensive public collection of Annemieke Mein’s extraordinary art. The exhibition includes her iconic three-dimensional textiles, preparatory drawings, samplers, and showcases that reveal the artist’s in-depth creative process.
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  • Annemieke Mein
  • Art Exhibition
  • Free
Artspace
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Educational Showcases by Annemieke Mein
Visit 'Nature Revealed' exhibition to gain a glimpse into the methods and techniques the artist employs to create her textile masterpieces, through the five educational showcases. Kids can also participate in creature spotting activity for the showcases and the wildlife in the exhibition.
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  • Annemieke Mein
  • Art Exhibition
  • School Holidays
Artspace
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Fun With Clay - Sleepy Snorlax Pokémon
Roll, sculpt, and paint your very Sleepy Snorlax Pokémon. 
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  • Children
  • School Holidays
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
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Paper Making and Printmaking
Over two sessions, create an artwork from start to finish — including the paper!
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  • Adult
  • Annemieke Mein
  • Workshops
Strathdon House & Orchard Precinct
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Mosaics: House Number Paver
Create a Colourful, Unique House Number Paver
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  • Adult
  • Workshops
Strathdon House & Orchard Precinct
Soul Inspired Exhibition
Soul Inspired - Life’s Enigmas, The Enigma of Being
Holy Spirit Parish invites you to step into, or beyond, your life-sphere and express either the
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  • Art Exhibition
Box Hill Community Arts Centre

Venues & Festivals across Creative Whitehorse

The City of Whitehorse is one of the most dynamic art and cultural hubs in metropolitan Melbourne. There’s something for everyone – exhibitions, music, theatre, heritage, and art and craft.

Creative Whitehorse: connecting you to a creative community. 

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Artspace
A gallery hosting curated exhibitions on contemporary subjects, with invited artists and works from its fine collection.
Art Class in studio
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Our well-loved community arts centre, with excellent, accessible term/holiday programs and topical exhibitions.
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Box Hill Town Hall
A historic building hosting events of all sizes: with a stage, catering facilities, hireable spaces and amenities.
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Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex
Historic cottage and museum complex surrounded by hectares of bushland, open weekends and available for school tours.
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Strathdon House and Orchard Precinct
A heritage building and vast green space, host to classes, events and sustainability-focussed programs for all ages.
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Whitehorse Festivals Season
Festivals are one of the most loved programs in the City of Whitehorse, with over 45,000 people attending annually.