Workshop: Gallery Educator Katy Tarbard and artist Wiebke Leister lead a multi-disciplinary workshop exploring snake iconographies in the collection and in our lived experiences.

Date: 22 March 2024, 6.30-8.00pm

About: Artist Wiebke Leister’s recent research is an exploration of snakes in both our Collection and throughout global traditions of painting across the centuries.
This participatory group workshop explores how the varied depictions of serpents have represented both wisdom and deceit, danger and healing, redemption and destruction. Joined by Gallery Educator Katy Tarbard, the two lead a range of activities, including an open discussion based on techniques of philosophical inquiry, thinking through gesture and drawing, tableau vivant re-staging and image clustering.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own stories about encounters with snakes as well as images of snakes from art and popular culture to the session to work with.

This event was part of the Friday Lates, curated by Joseph Kendra.