The Eco-Printing, Natural Dyeing & Waste to Art Workshops were part of a large, two-year program of twenty community-based sessions facilitated by artist and art therapist Kerri Weymouth, alongside Julie Bellato, through the Kerri Weymouth Art Gallery & Studio in Coleambally.

Funded by the Stronger Country Communities Fund – Round 5 and supported through the BEAT Program (Bush Eco Art Therapy), the workshops aimed to nurture creativity, wellbeing, and environmental awareness across the Murrumbidgee region.

Delivered in two connected phases, the first series of workshops partnered with the Murrumbidgee Council’s Waste to Art Initiative a regional competition and exhibition encouraging individuals, schools, and community groups to reimagine discarded materials through art and design. Participants explored mindful environmental practice by recycling and repurposing found and collected objects into new creative forms. The resulting artworks were featured in exhibitions curated and organised by Kerri Weymouth across Coleambally, Darlington Point, and Jerilderie, celebrating local creativity and environmental consciousness.

The second phase of the project continued independently at the Kerri Weymouth Art Gallery & Studio, where participants explored eco-dyeing, natural printing, and journal and scarf making. These workshops deepened creative expression through direct engagement with nature using leaves, bark, paper, and rusted metal to capture the organic beauty of the environment. This phase provided a calm, reflective space to experiment, connect with Country, and experience the therapeutic value of making.