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What's On at RGQ

Whether we're out and about or in our Workshop space at 7 Burke St, find out what's upcoming at RGQ!

Organized by: Reverse Garbage Queensland Co-op Ltd
22/02/2025 10:00 to 22/02/2025 12:00
Woolloongabba, Australia
Adult Workshop

Reveal the overlooked beauty of a variety of manufactured materials at our Salvaged Jewellery Workshop. Reverse Garbage QLD offers PCB boards, jewellery parts and industry offcuts that eagerly await new lives as necklaces, brooches, earrings and bracelets. Our workshop facilitator Yulia, has a background in contemporary jewellery - so you will be drawing on her expertise and experience to craft unique, one-of-a-kind pieces from salvaged items!

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Organized by: Reverse Garbage Queensland Co-op Ltd
07/01/2025 10:30 to 07/01/2025 12:00
Woolloongabba, Australia
Children's Workshop

Turn everyday treasures into extraordinary beings in this magical eco-art workshop! Whether crafting a fierce dragon from fabric scraps, a mischievous gremlin from old keyboards, or a friendly alien from forgotten finds - young artists will bring fantastic creatures to life using rescued materials. Through creative reuse and artistic exploration, our young inventors will: 🧙‍♂️Transform everyday materials into magical beings 🦄 Learn how different materials can create texture, character, and movement 🐉 Rethink what is considered "Garbage"

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Organized by: Reverse Garbage Queensland Co-op Ltd
08/01/2025 10:30 to 08/01/2025 12:00
Woolloongabba, Australia
Children's Workshop

Swab the decks and man the ropes! Transform rescued materials into fantastic floating vessels in this creative eco-art workshop. This workshop will challenge kids to think about the properties of the materials they are using and to plan their design accordingly. It will encourage critical thinking, problem solving and experimentation to create a boat that floats using salvaged materials. Whether they dream of crafting a mighty pirate galleon, an elegant Chinese junk ship, a swift Viking longship, or their own unique design, they will learn how thoughtful reuse can keep both our oceans clean and our boats afloat.

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Organized by: Reverse Garbage Queensland Co-op Ltd
13/01/2025 10:30 to 13/01/2025 12:00
Woolloongabba, Australia
Children's Workshop

🌿✂️ Join us for FUNKY FONT CREATIONS! Transform everyday reuse materials into amazing alphabet art! Your kids will dive into a world where cardboard starts with a capital 'C', and bottle caps turn into a brilliant 'B'! Perfect for creative minds who love to build, design, and re-use. In this 90-minute workshop, young artists will: 🅱️ Create their own 3D letters from rescued materials 0️⃣ Take home their unique eco-conscious masterpieces 🅰️ Learn about creative reuse and sustainability Watch ordinary materials become extraordinary art! Whether it's their initials, favorite letters, or secret codes, each child's creation tells their own unique story while giving new life to materials that might otherwise go to waste. Book now to secure your child's creative adventure. 🎨♻️

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Organized by: Reverse Garbage Queensland Co-op Ltd
14/01/2025 10:30 to 14/01/2025 12:00
Woolloongabba, Australia
Children's Workshop

Creative Puppets Workshop! Watch your child's imagination soar as they learn to create their own puppet pals that can move, talk, and wiggle! In this workshops, kids will take basic re-use materials and create their very own magical puppet friends! From dancing marionettes and silly sock characters to friendly finger puppets, we'll explore the wonderful world of puppet-making while giving new life to old materials. Kids could make moving dragons, buzzing mosquitoes, or whatever their heart's desire.

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Reverse Garbage Queensland Co-op Ltd acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate in Woolloongabba - the Yuggera and Turrbul people. RGQ recognises their continuing sovereignty and connection to land and water, and pays respect to elders past and present.

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