Craftival - Redcliffe
Next date: Saturday, 08 March 2025 | 09:00 AM
to 02:00 PM
Craftival is a one-day celebration of handmade crafts and creativity at Redcliffe Library.
The event will include:
- Inspirational talks from high-profile creatives
- A pop-up marketplace selling handmade products from local creative businesses
- A bookable workshop program
- Drop-in demonstrations in the new creative studios
- Face painting and family-friendly activities
- Food trucks.
All activities are free. Bring cash or cards to buy food from the food trucks and discover gorgeous gifts from the marketplace, supporting our local creatives.
Pop-up marketplace
Walk through indoor marketplace showcasing local craftspeople selling gifts, homewares, jewellery and more!
Food truck alley
Hungry? Head outside to the side carpark and pick up a tasty snack to boost your energy. We’ll have coffee, sweet treats, pizza, and German sausages. Yum!
Main stage
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM: Meet Rachel Burke
Rachel Burke has dressed Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles, written books, and can show you how to turn a cereal box into a glam handbag. Find out more about what drives Rachel’s creative practice and her love affair with pom-poms.
About Rachel
Rachel Burke is a practicing multidisciplinary artist, designer, and author based in Brisbane.
Known for her vibrant, tactile wearable artworks and iconic tinsel creations, her work is inspired by a love for naive craft materials and transforming the mundane into the magical.
Rachel has exhibited her work in many gallery spaces across Australia, including The Museum of Brisbane, Saint Cloche Gallery and The Australian Centre of the Moving Image.
She has also published five books: Fancy Long Legs (2024), Craft Roach (2023), Pla Pla: Gather, Make, Play (2023), Be Dazzling (2018), and Daphne & Daisy (2017).
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM: Meet Geneva Vanderzeil
Meet author and social media star, Geneva Vanderzeil, to find out more about running her own creative business, where she gets her ideas, and why she loves overalls so much!
About Geneva
Geneva Vanderzeil is a DIYer and online creator inspiring millions to see the potential in everything.
With a mission to empower others to get creative and transform the everyday—whether it’s furniture, crafts, or spaces—she blends creativity, resourcefulness and a love of transformation.
From launching a DIY fashion blog in 2010 to writing two books and renovating her Brisbane home, Geneva has built a career sharing creative ideas and approachable projects.
Through her work, Geneva invites her audience to embrace their creativity, see the beauty in the everyday, and transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Workshops
Under the guidance of silversmith Jemica Ostrofski, learn how to design and make a key chain using recycled aluminium. Free. Bookings required. For adults.
Drop in creativity 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Basket weaving: Drop in for a chat and learn the cultural practice of basket weaving with local Wakka Wakka woman, Kristine Ellis, and members of the Pumicestone Indigenous Education and Employment Council.
Design a sticker: Design your own sticker with the Redcliffe Art Gallery team! Try something new with this drop-in session where you can learn the basics of the Procreate app. Create your own unique sticker design, and we’ll print it for you to take home as a souvenir.
Crafty kids and facepainting fun: The kids will be taken care of with free facepainting and craft activities.
Crafter-in-Residence – The Sewing Studio
Help our Crafter-in-Residence, Jennis Ardern, as she designs and sews a mystery garment in less than five hours! Add a unique element to help Jennis make a Craftival original design using the industrial sewing machine, overlocker, and sewing machines in our Sewing Studio.
About Jennis: Jennis Ardern is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Moreton Bay Region. Jennis is recognised for her colourful landscape paintings, participatory installations and creative workshops. Care for the environment and her community run through her practice.
Musician-in-Residence – The Sound Studio
Meet local musician Aaron Shanahan and learn about the podcasting, DJing and sound recording capabilities of the Sound Studio. Aaron will help you lay down some beats, test out the podcasting equipment, and answer your questions so you’ll be ready to book your own time in the studio.
About Aaron: Aaron Shanahan is a musician, songwriter and producer with over 20 years in the music industry. His experience covers touring and recording internationally with Miami Horror, tour managing Australian acts Vera Blue and Allday, to recently working as a music facilitator running workshops, teaching and starting his own organization Imagine Music.
When
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Saturday, 08 March 2025 | 09:00 AM
- 02:00 PM
Location
Redcliffe Library, 476 Oxley Avenue, Redcliffe, 4020., View map
-27.2252216,153.1109619
476 Oxley Avenue ,
Redcliffe 4020.
Redcliffe Library
476 Oxley Avenue ,
Redcliffe 4020.
Craftival - Redcliffe