About the Event
This workshop introduces artists, arts workers, and producers to the neuroscience of creativity, focusing on how creative thinking actually works in the brain and how it can be supported in real-world artistic contexts.
Over the two-day workshop, participants will develop a toolkit of techniques that can be used to spark and sustain creativity, and gain an understanding of how these techniques can be applied to individual or community-based creative practice, regardless of scale, genre or artform.
Participants will learn how to:
- Strengthen their individual creative capacity using practical, skills that can be applied immediately
- Recognise and respond to common barriers to creativity, including creative blocks and risk-avoidance
- Lead groups and community projects toward creative and innovative outcomes
- Design processes and environments that support idea generation, experimentation and collaboration
Each day is catered with tea, coffee and a light lunch included in the ticket-price.
Tickets are available for the full weekend only.
Location: Dawesville Community Centre
Date: Saturday, 11 and Sunday, 12 April 2026
Time: 9am-3pm (plus optional question time until 4pm each day)
Cost: $110 for both days
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Accessibility: wheelchair accessible, open to accommodations for accessibility needs
Acknowledgements: this workshop is presented by Shona Erskine as part of the City of Mandurah’s Creative Learning Calendar program.
Meet the Facilitator
Shona works at the intersection of creative practice and science, based on her 25 years of experience in both sectors. She has worked extensively as a dancer, choreographer and dramaturg with companies such as Australian Choreographic Centre and Sue Healey Company. She also holds Bachelor, Masters and PhD qualifications in Psychology and Organisational Psychology, working in both private practice and in organisations. Alongside this experience, she is a consummate educator, having lectured at some of the nation’s top universities including University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts and Edith Cowan University.
