NERAM Kids

To celebrate NERAM's impending Great NERAM Bake Off! later in the year we invite passionate junior bakers in the area to join expert in the field, Mary Hollingworth from the Guyra CWA to a fabulously creative cake decorating workshop. This workshop is a fun, tasty and colourful activity for any aspiring junior bakers. The children will be shown how to create icing, fill piping bags and pipe onto cakes & cupcakes using an array of nozzles. And best of all, they…

Currently on show, is exhibition Three Echoes – Western Desert Art showcasing works by 57 acclaimed artists heralding from Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), Papunya and Utopia Aboriginal communities in the western desert regions of the Northern Territory. To celebrate the beautiful Batik prints in this exhibition, we invite children to investigate the process of Batik Printing. Batik is an Indonesian method of decorating cloth by applying hot wax to the surface as a resistance to the dyes. The process can be repeated several times,…

Students of all ages can learn how to crochet these school holidays. Crochet is a great skill to learn, once you know the basic stitches the possibilities are endless.

This is an amazing opportunity for children to learn from the established artist Debbie Taylor Worley. Weaving has been used as a method to create all kinds of tools including food tools, baskets, jewellery, fishing nets and skin cloaks. Traditional Aboriginal weaving is of great importance to Aboriginal women. Weaving is a calming and meditative process. Tailored to be age-appropriate, younger children can have some fun learning to weave a “God’s Eye”. Using a combination of natural and man-made materials,…