Starting this Thursday May 14th, the Library will be implementing new hours for the colder months ahead.
Thursdays and Fridays will be from 10am-5.30pm while weekend hours stay the same from 12pm-5pm.
The Library is warm and full of light, please join us during our new opening hours as you please.
Image credit: Bec Smith
Hole Punch Music closing party & cassette launch
at MAL on Thursday 21 May, 6-9 PM
The Hole Punch Music Cassette archives music sketches from artists who have played with the instrument over the past month.
Out on @highlycontagious_ ✨
Limited to 40 copies
Any proceeds back to MAL<3
Drinks + food (with holes in it) provided
Craft Club returns for May!
Bring your projects great and small to the Library for an afternoon of gathering to make and share. Whatever your craft of choice is, Craft Club is open to all!
Come down and learn a new skill, share expertise, or just work on your projects in the company of other crafters. Come and go as you please - we’ll be around from 1PM.
Limited supplies may be available, but please BYO supplies, projects, and WIPs!
RSVP through the Eventbrite link in our bio.
Writers, this one’s for you.
Starting May 7, Melbourne Art Library’s new monthly Writers Group is here.
A relaxed, pressure-free space for writers of all kinds. Whether you’re just getting started, deep in your next big project, or trying to move through writer’s block.
Come along to share work, exchange feedback, connect with fellow writers, or simply carve out dedicated time to write.
Each two-hour session includes:
One hour of sharing, discussion + optional feedback
One hour of focused writing time
All experience levels welcome.
Register via the link in bio.
Join us for a poetry writing workshop this Wednesday April 29th at 6pm-7.30pm, run by our volunteer Nadia Lazich Harari.
The evening will explore writing about nature in a meditative and exclusive way, regardless of if you’ve written poetry before.
All supplies will be provided, just bring yourself and your prominent nature memories. Please find the event link in our bio.
How to: Hole Punch
Documentation by @taylordbenniefaull
Workshop 02 is tomorrow, 10-2. You can make your own bookmark and play it on the instrument. We also have an interface setup to record ✨
Open until 14.05
@melbartlibrary
(Thurs-Sun)
Scenes from the @turnpushtwist workshop at Melbourne Art Library last Saturday. Together we made bookmarks and music using the ‘Hole Punch Music’ instrument to create unique and intricate sounds.
Come join us this Saturday April 25th for another interactive day of tangible music-making. Participants may come anytime between 10am to 2pm.
If you would like to join this workshop, please find the Eventbrite link in our bio.
Hole punch music is an instrument installed @melbartlibrary from tomorrow. We will be running workshops with MAL on the 18th and 25th of April.
These workshops give participants an opportunity to create their own hole punched bookmark to take home. These bookmarks can be fed through the instrument to see how they sound.
For those interested in recording, we will have an interface set up. You can use our DAW or feel free to bring your own laptop.
You can book a spot through the link in our bio :))
Craft Club is back for April!
An open afternoon at the Library to make, share, and spend time with others working across all kinds of craft. Bring whatever you’re working on or start something new.
Come to learn, exchange skills and work alongside others. BYO supplies and works-in-progress encouraged.
Sunday, April 19
1-3pm
Follow the link in bio to register.
Hole punch music is an instrument we’ve made which will be installed @melbartlibrary from 16.04-14.05.
It’s open for the public to play with from Thursday to Sunday @ MAL. Coburg, 3058
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This April, Melbourne Art Library will be hosting two environmental-focused workshops by Draw Plants Together @drawplantstogether and Spiraro @spiraro__
Join Draw Plants Together on Sunday 12th April, run by artist and facilitator Craig Burgess. This is an opportunity to experiment with drawing and creative processes in a gently social space, in connection with local urban nature. Workshop participants will take a closer look at these places of urban habitat, take time to feel into our part in nature through experimentation and play, and create a simple folded booklet for our drawings together.
Artist and textile designer Spiraro (Indy Heath) will lead a hands-on workshop on Sunday 26th April, guiding participants through the process of creating biomaterials. This playful and tactile session provides an opportunity to experiment with algae based biomaterials and develop a deeper understanding of their applications. Participants will have access to tools and materials to shape and craft their own bio-plastic and bio-yarn. Note: This event has been cancelled, all ticket holders have been contacted via email.
Please find the Eventbrite links and more information in our bio.
