Create a keepsake pendant with Monica Rani Rudhar
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The lowdown
Start by drawing your chosen object and looking closely at its shapes, textures and details. Then use air-dry clay to create a larger-scale pendant inspired by your drawing.
Whether you choose a favourite toy, a piece of jewellery, a family keepsake or a photo of your pet, you’ll be guided through the process of turning its details into a handmade amulet to take home.
This event is part of In Full Bloom, MAC yapang’s birthday celebration on Saturday 14 November.
Key information
• Duration: 2 hours
• Age: 10 years and over
• What to bring: A treasured object or a photo of one
• Location: StudioMAC, inside MAC yapang
• Supervision: Children under 16 must be accompanied by a supervising adult
• Arrival: Please arrive 5 minutes before the workshop and check in at the Visitor Services desk
• Footwear: Closed-in shoes are required
Places are limited!
For enquiries, contact mac@lakemac.nsw.gov.au
Meet the artist
Monica Rani Rudhar is an artist based on Gadigal land, working across sculpture, video, and performance. Her practice explores longing and loss tied to cultural identity, drawing on intergenerational family stories to imagine alternate futures.
Born to Indian and Romanian migrant parents, Rani Rudhar examines cultural conformity, commodification, and essentialization within a settler colonial context. Through an auto-ethnographic lens, she reclaims fragmented oral histories to restore familial rituals and resist cultural erasure.
MAC yapang's Birthday Party: In Full Bloom
When: Saturday 14 November | 10:30am-5pm Where: MAC yapang (Museum of Art and Culture, yapang)
Join us at MAC yapang for In Full Bloom, a big birthday celebration packed with art, music, food, workshops, performances and more. Celebrating 25 years of MAC yapang, 30 years of the Sculpture Park and 5 years of MAP mima, there’s something for everyone and a full day of events planned. This is one birthday party you won’t want to miss!
Visit the MAC yapang website for the full program and event details.
This event may be photographed and filmed, and your image could be used in advertising and promotion by Lake Macquarie City Council. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, please advise the event organisers when you arrive.
Image: Works by Monica Rani Rudhar, photo by Eloise Fuss. Courtesy of the artist.
Where to rock up
MAC yapang (Musuem of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie), 2A First Street, Booragul, NSW 2284, Newcastle
Getting there
Age
Key information • Duration: 2 hours • Age: 10 years and over • What to bring: A treasured object or a photo of one • Location: StudioMAC, inside MAC yapang • Supervision: Children under 16 must be accompanied by a supervising adult • Arrival: Please arrive 5 minutes before the workshop and che
