alyssa powell-ascura, gallery II, public program

Workshop: Kain Tayo [let's eat] with Alyssa Powell-Ascura

Adele Sliuzas ·

Artwork: Sari Sari Store, Alyssa Powell-Ascura. Photo: Daniel Marks.

Workshop

When: Sunday, July 21, 12-3pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $45 (+booking fee)

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

Join artist Alyssa Powell-Ascura for a relaxed lunch gathering where you’ll learn about Alyssa’s approach to art-making through the lens of food, family and culture.

Experience making your own halo-halo, learning about Filipino food through the act of kamayan (eating with hands) and feast through a curated menu featuring iconic Filipino food favourites.

This workshop is presented as part of Alyssa's solo exhibition Halo-halo, currently showing at The Mill in cooperation with Mahmood Martin Foundation.

What to expect:

Seated within Alyssa's exhibition, guests will be served traditional Filipino dishes and learn about Kamayan (eating with hands). All food provided, and the bar will be available to purchase wines from Hither & Yon and take home a complimentary Mama Sita’s package to recreate Filipino dishes at home.

Dietary note:

Vegan options available.

  • A self titled “slashie”, Alyssa Powell-Ascura is a multi-hyphenated creative. Proud to have grown up in Bundjalung country in a Filipino-Italian-Australian household, she has a background that has given her an interesting, layered perspective on the world.

    Alyssa works across a variety of artistic mediums including: writing, conceptual art, immersive installation, traditional and mixed digital media, just to name a few.

    Her personal belief in the interconnected relationship of humans to nature drives her to pursue advocating better care of ourselves and our Earth. A finalist of the inaugural SA Environment Awards 2023, she is nominated for her environmental advocacy and using her platform as an emerging creative to promote sustainability and inspire young people.

    Motivated to bridge a deeper understanding and connection of Indigenous Philippines and pre colonial Indigenous Australia, Alyssa aims to be actively involved in the intersections she is a part of.

    Her creative work has been featured in a variety of local and international publications such as: Local Brown Baby (US), Kindling and Sage magazine (AU), Blank Street Press (AU) and The Philippine Times (AU). She has been published in The Entree.Pinays' anthology "The Calamansi Story: Filipino Migrants in Australia".

    If she’s not talking to the local Aunties and writing about food and culture, she can be found by the beach patting puppies who stop by to say hello.

 

The Mill’s Visual Arts Studio Residency is presented in co-operation with Mahmood Martin Foundation.

 
 

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.