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Kahoa (garland) making

Artist Workshop with Sione Monū

Saturday 22 November 2025
10:30am – 12:30pm and 1:30 – 3:30pm AEDT
Hands arranging flower fragments on a table

Drop in any time - free

Join artist Sione Monū for a creative workshop that explores the Tongan fine art of flower design represented in their photographic series Canberra Family Portraits (2015), on display in our In Bloom exhibition. Guided by Sione, create your own kahoa (garland) with real flowers.

Sione will facilitate two sessions from 10:30am–12:30pm and 1:30–3:30pm. Can't make the session times? No worries! Kahoa (garland) making will be available as a self-directed experience until 4:30pm. Drop in any time.

This workshop is suitable for all ages and abilities. All materials provided.

Sione Tuivailala Monū (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist of Tongan descent. Monū explores identity, family and the pasifika queer experience through photography, moving image, fashion and adornment, performance and drawing. Much of their work is inspired by nimamea’a tuikakala or the Tongan fine art of flower design.

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This program is wheelchair accessible.

Cutting out a paper silhouette in the shape of a head
Cutting out a paper silhouette in the shape of a head
Cutting out a paper silhouette in the shape of a head
Cutting out a paper silhouette in the shape of a head

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