What's on : Creativity November 2026
Updated: 6 hours ago
Looking to learn a new skill and/or share some of your own?
This section aims to highlight some of the many different ways people of North West Tasmania are using crafting knowledge & know how to enrich the lives of others at the same time as helping to keep even more stuff from being buried in landfill or maybe just being creatively engaged in the now with other like minded souls...whether it is visual arts, music, literature, film...there is an explosion of creativity in the North West...here are just some of the activities on offer this November...
When: Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 12:00 PM
Where: ArtsCape Wynyard Inc., Wynyard
Why visit: A unique intersection of sustainability and art. This introductory indoor workshop teaches you how to extract natural pigments from local leaves and plants to print on paper and silk, encouraging zero-chemical creative processes.
Spotlight on Men's/Community Sheds in North West Tasmania
The sustainability value of Men’s Sheds spans across environmental, social, and economic pillars. Rather than just being hobby spaces, they function as practical hubs for community-scale circular economy practices and public health.
Environmental Sustainability
Men’s Sheds act as grassroots recycling hubs, diverting significant volumes of waste from local landfills:
The Circular Economy & Repair Culture: Members frequently run "Repair Cafés" or open workshops where community members bring broken household appliances, lawnmowers, and furniture. Instead of being thrown away, these items are mended and restored.
Material Upcycling: Sheds are famous for rescuing discarded materials. Pallets, old timber framing, scrap metal, and donated tools are routinely upcycled into community garden beds, nesting boxes for local wildlife, or children's toys.
E-Waste & Bicycle Restoration: Many regional sheds run specific programmes targeting e-waste or old bicycles, completely rebuilding them to give them a second life.
Social Sustainability & Human Capital
True sustainability relies heavily on community resilience and the maintenance of human well-being:
Preventative Mental Health: Men’s Sheds address loneliness and social isolation, particularly among retired, widowed, or unemployed men. By providing a safe space to talk "shoulder-to-shoulder" while working, they reduce the burden on public healthcare and emergency psychological systems.
Intergenerational Knowledge Preservation: Older tradespeople and craftspeople pass down highly valuable, disappearing tactile skills—like traditional woodworking, metalwork, mechanics, and tool maintenance—to younger generations who might otherwise never learn them.
Community Infrastructure Support: Sheds frequently build or repair infrastructure for other non-profits, schools, and community groups (e.g., building buddy benches, public library boxes, or raised garden beds for local nursing homes), weaving a stronger local social fabric.
Economic Sustainability
On a local level, sheds provide economic breathing room for both individuals and communities:
Affordable Living Solutions: By manufacturing low-cost items (like kindling, compost bins, or furniture repairs) for local residents, they keep money circulating within the community.
Volunteer Labour Force: Sheds donate thousands of hours of skilled labour to civic projects every year, saving local councils and small charities substantial infrastructure and maintenance costs.
Resource Sharing: Instead of dozens of individuals buying expensive, duplicate power tools and machinery for independent use, an entire community shares a single, well-maintained inventory inside the shed, minimising consumer over-consumption.
Exhibitions & Festivals
International Mural Fest ("Paint Me A Song")
Dates: November 1–7, 2026
Venue: Mural Park, Sheffield (Town of Murals)
Details: Nine finalist artists from across Australia and New Zealand paint large 2.1 x 4.8-metre outdoor murals live throughout the week based on the theme "Paint Me A Song". The event marks 40 years of murals in Sheffield and features a community paint-by-number mural. Culminates on Saturday, November 7 at 2:00 pm with awards and a miniature mural auction. Free entry.
Minds Do Matter Exhibition
Dates: On display until November 13, 2026
Venue: RANT Arts, 45 Stewart Street, Devonport
Details: A creative showcase celebrating the therapeutic and reflective power of the arts in mental health and community wellbeing. Open Wednesday to Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (bookings required). Free entry.
Nature in Translation: Two Visions One Living World
Dates: Opening Thursday, November 26, 2026 (running through December 18, 2026)
Venue: Community Space at RANT Arts, 45-47 Stewart Street, Devonport
Details: An art exhibition featuring creative interpretations of the living world by artists Narelle Badalassi and Tharisa Burgess. Opening night doors open at 6:00 pm with registration essential. Free entry (viewable by appointment Wednesday–Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Living My Best Life Art Exhibition
Dates: Touring through mid-2026 into late-year regional displays (Burnie and Devonport libraries earlier in the year; regional library stops scheduled)
Details: Showcases works by Tasmanian artists with disability expressing personal reflections through painting, textiles, sculpture, and poetry with audio descriptions via QR codes.
Location: Burnie Library — 30 Alexander Street, Burnie, TAS 7320
Time: Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Cost: Free
What to Expect: A casual meet-up to work on projects, share skills, and socialise. All items knitted or crocheted are donated to charities, shelters, and outreach programs
Boomerang Bags works to increase awareness about plastic pollution and foster sustainable behaviour at a grass-roots level through creating conscious, connected communities. Our volunteers collect and upcycle unwanted material, diverting thousands of kilograms of waste from landfill, and create a platform where communities can connect, socialise, learn new skills and contribute positively to the local community, building social capital and developing environment stewardship.
Every Friday
Sea Eagles Spinners meet 10-2 Live Well Tasmania Inc. Tea and coffee facilities, wheels, fluff and dye available too!
HIVE 50 Main Street, Ulverstone Tasmania
Hive is a celebration of community and culture. It is a place of gathering, learning, sharing and being inspired.
Event by Hive Tasmania and Central Coast Council
50 Main Street, Ulverstone, Tasmani
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Hive is turning five, and you're invited to the party!
Join us on Saturday 7 November as we celebrate five years of curiosity, creativity and community with a day of activities and exploration for all ages across the whole building.
For five years, Hive has brought people together to learn, create, discover and connect through science, art and history. Now it's time to celebrate everything that makes Hive special, from the exhibitions and experiences on offer to the people, partnerships and shared memories at its heart.
Red Soil and Deep Clay: what comes
from the abundant earth
Ulverstone Museum – Feature Exhibition
Over the next two years this evolving exhibition will grow and change, sharing stories of industry and creation — from the minerals extracted, to what grows in and is returned to the earth here on Tasmania’s Central Coast. Each season, new stories will be introduced, making the exhibition a place to return to again and again.
Devonport Regional Gallery -free workshops!
Public Programs & Creative Learning
The Devonport Regional Gallery runs a range of hands-on creative programs for all ages and backgrounds from Toddler pop-ups to outreach workshops for various organisations within the community. Regular after-school workshops run each term including Create & Make for Kinder to Year 6 students on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Workshops are facilitated by the Creative Learning and Public Programs Officer.
Farm It Forward Tasmania empowers individuals by teaching essential life skills in growing, cooking and crafting: fostering self-sufficiency & self-worth in a welcoming community of companionship, acceptance & dignity, nurturing both body & soul
Contact us via message through our facebook or instagram pages: Farm It Forward Tasmania and @farmitforwardtas
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