Fish Safe Paints Workshop in Sunshine City Family Festa 2026, Tokyo

Photo credit: Bryan Tan My first trip to Japan was extremely memorable because I got to facilitate a drop-in Fish Safe Paints workshop at Sunshine City Family Festa 2026, Tokyo. This was only made possible through Tomo from ASEAN Japan Centre and the amazing team at Sunshine City which is famous for their flying penguinContinue reading “Fish Safe Paints Workshop in Sunshine City Family Festa 2026, Tokyo”

Camberwell Grammar School – Artist in Residence 2025

“Urban Jungle”, Created by Artist Serene Lau and the students of Camberwell Grammar Junior School 2025. Mediums: Hand made food based watercolours, water colour paper and digital media. When Artist and Art teacher, Sofia Tsolakis, got in touch with me to see whether I would be a good fit to be the next artist inContinue reading “Camberwell Grammar School – Artist in Residence 2025”

Painting our oceans with microplastics – time to make better choices

By Fam Charko “The choices that we make on a daily basis matter. “ Fam Charko (MSc) is the senior marine biologist of the Port Phillip EcoCentre. She has been researching microplastics pollution in the Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers and Port Phillip Bay for 7 years. She uses evidence gathered by citizen science to informContinue reading Painting our oceans with microplastics – time to make better choices