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Jenny Christensen, from St John’s Lutheran School, chats with Jumping Ant Arts president Catherine Woodham at the opening of ‘Autumn Antics’ at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 2, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery will be a very busy anthill of arts activities in April.<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning the gallery opened “Autumn Antics”, a wide-ranging exhibition of works by 14 members of Jumping Ant Arts.<\/p>\n

The opening was preceded by a one hour demonstration of small clay figurine creation by well-known Goomeri potter Fay Stumm, and followed by an early afternoon demonstration of dichroic glass jewellery making by Shirley Williams.<\/p>\n

Throughout April, Jumping Ant Arts members will be running many other workshops at the Gallery covering everything from painting to print making, pottery to rug-making, and bookmaking to creating pendants.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s exhibition was officially opened by Jenny Christensen from St John’s Lutheran School.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenny said members of Jumping Ant Arts have been running art activities at the school twice a week this year, and they had proven quite a hit with students – particularly pinch pottery and rug making workshops where the children could get actively involved.<\/p>\n

And in April, adults will be able to take part in a range of similar workshops at the gallery, each one run by a Jumping Ant Arts member who has extensive hands-on experience in the subject they’re teaching.<\/p>\n

Jumping Ant Arts president Catherine Woodham said many of the group’s members were already well-known South Burnett artists.<\/p>\n

Others might be less well-known at the moment, but they were highly skilled at what they did.<\/p>\n

And while each Jumping Ant Arts member specialised in different things, they found the group rewarding because of the creative stimulus it provided.<\/p>\n

Catherine said she hoped the April exhibition would give visitors an insight into just how varied members’ output was.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The workshop program will be run on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the art gallery and the nearby 1913 Council Chambers.<\/p>\n

Most workshops are free, but some have a small charge for materials ranging between $5 and $50 where students get to take home a finished piece of their own work.<\/p>\n

Workshops will be held as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n