# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Workshop: Plants as memory, colour & embodied knowledge
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 pm (+02:00)
- **Event Description**: WORKSHOP: PLANTS AS MEMORY, COLOUR & EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE
Facilitated by Abena Motaboli, with Dr Tammy Hodgskiss

Date: Saturday 13 June
Time: 09:30-13:00
Place: Wits Origins Centre

Join this collaborative workshop exploring natural dyeing and earth-based colour practices as living systems of memory, where plants and materials from the land are approached as carriers of ecological and ancestral knowledge. Through walking, gathering, making, and reflection, participants are invited into a slow, embodied engagement with colour as both material and story. Participants will create with plants and ochre pigments and take home a naturally dyed cloth work. 

Tickets: R350  
(Includes all materials, a guided site engagement, plant-based dye processes, a naturally dyed cloth piece to take home, light refreshments).

Suitable for ages 12 and up. Limited spaces available

Abena Motaboli is a Basotho-Ghanaian artist, educator, natural dyer, and writer based in Chicago, US. She works with natural dyes, pigments, and ancestral materials informed by her Ghanaian, Togolese, Basotho, and Ndebele heritage. With a deep commitment to social and environmental justice, her work explores belonging, interconnectedness, and material histories. Abena has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago and has exhibited at Heaven Gallery Chicago, The Bhavan Gallery London, Woman Made Gallery, The Other Art Fair Chicago, SOFA Chicago, and Aqua Art Miami. 

The workshop is co-facilitated by South African archaeologist, ochre researcher and the Head of the Origins Centre museum, Dr Tammy Hodgskiss. Tammy will support site engagement, walking routes, and contextual framing of landscape and materials. 

Enquiries: tammy.hodgskiss@wits.ac.za
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/johannesburg/workshop-plants-as-memory-colour-and-embodied-knowledge/200030187987831
- **Event Categories**: Art, Workshops, fine-arts, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Johannesburg
- **state**: GT
- **country**: South Africa
- **location**: Corner Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Drive, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa
- **lat**: -26.1933
- **long**: 28.02984
- **full address**: Corner Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Drive, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 Jorissen St, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Workshop: Plants as memory, colour & embodied knowledge being held?
  - **A:** Workshop: Plants as memory, colour & embodied knowledge takes place on Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 09:30 am to Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Corner Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Drive, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 Jorissen St, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Workshop: Plants as memory, colour & embodied knowledge?
  - **A:** Workshop: Plants as memory, colour & embodied knowledge is organized by Origins Centre Museum.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Workshop: Plants as memory, colour & embodied knowledge is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Johannesburg, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Workshop: Plants as memory, colour & embodied knowledge sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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