Workshop + Exhibition with Artist Katey Smoker
Workshop :
Sunday 11 October 2026, 1-3pm
Exhibition:
4 November to 13 December 2026
Wednesday to Sunday 11am-4pm
FABRIK Arts + Heritage invites artists and curious makers to take part in a unique creative opportunity that moves beyond the canvas. Paint as Cloth is an immersive workshop with artist Katey Smoker, culminating in a public exhibition where participants will showcase their own experimental works alongside the artist’s at FABRIK.
Experience an alternative to traditional painting.
Guided by artist Katey Smoker, discover how paint can exist beyond the canvas and frame. Katey will show you how to transform paint into tactile, cloth-like forms, which will later be exhibited alongside her own work at FABRIK Arts + Heritage, South Australia’s premier centre for textile arts.
The workshop
During this hands-on workshop, you will transform acrylic paint into flexible, cloth-like sheets that can be draped and displayed in a similar way to fabric. Through layering and experimentation with colour, you will learn techniques for creating thin, tactile surfaces that explore how paint can mimic the texture and movement of cloth.
This workshop is ideal for artists, makers, and curious beginners interested in pushing the boundaries of paint and exploring its sculptural, fabric-like possibilities.
The exhibition
Participants will create at least two painted sheets. One will be exhibited in the Paint as Cloth Participants’ Exhibition at FABRIK, while the other may be taken home for display or future projects.
The exhibition will be on public display at FABRIK Arts + Heritage from 4 November to 13 December 2026.
About Artist Katey Smoker
Katey Smoker is a contemporary visual artist investigating paint as a material with physical presence. Through casting and layering, she forms structures made entirely from paint, using repetition to build texture and examine how the medium can hold itself in space.
Based in Adelaide, she holds a Bachelor of Contemporary Art and a Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering. This combination informs her approach to material and structure, where an understanding of how substances behave allows her to work with acrylic as both form and support, rethinking how paint can exist beyond the surface.
Katey is also an experienced workshop facilitator who has a passion for sharing her creative interests, skills and knowledge with other artists and art-curious members of the community.
Top image: Darren Clements. Image of the artist: courtesy of the artist.