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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
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A: Adults & 7+ years. An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.
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A: 2 hours, $47 - $95 per guest ($47 for Child 5 - 10; $85 for Concession; $95 for Adult. $100 per class surcharge applies for private classes)
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Discover Dreamtime stories as you create your own piece of art
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2 hours
Caversham
1 to 5
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10 to 20
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(private classes)
$47 - $95
($47 for Child 5 - 10; $85 for Concession; $95 for Adult. $100 per class surcharge applies for private classes)
What you'll do
Are you looking to get in touch with your creative side and want to learn more about Indigenous culture? Join Dale Tilbrook for her Aboriginal art class in Perth and discover the unique dot-painting techniques used in traditional Aboriginal paintings. Learn how dot paintings came about. In this beginner-friendly class, you will learn all about the Dreamtime stories and Aboriginal art techniques from Dale Tilbrook, a Wardandi Bibbulmun woman originating from the Margaret River, Busselton Area. You will learn about the meaning behind the symbolic shapes and colour combinations used in traditional artworks, as well as try out the dot painting application technique too.Once you've mastered these new skills, you'll be able to unleash your inner artist and design and paint your own artwork. As you get creative with your paint pens, Dale will also recount some Dreamtime stories and share interesting local history and culture snippets.If you're looking for unique things to do in Perth, then this Aboriginal art class with Dale will tick all your boxes. Not only will you get to learn about the Indigenous culture of Australia from an Aboriginal elder, but you'll also be able to get in touch with your creativity to make you're own original artwork.You'll finish this class feeling more in touch with your creative side and with some new knowledge of Indigenous culture.
What you'll get
- Tuition from an Indigenous elder
- All art materials are provided
- Bush tucker snacks (only at Mandoon Estate location)
- Your own artwork to take home
Knowledge required
This class is beginner-friendly.
What to bring
Just bring yourself!
Suitable for
Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 7 years old).
An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.
Location
Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery - Mandoon Estate, 10 Harris Road, Caversham WA
Your teacher can also travel within 40 kms of Caversham, to a venue of your choice for a private class.
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Recent reviews of Aboriginal Art Class
- 5/5 from Denis Lai, attended May 2026: Great exposure to Aboriginal art as a beginner. Hands-on practice is good fun too. Thanks Dale. Denis & Cynthia.
- 5/5 from Emily Dowling, attended Jan 2026: Absolutely amazing! From the creating to the story telling! Such an amazing class!
- 4/5 from Kerrie Duff, attended Jan 2026: Very knowldgable teacher made me keen to join other classes Dale offers. Delicious refreshments. Great takeaways from the workshop. Only suggestion is to give a clearer tip on which path to follow t9 get to the Maalinup gallery from the winery entrance. Wheelchair accessible with good syreets8de parking near the building.
- 5/5 from Jianele Gabriel, attended Nov 2025: I loved the experience! It was well organised, welcoming and allowed space to create our own designs. Thanks Dale and Willow
- 5/5 from Louise Ghosh, attended Sep 2025: Lovely craft class. Very friendly and relaxing listening to stories while painting. Would highly recommend.
- 5/5 from Lynaire Eccles, attended Jul 2025: Thank you so much Dale for giving our BDO interns such a great experience! They loved hearing your stories and getting creative with their own dot paintings while learning the meaning behind the symbols.
- 5/5 from Carolyn Stalkey, attended May 2025: Dale was very engaging as she portrayed the evolution of the traditional aboriginal paintings and indigenous stories. She freely talked about her own experiences and shared relevant stories to the group. The use of two mediums provided to the group to paint on is great and with lots of bright coloured acrylic pens gave opportunity for everyone to create beautiful pebble and canvas creations. My daughters and I enjoyed this session as well as the Lemon Myrtle and Strawberry Eucalyptus teas on offer as well as the little sweet treats…very refreshing. Keep up the great work Dale.
- 4/5 from Andrea Stuerm-Zuberbuehler, attended May 2025: The information about the origin of dot painting was very interesting. I'd like to know more about the aboriginal dreamtime. Unfortunately my english is not so good. Maybe you told more about that but I wasn' able to understand. The sheet with the explanations of the dot painting symbols was very helpful. Thanks a lot you give me a lift to the train station! Very friendly! I was happy you give us time to finish our paintings. For me the workshop could easily last 3h. I'd like to get more time to try more new paintings.
- 5/5 from Soo Sum Hong, attended Mar 2025: Like the intro of aboriginal culture and the explanation of the art symbols on the sheet. Demo was good. Good support.
- 5/5 from Claudia Marcela Estrada Guarnizo, attended Sep 2024: It was a great a great teacher and class. It was my first experience with Art.
- 5/5 from Jing Ong, attended Jul 2024: It was a nice experience overall. We thought it would be presented with traditional paints, however the materials would be difficult to mix and achieve hence using clever modern paint pens wasn't a bad idea too. Dale was explaining the history of art and a little a bit of the language while serving us snacks and tea. We were presented with rocks, small and medium canvases on the table to exert our creation. Loved the experience and locals should support and attend more of these events or classes.
- 5/5 from Sandrine Sapor, attended Jul 2024: Great relaxing interesting aboriginal art class served with lemon myrtle tea which was very much appreciated on this very call day.
- 5/5 from Dov Ben-Avraham, attended Jun 2024: The team really enjoyed Dale's class we spent some taking making some beautiful art and learning about Aboriginal art and Dreaming stories.
- 5/5 from Sudha Boddu, attended Feb 2024: A lovely afternoon spent with Dale and her team learning snippets about aborginal culture, origins of dot painting and also meanings of some of symbols used in art. Loved experimenting incorporating aborginal symbols into dot artand got to take home some lovely keepsakes - a memory of the time spent amidst rich culture. Thanks Dale.
- 4/5 from Lois Baxter, attended Feb 2024: Dale was lovely and very knowledgeable regarding her culture and the aboriginal art movement etc. However I feel that maybe a demonstration of how to do this art would have been helpful, rather than here is your canvas and some paintings to draw inspiration from. The venue was good, but very glad it wasn’t a stinking hot day or it would have been very uncomfortable. Overall though, I did enjoy the class and learning about the symbols and what they represent. Thank you for sharing your culture with us
- 5/5 from Susan Loughnan, attended Nov 2022: Amazing afternoon immersing ourselves in indigenous culture. The team absolutely loved learning the crafts and being able to tell their story through artwork.
- 5/5 from Annette Caszo, attended Jun 2022: Excellent class, we had a lot of fun. Dale was informative and easy going. Great class
- 5/5 from Tara Lewer, attended Jan 2022: Dale is a fantastic teacher. I really enjoyed learning the technique and love how my painting turned out. Highly recommend this class!
- 5/5 from Jane Brodie, attended Jan 2022: Dale is really welcoming and friendly. Gave a few tips on dot painting. I think for beginners, possibly could be a bit more checking on people at different tables to ensure people are on the right track. Her grand daughter was cute but a bit distracting like most children wanting lots of attention. Bush food and stories of the wagyl and swan river really interesting. Probably need more than 1 1/2 hours for the class.
- 5/5 from Simone Zammit, attended Jan 2022: Lovely, informative, enjoyable afternoon. Thank you Dale for sharing your stories and teaching us your ways of painting.
- 5/5 from Sue Mews, attended Jan 2022: Very engaged teacher. Most enjoyable afternoon. Dale was great let everyone’s creativity flow. Thank you. Would definitely do more of her classes
- 4/5 from Alisha, attended Jan 2022: I would have liked to have heard more about the stories behind our painting class of the indigenous people from the area. Dale was wonderful but her young granddaughter took away alot of her being able to contribute more to students and class as a whole.
Your teacher
A Wardandi Bibbulmun woman whose traditional Aboriginal country is the Margaret River, Busselton area. Dale has been a Swan Valley local since 1998, when she opened the Maalinup Gallery with her brother Lyall, offering authentic Aboriginal art, gifts and souvenirs. The Experiences part of the business has steadily grown as customers seek more knowledge about Aboriginal culture and life.Having spent many years gathering knowledge from her elders and other sources, Dale is often called on to talk about bush food, which she loves presenting and encouraging people to incorporate into their everyday cooking.She is passionate about education and works extensively with students of all ages. “Educating the world about Australian native edibles is an important part of my cultural journey. Being part of the local tourism community gives context. I represent the Swan Valley region at every chance; travelling as far as Turin, Italy with the Swan Valley and Eastern Region Slow Food Convivium to Terra Madre to cook at Australia on a Plate for 100 people, and present a Bushtucker Masterclass which was a wonderful opportunity,” said Dale. I was also part of the Swan Valley contingent which launched the Swan Valley Trails in Singapore in 2019. My trail is "Bushtucker and Beyond".Dale's previous background is in buying, merchandising and marketing in department store groups in the UK and Australia. She also has experience in accommodation, functions and catering.
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