Three artist-led one-hour sessions — a makeup-case painting class, a beginner songwriting workshop and an editorial eyes masterclass — run on Thursday nights. Tickets cost $20 and the price is redeemable on MECCA products purchased that night.
Three one-hour workshops at MECCAVERSITY, Bourke Street, run on Thursdays: Oct 8 (Poppy Lissiman), Oct 15 (Tiffi) and Oct 22 (Soraya Boularas).
Tickets are $20, include materials, and the full ticket price can be redeemed on MECCA products bought during the event.
MECCA is extending the program beyond the flagship with select Beauty Lab activations, a window installation at MECCA Carlton by Aretha Brown, and arts funding through M-POWER.
# What's happening MECCA is running a three-night series of artist-led workshops at MECCAVERSITY, its education space on level one of the Bourke Street flagship. The sessions are part of a Born Creative campaign and take place on three consecutive Thursdays in October.
# The schedule and what each session does
# Why MECCA is running these workshops MECCA commissioned Ipsos research that found creativity in women drops between childhood and adulthood — specifically, two-thirds of Australian women reported feeling creative most or all of the time as children, compared with about a third now. MECCA's Chief Purpose Officer Lisa Keenan framed the initiative around that research, noting confidence often falls between ages 12 and 24 due to self-consciousness and fear of judgement.
# Where the program reaches beyond Bourke Street If you can't get into the city, MECCA plans Born Creative activations at select MECCA Beauty Labs. There will also be a window installation by artist Aretha Brown at MECCA Carlton.
# Community and funding commitments MECCA's gender equality arm, M-POWER, is contributing $250,000 to The Song Room to help fund arts programs for 12,000 primary school students. It's also funding free creative workshops for more than 500 girls and gender-diverse teens in partnership with mental health charity The Flourish Journey.
# Practical details
# Who the sessions are for
# What to expect at the event Expect small-group, instructor-led classes with supplied materials and a retail opportunity: your ticket cost becomes store credit for the night. MECCA's broader program includes in-store activations and public-facing art, alongside funding for school and youth creative programs.
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