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STIM Drawing - Where Movement Meets Mark-making with Melissa Peacock

07jun10:00 am2:00 pmSTIM Drawing - Where Movement Meets Mark-making with Melissa PeacockArtists Workshop

Time

7th June 2025 10:00 am - 2:00 pm(GMT+10:00)

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Location

Broadsound Centenary Hall

7 Railway Parade, St Lawrence QLD 4707

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Event Details

7th June 2025

10am – 2pm

Centenary Community Hall – St Lawrence

STIM drawing—where movement meets mark-making—is a unique visual and performance arts-based workshop that facilitates creative self-expression through gestural forms of repetitive, rhythmic mark-making that can be soothing and grounding. STIM drawing invites participants to focus on the sensory experience of drawing rather than the outcome, encouraging authentic, embodied creativity.

Facilitated by Central Queensland artist, educator, and researcher Melissa Peacock (she/her), STIM invites participants into a space where physical flow, repetitive patterning and sensory experience come together through a creative process called stim drawing.

Short for stimming or self-stimulation, STIM draws from a process often experienced by neurodivergent individuals to self-regulate. In these workshops, stimming becomes art through drawing and movement, where participants will explore how creative expression can support emotional well-being, spark joy, and communicate nonverbal insights into daily neurodivergent experiences.

Using various materials and drawing techniques, activities throughout the workshop will take place on different paper surfaces, allowing participants to express themselves freely and collectively. These visual outcomes offer more than just aesthetic value—they represent mental health, self-esteem, and the lived experiences of individuals in regional areas.

The workshop is developed from personal experience by Melissa, who was diagnosed AuDHD two years ago (Autistic and ADHD), and can be beneficial and insightful for everyone, neurodivergent or not.

Venue

Broadsound Centenary Hall, 7 Railway Parade, St Lawrence, QLD, 4707

Please Bring

Please bring lunch and yourself! All materials are provided.

 

Cover Image: Courtesy of the Artist – Stim drawing, Melissa Peacock (2015)

Additional Information

Melissa Peacock is a multidisciplinary visual artist, educator, and researcher based in Central Queensland. Born in Ararat, Victoria, and raised on a sheep and wheat farm in the Pyrenees district, Melissa’s regional upbringing has deeply influenced her creative practice and community focus.
She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours (1998) and a Master’s Degree in Visual Arts (2003), both completed at the Arts Academy, University of Ballarat. With over two decades of experience in the Arts and Disability sector, Melissa has worked in various roles including Artist-in-Residence, Community Arts Worker, Studio Coordinator, and Arts Educator. Melissa’s work spans multiple disciplines and has been exhibited widely across Australia and the UK. In 2018, she moved to the Gladstone Region, where she established A Country Arts Practice—a micro regional arts business that fosters creative opportunities for regional communities.
Melissa is undertaking a PhD through CQUniversity and is a recipient of the BE Scholarship. Her research explores the question: What unique insights can a multimodal social semiotic autoethnographic approach provide about my experiences as a late-in-life diagnosed neurodivergent woman artist in a regional context?

 

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