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Composer Talk with Antony Abbracciavento & Music Workshop with Lee Strickland

Hear from the artists and more learn about the exhibiton and their practice, followed by a performance and music workshop

Join us for an artist talk with composer Antony Abbracciavento, a music workshop led by Lee Strickland and a short performance by The Nature Birds.

Presented as part of Shan Michaels: Can Touch This, the program explores sound and sensory experience.

First presented at ACE in Adelaide, Can Touch This is a tactile installation developed with and for the blind and low vision community.

Dates & Times
Saturday, 12 December 12:00 – 2:00pm AEST.

Price
This is a FREE event, no tickets required, but RSVP appreciated.

Location
The artist talks and craft events will take place in Metro Arts Gallery One located at 97 Boundary Street, West Village, West End, QLD 4101.

RSVP HERE

A musician sits at an electronic keyboard in a rehearsal space, playing music alongside an electronic drum kit and microphone.

This artist talk & music workshop is a part of the Shan Michaels: Can Touch This exhibition which is on view in Gallery One from 19 November to 19 December 2026. Additional information and gallery hours can be found on the exhibition page.

Artists

Antony Abbracciavento

Lee Strickland

The Nature Birds

The Nature Birds is an inclusive, accessible band supported by Dotted Beats, an organisation dedicated to creating music opportunities for blind youth.

Access & Accessibility

Details on how to find Metro Arts can be found on our Visiting Us webpage.

There are also details on access and inclusion which you can find on our ‘Access & Inclusion’ webpage.

Metro Arts is a participating venue with the Cérge Companion app.

The Cerge app is free assistive technology for individuals with disability, support workers, carers and parents. Learn more about the Cérge app.

Patrons can use the Cérge App to notify Metro Arts of specific service preferences ahead of your arrival, and allow us to best support you while visiting our venue.

Our access page also includes a Visual Story, Sensory Guide and Audio. The Visual Story allows you to read about and see the different locations you may experience during your visit to Metro Arts. The Sensory Guide provides details regarding sensory experiences at these locations, including what you may see, smell, hear and feel.

You can find an Audio Guide available describing the venues accessible features from your point of arrival, venue entry and navigating throughout Metro Arts. This includes details on amenities such as bathrooms.

Metro Arts welcomes Guide Dogs and Service Animals. Water bowls will be available on site as well.

Acknowledgements

Can Touch This by Shan Michaels is a collaboration between Metro Arts and Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE).

This project is supported by the 2026 Brisbane Airport Community Giving Fund.

Metro Arts’ 2026 program is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its funding and advisory body. Metro Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the Visual Art, Craft and Design Framework, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments.

Image credits:
Can Touch This (2025), participants in the gallery, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Andre Castellucci.

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Composer Talk with Antony Abbracciavento & Music Workshop with Lee Strickland

This artist talk & music workshop is a part of the Shan Michaels: Can Touch This exhibition which is on view in Gallery One from 19 November to 19 December 2026. Additional information and gallery hours can be found on the exhibition page.

Antony Abbracciavento

Lee Strickland

The Nature Birds

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