The Magic of Ochre: Reading the messages from Ochre Half-day Workshop

Join us for an engaging full-day workshop that delves into the enchanting world of ochre! We will journey across various sites at KFBG to uncover the magic of this remarkable pigment. Participants will have the unique opportunity to work with ochre in a ritualistic manner, guided by the talented South African artist-in-residence, Hanien Conradie, who will share the rich significance and stories behind this natural material.

Content

• Field Exploration

• Ochre Processing

• Talk on Ochre and its ritual and magical properties

• Observational Exercises

• Imprint Making Process

KFBG 70th Anniversary – Awakening of Memory

The Ochre Workshop with Hanien Conradie is part of the celebrations marking the special occasion of KFBG’s 70th Anniversary. They form part of a wider series of activities curated to deepen our connection with the Earth.

Guided by the theme ‘awakening of memory’, these gatherings call us to remember our place within the greater community of beings. This anniversary is an invitation — to return, to remember, and to share the stories that bind us to this living landscape of KFBG’s mountain and the Earth itself. It is about how we live in the present and the future we shape together — deepening the dialogue between people and nature, and carrying this shared legacy forward in an ever-changing world.

About Artist-in-Residence

Hanien Conradie

Hanien Conradie is an earth artist known for her diverse land-based creative practice centered around ‘sense of place’ and ‘belonging’. Her practices include landscape paintings in natural pigments, studies in ink on paper, ritualistic performances and ceremony and meditative pieces in natural pigments; all in relation to special places she knows well. 

Hanien is an active contributor to earth concerned interdisciplinary symposiums, online organizations and artists’ residencies where ecological research is conducted through creative practice. She has a Master’s degree in Fine Art (with specialization in painting and ecology), holds a degree in Architecture and she is a teacher who has taught at tertiary institutions such as the Michaelis School of Art (UCT) and at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. She has participated in numerous ecological exhibitions located in Southern Africa, Europe and the USA. In addition, Hanien runs private workshops focused on the discovery of new ways of relating to natural places, to other human beings and to herself through creative practice.

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Event Details

Date: 

Session 1) 29 March 2026 (Sunday)

Session 2) 30 March 2026 (Monday)

Time: 10:30 - 15:30 (1-hour lunch)

Venue: Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden

Language: English

Target Audience: Aged 18 or above

No. of Participants: Maximum 15 per session

Fee: HK$880 per person, including guided sessions and vegetarian lunch 

Application: CLICK HERE

• Please submit your online application form on or before 13 March 2026 (Friday).

• Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Payment is not refundable after acceptance, unless the programme is cancelled due to inclement weather.

  
  

EnquiryPlease send an email to Ms. Alice Lam (Education Department) at alice.lam@kfbg.org

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In case of any dispute, the organiser has the right to the final decision.