ReCreating Place

24/03/2026

Come and celebrate with us! 💞
Cloud Time closing event 🌬

This Saturday 28th March
6.30 - 8.30pm 💫

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Cloud Time unites the creative talents of artists Amanda Ruck and Mandy Pickett for the first time. This experimental collaboration merges various practices including painting, projection, dance, circus, physical theatre, film, d…

17/03/2026

Confluence - March 21st & 22nd - Cloud Time - Art Adventures

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Confluence - Movement Meditation & Confluence Film Making

Healesville Labyrinth, Old Railway Park, Healesville

Saturday 21st March, 11am – 12.00 noon *

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11.00 -11.30 am - Confluence - Movement Meditations

Cloud Time artist Mandy Pickett will facilitate gentle, easy going and playful movement meditations, inspired by the Confluence theme, inviting you to go with the flow, slow down and be present. Let's take a moment together to mark the Autumn Equinox .

Free - Gold Coin donation welcome

11.30 – 12.00pm - Confluence - Filming Making

Those who wish can linger longer and participate in the making of a Confluence film, with the aim to capture the essence of the movement meditations at the Labyrinth as part of the ReCreating Place Confluence project.

Free

*Please note this event was originally intended to be part of the Healesville Labyrinth Autumn Equinox event, which is on Sunday 22nd from 10 - 12pm at the Labyrinth. Sadly Mandy is no longer able to attend, so this Confluence event has been brought forward to Saturday 21st.

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Confluence - Light Play - Night Walk - Sunday 22nd March

Memo Gallery Space & Billiard Room

Sunday 22nd March, 8.00 pm – 9.45pm

Bookings recommended, limited places, tickets $15/$10
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Join performing artist Mandy Pickett aka ‘Amber Nocturna’ as she shows the way with her gentle amber lights and mini projector!

Embark on a journey through the gallery and out into the park at night. A site responsive multimedia experience in and around the Memo Gallery & Coronation Park Healesville.

Note if the weather is inclement, we will stay indoors for the Light Play Night Walk

For outdoor activities, please bring appropriate footwear.

All ages & abilities welcome.

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More about the project.
Confluence – Watts & Graceburn Rivers – Healesville

In March 2025 Mandy Pickett began developing a site responsive project in her hometown of Healesville, continuing her explorations of ecologies of place and personal geographies. This has given her the opportunity to revisit her short film 'Body of Water' which was filmed on the site in 2019 and is featured in her current Confluence project.


‘Confluence’ a place where waterways meet, was chosen as an overarching creative concept, taking inspiration from the site, which encompasses the waterways and riparian vegetation within Coronation Park and the confluence of the Graceburn and Watts Rivers. This combined with the broader meaning of the word as ‘coming together, flowing together, meeting or gathering at one point’ has guided Mandy’s exploration of the site, part of her ongoing enquiry into public spaces where people and urban and natural ecosystems meet.


The initial stage of the creative development involved a series of small-scale explorations and walks and talks with locals along the Watts River also known locally by the name Brungergalk in Woiwurrung language. These works in progress are now nested within the Cloud Time exhibition.

https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Explore-Yarra-Ranges/Events/Cloud-Time-Art-Adventures-Confluence

Cloud Time is a Light Play Project and ReCreating Place production

We are grateful for the support from Yarra Ranges Council, Carolyn Pickett, Vivienne Rogis, Yarra Art Rangers Network, Auspicious Arts Projects, Healesville Senior Citizens, Connecting Communities Festival, Friends of the Labyrinth and all our Cloud Time visitors.

Image credit: Video capture of Vivienne Rogis, from Body of Water film by Mandy Pickett

14/03/2026

Confluence - Cloud Time - Art Adventure

Sunday 15th March 12.30 – 3.45pm

Confluence – Artist At Work

An opportunity to hang out and recreate with artist Mandy Pickett and participate in her creative process. You are welcome to drop in and out, no bookings required.

Various Locations: Catch me if you can! Memo Gallery, Watts & Graceburn River Confluence and Coronation Park

12.30 – 1 pm

Artists Talk – Memo Gallery Space

Conversations about Confluence and Cloud Time.
Body of Water film showing


1 – 1.30pm

Lunch Break - Contemplating the Imaginarium - Pop Up Space (bring your own food)

Cloud/Sky gazing & Deck Chairs, sunglasses recommended.



1.30 – 2.30pm

Walk, Talk & Be Still - Confluence – Coronation Park

Guided easy going, playful and mindful stroll in Coronation Park to the confluence and back.



2.30 - 3.15pm

Movement Meditations & Dancing the Light - Memo Gallery Space & Billiard Room

Gentle, easy going and playful movement meditations, inviting you to go with the flow, slow down and be present.

3.15pm – 3.45pm

Afternoon Tea - Memo Foyer.

Take a moment to reflect, take notes, chat, sit back and relax.

Note: For outside activities please bring appropriate footwear, sunscreen, sunglasses, hat and water bottle.

All ages & abilities welcome.

Image credit: Video capture of Vivienne Rogis, from the Body of Water film by Mandy Pickett

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About Confluence

In March 2025 Mandy Pickett began developing a site responsive project in her hometown of Healesville, continuing her explorations of ecologies of place and personal geographies. This has given her the opportunity to revisit her short film 'Body of Water' which was filmed on the site in 2019 and is featured in her current Confluence project.

‘Confluence’ a place where waterways meet, was chosen as an overarching creative concept, taking inspiration from the site, which encompasses the waterways and riparian vegetation within Coronation Park and the confluence of the Graceburn and Watts Rivers. This combined with the broader meaning of the word as ‘coming together, flowing together, meeting or gathering at one point’ has guided Mandy’s exploration of the site, part of her ongoing enquiry into public spaces where people and urban and natural ecosystems meet.

The initial stage of the creative development involved a series of small-scale explorations and walks and talks with locals along the Watts River. These works in progress are now nested within the Cloud Time exhibition.

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05/03/2026

Cloud Time is delighted to be part of the Connecting Communities Festival on Saturday 7th March 2026 💫

10 – 11am
Cloud Time Exhibition Activations

Mandy Pickett will facilitate some serendipitous interactions and conversations with visitors to the gallery space.

1- 2pm
Roving Interactive Performance

Stilt dancer extraordinaire Mandy Pickett, will perform within the Memo gallery and rove about the festival site.

7 – 9pm
Light Play activities and pop up projections

Amber Nocturna will present Light Play activities and projections in the Billiard Room and rove around the festival site with her mini projector creating interactive and playful, small-scale pop-up installations.

All ages & abilities welcome

Or just drop in to the gallery and take your own sweet time to enjoy the exhibition. 💫

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28/01/2026

February Art Adventures for Teens & Adults 💫

3rd Feb - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
10th Feb - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
17th Feb - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Cloud Time Exhibition - Memorial Hall Healesville, Victoria, Australia

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Over the summer school holidays, artist Mandy Pickett will run a series of children's Art Adventures, featuring movement, dance, projection and light. In these ‘light play’ workshops, children will create and capture images with light and shadow that will form part of the Cloud Time exhibition!

14/01/2026

Excited to be offering Light Play Art Adventures from 21st - 27th of January at the Memo in Healesville, for children, teens and adults.

Join me for an interactive exploration of the Cloud Time Exhibition.

Embark on a wild and wonderful art adventure, sharing stories and inspirations in the Imaginarium!

Together we will create and capture images with light and shadow that will become part of the art installation and exhibition.

Bookings via the YRC website, link in the comments 💫

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Over the summer school holidays, artist Mandy Pickett will run a series of children's Art Adventures, featuring movement, dance, projection and light. In these ‘light play’ workshops, children will create and capture images with light and shadow that will form part of the Cloud Time exhibition!

11/01/2026

The beginning of a great adventure ;)

24/06/2025

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08/05/2022

What a delightful morning of moving mindful meditation, guided gently and skilfully by Ranger Tony Fitzgerald.

The magnificent Mountain Ash forest of Kinglake is still resonating through my entire being as I snuggle up this evening all warm and cozy at home.

The tiny dance, the inner landscape continues to respond and remember long after the moment has passed.

💫 💚 💫 X RCP

Join Ranger Tony Fitzgerald for a free mindfulness walk through beautiful Kinglake National Park.

08/05/2022

Loved 'Falling into Place' last Sunday.

I was especially grateful for the opportunity to gather and connect to country in real life and to have the space held so generously and artfully by such spirited and talented facilitators and producers.

Most of all I was grateful to be able to dance this place together in the moment.

Big Thank You to all those who made it happen. 🍃💛🍃 X RCP

22/08/2021

Another peek back into the archives, seven years ago today :) X M

Yarra Art Rangers - Scenes In Motion, performed for the opening night of the Yarra Valley Open Studios group exhibition . Dancers Vivienne Rogis from Space In Motion and Mandy Pickett from ReCreating Place Illuminations Hugh McSpedden. Photo Hugh Mc Spedden