Upcoming Events
School Holiday Program: Kids Clay Workshop with Stefan Damschke
Wednesday 9 April | 10am – 12:30pm
Join us for a hands on ceramic workshop for kids! Duldig Studio Museum & Sculpture Garden invites all budding sculptors to take part in our 2025 Easter Holiday Clay Workshop.
Your child can expect to be inspired by the surrounding sculptural work of Karl and Slawa Duldig. Facilitated by Duldig’s sculptor-in-residence, Stefan Damschke, this class takes place in the studio’s sculpture garden workshop. Participants will learn ceramic basics and techniques that support free form, hands-on engagement with clay.
What your child can expect:.
- 1.5 hour session
- Suitable for ages 5-15
- A fun filled afternoon of imaginative, tactile learning
- Sculptures are built to take home at the end of the day in order to dry naturally
We will provide:
- Terracotta clay
- Ceramic hand building tools
- Support and insights on handbuilding techniques from sculptor and creative arts professional, Stefan Damschke
Sculptures are designed to take home at the end of class and naturally dry, firing is not included.
COST: $30
Sculpture Workshop with Stefan Damschke
Sunday 13 April | 1pm-4pm
Facilitated by Duldig’s sculptor-in-residence, Stefan Damschke, this class lets you roll up your sleeves and engage with Duldig Studio in a new way, by getting hands-on experience while learning about sculpture from a creative practitioner.
Let your creativity flow as you master how to mould and shape your clay into unique pieces to take home. Learn techniques in this hand-building sculpture workshop designed for adults and feel inspired by the surrounding work of the Duldig Studio Ceramic collection.
This is a flexible workshop suitable for beginners looking to build a foundation as well as more experienced sculptors wishing to develop their techniques. Learn about key concepts including balance and structure which will be indispensable for your further sculptural journey.
Stefan Damschke worked with Karl Duldig, as student and then as his assistant from 1976-86, and has been curator and sculpture teacher at Duldig Studio since 1999. He studied a Bachelor of Arts (Ceramic Design) at Monash University, and Bachelor of Arts (Literary Studies & Philosophy/History of Ideas) Deakin University.
COST: $90
INCLUDES: Tuition, materials, and afternoon tea
Firing not included
Heritage Festival: Secret Treasure Guided Tours
22 & 29 April and 6 & 13 May | 1:30pm
Celebrate Australian Heritage Festival with Duldig Studio. We will be unveiling a special item from our collection for each guided tour in this series and including afternoon tea at no extra cost.
22 April
Unearths the original Karl Duldig pen and ink drawing included in the first ten copies sold of the limited-edition monograph ‘Karl Duldig Sculpture’, published in 1966 by F.W. Cheshire.
29 April
View the never before exhibited painting behind a painting by Slawa Horowitz-Duldig of her mother. Slawa Horowitz-Duldig, Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, c.1920, oil on board. Collection Duldig Studio. On verso: Slawa Horowitz-Duldig, Portrait in profile, c.1920, oil on board. Collection Duldig Studio.
6 May
Marvel at some original 1920’s Viennese embroidery in the Duldig Collection being carefully preserved
13 May
Meet the founder Eva de Jong-Duldig who will provide visitors with a unique story telling experience.
COST: $15
These tours are apart of the Australian Heritage Festival – Australia’s largest annual community-driven heritage festival run in Victoria by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), the state’s premier heritage advocacy organisation.
This year’s festival is supported by the Heritage Council Victoria and the Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Bid.
Mothers Day: Viennese Morning Tea
Sunday 11 May | Morning tea 10: 30am, Afternoon tea 1:30pm
Duldig Studio invites you to celebrate Mothers day with us.
Enjoy a delicious morning or afternoon tea in the Studio’s gallery with our new exhibition Drawn from the Collection: Highlights and Hidden Gems, featuring stunnings works not exhibited before.
This exhibition showcases the diversity of art forms, style and materials used by Karl and Slawa in creating powerful bodies of modernist work that communicate stories and ideas about family life, World War 2, displacement, resilience, and survival through art.
Visitors can see the art works, sculptures and authentic Viennese heritage rooms of the artists’ home. This unique art gallery, house museum, sculture garden and studio tells the story of the Duldig’s creative lives beginning with meeting as art students in Vienna, their of dramatic escape to Singapore, and remarkable recovery in Melbourne where they became significant cultural influencers.
The museum celebrates the life of these two artists. Mother’s Day tours will focus on Slawa Horowitz-Duldig – mother, artist, designer, teacher and inventor of the modern foldable umbrella. Throughout the museum visitors can engage with Slawa’s story through works of art, photographs, domestic settings and archival material.
COST: Kids $20, Adults $30
Guided Tours and Opening Hours
The museum is open Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1pm – 4pm each week.
We also open on the second Sunday of each month, 1pm – 4pm.
Our volunteers lead a guided tour at 1.30pm on these days. Tours visit the heritage rooms, exhibition space, artist studio and sculpture garden. Price is $15 per person.
We also provide customised group tours with a lovely Viennese morning or afternoon tea. These group tours require a minimum of 6 people and can be arranged by appointment at a time convenient for you. Price is $25 per person. To book a group tour with coffee, tea and Viennese plum cake, click HERE.