Our new exhibition is open and looking fabulous...

One of our major exhibitions for 2020, Hiroe Swen - a lifetime in ceramics, opened in Sturt Gallery on Sunday 20 September with a small crowd, limited by our current COVID-19 capacity, in attendance to hear speeches by ceramicist Paul Davis and His Excellency Mr Takahashi, Japanese Ambassador to Australia. We filmed the opening and you can view it via Vimeo (click to play above) or via our website. The exhibition continues until 15 November so there is plenty of time to plan your visit to catch this beautiful and important show.

 

Our next Short Course weekend is coming soon...

Join us for a short course on Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 October, 9.30am-4.30pm. We still have places in the following courses:

Renovate your jewellery collection with Alice Whish

Level: All | Cost: $330 + $20 materials

Join Alice Whish for a jewellery studio workshop focused on your existing jewellery collection. Explore and rejuvenate your jewellery, discovering what you love to wear, what you can repair, treasure, gift and discard. Use old pieces to inspire a new jewellery design or sustainably remake and restore an existing heirloom! During this 2 day workshop you will clean, repackage your treasures and repair earrings, brooches and necklaces. You will also redesign an old piece reusing fragments you’ve brought to the class.

 

Ply - split baskets with Angharad Rixon

Level: All | Cost: $330 + $70 materials 

A two-day workshop introducing the principles of this fascinating variation on twining. On day one you will begin by looking at the different types of cords which can be used, where to source them and how to make your own. You will then work three small samplers to learn the basic stitches and how single-colour, multi-colour and 3-ply cords behave within the structure. On Day Two, we will make a small vessel to experiment with how this technique may be started and finished in the round. Pre-prepared linen cords and a grip-fid (the tool used for Ply-Split Braiding) will be supplied

 

Instagram for artists - sharing & marketing your work with Corinne Podger

Level: All  | Cost: $330 + $10 materials + Apps (up to $30)

Instagram is a brilliant tool to promote your arts practice and market your work to new audiences. This course aims to help artists capture great quality images of their work, create engaging posts and Instagram Stories that achieve business impact. You will start with the basics of setting up an account, then learn how to write Instagram posts and employ hashtags and other tools to make your work easier to find. We’ll cover tips on photographing your work and watermarking those images to protect copyright.

Summer School 2021 is filling fast...

Summer School 2021 is running from the 4-8 January and the 19 courses on offer are filling up very fast!  Summer School is a wonderful creative holiday and if you are planning on joining us you can jump on to our website, view all the courses and book online.

A selection of the courses that still have places available include:

• Watercolour: Impressionistic style with Tony Belobrajdic
• Drawing: Figurative composition from imagination with Andrew Antoniou
• Weaving new stories with Liz Williamson
• Basketry: sculptural forms with Catriona Pollard
• Wood carving: what a releaf! with Alby Johnston
• Tassels: jewels of the thread with Angharad Rixon
• The art of smartphone with Corinne Podger
• Contemporary Chinese ink on rice paper with Tianli Zu

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