Upcoming Events

Saturday 6th September

9.30am - 1.30pm

The Hub, Vincentia

Minimum 4 people -  Max 15.

Cost: Members $130. Non-members $170.

Pre Booking Essential

Fibre artist Samantha Tannous’s whimsical felt sculptures take traditional felting processes into new spaces to create colourful, textural artworks. 

Samantha will help participants create an artwork using silk fibres as the "paint" and wool fibres as the "substrate", blended together into a textile using wet felting techniques. 

Make an abstract, landscape or figurative work, or something else!

All materials and equipment provided, including hand-dyed silk "hankies", hand-dyed Australian merino fibres, backing fabrics (cotton muslin), felting soap/bubble wrap etc.    

Saturday 13th September

9am – 12pm, The Hub, Vincentia

Minimum 6 people -  Max 10.

Cost: Members $20, Non Members: $40

Pre Booking Essential

Join Wilma Southan as she demonstrates her process in painting a contemporary abstract floral “still life”, taking inspiration from a vase of fresh flowers.  Wilma will demonstrate how to make interesting marks, keep colours clean and vibrant and create an energetic piece full of vibrant colour.  Wilma will follow up with a workshop in November. 

Saturday 20 September

9.30-4pm, Maritime Museum Huskisson.

Minimum 6 people -  Max 10.

Cost: Members $80. Non-members $120.

Pre Booking Essential

In this workshop we will start with a ‘loosening up’ exercise on yupo paper which Anne will provide. Next we will create a beautiful landscape and learn how to paint the water of a river. Anne will provide the photo reference. A variety of watercolour techniques will be used such as wet in wet, dry brush stroking, maybe applying masking fluid. We will also have some theoretical input that is, ‘what do judges look for when assessing works of art’.  Students are encouraged to develop confidence in finding their own artistic expression. This workshop is more suited to intermediate or advanced students (although everyone is welcome). 

About Anne

Anne is a watercolour artist. Her aim in creating a work of art is to capture something of the beauty, light and mood of the natural world. Her work is an interpretation or impression that is semirealistic and expressive. 

Sunday 19th October

9.00-4pm

The Hub, Vincentia

Minimum 5 -  Max 7.

Cost: Members $130. Non-members $170. Pre Booking Essential

This still life oil painting workshop is presented by Dr Vanessa Barbay and includes a short slide show on the history of the genre infused with theoretical concepts based on John Berger's 'Ways of Seeing' 1972, "The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled." 

Students will be guided in learning to see while mixing colours and constructing a painting that explores thin expressive and fat impasto surfaces. The push and pull relationship between figure and ground is also considered.

The still life (supplied) will be installed in the centre of the room with participants working on easels around it. 

Saturday 22nd November

9.30-4pm

Vincentia

Minimum 6 people -  Max 10.

Cost: Members $80. Non-members $120.

Pre Booking Essential

Using acrylics and mixed media, Wilma will teach you how to form vibrant Floral Still life and Landscape works. Learn to paint loosely and intuitively in bold colour and create marks with simple things such as a household skewer or sticks. 

Freedom of expression is encouraged in this Floral Still Life workshop.

You will be encouraged to create your own handmade stencil and use it to make original markings on printed paper. This in turn will be used in background layers as your painting develops. 

We will use a vase of fresh flowers for inspiration only,  detail is not necessary and loose painting is encouraged. 

The process is to enjoy being creative.

About Wilma

Wilma is a Contemporary artist living in Manyana on the South Coast. She has been tutored in Mallorca, the UK, Italy and Australia. She enjoyed being a ceramicist before continuing on with art and also completed a course in fabric printing