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Term courses for Teens

Our Teen courses are designed for high school students to stretch their visual art practice, develop skills, and explore techniques in a professional studio environment. While many of our young students come for fun, some students use the class to build a portfolio of work or for guidance when entering their first exhibition!

Enrolments are now open for Term 1 courses 2024. Running from 1 February – 27 March with 8-week courses on offer.


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Our Teen courses are designed for high school students to stretch their visual art practice, develop skills, and explore techniques in a professional studio environment. While many of our young students come for fun, some students use the class to build a portfolio of work or for guidance when entering their first exhibition!

We are currently in Term 4. Late enrolments are welcome, where you can join a class that has already started at a reduced cost (the discount is applied automatically at check out).

Our next Term program is Term 1. Key dates for next term are below:

  • Priority Enrolment: 11 Dec (current students have early access to re-enrol)
  • Early Bird Enrolment: opens 12 Dec (classes are open to everyone)
  • Program dates: 1 feb – 27 March 2024

Terms

Term 1 2024: 1 February – 27 March
Term 2 2024: 6 May – 1 July (*no classes Kings Birthday holiday Monday 10 June, make up class is Monday 1 July)
Term 3 2024: 29 July – 22 September
Term 4 2024: 21 October – 15 December

Note that we offer a Priority Enrolment Period for current students to reenrol in their term class one week before we open Earlybird Enrolments to new students.

Public holidays

Easter weekend: 29 March-1 April
Anzac Day: 25 April
Kings Birthday: Monday 10 June
October Long Weekend: Monday 7 October
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Ceramics | Puffer Fish Figurines | 8-12 years

Ceramics | Puffer Fish Figurines | 8-12 years

Make your own puffer fish sculpture in this fun ceramics workshop. Learn pinch pot techniques to make your fish body, add fins and a tail, fish lips and eyes. Paint with underglaze in realistic colours or quirky patterns.  What will students make? A ceramic puffer fish sculpture that will be fired in our kilns and ready to collect about 3 weeks after the workshop. A glaze fired ceramic puffer fish sculpture. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial... [More]
$90 Limited inc GST
Ceramics | Puffer Fish Figurines | 8-12 years

<p>Make your own puffer fish sculpture in this fun ceramics workshop. Learn pinch pot techniques to make your fish body, add fins and a tail, fish lips and eyes. Paint with underglaze in realistic

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Images used for the course decription are for inspiration and not always indicative of finished works.
Enrol in a morning and afternoon session on the one day and get FREE supervised lunchtime with us.
Teens Masterclass | Portrait Painting in Oils with Michael Simms

Teens Masterclass | Portrait Painting in Oils with Michael Simms

Learn the key elements of portrait painting in oils in this two-day intensive workshop, with Archibald Finalist Michael Simms.  Students will be shown how to mix luminous flesh tones for a portrait in oils using just four colours. The workshop will cover the anatomy of the human face, the basic principles of colour theory, how to structure and organise your palette, and how to mix flesh tones suitable for the specific subject they are painting.  Michael will complete a series of... [More]
$300 Limited inc GST
Teens Masterclass | Portrait Painting in Oils with Michael Simms

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This 2-day workshop is for secondary visual art students in Years 9-12. Images used for the course decription are for inspiration and not always indicative of finished works.
Landscape Painting in Oils | En plein air | Marie Mansfield

Landscape Painting in Oils | En plein air | Marie Mansfield

This two day master class style workshop with Marie Mansfield is for students with prior oil painting experience who would like to improve their landscape painting skills. The focus of this two day workshop is painting tonally as it relates to painting landscapes en plein air (ie out in the field). Enjoy two days of working both in the studio and in the field at a nearby outdoor location. You will gain a solid understanding and observing tone and observing light - vital ingredients... [More]
$425 Limited inc GST
Landscape Painting in Oils | En plein air | Marie Mansfield

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<p>This two day master class style workshop with Marie Mansfield is for students with prior oil painting experience who would

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This 2 day master class is held outdoors en Plein Air. (In the event of inclement or extreme weather the workshop will be held in the studio.) Fee excludes materials.

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Drawing and Painting Fundamentals with Ash Frost  |  Teens age 12-16

Drawing and Painting Fundamentals with Ash Frost | Teens age 12-16

This art class is for students in Year 7 to Year 10 at High School (aged 12-16 years) with a strong interest in visual arts. A great class for kids wishing to pursue secondary level visual art and who really want to learn much more about art-making, art history, refine and extend their skills in painting and drawing. Students will be encouraged to develop creative thinking and their own visual style. Note: this course will be taught by Amanda Penrose Hart for Term 3, 2023. Ash... [More]
$390 Limited inc GST
Drawing and Painting Fundamentals with Ash Frost | Teens age 12-16

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<p>This art class is for students in Year 7 to Year 10 at High School (aged 12-16 years) with a strong interest in visual arts. A great

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See More> Price includes art materials. This term Ash Frost will teach the first 4 weeks then Mathew Lynn will teach the second 4 weeks.
$390 Limited inc GST
Drawing and Painting Fundamentals with Ash Frost | Teens age 12-16

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<p>This art class is for students in Year 7 to Year 10 at High School (aged 12-16 years) with a strong interest in visual arts. A great

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See More> Price includes art materials | Enrol online using your Creative Kids Voucher.

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

NEW | Terracotta Pedestal Bowls with Rina Bernabei | Two-Day Workshop

NEW | Terracotta Pedestal Bowls with Rina Bernabei | Two-Day Workshop

Create a beautiful and unique pedestal bowl and learn professional tips and tricks for working with clay and texture from designer and ceramicist Rina Bernabei. This is a unique opportunity to learn how hand-building techniques to make a pedestal bowl. Rina Bernabei’s work encapsulates her years of practice as a product designer and explores relationships between handmade craft practices, and digital technologies and manufacture. Her ceramic practice reflects her research of... [More]
$300 Limited inc GST
NEW | Terracotta Pedestal Bowls with Rina Bernabei | Two-Day Workshop

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<p>Create a beautiful and unique pedestal bowl and learn professional tips and tricks for working with clay and texture

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If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Ceramics | Creation Club with Isis Star | ages 7+

Ceramics | Creation Club with Isis Star | ages 7+

This class will encourage creative freedom, uniqueness and quirky design. Guided by ceramic artist and teacher Isis Star, students will be encouraged to express themselves, experiment and most importantly embrace the joy and therapeutic nature of working with clay.  This term class is ideal for kids looking to explore and develop their artistic voice through ceramic sculpture and hand building. Over 8 weeks each term, students will learn fundamental techniques used by ceramic... [More]
$400 Limited inc GST
Ceramics | Creation Club with Isis Star | ages 7+

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<p>This class will encourage creative freedom, uniqueness and quirky design. Guided by ceramic artist and teacher Isis Star, students will be

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If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Creative Drawing, Painting and Illustration with Serena Geddes | 10+

Creative Drawing, Painting and Illustration with Serena Geddes | 10+

This is a new drawing and painting course with children's book illustrator Serena Geddes which will introduce students to a range of subjects, illustration styles and media. This term the class will explore drawing your pet with posca pens, playing with soft pastels on brown paper, drawing fantasy creatures in oil pastel, illustrating an animation cell, learning colour theory and lettering an artwork. Each week is different and open to your creative exploration.This is a fun and... [More]
$340 Limited inc GST
Creative Drawing, Painting and Illustration with Serena Geddes | 10+

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<p>This is a new drawing and painting course with children's book illustrator Serena Geddes which will introduce students to a range

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See More> Price includes art materials
Classical Painting | Oils or Acrylics with Jackson Davies

Classical Painting | Oils or Acrylics with Jackson Davies

This course teaches you the classical approach to painting whether you use oil or acrylic paints. Throughout the course you will be guided through a series of informative exercises designed to develop your painting skills. You can also work on your own projects under the mentorship of Jackson. You are encouraged to go at your own pace and to enjoy learning in a relaxed studio environment. Jackson has a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation, and his teaching is informed by his... [More]
$625 Limited inc GST
Classical Painting | Oils or Acrylics with Jackson Davies

<p>This course teaches you the classical approach to painting whether you use oil or acrylic paints. Throughout the course you will be guided through a series of informative exercises designed to

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See More>. Fee excludes materials. Pleae note the later start time of 11am for this course.

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Hand-Building Ceramics with Tanya Bechara | Teens 13 years and over

Hand-Building Ceramics with Tanya Bechara | Teens 13 years and over

This hand-building and sculpture class is ideal for teens looking for a tranquil, creative space to learn fundamental techniques to make and decorate clay surfaces, with a focus on surface decoration. New students will learn basic hand-building techniques like coiling, pinch pots, and slab work building up to more complex sculptural techniques as their skills and abilities develop. Experienced students will continue to develop and refine their skills with assisted instructions that... [More]
$400 Limited inc GST
Hand-Building Ceramics with Tanya Bechara | Teens 13 years and over

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<p>This hand-building and sculpture class is ideal for teens looking for a tranquil, creative space to learn fundamental techniques to make

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See More> Price *includes* materials and firing |  Enrol online using your Creative Kids Voucher.

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

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