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.
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 Sign up to our mailing list to be notified when enrolments are open.
This 3-day workshop is the perfect starting point for absolute beginners who want to explore drawing and painting with acrylics. Designed as a condensed, step-by-step program, it covers foundational skills to help you build confidence and develop strategies for independent art practice or further study. Materials are provided—just bring yourself and get ready for an exciting art experience to kickstart the new year! What You’ll Gain: Essential drawing techniques Foundational...
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$560Limited
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3 Day Bootcamp | Introduction to Drawing and Painting for Beginners with Sally Mowbray
Great for beginners and includes most materials. SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply.
In this fun hand-building class you will sculpt and decorate a quirky, colourful bird using your own creativity. No experience necessary, as you will be shown various clay sculpting methods including coiling and slab techniques to construct your bird. Use textured rollers to give your bird different patterns on their feathers and paint with underglazes, to bring colour to their bird. If you like you may bring pictures of birds that interest you for inspiration. What to expect This...
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SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply.
In this two-night workshop with ceramicist Gretel Corrie, you will make 3 pinch technique porcelain items in beautiful white porcelain, including mug, bowl and dish set. Gretel packs a lot into this 5-hour session. Designed to inspire, and ignite your creativity, this workshop gives you the skills and knowledge to get you started in making beautiful pinched technique works. Gretel will share her secrets of making refined, beautiful, elegant and simple functional ceramics. What...
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$240Limited
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Ceramics | Pinch Techniques for Porcelain with Gretel Corrie
SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply. Workshop fee includes a fee to cover materials including clay, underglazes, glazes and bisque firing, glazing, and glaze firings by our ceramics tech.
Exploring the art of sgraffito in this hands-on one day workshop! Guided by your tutor Tanya Bechara, you’ll learn this centuries-old decorative technique, where intricate designs are carved into underglaze on leather-hard greenware (unfired ceramic plate) Using a pre-made clay platter (unfired) as your canvas, you’ll have the chance to sketch, carve, and personalise your piece with striking patterns and textures. Whether you’re inspired by traditional motifs or modern designs,...
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SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply. Workshop fee includes a fee to cover materials including a hand-made platter, underglazes, and glazing and glaze firing by our ceramics tech.
Come and join us making Sweet Treats or Indonesian Jajan Pasar. In this class, Jayanto will guide you to make your dream street vendor snacks that are inspired by his motherland’s culture, and the foods that evoke memories. Be inspired by the rich colours, cultures, textures, shapes and designs of real or imaginary snacks and a knowledge about street vendor food, and create a life-size delicious clay sculpture. Explore the materiality of clay and have fun experimenting in this...
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SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply. Workshop fee includes a fee to cover materials including clay and underglazes, bisque firing, glazing and glaze firing by our ceramics tech.
Join sculptural ceramicist Stephanie Phillips, who was a 2024 Finalist in Australia's Next Top Designer, in this one-day contemporary ceramics workshop to create an architectural style sculpture or sculptural vase. Learn some expert tips including coiling methods to make your piece. Stephanie’s ceramic work is bold, textural, architectural, and always sculptural. She playfully manipulates negative space in and around each piece, making forms that are abstract and jaunty while at...
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$260Limited
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Workshop | Contemporary Ceramics with Stephanie Phillips
SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply. Workshop fee includes a fee to cover materials including clay and underglazes, bisque firing, glazing and glaze firing by our ceramics tech.
In this class, we will explore the powerful medium of charcoal to create a self-portrait that captures not just your likeness, but your unique expression and personality. Charcoal offers rich tones and textures that allow us to build depth, contrast, and subtle details with both bold strokes and delicate shading. What will students take home? A completed series of works on high quality paper to proudly show off on the fridge at home! School Holiday Information More Information FAQs...
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$70Limited
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Charcoal Drawing | Self Portraits | 8-12 years
<p>In this class, we will explore the powerful medium of charcoal to create a self-portrait that captures not just your likeness, but your unique expression and personality. Charcoal offers rich tones
In this class students will be introduced to the world of natural pigments, inks, and binders. Experiment with different materials like soil, ochre, chalk, wax crayons, and various natural inks to create custom paints in a hands-on approach, fostering creativity and exploration in art. What will students take home? A few colour swatches, studies and an abstract artwork in paints the students have created. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers
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$70Limited
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Developing your Art | Free Painting with Natural Pigments, Ink and Dyes | 8-12 years
<p>In this class students will be introduced to the world of natural pigments, inks, and binders. Experiment with different materials like soil, ochre, chalk, wax crayons, and various natural inks to
Developing your Art | Free Painting with Natural Pigments, Ink and Dyes | 8-12 years
<p>In this class students will be introduced to the world of natural pigments, inks, and binders. Experiment with different materials like soil, ochre, chalk, wax crayons, and various natural inks to
This workshop is designed to engage teenagers in the exciting world of colour. This hands-on workshop will introduce students to essential painting techniques, colour theory, and the creative process. By exploring their own personal style, students will gain the skills and confidence to express themselves through vibrant and impactful artwork. Whether they are beginners or have some prior experience, this workshop will encourage experimentation, creativity, and the development of...
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$150Limited
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Masterclass | Colour Theory in Acrylics with Jackson Davies | Teens
A full day technical sculpting workshop that focuses on a life-sized bust study in clay. Learn clay techniques in modelling with and without tools. This class is for all levels of experience. Students are welcome to bring a subject or photographs of their chosen subject. Otherwise, photos will be provided to work from. All materials and tools are included in the course fee. What will students take home? Your sculpture will have two firings in our kiln and will be ready to collect...
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$180Limited
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Masterclass Ceramic Sculpture | Portrait Busts in Clay | 10+
<p>A full day technical sculpting workshop that focuses on a life-sized bust study in clay. Learn clay techniques in modelling with and without tools. This class is for all levels of experience.
