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Short Courses

Our week-on-week short 4 or 8 week courses allow students to immerse themselves in a range of media, learn new skills and become part of our art community. With classes available for beginners, intermediate and advanced students in a range of subjects.

Mid-course enrolments are welcome in many of our courses.

Workshops

For those interested in a one-off session, try our Weekend Workshops which run year-round on Saturdays and Sundays.

Special Offer: Any adult student enrolled in a short course receives a 10% discount on any weekend workshop in the same term, click below for more information:

Special Offers

Our week-on-week courses allow students to immerse themselves in a range of media, learn new skills and become part of our art community. Our classes are available at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels allowing students to follow through a course of study.

  • Term 2 commences: 6 May for most classes.
  • Priority Earlybird Enrolment: 5-14 March (current students have early access to re-enrol)
  • Early Bird Enrolment: 15 March – 8 April (enrolments are open to everyone)
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  • Beginners: Beginner courses build confidence and skills, exploring the fundamentals and theory of art, including drawing, colour and composition across various media. Students are nurtured and encouraged to find their voice.
  • Intermediate (some experience): More experienced students can build on their skills by focusing on a particular medium in-depth or finessing a style or technique.
  • Advanced (Masterclass): For students who are confident and experienced and are striving to explore new or traditional techniques.

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Ceramics | Sculptural Hand-Building with Stephanie Phillips

Ceramics | Sculptural Hand-Building with Stephanie Phillips

This 4 week course with the fabulous, well-known ceramicist Stephanie Phillips will give you the hand building skills and techniques used by Stephanie to create her stunning geometric, sculptural works. Stephanie’s generosity in sharing her tips, tricks and methods make these classes productive, and rich in ideas and information to get you making professional and unique works. What to expect Week 1: Design and plan In your first class you will begin with research, finding... [More]
$325 Limited inc GST
Ceramics | Sculptural Hand-Building with Stephanie Phillips

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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.

Advanced Hand-Building Ceramics with Tanya Bechara

Advanced Hand-Building Ceramics with Tanya Bechara

Take your hand-building ceramic artworks to the next level. Students will expand upon previous knowledge to create more advanced clay sculptures. Students will focus on finding and developing their own voice in clay using various techniques that your tutor Tanya Bechara uses in her own practice. Students will develop their own style through experimentation and exploration. Includes handbuilding and sculptural techniques, surface treatments like airbrushing, sgraffitto, carving,... [More]
$600 Limited inc GST
Advanced Hand-Building Ceramics with Tanya Bechara

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Hand-building Ceramics for Beginners and Beyond with Tanya Bechara

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Learn to make functional and decorative ceramics with Tanya Bechara, an award-winning ceramicist known for her whimsical creations featuring Australian native fauna. Whether your taste leans decorative or crisp and clean, Tanya's 20+ years of experience can guide your creative vision and practice in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.  Students will be introduced to clay hand building fundamentals: coiling, pinching, slab building and sculpture. Using these techniques, students will... [More]
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Little Monsters Clay Sculpture Workshop

Little Monsters Clay Sculpture Workshop

Grab a friend for a 2.5 hour creative evening in our ceramics studio making your own handmade quirky little monsters. Purge your inner monster (or someone else’s) in this fun and therapeutic workshop. You will be introduced to basic clay hand-building techniques to make your monster. Be prepared to get addicted! What will you achieve You'll sculpt a little monster in clay that will be fired and ready to collect in about 3 weeks time. Your sculpture will be bisque-fired and then... [More]
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<p>Grab a friend for a 2.5 hour creative evening in our ceramics studio making your own handmade quirky little monsters. Purge your inner monster (or someone else’s) in this fun and therapeutic

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Ceramics | Food and Nostalgia Family Workshop with Jayanto Tan

Ceramics | Food and Nostalgia Family Workshop with Jayanto Tan

In this class, Jayanto will guide you to make your own Sampuru or lunchbox inspired by your culture and the foods that evoke memories. Be inspired by the textures, shapes, colours and designs of a lunch box (real or imaginary) that could have been packed by yourself, your parent or friend, and create a life-size food clay sculpture. Explore the materiality of clay and have fun experimenting in this workshop for all ages and levels of experience.  What to expect In this workshop,... [More]
$80 Limited inc GST
Ceramics | Food and Nostalgia Family Workshop with Jayanto Tan

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<p>In this class, Jayanto will guide you to make your own Sampuru or lunchbox inspired by your culture and the foods that evoke memories. Be

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This is a special Mother's Day Workshop. Enrol 3 or more people in the same family and receive a 10% discount. Children must be at least 5 years old to participate.
Pottery + Prosecco | Handmade Bowls Workshop

Pottery + Prosecco | Handmade Bowls Workshop

Grab a friend and have a creative evening in the ceramics studio making your own handmade bowls (useful for serving dips/olives/nibbles etc). No experience is required and all materials are included in the workshop fee + your finished works will be bisque fired and glaze fired in our kiln. Students will be introduced to basic clay hand building techniques to make two dip bowls and spoons. Learn some basic clay decorating techniques so you can make your bowls unique – be it... [More]
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Ceramics | Start Up for Beginners with Carol Hudson

Ceramics | Start Up for Beginners with Carol Hudson

This 4 week course with artist Carol Hudson, packs a wide range of ceramic hand-building techniques into 4 sessions. Designed to inspire, and ignite your creativity, this short course will give you the skills to get you started in making fabulous ceramics works. Carol’s classes are social, fun and rich in ideas and possibilities. She will share her secrets of making refined, beautiful, elegant and simple functional ceramics. What to expect Week 1: Pinch pot method with texture  ... [More]
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Ceramic Totems: Fun Forms and Cascading Colours | Three Part Workshop | Lisa Hölzl

In this fun hand-building class you will create and decorate a totem based around a theme of interest to you. Perhaps botanical, magical or even abstract. No experience necessary! With her expertise, Lisa will help you plan and realise your ideas.  Each participant will make a 60-80cm high ceramic totem for the house or garden. This is a great series of three workshop sessions introducing basic hand-building and glazing techniques, as well as composition and design. Bring along... [More]
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Ceramics Master Class | Shake it Up with Myfanwy Gullifer

Ceramics Master Class | Shake it Up with Myfanwy Gullifer

Create your own piece of whimsy using hand-building techniques in the fun ceramics workshop with Myf Gullifer. Learn tips and tricks from Myf to add character, visual interest, texture, and meaning to your pieces. This is a one-off opportunity to work with this highly acclaimed artist whose work is met with rave reviews from public and critics alike. Colourful, joyous and abundant, Walcha-based artist Myfanwy Gullifer’s ceramic sculptures are inspired by everyday objects and her... [More]

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