Kids’ Art Adventures – 1. Seaweed Arboretum
Learn a variety of art making practices through hands-on activities and create your own artworks in response to the exhibitions at Manly Art Gallery & Museum. Presented by art educator Rachel Carroll. Inspired by the ‘Seaweed Arboretum’ exhibition, create detailed drawings of seaweed from observation, and with the use of microscopic images make large abstract […]
Painting Large Scale Watercolour Portraits with Cherry Hood
“To make a very good painting is a better goal than to make a great likeness.” – Cherry Hood For this three day workshop, established Artist Cherry Hood will demonstrate her unique method of drafting and painting a large scale watercolour painting of a face from a photograph. The artist’s method teaches the proportions and relationships […]
Creative Nature Holiday Workshops
Join Kamaroi Rudolf Steiner School for their April School Holiday Program on Monday 12th April – Friday 16th April held at Kamaroi School in Belrose. Drawing inspiration from nature & imagination children will collect, forage and create through a variety of fun, immersive creative art & soulful craft activities. You will be working both in […]
Behind the Wall – Street Art
Learn process for taking your idea from initial sketch through to a large-scale mural work in this hands-on workshop led by talented mural artist Bradley Eastman. Bookings 12 – 18 yrs session 1.30pm – 3.30pm Book now 18+ session 4pm – 6pm Book now Some of the topics covered include: Responding to a brief or EOI, creating digital mockups, […]
U3A: The art and photography of Gallipoli
The Northern Beaches Region of the University of the Third Age (U3A) would like to invite non-members during Seniors Festival, to sample a selection of our wonderfully diverse program of presentations and courses. Hear Harvey Broadbent’s presentation about war artists and photographers from both sides chronicling the campaign. The presentation outlines how paintings and photographs […]
Watercolour Monoprinting
Watercolour Monoprinting is an easy and pleasurable artform. Learn the basics of preparing a plate, painting and printing over a two day course. You will learn all you need to know to continue this process at your own leisure. With time to plan, play and print your work, you will go home with a stunning […]
Back to Nature Workshop for Adults
Delve into the wonderful world of creative reuse as they guide and inspire you on a journey – exploring, connecting with and assembling your favourite objects into professional looking works of art. All materials provided including a ready to hang white wooden block mount for your assemblage. Feel free to bring a handful of your own foraged […]
Meredith Burgmann and Nadia Wheatley
Join them online via Zoom as Meredith Burgmann and Nadia Wheatley discuss their new release Radicals: Remembering the Sixties. During the Sixties young people protested about war, race, gender, sexuality and politics, pushing up against established forces and sometimes being knocked down by them. Fifty years on from that era, it is timely to consider the […]
Nicola Moriarty Author Talk
Join them in the library as Nicola Moriarty discusses her new release You Need to Know. From the bestselling author of The Ex and Those Other Women comes a thrilling family drama about the secrets we keep, the lies we tell and the truths that won’t stay hidden. Everybody’s hiding something… The holidays are here, the extended family has gathered, the cars […]
Ceramix Exhibition Opening
Friday 14 May 2021, 6–8pm by guest curator Sophia Cai. Numbers limited RSVP here Drawing together 28 artists nationally, this exhibition pairs works by ceramicists with their collaborative artists in other mediums to explore the relationship between materiality, form and texture. Moving beyond medium specificity, the exhibition focuses on the open possibilities of clay as […]