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EARLY FEE
A Weekend on the Wheel
On Campus
17-18 May 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmTania RollondBe introduced to the basic skills of wheel-throwing clay, including how to centre the clay, lift, shape and trim the form. Tania Rollond demonstrates, encourages and guides you to develop techniques and confidence to make cups, bowls and sculptural forms.Regular price $509.00Regular priceUnit price per$565.00Sale price $509.00EARLY FEE -
Abstraction and Landscape Painting Online
Online
30 Apr - 18 Jun 2025 (Wed)
10:00am - 1:00pmFran O’NeillInvigorate your painting practice and expand your visual vocabulary of abstraction and landscape painting. Learn how to draw out the abstract from within the conventions of landscape, looking backwards and forwards, and constantly exploring the rich potential of the painted image.Regular price $515.00Regular priceUnit price per$515.00Sale price $515.00SOLD OUT -
EARLY FEE
Advanced Etching Techniques
On Campus
28-29 Jun 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmAngus FisherPrinting with coloured inks from multiple plates is an exciting way to advance and develop your etching practice. Progress from simple monochromatic prints and learn to confidently add colour to your etchings using more challenging techniques.
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EARLY FEE
Advanced Screenprinting Techniques
On Campus
7-11 Jul 2025 (Mon - Fri)
9:30am - 4:30pmJanet Parker-SmithExplore advanced processes of screenprinting focusing on photographic images, halftones and multi-layered colour applications. Learn to prepare images for print, colour separations, halftones and experiment with process, colour transparency, and editions.
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EARLY FEE
Advanced Wheelthrowing Techniques
On Campus
28-29 Jun 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmJoseph PurtleDevelop a comprehensive understanding of pottery wheel operations, encompassing both foundational and advanced techniques. Learn to shape clay, combine individual and multiple forms, apply surface decoration using slips, and creative aesthetically refined pieces.Regular price $635.00Regular priceUnit price per$705.00Sale price $635.00EARLY FEE -
Anatomy for Life Drawing: Structure and Action
On Campus
7-11 Jul 2025 (Mon - Fri)
9:30am - 4:30pmDr David BriggsLearn simple anatomical concepts that will enable you to visualise any part of the body, in any action, from any direction, and grasp the essential action of drawing in a few lines instead of fifty. Beginners will focus initially on drawing the skeleton, but content is flexible for those with prior knowledge.Regular price $873.00Regular priceUnit price per$970.00Sale price $873.00EARLY FEE -
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Bronze Casting
On Campus
3 May - 28 Jun 2025 (Sat)
10:00am - 4:30pmClara HaliDiscover the mystery of bronze, from planning a sculpture to casting in bronze. Model a figurative sculpture in wax, then make the ceramic shell casting, including sprueing the waxes, burning out the ceramic moulds, pouring the metal, and using metal chasing and patina techniques.
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EARLY FEE
Build Your Professional Arts Practice
On Campus
17-18 May 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmPaul McDonaldAre you eager to move from being an arts enthusiast to a practising, exhibiting and sustainable artist? Learn what it takes to become a professional artist; how to research and understand the investment of time, money, planning, energy and creativity it requires to survive in the arts.
Image courtesy of the Geoff Raby Opening, National Art School
Regular price $440.00Regular priceUnit price per$490.00Sale price $440.00EARLY FEE -
EARLY FEE
Ceramics Masterclass with Juz Kitson
On Campus
28-29 Jun 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmJuz KitsonJoin acclaimed Australian artist Juz Kitson’s two-day experimental porcelain masterclass and delve deeply into the making process, exploring new ways of manipulating and pushing the porcelain to create challenging and innovative objects.
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Classical Drawing Techniques
On Campus
30 Apr - 18 Jun 2025 (Wed)
6:00pm - 9:00pmMichelle HiscockAre you interested in the history of drawing and would like to refine your skills? Learn the classical drawing techniques of silverpoint on prepared paper, red and black chalk on tinted paper and ink drawing with reed pen, quill and brush. With demonstrations and practical methods to inspire your contemporary drawing practice.
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Clay Modelling: Portrait from Life
On Campus
29 Apr - 17 Jun 2025 (Tue)
6:00pm - 9:00pmDavid HortonLearn the art of clay modelling and create a life-size portrait bust that captures both likeness and character. Discover the techniques and principles of working with clay, exploring its plastic properties to sculpt a 1:1 scale portrait.
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EARLY FEE
Collage Workshop
On Campus
17-18 May 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmDeborah KellyExplore the art of collage and learn the practices of cutting and composition with award-winning artist Deborah Kelly. Learn to play purposefully with pictures and develop a range of technical skills to create original artworks, developing new imagery from historical materials.
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Colour, Abstraction and Expressive Painting
On Campus
3 May - 28 Jun 2025 (Sat)
10:00am - 2:00pmTonee MessiahLearn about the fundamental principles of colour-mixing and discover how colours change and move in a picture plane. Be introduced to painting approaches from modernist abstraction to the present day and discover how to translate subject matter using colour as a powerful expressive tool.Regular price $1,030.00Regular priceUnit price per$1,030.00Sale price $1,030.00 -
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Colour, Abstraction and Expressive Painting Online
Online
29 Apr - 3 Jun 2025 (Tue)
10:00am - 2:30pmTonee MessiahLearn about the fundamental principles of colour-mixing and discover how colours change and move in a picture plane. Tonee Messiah introduces painting approaches from modernist abstraction to the present day and shows how painters approach the translation of subject matter using colour as a powerful expressive tool and emotive agent.Regular price $515.00Regular priceUnit price per$515.00Sale price $515.00 -
EARLY FEE
Composition, Colour and Abstraction
On Campus
17-18 May 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmDr Christine DeanThis course explores techniques and mediums of acrylic painting, composition, colour, representation, collage and the use of text in art. Experiment with abstracting from reality including landscape elements, still life, space or the figure.Regular price $440.00Regular priceUnit price per$490.00Sale price $440.00EARLY FEE -
EARLY FEE
Contemporary Drawing and Mixed Media
On Campus
17-18 May 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmRenata Pari-LewisEnhance your expressive capabilities and expand your visual vocabulary with a focus on drawing and mixed media. Learn to use collage as a dynamic tool to explore subject matter, balance compositions, test colour and spatial relationships and venture outside your comfort zone.
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Contemporary Painting: Interior to Exterior Landscapes
On Campus
7-11 Jul 2025 (Mon - Fri)
9:30am - 4:30pmNicole KellyUse the motif of the window to paint within a framework, creating a dynamic tension between outside and inside, landscapes and interiors. Beginning with still life set-ups to draw and paint, then moving to real window vistas on the NAS campus, as well as photographs from your own collections.Regular price $873.00Regular priceUnit price per$970.00Sale price $873.00EARLY FEE -
Contemporary Printmaking Techniques
On Campus
3 May - 28 Jun 2025 (Sat)
10:00am - 2:00pmBrenda TyeA comprehensive introduction to the world of printmaking techniques such as lino and woodcut, dry point etching and Monoprinting. Explore layering processes, multiple plates, and sensory drawing exercises to create a series of prints.
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Contemporary Watercolours
On Campus
28 Apr - 23 Jun 2025 (Mon)
6:00pm - 9:00pmTanya BailyIgnite your understanding and enjoyment of watercolour drawing and painting by learning traditional methods and contemporary mark-making techniques. Learn to paint the colours of changing light and to capture its beauty with transparent watercolour painting methods, both in the studio and at outdoor locations.
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Contemporary Watercolours
On Campus
28 Apr - 23 Jun 2025 (Mon)
10:00am - 2:00pmTanya BailyIgnite your understanding and enjoyment of watercolour drawing and painting by learning traditional methods and contemporary mark-making techniques. Learn to paint the colours of changing light and to capture its beauty with transparent watercolour painting methods, both in the studio and at outdoor locations.
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Contemporary Watercolours Online
Online
30 Apr - 18 Jun 2025 (Wed)
10:00am - 1:00pmTanya BailyLearn how to paint expressive, contemporary watercolour paintings with structured classes around specific themes, practical exercises, demonstrations and interactions with a lecturer in a live (online) studio environment. Discover the thrills of colour mixing, palette organisation, compositional ideas, pigments and different mark-making techniques. Experiment with different watercolour papers and work towards sustained finished artworks.
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EARLY FEE
Digital and Street Photography
On Campus
7-11 Jul 2025 (Mon - Fri)
9:30am - 4:30pmGlenn LockitchBreak free from using your camera’s automatic settings and master the fundamentals of manual exposure in this immersive 5-day photography workshop. Learn the technical skills required to enhance controls and create memorable photographs in the studio and on the street.
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EARLY FEE
Digital Photography Basics
On Campus
17-18 May 2025 (Sat & Sun)
9:30am - 4:30pmGlenn LockitchAre you time-poor yet want to learn how to take great photos? In this two-day intensive photography workshop, you’ll let go of relying on the camera’s automatic settings and be taught the fundamentals of manual exposure, empowering your creative shooting capabilities.
Regular price $440.00Regular priceUnit price per$490.00Sale price $440.00EARLY FEE -
Drawing for Beginners
On Campus
3 May - 28 Jun 2025 (Sat)
10:00am - 2:00pmDr David BriggsDo you want to learn to draw in a way that’s responsive to the unique qualities of your subject? and to the expressive effect of your drawing’s abstract elements? Discover how to draw with graphite pencils, chalk and ink from subjects such as the still life, the life model and on-location at the historic NAS campusRegular price $1,030.00Regular priceUnit price per$1,030.00Sale price $1,030.00