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Workshops at Union Bank Arts Centre
The
Workshops provide short term instruction in a wide range of art and other
media subjects, including painting and drawing, sculpture, printmaking,
airbrush, etching, ceramics, creative writing and TV acting. The workshops
are designed for both adults and children.
Life Drawing
Class size: 7-15 people
Come and work with Dianne
Jacono who also Lectures at Ballarat University. Explore your creative side
and develop observational skills through life drawing classes, a combination
of quick and lengthy poses, using a number of different materials and
drawing techniques.
Foundation Drawing
Class size: 7-15 people
Come and learn how to
draw. Drawing is not just about technique, it is about learning how to see
in a new way. The projects in the foundation lessons are based on everyday
objects and using visual reference in a new way to create artistic
compositions that can be used for paintings, printmaking or graphic
artworks.
Creative History Writing
Class size: 7-15 people
2 Day course
Using your research from
your family or community’s history. Turn it into a book worth reading, not
just for the future generations of your family but by all Australians. Tutor
Jill Blee is a historian and writer. She is the author of “The Pines Hold
Their Secrets”, “Brigid” and “The Liberators Birthday”, combining Australian
and Irish History and Genealogy with fiction.
Painting with Acrylics and
Oils:
Class size: 7-15 people
Weekend course
Learn how to paint with
confidence, mix colors, stretch canvases and prepare grounds.
This course is also for
beginner students who want to develop their own style. Through studying
other artist’s work and gaining insight and awareness of pictorial design
and composition, the student will develop a folio of exciting imagery and
have completed work in a personalized direction.
Air Brush
Workshop
“Portraiture”
Class size: 7-15 people
2 Days
Create a contemporary art
piece using a different and unique technique of airbrushing by the Venturi
specialist Laurent Machado.
The workshop covers a wide
range of expert advice making the learning experience confident and logical.
By the end of the workshop
you will complete a life size portrait.
Etching and
Drypoint Workshop
Class size: 7-15 people
2 Day workshop
Come and learn the history and technique of etching.
You will
complete several finished etching prints that are worthy of display.
TV Acting Workshop
(Screen Actors Studio)
Class size: 7-15 people
2 Day Workshop
Want to be an actor? Come
and work with Helen Gaynor, director of Australian Drama Series "Something
In The Air", "Big Sky and "Neighbours".
You will be introduced to the emotionally real
style of acting called "Method Acting" and shown all the language and
procedures used in today’s fast turnaround television drama environment.
‘Young Art Achievers’ Workshop
Class size: 7-15 people
2 Day Workshop
Create your own unique
Gouache Painting that will be produced into a commercial product.
The workshop ’Young Art
Achievers’ aim is to offer the young artist a program that teaches at an
early age how to be both Artist and Entrepreneur.
After you have been given
a brief overview of small business you will look at targeting a specific
market and then immerse yourself in exploring a theme.
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Information about
programs, residency and other activities is provided in separate leaflets and
further details may be obtained from the Union Bank Arts Centre or La Trobe
Street College of Art and New Media.