Give me space. Curated by Jessica Douglas
Antje Barke, Patricia Ramos, Hanna Shim and Arielle Walker.
20 July - 2 September
Give me space explores ways to articulate and emphasise the physical area of the gallery spaces at Corban Estate Arts Centre.
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like a lotus flower that grew from mud
Quishile Charan
20 July - 2 September
Through textile production techniques passed down from Quishile Charan's aaji (grandmother), the artist recontextualises the role of female Girmityas, bringing to light the significance of their roles and the indentured labour they endured.
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Let's Talk About It - August
Thu 9 August
7-9pm
Through music, spoken word, raps and personal stories, young people speak out about their challenges with mental health: they share their anxieties, experiences of depression, and about their attempts to end their lives, along with what is helping them recover.
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Word Up! 2018
Entries close: Fri 17 August
Auditions: Sat 25 & Sun 26 August
Grand Final: Fri 7 September
ENTER NOW! Calling all rappers, poets, spoken word performers and songwriters… If you write your own material in any word-based genre then we need YOU!
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Saturday Gallery Club #41 - Vase of Flowers
Sat 8 September, between 10.30am and 12pm
An open-ended creative workshop for children to assemble their own still-life work using collage/paper cut-outs inspired by the floral works in the exhibition.
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Pencil to Paper - Still Life with Flowers
Sat 6 October
11am - 12pm
*EVENT NOW FULL*
Explore your creativity in this exclusive drawing class for adults and teenagers as part of Still Life with Flowers exhibition. With a guest tutor for guidance, you will be set up with an easel and drawing materials whilst letting a still-life floral arrangement inspire you.
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From Here to There: Drawing
With Julie Moselen
6 weeks, Monday afternoons
Monday 30 July - 3 September
4pm - 5.30pm
Children: 8 - 14
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED.* This class is designed to give children a broad understanding, knowledge and skill base in order for them to learn how to draw. Participants study light and shade, contrast, and rendering as well as a range of drawing styles; observational drawing, step by step guided drawing as well as imaginative free drawing.
Continue on from the previous term or start now to develop your drawing skills.
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Experimental Printmaking
With Sarah Ormsby
8 weeks, Wednesday evenings
Wednesday 1 August - 19 September
6-9pm
Adults
Extend your printmaking vocabulary, in this 8 week course which will include collagraph, relief, and intaglio printing, plexi-plate dry point etching, chine collé, and foam plate printing.
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Adventures in Abstract Painting
With James Lawrence
8 weeks, Thursday mornings
Thursday 2 August - 20 September
9.30am - 12.30pm
Adults
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED* This ongoing term class with James Lawrence explores abstract painting concepts and techniques utilising acrylic paints, gels and additives. Demonstrations and discussions will cover colour, form and composition as each week is filled with discovery and painting adventures. Limited spaces available.
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Busts of Beasts
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks, Thursday afternoons
Thursday 2 August - 6 September
4pm - 5:30pm
Children: 6 - 10
Our shapes will be clay busts featuring animals or movie characters. You will enjoy your creativity and explore a variety of pottery techniques, which will help you to realise your unique designs in clay.
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Creative Clay Projects
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks, Thursday evenings
Thursday 2 August - 6 September
6-9pm
Adults
Is there anything you have always wanted to shape in clay? Whether it is functional or sculptural, this is the time to find support for your creative ventures. The class offers the opportunity to experiment with a variety of modelling techniques under the guidance of experienced tutor Kairava Gullatz. Students will discover their individual way of handling the clay, as well as enjoying a social creative environment. Surface decorations with slips and glazes are part of the teaching.
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Collagraph Printmaking
With Sarah Ormsby
2 days
Sat 8 - Sun 9 September
10am - 4pm
Adults
Explore the exciting, image rich and low cost printmaking technique of collagraph. In this course we will learn a range of techniques available within this medium, including detailed and precise intaglio processes and building up textured plates with materials such as leaves, carborundum and gesso.
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Patterns and Prints
With Katie Smith
2 days
Sat 22 - Sun 23 September
10am - 4pm
Adults
This weekend workshop offers an inspiring and instructive approach to screen printing onto fabric using simple hand-cut stencils. Learn some stenciling and stamping techniques, mix your own fabulous combinations of colours and take away several squares of printed cotton—perfect for whipping up into your own unique cushions or crafts.
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Summer School
Summer School 2018 registrations are closed.
Adults
*A new series of Summer School workshops will be available in 2019. Watch this space.*
Summer School is an annual programme of arts and creative workshops for adults held in January.
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