This six-week life drawing course offers an experimental, spontaneous, and engaging opportunity for you to explore the human form in all its permutations.

Practicing artist Rachael Burke guides this fun two-day mixed media workshop looking at the works of contemporary artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby to examine the liberating methods, concepts and approach the artist takes.

Guided by the historical and cultural context of indigenous pectoral art from South America, we’ll investigate the rich diversity of artistic expression, creating a platform for discussions about cultural appropriation to support our journey through symbolism, abstract mark-making, and pictographs.

Guided by full time artist Neal Palmer, spend a weekend experimenting with your own individual mark-making and unique response to the local environment.

This unique life drawing workshop offers participants a rare opportunity to capture the essence of dance, by attending a rehersal by Atamira Dance Company for one of their upcoming performances.

In this immersive hands-on experience we’ll develop new skills in forming micro sculptures, beads, and tiny clay amulets to create body adornment and beautiful decoration.

This fun, liberating weekend explores the unbounded world of mixed media. Employing several experimental drawing, painting, and collage assemblage techniques, this open, supported studio time encourages all mediums to merge, blend and collide.

In this one-day workshop, Maha will introduce participants to new skill sets, using grinders, drills, wet and dry sanding techniques and polishing tools while also learning lashing and binding techniques used to finish and wear their taonga.

In celebration of Matariki, come and enjoy a full day creating a Marama Pounamu in this tikanga based, contemporary workshop.

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Join environmental artist Mandy Patmore on a journey of exploration, looking to our native flora and fauna for inspiration.

In this expressive drawing workshop, artist Verity Kindlaysides will lead us through multiple iterations of observational drawing exercises, utilising distance and space as our guide.