Virtual InSight

During the coronavirus lockdown, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre was quick to launch the VIRTUAL INSIGHT program: a curated selection of digital content, featuring artist tutorials and studio tours, DIY art making activities, staff insights into our collection and exhibitions, recipes from our café and much more.

The program was immediately a success and gave much needed positive content to the community. Here we share some highlights from this fun foray into the digital world.

Expressive Portraits with Jody Graham

Join multidisciplinary artist Jody Graham for a free online workshop series in expressive portraiture. The artist will offer insight into her process of using unique drawing instruments to create expressive portraits in mixed media. Through this four part video tutorial series, you are invited to create and expand the exercises at home.

Artist Jody Graham hosts a workshop series. Photo: Graeme Wienand KIDS CRE8

Get stuck into creative problem solving with local graphic designer, Hannah Surtees. Over this five-part series, Hannah takes on the COMBO CHALLENGE – to make something inspired by a random combination of one famous artist and one craft material. Kids will be inspired by this out of the box approach to learning and problem solving.

Artist Insight

Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School students are connected to Blue Mountains artists to develop memorable case studies for their HSC Visual Arts exam. In term 2, students will meet three artists in a live-streamed interview. Before each interview students will undertake research guided by a case study worksheet. A three part case study and livestream interview, of Blue Mountains contemporary artists by Year 12 students at Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School. Worksheets and a recording of each artist interview will be made available on the BMCC website as a learning resource for other schools.

Visit the Cultural Centre website to access the entire VIRTUAL INSIGHT program. All content is accessible online and for free.