Public programs june october 2014 brochure by National Art School

National Art School SHORT COURSES JUNE TO OCTOBER 2014

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The National Art School Public Programs present a diverse collection of high quality short courses and workshops in visual arts from June to October 2014.

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The short courses and workshops are held in the dynamic and supportive environment of the National Art Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic site and contemporary campus, in innercity Darlinghurst, Sydney. The courses are open to people with all levels of experience; whether you are a newcomer to the visual arts, a continuing student, an art and design teacher or a practicing artist. Taught by eminent Australian artists in professional studios, the courses are designed to stimulate, inspire and enhance your skills whilst developing your personal visual language. We hope you will enjoy browsing through the brochure, which contains basic information for each course at the front, a registration form in the middle and a full course schedule at the rear. For further information and detailed course outlines including lecturer profiles, please visit www.nas.edu.au or contact us at +61 2 9339 8744 or enquiries@nas.edu.au Dr Ella Dreyfus Senior Lecturer Photography Head of Public Programs

Winter School 30 June to 4 July

Semester Two From 14 July

Photography Workshop 19 July

Weekend Workshops 13 and 14 September

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS 29 September to 3 October

Hill End LANDSCAPE Week 29 September to 3 October

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‘Just love the summer and winter schools – it makes me burst in to creativity! so much fun to just DO and connect with other like-minded people and have a dedicated space to paint and develop new skills. Precious time for me.’ Cecilia, Summer School student

WINTER SCHOOL Monday 30 June to Friday 4 July

An intensive week of stimulating arts courses held in the immersive learning environment of the Winter School. Specialist courses are offered in the studio disciplines of Ceramics, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture, and are taught by distinguished artist teachers, who share their knowledge and expertise through guided exercises, rigorous group critiques and one-toone tuition. A wonderful opportunity to work in an intimate, studio setting, learn new methods, materials and techniques, meet other artists and develop your imaginative faculties, inspiring you to create new artworks.

Course descriptions & lecturer profiles www.nas.edu.au Course dates, fees, codes & levels pages 36-39

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Drawing

Starting drawing

Drawing your story

Deborah Marks

Andrew Antoniou

This beginners workshop stimulates your visual perception and gives you the confidence to draw the world around you, using a variety of subjects including still-life objects and the nude model.

Unlock your imagination through a series of visualisation exercises, drawing inspiration from personal imagery, poetry, text, music and song to create unique black and white or coloured drawings.

Anatomy for life drawing

Drawing in watercolours

David Briggs

Cherry Hood

Gain an understanding of artistic anatomy and expressive figure drawing, learning simple techniques that will enable you to visualise any part of the body, in any action, from any direction.

Work from photographs to create large scale watercolour portraits of the human face, using large brushes to achieve quick, loose flowing mark and forming delicate layers.

Painting Oil painting from the masters

Landscape painting for beginners

Michelle Hiscock

Kristel Smits

Inspired by the great masters such as Raphael, Velasquez, Rembrandt and Bellini, this course provides a practical investigation into the oil painting techniques of these legendary artists.

Have you always wanted to try your hand at painting? Do you feel inspired by nature? This course is ideal for beginners who want to hone their technique and learn to paint their view of the natural world.

Painting master class Roger Crawford An â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;artist-as-mentorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; program, this course provides an exceptional opportunity for more experienced painters to develop their current work under the guidance of a professional artist.

Course descriptions & lecturer profiles www.nas.edu.au Course dates, fees, CODES & levels pages 36-39

WINTER SCHOOL 7

Ceramics Wheelforming with a twist Simone Fraser Would you like to learn new and experimental clay throwing techniques? This intensive workshop teaches distinctive methods of throwing with a spontaneous perspective on textures and forms.

Sculpture Welding sculptures

Figurative largess

Paul Hopmeier

Clara Hali

Learn fundamental welding skills and complete smallscale welded steel sculptures. Techniques demonstrated include arc and MIG welders, oxy-acetylene to cut, shape, grind and bend steel.

Explore the world of the voluptuous female figure from ancient fertility goddesses to Indian erotica, and create your own clay sculptures from real life models.

WINTER SCHOOL 9

Photography Contemporary photography: from nude to landscape Tania Browitt This unique course teaches you to understand the full functions of your digital camera whilst exploring the photographic traditions of landscape, portraiture and the nude.

Printmaking Stone lithography: drawing to print Peter Lancaster Discover the exciting possibilities of drawing and printing from freshly grained Bavarian limestone, experimenting with direct mark-making that is not possible in any other print media.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I really enjoyed the course and found that I gained a lot of knowledge and techniques from it. I found the constant feedback of my teacher particularly helpful.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Emily, Short Course student

SEMESTER TWO Evening and Saturday Short Courses Commencing 14 July

Semester Two offers a comprehensive selection of visual arts short courses which are run as weekly sessions in the evenings and on Saturdays. These courses give you the best start to your education in visual arts, enable you to experience the artistic community at the National Art School, join the library and attend our exhibition openings. You will be taught by practicing artists who teach in both the short courses and undergraduate programs with expertise in a wide range of studio disciplines. Develop your fundamentals skills in beginners courses, explore new ideas and methods in intermediate courses or build on your existing knowledge and individual art practice in masters level courses. Course descriptions & lecturer profiles www.nas.edu.au Course dates, fees, codes & levels pages 36-39

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Drawing Life drawing (mon) Noel Thurgate Work directly from the figure to explore and develop observational skills, perceptual awareness and the balance between observed figuration and abstract formal qualities.

Drawing your visual language Pamela Vaughan This advanced drawing course explores a range of drawing media and compositional tools with the aim of encouraging participants to investigate their own personal visual language.

From drawing to mixed media Denis Clarke Experiment with wax, shellac, oil and chalk pastels, pen, wash and inks, acrylics and collage, as you put into practice the fundamental principles of tone, space, volume, colour and light.

Drawing fundamentals for beginners Rachel Fairfax Learn how to draw with proportion and perspective, working from small studies into larger sustained drawings. Explore different mediums including graphite, charcoal, pastel and ink.

Life drawing (sat) Anthony Cahill Work directly from the figure to explore and develop observational skills, perceptual awareness and the balance between observed figuration and abstract formal qualities.

Drawing and painting in watercolours

Making meaning; drawing and installation Susan Andrews Be inspired by contemporary French artist Annette Messager, whose retrospective at the MCA, will form the foundation of this experimental art-making course.

Graham Marchant Learn specific techniques to highlight the use of colour and transparent washes, examining the broad vocabulary of watercolour painting. Work on en plein air and in the studio.

Course descriptions & lecturer profiles www.nas.edu.au Course dates, fees, codes & levels pages 36-39

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Painting

Starting painting for beginners

Painting and the photographic image

VR Morrison

Justin Balmain

Designed for the beginner, this course will teach you the practical methods and techniques needed to compose figurative, still life, landscape and abstract paintings using oil and acrylic paints.

Explore your painting practice through the mediated photographic image, learning about collage, digital manipulation and considered image selection, as well as composition, colour and space.

Oil painting with colour and light

Contemporary painting

David Briggs

Kim Spooner

Discover how to confidently mix the exact colour you need, gaining an understanding of modern colour theory and its application to oil painting. Learn how light and colours actually work together and dispell the myths about colour.

Develop your painting sensibility, solve visual problems and discover a personal stylistic approach with an understanding of contemporary practices. Learn how to incorporate photographic references, collage and the found object into your paintings.

Painting master class Roger Crawford An â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;artist-as-mentorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; program, this master class is suited to experienced painters seeking individual tuition. Bring examples of your recent work and develop your own projects.

Landscape painting in the city Kevin McKay Learn the fundamental skills of acrylic and oil painting, including composition and perspective. Create en plein air paintings at the Botanical Gardens, Observatory Hill, Strickland House and Cockatoo Island.

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Ceramics Wheelforming techniques

Dry glazing workshop

Kwi Rak Choung

Simone Fraser

Open to all levels and abilities you will explore the flexibility of clay as it transforms into an object of beauty. All materials are supplied and selected works will be bisqued, glazed and fired.

Do you have bisque fired ceramic works that you would like to glaze? Bring your bisque fired work along with textured test tiles for two days of application, discussion, testing and firing.

Sculpture Welding sculptures Sam Valenz Learn fundamental welding skills and complete smallscale welded steel sculptures. Techniques demonstrated include arc and MIG welders, oxy-acetylene to cut, shape, grind and bend steel, as well as surface treatments suited to steel.

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Photography Photographic practice: from concept to exhibition

Contemporary digital photography for beginners

Tania Browitt

Develop your photographic skills and knowledge of the digital camera and its creative possibilities. Learn about camera functions including on-camera flash, apertures, shutter speeds and lenses.

Gain the knowledge and practical skills to produce a high quality series of photographs and all the key elements needed to create your first professional art exhibition.

Tania Browitt

Printmaking Beyond the print: exploring your visual language Brenda Tye Using drawing and mixed media as a starting point, develop your ideas with the techniques of monoprinting, woodcut and drypoint as the primary print making processes.

Etching Angus Fisher Explore etching with a variety of tools and techniques, including acid, hard ground, soft ground, drypoint, aquatints and chine collĂŠ. Acquire the skills to transfer your work onto paper using a printing press and create a series of finished prints.

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‘After finally deciding to take some time away from a busy corporate career in banking and pursue the creative outlet I’d been wanting to for many years, I booked into the Welding Sculptures Summer School at the National Art School. Throughout the week working in the inspiring grounds of the old Darlinghurst Gaol, with the wonderfully supportive staff, and using fantastic facilities, I not only booked myself into a Semester One short course, but applied for the 3 year Bachelor of Fine Arts program too! A National Art School short course is the perfect way to satisfy that creative urge or, as in my case, provide the foundations and motivation for pursuing a full time career in the arts. I truly couldn’t recommend it more.’ ADAM BRUCE, 2014 25

‘I so loved my week at the National Art School, I wish I’d discovered this years ago! I’ll definitely be back’ Bronwyn, Summer School student

‘Had a great time and made lots of friends along with artistic development; overall a memorable week’ Sascha, Summer School student

‘I very much appreciated the luxury of uninterrupted focus on the one thing. I learned a lot by doing, coming back and doing over and over, for an extended time’ Doug, Summer School student

‘A lovely week with an interesting class and a very knowledgeable teacher with great patience’ Margin, Summer School student

‘Very impressed with the overall organisation of the classes. The constant contact with heads of school was very much appreciated and professional’ Michele, Summer School student

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Saturday 19 July

A Day in the Darkroom Steven Cavanagh Do you want to create beautiful photographic prints without a camera? Learn how to make photograms and enter the exciting world of the black and white darkroom and analogue techniques. Suitable for all ages from 12 years old.

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September

An intensive weekend of workshops led by renowned Australian artists and educators who will challenge your perceptions and teach new skills and techniques to enhance your art practice. Suitable for students of all levels of experience and taught in the National Art Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professional studios.

Still life painting Lucy culliton

Chelsea Lehmann

Learn to use the colour palette to paint the shapes and textures of special objects from your collection. Work towards one considered painting or a series of smaller works using oil or acrylic paint.

Memory is a creative act, constructed through recollection and imagination. Learn how to use drawing to visually interpret different aspects of memories using photographs and personal stories.

Drawing dance

Exploring colour: theory and practice

Maryanne coutts A unique opportunity to draw two professional dancers in the studio. Explore rhythm in relation to drawing, produce a set of dynamic drawings and gain a greater understanding of the human body in motion.

Drawing and memory

Pamela Vaughan Develop your understanding of the expressive and symbolic qualities of colour and learn how to use this in your own artmaking, through the colour theories of Bauhaus artist and educator Johannes Itten.

Practical writing for artists Gina Fairley Learn effective writing skills to communicate about your art, engage audiences and write to professionals in the arts industry. The course includes writing, artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statements, CVs, biographies, media releases, plus how to write grant application texts. Develop strategies for websites and staying current in the online world.

Course descriptions & lecturer profiles www.nas.edu.au Course dates, fees, codes & levels pages 36-39

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS Monday 29 September to Thursday 2 October Get a head start in your visual arts education in these new four-day workshops for high school students from years 10-12. Taught by expert artist educators, they provide a range of dynamic, fun and challenging projects, designed to develop fundamental skills and increase your confidence in a professional and friendly studio environment.

Experimental drawing and mixed media

Contemporary painting

Pamela Vaughan

This workshop introduces a broad range of styles, materials and methods that comprise contemporary painting. Learn to develop studies, explore materials, techniques and resolve visual concerns in your paintings.

Consolidate your fundamental drawing skills from representational to abstract and expressive styles, learning contemporary approaches to drawing. Experiment with different formats and materials such as ink, paint and collage, to develop finished drawings in your personal visual language.

Life drawing David Briggs Learn to understand human anatomy, character and the rhythms of the body to enable you to visualize and draw any part of the body, in any action, from any direction.

Chelsea Lehmann

Fire your imagination: hand built ceramics Jenny Orchard What hidden treasures reside in your imagination? Give your ideas form and discover the language of clay by creating unique hand-built ceramics. Includes demonstrations of modelling and construction techniques, coloured underglazes and slip.

Black and white darkroom techniques

Professional portfolio techniques

Steven Cavanagh

Skye Wagner Friday 3 October

Learn the basic principles of black and white darkroom based photography with film cameras, film processing, exposure and development with particular attention to printing high quality, tonally rich photographs.

Etching and monoprints

This one-day workshop teaches you to create a professional portfolio that best articulates and presents your artwork. You will learn how to select a strong work sample, to photograph your artwork and to display the work with consistency.

Brenda Tye Discover the potential markmaking possibilities available through monoprinting and dry point etching, and investigate the creative potential of printmaking to develop your ideas into a series of unique prints.

Course descriptions & lecturer profiles www.nas.edu.au Course dates, fees,CODES & levels pages 36-39

HILL END LANDSCAPE WEEK

Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October Experience the powerful landscape of Hill End, a historic gold mining town in Central Western NSW. This five-day painting and drawing workshop explores the town’s unique qualities and ignites your passion for the Australian countryside.

Landscape painting and drawing at Hill End Jeff Rigby The artists’ week is led by esteemed artist educator Jeff Rigby and based at the National Art School’s studio in the old Bryant’s Butchery. The workshop includes group demonstrations, discussions and one-to-one tuition with time for preliminary studies and making a series of finished drawings and paintings.

Course descriptions & lecturer profiles www.nas.edu.au Course dates, fees, CODES & levels pages 36-39

CUSTOM WORKSHOPS The National Art School tailors visual arts courses and workshops to meet the needs of your business, school or organisation. The workshops are led by experienced artist educators in professional studios, for small or large groups at our historic campus in the old Darlinghurst Goal. They deliver excellent results for team building, promoting creative thinking and innovation, enhancing educational programs and arts curriculum. Regional arts workshops are also available.

LECTURER

EARLY & CONCESSION DAY OF FULL FEE FEE LEVEL WEEK

Andrew Antoniou $695

Cherry Hood

Michelle Hiscock $695

Roger Crawford

Kristel Smits

Simone Fraser

Paul Hopmeier

Clara Hali

Tania Browitt

Peter Lancaster $695

Drawing your Story

Drawing in Watercolours

Oil Painting from the Masters

Painting Master Class

Landscape Painting for Beginners

Wheelforming with a Twist

Welding Sculptures

Figurative Largess

Contemporary Photography: from Nude to Landscape

Stone Lithography: drawing to print

$695

David Briggs

Anatomy for Life Drawing

$695

Deborah Marks

Starting Drawing

$625

BIA

Mon-Fri

30 Jun

NO OF START CLASSES DATE

WINTER SCHOOL 2014 COURSES Monday 30 June to Friday 4 July EARLY BIRD FEE ENDS 23 MAY

COURSE TITLE

4 Jul

END DATE

23 May

END TIME CODE

10:00am 4:00pm WS14PR01

10:00am 4:00pm WS14PH01

10:00am 4:00pm WS14SC02

10:00am 4:00pm WS14SC01

10:00am 4:00pm WS14CE01

10:00am 4:00pm WS14PA03

10:00am 4:00pm WS14PA02

10:00am 4:00pm WS14PA01

10:00am 4:00pm WS14DR04

10:00am 4:00pm WS14DR03

10:00am 4:00pm WS14DR02

10:00am 4:00pm WS14DR01

DISCOUNT START DATE TIME

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS SHORT COURSES JUNEâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; OCTOBER 2014

David Briggs

Oil Painting with Colour and Light

Denis Clarke

Tania Browitt

Justin Balmain

Rachel Fairfax

Kim Spooner

From Drawing to Mixed Media

Contemporary Digital Photography for Beginners

Painting and the Photographic Image

Drawing Fundamentals for Beginners

Contemporary Painting

Beyond the Print: Exploring your Visual Brenda Tye Language Photographic Practice: from Concept Tania Browitt to Exhibition

Pamela Vaughan $850

Drawing your Visual Language

$850

$570

$765

$520

$765

$850

$570

$520

$765

$520

$570

$850

$570

VR Morrison

Starting Painting for Beginners

$570

Noel Thurgate

Life Drawing (mon)

BIA

Thursday

Thursday 12

Wednesday 8

Tuesday

Monday

SEMESTER TWO SHORT COURSES From Monday 14 July onwards EARLY BIRD FEE ENDS 6 JUNE

17 Jul

30 Jul

16 Jul

15 Jul

14 Jul

14 Jul 6 Jun

6 Jun

6 Jun 16 Oct 6 Jun

4 Sep

17 Sep 6 Jun

3 Sep

14 Oct 6 Jun

2 Sep

14 Oct 6 Jun

1 Sep

6:00pm 9:00pm S214PA04

6:00pm 9:00pm S214DR04

6:00pm 9:00pm S214PA03

6:00pm 9:00pm S214PH02

6:00pm 9:00pm S214DR03

6:00pm 9:00pm S214PH01

6:00pm 9:00pm S214PR01

6:00pm 9:00pm S214PA02

6:00pm 9:00pm S214DR02

6:00pm 9:00pm S214PA01

6:00pm 9:00pm S214DR01

Susan Andrews

Roger Crawford

Kevin McKay

Kwi Rak Choung $945

Simone Fraser

Sam Valenz

Angus Fisher

Making Meaning: Drawing and Installation

Painting Master Class

Landscape Painting in the City

Wheelforming Techniques

Dry Glazing Workshop

Welding Sculptures

Etching

$850

$210

$850

$685

$850

$685

BIA

Steven Cavanagh $65

$55

BIA

Saturday

19 Jul

NO OF START CLASSES DATE

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September 2014 EARLY BIRD FEE ENDS 8 AUGUST

A Day in the Darkroom

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Saturday 19 JULY FROM EARLY BIRD FEE ENDS 6 JUNE

$945

$235

$760

$945

$760

Graham Marchant $760

Drawing and Painting in Watercolours

Saturday

Anthony Cahill

Life Drawing (sat)

BIA

$760

LECTURER

COURSE TITLE

$685

EARLY & CONCESSION DAY OF FULL FEE FEE LEVEL WEEK

SEMESTER TWO SHORT COURSES From Monday 14 July onwards EARLY BIRD FEE ENDS 6 JUNE

19 Jul

6 Sep

26 Jul

6 Sep

END DATE

6 Jun

END TIME CODE

12:00am 4:30pm WW14PH01

10:00am 4:00pm S214PR02

10:00am 2:00pm S214SC01

10:00am 4:00pm S214CE02

10:00am 4:00pm S214CE01

10:00am 2:00pm S214PA06

10:00am 4:00pm S214PA05

10:00am 2:00pm S214DR07

10:00am 2:00pm S214DR06

10:00am 2:00pm S214DR05

DISCOUNT START DATE TIME

Chelsea Lehmann $360

Pamela Vaughan $360

Gina Fairley

Drawing and Memory

Exploring Colour: Theory and Practice

Practical Writing for Artists

$325

BIA

Sat&Sun

13 Sep

14 Sep 8 Aug

9:30am 4:30pm WW14PP01

9:30am 4:30pm WW14DR05

9:30am 4:30pm WW14DR04

9:30am 4:30pm WW14DR03

9:30am 4:30pm WW14PA04

Skye Wagner

Professional Portfolio Techniques

BIA

Friday

Mon-Thurs 4

3 Oct

29 Sep

Landscape Painting and Drawing at Hill End

Jeff Rigby

$1,050

$950

BIA

Mon-Fri

29 Sep

HILL END LANDSCAPE WEEK Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October EARLY BIRD FEE ENDS 22 AUGUST

$110

$100

$495

Brenda Tye

Etching and Monoprints

$550

$495

Jenny Orchard

Fire your Imagination: Handbuilt Ceramics

$495

Black and White Darkroom Techniques Steven Cavanagh $550

Chelsea Lehmann $550

Contemporary Painting

$495

$550

David Briggs

Life Drawing

$495

$550

Experimental Drawing and Mixed Media Pam Vaughan

3 Oct

2 Oct

22 Aug

9:30AM 5:00PM HE14DR01

10:00am 4:00pm HS14PP01

10:00am 4:00pm HS14PR01

10:00am 4:00pm HS14PH01

10:00am 4:00pm HS14CE01

10:00am 4:00pm HS14PA01

10:00am 4:00pm HS14DR02

10:00am 4:00pm HS14DR01

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS Monday 29 September to Thursday 2 Oct and Friday 3 Oct EARLY BIRD FEE ENDS 22 AUGUST

$360

Maryanne Coutts $360

Drawing Dance

$360

Lucy Culliton

Still Life Painting

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