Class No 101 - fee $330
FICTION
WRITING
Tutor - Owen Marshall
The course will focus on the skills of fiction writing. Such aspects as characterisation, dialogue, setting, themes, language, handling time, structure, story, beginnings and endings. The approach will be collegial and inter-active, with course members writing often, and sharing comment in workshops on their own work and that of selected authors. The course will be a busy one, but I hope it will also be stimulating, rewarding and fun.
Owen Marshall has written, or edited, 25 books, the latest being the novel, `The Larnachs.' He has held Fellowships at the universities of Canterbury and Otago, and in Menton, France. In 2000 he received the ONZM for Services to Literature in the New Year Honours, and in the same year his novel `Harlequin Rex' won the Montana New Zealand Book Awards Deutz Medal for Fiction. Marshall is an adjunct professor at the University of Canterbury, which awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 2002.
Class No 102 - fee $330
INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING & PAINTING
Tutor: Noreen Melvin
This course will focus on breaking down the barriers to drawing, learning techniques, observation skills and moving into the use of colour and paint. A range of drawing tools will be explored.
Noreen is currently Deputy Principal of Southland Girls’ High School teaching Visual Art as part of their learning packages in language, culture and philosophy. She has taught visual art and art history in schools and as a lecturer and adviser in art curriculum with the former Dunedin College of Education.She has taught adult classes in drawing and painting in Southland and Wanaka for many years. Her teaching is motivated by the firm belief that everyone can be taught, that art making should be accessible to all, and that it is an essential part of everyone’s development and thinking.
Class No 103 - fee $330
WATER COLOUR PAINTING
Tutor: Jacky Pearson
COURSE FULL WAITING LIST APPLIES
Tuition in this workshop is based on step by step demonstrations with plenty of individual attention. Jacky has a unique 1,2,3 method of demonstrating the really tricky bit in watercolour painting – getting just the right mix of water and pigment at just the right time! This course will suit improvers to experienced painters.During the week Jacky will take you through a series of fundamental watercolour steps just to get started and then complete paintings of a variety of subjects such as the landscape, water, boats and figures for the landscape. We will also cover composition, tone, colour, atmospheric and linear perspective.
Jacky is an experienced tutor teaching workshops around the world and in New Zealand. She is passionate about the beautiful light effects that can only be achieved through watercolours. Her friendly and easy manner allows students to gain the confidence to master this wonderful and exciting medium.Her work features in several international books and magazines including the prestigious North American book, Splash 11.Her work also represents New Zealand in the International Watercolour Museum in Mexico and she is the recipient of numerous awards. www.jackypearson.com
Class No 104 - fee $330
ACRYLICS WITH A TWIST
Tutor: Stephanie Crisp
COURSE FULL WAITING LIST APPLIES
This course is for students who paint in acrylics and are ready for new challenges. We will explore new techniques with an emphasis on introducing new materials such as shellac, textiles (gold thread, yarns) and collaged paper. Developing and building on your own strengths and ideas will offer new directions for you using the surrounding landscape as a starting point. We will also use the experts, established artists, to learn from, solve problems and provide a richness and interest to our work.
Beginner artists will also find sound tuition to help in constructing pictures using acrylics, learning about composition, paint techniques and colour.
Stephanie, an award-winning artist, works full time as a painter in her Lyttelton studio. She relocated from the Waikato to be closer to her family and to live in an area she loves. In Hamilton she spent 18 years teaching senior art at Fraser High and was art mistress at Southwell.
She has painted for as long as she can remember and has been an art teacher for just as long. She loves teaching and memories of past students and their successes are treasured. Adult students now make up her classes. She enjoys friendships made and being part of students learning about art. www.stephaniecrisp.co.nz
Class No 105-
fee $330
PAINTING & DRAWING
Tutor: Jenny Dolezel
COURSE FULL WAITING LIST APPLIES
In this course Jenny invites you to immerse yourself totally in your creativity – developing your own ideas, your own style and personal expression in the wonderful world of painting and drawing. This course is suitable for students who have had some experience with paint through to people who have painted for a longer period but who are looking for a new dynamic approach. Students will be set an assignment, and will be given invaluable practical demonstrations. Critical feedback and discussion on your work will be given. Information on ways to continue working after the course and on how to make a career and a living from being an artist will be discussed.
Materials fee: $10
Jenny works full time as a painter, drawer and printmaker. She has won 21 Awards for her work so far. In 2006 she won first prize in the Parklane Art Awards (judged by Sir Peter Siddell) and first prize in the BMW Art Awards (judged by Sir James Wallace). Other awards include winning the Paramount Award in the Wallace Art Awards, and first prize in the Royal Overseas League Art Award in London with one of her paintings topping all the Commonwealth entries. Murals of her work can be seen at the Aotea Centre and Skycity in Auckland and at The Boathouse in Sydney. Her work is represented in most public art collections in New Zealand, and also in Australia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, and in many private collections. Jenny has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand, also in Australia, Japan, Chile and Europe. She is a graduate of Elam School of Fine Arts where she has also lectured in Painting and Printmaking, and taught numerous workshops. Visit www.jennydolezel.com
Class No 106 - fee $330
CUT, CARVE & PRINT
Tutor: Rew Hanks
During this workshop participants will be introduced to a variety of relief printing processes such as linocuts and woodcuts. Both Oriental and European cutting tools and printing papers will be discussed. A range of colour printing techniques and registration methods will be demonstrated using both press and baren. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with both relief mediums but are free to choose just one if they prefer.
Special emphasis will be placed on each participant’s individual needs and creative endeavours. The workshop will finish with a print exchange among the group which will be bound using a Japanese binding method. Materials fee: $150 + Press Hire $25 = $175
Rew is currently the artist-in-residence at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney and begins another residency at Taronga Zoo in early 2011. He has held 15 solo shows and over 50 group exhibitions in Australia and internationally since 1990. His work is represented in most major Australian state galleries and in the National Gallery of Australia. Rew has lectured at the College of Fine Art University of NSW, National Art School and the Sydney Gallery School since 1986. He has won 4 International Print prizes since 2006. www.wattersgallery.com
Class 107 - fee $360
THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE
Tutor: John Doogan
Photographers are accumulating vast quantities of images in the digital photography environment. With a good understanding of Adobe Lightroom, processing, editing, storing, finding and printing images can all be achieved easily and effectively. This application is rapidly becoming the most popular way to handle images. This course on Adobe Lightroom is for photographers wanting to get the most out of this application, and who have an interest in landscape photography as we will use material from the wonderful Wanaka autumn environment to practise with. It is important that participants are already familiar with their computer, and their computer filing system. Participants need a digital SLR for fieldwork, a tripod, a card reader, a laptop loaded with Lightroom, preferably Lightroom 3, but at least Lightroom 2.6, and a mouse (a trackcard will not be sufficient.) Camera techniques covered will include the effect of lenses, aperture and shutter speed, filters, tripods and specialised equipment, lighting and composition.
John is a professional photographer working in Christchurch, and is a Fellow with two bars of the NZ Institute of Professional Photography. His recent work includes the murals on the Christchurch International Airport airbridges, landscape photography for annual reports and calendars and retouching assignments for advertising agencies. He was the NZIPP Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2007, 2005 and 2001, and in 2005 also won the NZIPP Editorial Photographer of the Year award.
In recognition of his ability with Photoshop John was appointed as Adobe Ambassador in 2006. This role includes teaching Adobe Photoshop, promotion, and being a beta tester of Photoshop products as they are developed. He regularly presents e-seminars on aspects of the Adobe suite. In 2007 John was awarded the NZIPP James White Overseas Study Grant and used this to attend Photoshop World in Boston . www.johndoogan.co.nz and www.italyphototour.co.nz
Kahikatea at Lake Brunner - photo by John Doogan
Class No. 108 - fee $330
THE COMPLETE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO DIGITAL
Tutor: Dave Wethey
Have you been using a digital camera for years and wondered just what they are capable of? Does the manual make little sense, if you have bothered to read it at all? Do you want to get beyond the point of just taking snaps and learn how to create images that have impact? Do you wonder if there are settings on your camera that could be useful and improve your photos? Have you got thousands of photos on your computer and are wondering if there is a better way of managing them? What can you do with all those files that are ‘locked’ away in a computer? How can you enhance them? What are the printing options and what else can you do with them?
It can be intimidating but this fun-filled, creative week will take the mysteries out of the digital camera and explore the creative uses of all those features plus look at the associated use of a computer to manage, enhance and use photos. It will all be explained in practical workshops and in easy to understand language – that is guaranteed.
Topics will include understanding quality and resolution, shooting in low light, using flash effectively, photographing people, motion, sports, creating strong compositions, using lens(es) effectively and more. A laptop would be a big advantage for this course as would Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photoshop.
Dave runs an imaging and photography consultancy and comes from a professional career spanning three decades in the newspaper industry where he worked as a chief photographer, a specialist in digital imaging and as an illustrations editor. He has been involved extensively in the implementation of digital technology and has comprehensive knowledge of digital cameras, applications, systems, digital management and publishing. He specialises in teaching and training in photography, digital imaging, design and the effective use of images for the newspaper industry, tertiary institutions including the University of Canterbury and Christchurch Polytechnic as well as for groups, businesses and personal tutoring and mentoring.
Bee & Rata Blossom - photo by Dave Wethey
Class No 109 - fee $330
THE PHOTOBOOK - DOING IT FOR ONESELF
Tutors - Doug Spowart & Victoria Cooper
The wall is for paintings; Photographs belong in books Henri Cartier Bresson
Doug and Victoria will share concepts and techniques on how to personalize and create photo-stories in the form of the self-published photobook. Participants will engage in practical sessions and consultations to conceptualise and create a personal photobook project that they may be working on. There will be opportunities for book making projects to be undertaken during the workshop that will utilise inkjet-printing facilities provided that will result in modest hand-made publications.Along with the hand-made, inkjet printed and hand-bound artists’ book, the workshop will also cover the production of Internet, print-on-demand book projects from service providers like Blurb. There will be opportunities for photography outings in the Wanaka area to create images for a collaborative book-making project during the workshop.
There will be a materials charge for this course.
Victoria Cooper and Doug Spowart are visual artists working in the fields of photoimaging, book works and education. They have collaborated on many art projects and exhibitions of book works that have featured their room and car camera obscuras.
Spowart and Cooper have had work published internationally in the Pinhole Resource Journal, Photo Poche and Eric Renner’s Rediscovering a historic technique: Pinhole Photography. In 2007 a body of Camera Obscura work was a finalist in the Australian national LEICA CCP Photodocumentary Award.
Both have lectured nationally on the topic of the photobook and artists’ book and their book works are held in the rare book and manuscript collections in the State Libraries of Queensland and Victoria, and the National Library of Australia.
See their works: http://www.cooperandspowart.com.au
And their blog:wotwedid.wordpress.com
Youtubes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg8zdvr1nfY&feature=related
Writer's Cottage Projection - Victoria Cooper
Class No 110A - fee $132
FLY TYING (Monday & Tuesday)
Tutor -MIKE WEDDELL
This course will cover the basic tools and techniques of fly tying to enable students to tie practical patterns for both the local area and other parts of the country.
Class No 110B - fee $198
FLY FISHING (a three day class - Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Tutor - MIKE WEDDELL
In this course which may (but not necessarily) be a follow-on from the fly tying, participants will cover selection of tackle, trout behaviour, trout food, selection of flies and how to fish them in the various waters of New Zealand. Apart from a few lessons at the College, most of the time will be spent putting theory into practice in some of the finest trout fishing areas in the country. A fishing licence is a pre-requisite.
Mike is a noted fly fishing expert; he has been fly fishing for 40 years and a fly fishing teacher for over 35 years. For the last 25 years he has been the angling correspondent for the Otago Daily Times. He is author of three books on the sport, How to Teach Yourself Fly Casting and Ten of the Best New Zealand Trout Flies, and Fly Fishing Made Easy.
Fly fishing class on Dean's bank near Wanaka www.cleangreen.co.nz
Class 111 - fee $105
NOT QUITE HAUTE COUTURE - RE - BOOT YOUR WARDROBE
Tutor:JESS GUNN
Learn how to alter that nearly perfect fit, make your favourite dress, skirt, jersey… fit again, adjust shop bought patterns to fit, be guided by what fabrics to use together in a garment… Bring along any material, books, cuttings you’ve saved… your stash of remnants, trimming… ribbon, lace, doilies, buttons and threads of all colours… extras to share/swap. Breathe new life into your favourite vintage fabrics especially natural fibres such as linen, cotton and wool jersey… bring a mixture of colours also patterns such as floral, stripe and abstract to your liking.
Following her Wellington Polytechnic Clothing and Textiles Design Certificate in 1988 Jess made three 100% wool garments for the New Zealand Wool Board Young Designers Award and had her garments selected for exhibition in the Sacs Haute Couture Awards in Auckland. Attending the 1991 spring/summer Paris Fashion Collections enabled her to illustrate and photograph 15 of the shows including Lacroix, Dior and Valentino. Jess has made wedding dresses from natural fibres such as silk, merino felt and jersey. She also brings a wealth of experience from working with costume designer Pamela Mailing at the Christchurch Court Theatre. Jess graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (University of Canterbury 2008) and continued with a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching in 2009.
Class No 112 A - fee $198
FROM PHOTO TO FABRIC - STEPPING OUT
Tutor - JOANNE MITCHELL
Joanne will teach her methods for translating your photo into fabric. And the photo? Well, you bring a photo of your foot! You might have rings on your toes, ballet shoes, or your most luscious high heels that you can hardly wear. Just think of the pleasure of admiring the quilt on the wall with that same foot encased in a comfy fluffy slipper. Or it might be that same slipper or a tramping boot, or a gymmie.A prerequisite for both courses is a sense of fun.
Class No 112B - fee $132
QUILTED PERPETUAL CALENDAR
Tutor: JOANNE MITCHELL
Make your own personal calendar from fabric. It will last a lifetime and the central picture can be of your own choosing, eg. Fabric which represents the month and seasons, special events, birthdays, photos of family on fabric, etc. During the class you will prepare the background, the days and months, and one of the picture months. The back of this project has 12 pockets to store the pictures for the 11 months not being used plus one pocket for the spare years and days.
Joanne has been passionate about quilting for over 25 years and has expanded her skills to encompass most aspects of her craft. She loves creating original designs, relishing the native scenery and cultural influences of this beautiful country and has received many prizes and awards for her quilts. As a trained teacher, she loves to teach her own designs and techniques.
Class No 113 - fee $360
THE COMPLETE SINGER/SONGWRITER – MUSICIANSHIP & PRACTICALITY
Tutor: GRAHAM WARDROP
Students will be expected to be at an intermediate musical level i.e. guitarists need to know all of the basic chords and some bar chords; keyboard players need to know chordstructures and the basic theory of the keyboard.This is not a beginners’ class.It is assumed that students will already have developed a good lyrical/poetic ability.The course will be complemented by discussion on the following:Technical ability on your instrument - obviously Graham’s area of expertise is the guitar; performance skills; recording your song; basic music theory; copyright, APRA, AMCOS, RIANZ; what do you do with your song once it is written; TAXI.com, iTunes, YouTube, Reverbnation, FaceBook…; deconstructing songs - pick a favourite song and analyze how it has been put together.This course will aim at honing the skills of those who are already writing songs and would like to fine tune their abilities.
Graham has been acclaimed as New Zealand's finest finger style guitarist. After thirty years in the professional arena, he regularly gives concert performances, plays on television and in studio recording sessions, holds workshops in advanced fingerstyle techniques for steel string guitar, andsong writing. He often performs live to air on Radio National and Concert Radio.Graham’s sixth CD, ‘Speed of Love’ is a collection of songs written and recorded over the last 2 to 3 years. In concert a vast variety of musical styles and lyrical topics are performed, ranging from singer/songwriter, jazz, blues, classical. He recently played several concerts at the Waiheke Island Jazz Festival. In June to September Graham toured Canada and the UK playing concerts and festivals, a total of 40 shows. He also works regularly in Asia and Papua New Guinea.Graham builds his own guitars and runs a small recording studio in Christchurch.
Class No 114 - fee $360
BOOK ARTS
Tutor: ROSEMARIE JEFFERS - PALMER
A Japanese side stitched artists' book and a leather bound sectioned stitched book will be made during this course. A contemporary interpretation of this Oriental book form will be encouraged exploring the creative potential of cutting, folding and stitching. Hand sewn headbands; pared, puckered and layered leather will be used to create the covers of the deckle paged section stitched book. Both books can become Artists' Books or blank journals. Come and be stimulated, challenged or simply to have a go and take home well crafted unique books.
A materials fee will be payable at the class.
Rosemarie has a Diploma of Art, teaching qualifications and is a graduate of the Sydney Institute of Technology Bookbinding and Restoration course. Painting and teaching art plus bookbinding and
teaching many aspects of it has been her life. Her paintings and books have been in group and individual exhibitions in Australia and internationally with works now in private collections. Current bookbinding teaching includes Artists' Books at COFA (College of Fine Arts, University ofNSW), basic bookbinding for the Sydney Community College and in her bindery in Enmore. Inspired by Australian literature her bindings are often textural and reflect landscape and organic forms. Repair and restoration work, as well as special commissioned bindings, fill her days as well as managing, with her husband, Amazing Paper, a
specialty paper and bookbinding supply retail shop.
Class No 115 - fee $360
NARRATIVE JEWELLERY
Tutor: DAVID MCLEOD
This course will have an emphasis on how we communicate through the art of jewellery .Students will be encouraged and assisted in exploring the stories jewellery tells .Students are encouraged to bring with them a piece of jewellery and or materials that have a narrative context / ie family / personal/ traditional / ritual / historical / occasion marking / location referenced. Using these as a starting point participants will design and make work using cast, carved, and hot and cold connection processes in the construction of jewellery.The workshop will cater to all levels. Those with an existing practice will have chance to expand their skill set and problem solve with the tutor. Materials charge $45 to cover 5gms silver and selection of shell, bone, acrylic , and casting clay.
David is a past lecturer in charge of jewellery at the Otago Polytechnic . Since 2000 David has been designing and making jewellery and since 2007 has been running Quadrant Gallery in Dunedin . Examples of his practice can be seen at www.quadrantgallery.co.nz and www.dmcleod.co.nz
Class No 116 - fee
$195 ( Tuesday, Wednesday (a) OR Thursday, Friday (b) )
TRADITIONAL HAND MADE CHEESE
Tutor : Dave Milner
Have you always wanted to make your own cheese and wondered where to start? Join Dave for a day and a half of “All Things Cheese”. The course will cover the basics of the art of cheese making from raw milk, pasteurisation, starters, cultures, additives/ingredients, processes, maturation and packaging through to final product storage.Four types of cheese will be made on day one – fresh (herb and garlic), white mould (Camembert), hard pressed style and feta style (low salt). On day two there will be further processing of the cheeses as well as sampling the fresh cheeses. You will take your other cheeses home to follow through the process.Dave will have all the equipment, ingredients and recipes available for you to continue making your own cheese at home. All materials used in the course are covered by the fee.Please note on the registration form which days you would prefer to attend this course.
After working in the dairy industry nearly all his working life, Dave moved into cheese making in 1980 when he joined the East Tamaki Dairy Company in Manurewa. That year saw production of the first traditional French-style cheese in New Zealand, initially as Royal Tasman and subsequently the Ornelle range. Nineteen years later Dave became head cheese maker at Whitestone Cheese in Oamaru before moving to Gibbston Valley Cheese. He now travels widely teaching his cheese making workshops. He and his wife, Karen, live on a property at Benhar, South Otago, where they aim to be as self-sufficient as possible.
Class No 117 - fee $380
WOOD CARVING - HERALDIC CRESTS
Tutor: DON POWELL
This course is an opportunity to carve your own ancestral coat of arms or crest, or to carve a project from the thousands of crests available. Beginners, intermediate or advanced carvers are welcome. The basic fundamentals and tool sharpening will be taught and demonstrated . Bring your own tools, but tools to accommodate the beginner and supplement other carvers will be available. Individual attention and demonstration are features of this course. Don will contact students before the course to identify projects and answer any queries. Prospective students are welcome to email him about the course on powelldc@bigpond.net.au
There will be a small charge for wood used in the course.
Don is a Maleny, Queensland, based wood sculptor who displays a deep passion for his work, classically identified by the realism and intricate detail in his carvings. He has a particular affinity for figures but works on a wide range of subjects.
In 1996 Don was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study teaching methods in Europe. He is now a highly respected teacher, author of articles on woodcarving and has been working on a very special project – St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney. Some of Don’s work displays a combination of a variety of timbers and also metal, stone and jewels for stunning effects of colour and texture. Don’s philosophy is that wood fits comfortably with anything, something truly natural, being one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind. |
