Class No 101 - fee $350
WRITING
Tutor - Joe Bennett
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This course is on writing well. Looking at the mechanics of prose, the how-to-do-it practicalities. Dissecting writers from
Henry James to E.L. ‘Fifty Shades’ James to see how they
achieve their effects, or fail to. Then doing it better ourselves.
Joe is English-born, a former teacher, a full-time writer since 1998, a syndicated columnist, and author of too many books.
Class No 102 - fee $350 + materials $15
INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING & PAINTING
Tutor: Jo Tyson
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This course is designed to enable and encourage students who have always wanted to paint and draw, but haven't perhaps done anything since school, and feel really keen, but also dreadfully nervous. There is no need as Jo’s classes are relaxed, joyous and full of fun. Materials used will be palette paint, acrylic paint, chalk and oil pastel and pencils covered by the materials fee.
Jo has been an art teacher for 26 years, and for the past 20 years has taught art classes from her Nelson home on a daily basis to adults and children. She loves people, and teaching for her, is a simply wonderful occupation. The encouragement students give to one another, and the joy they get on creating their inevitably beautiful works, is a continual joy to Jo herself, as is their confidence to paint and draw on their own after this. She exhibits regularly and successfully in Nelson and Wellington.
Class No 103 - fee $350
WRITING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN; DESIGNING & ILLUSTRATING A CHILDRENS PICTURE BOOK
Tutor: Gavin Bishop
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The first part of this course will be about writing short stories for young children. We will look at the differences between stories for reading aloud and stories written to be part of a picture book. The second part of the course will look at all parts that go into making a picture book – the story, the text, the design and the pictures. No previous experience is necessary and a lack of drawing skills will not be a disadvantage. In other words don’t be put off doing this course if you think you can’t draw; there are ways round this. Come and have some fun.
As a picture book author and artist Gavin has published more than 30 books that have been translated into eight languages. He has won numerous awards including the NZ Children’s Picture Book of the Year (1982, 1994 and 2000), NZ Children’s Book of the Year (2000, 2003 and 2008), the Margaret Mahy Medal for Services to Children’s Literature 2000 (New Zealand’s highest honour for children’s literature). He was writer-in-residence at Canterbury University in 2003 and had the Sylvia Ashton Warner Fellowship at Auckland University in 2004. He has also written scripts for television and the libretti for two children’s ballets for the Royal New Zealand Ballet. In recent years he has worked closely with the HIT Lab at Canterbury University on developing the world’s first 3-dimensional, animated picture books.
Class No 104 - fee $350
ACRYLICS WITH A TWIST
Tutor: Stephanie Crisp
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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 $350
IDENTITY AS A PAINTER
Tutor: Nigel Brown
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One way to stand out from the crowd and be interesting as an artist after mastering the basics, is to learn to recognise your own identity through personality, tastes, habits and upbringing. Equipped with this knowledge you can be more motivated, enthusiastic and original. Society may engage with you . Assisting this search for participants the tutor will draw on a range of artists, objects and surroundings as well as his own methodology. This will be an active painting and drawing class suited to the more experienced. Words, discussion and personal input will complement the tutor’s critical feed back .
Nigel Brown’s work expresses his vision of a New Zealand identity, his personal articulation of the realities of the human condition. He attended Elam School of Art between 1968 and ’71 and in 1981 he was awarded a QEII Arts Council Grant for travel to the U.S., U.K. and Western Europe. His paintings and prints reflected the issues of the time – the Springbok tour protests, nuclear disarmament, feminism and the peace movement. In the ‘90s, he focussed mainly on Captain Cook and the Pacific. During that time he was awarded several regional residencies. He was also the first visual artist to receive the Artists of Antarctica Award in 1998. In 2004 his services to painting and printmaking were recognised with the ONZM. He continues to travel and exhibit widely from his home on the south coast near Invercargill.
Class No 106 - fee $350 + $175 materials & press hire
ETCHING WITH COPPER
Tutor: Bruce Latimer
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Participants will experience etching on copper using less toxic and caustic ferric chloride. This method has more potential for the establishment of a home studio. We will start with the basic technique of line etching and after prints have been made, proceed to the application of tone to the plates using a simple aquatint technique. Finally plates can be printed using various colour techniques. Participants are encouraged to bring reference materials such as drawings or photos, relating to their particular environments, either interior or exterior. These will be used to aid in the creation of images expressing the diversity of the places people call home. Varying degrees of representation, from realism to abstraction will be welcomed.
Painter and printmaker Bruce Latimer completed a Diploma of Fine Arts at the National Art School in Sydney in 1973. Bruce lived and worked in New York in the 1970s and 1980s, returning to Australia in 1991. He has held solo exhibitions in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and New York and his work has been included in group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Australia and international exhibitions in the United States and China. He has lectured at the National Art School and the College of Fine Arts since the 1990s. His work is held by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and most state and regional gallery collections throughout the country. www.brucelatimer.com.au
Class 107 - fee $350
THE ART & CRAFT OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
Tutor: John Doogan
This workshop is for intermediate to advanced photographers who want to take their landscape photography to a higher level. It will concentrate on the ‘Art’ (aesthetics) and ‘Craft’ (tools and techniques) of photography.The workshop begins by looking at influences and options, including other photographers’ work, the history of photography and painting’s influence on the development of photography. The craft component will include, but is not limited to: cameras and lenses, the effect of shutter speed, focal length and aperture, use of tripods, fi lters, camera accessories. Although the craft of photography includes computer postprocessing, it is assumed course participants will already be confident users of whatever digital processing equipment and software they bring. John is qualified to teach Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, but this is not a workshop to learn these programmes or to solve computer maintenance issues. There will be several field trips to local areas and students are encouraged to use the early morning and late evening light at locations of their choice. Critique of work is an important part of the workshop. Each student will put work into a daily critiquing session. These sessions are non-competitive and constructive and are a good opportunity for students to get feedback and discuss their work.
John is a professional photographer working in Christchurch and a specialist landscape and outdoors photographer. A Fellow of the NZ Institute of Professional Photographers with many awards over the past 15 years, John is also an Adobe Ambassador. His long association with Adobe includes presenting workshops, testing software and teaching photographers the finer points of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
Kahikatea at Lake Brunner - photo by John Doogan
Class No. 108 - fee $350
THE COMPLETE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO DIGITAL
Tutor: Dave Wethey
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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 $350
MAKING THE RIGHT PHOTOGRAPH (Not the Perfect Photograph)
Tutor - Ian Poole
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Ian will use his extensive background in advertising photography, teaching and image assessment to discuss and implement a photography style that is suited to your particular and unique interests. Topics covered will include (but be prepared to be distracted as the workshop unfolds): developing a personal style; analysing existing work and looking for new directions; avenues for sharing your photography (artist books, photobooks, exhibitions); the photographic print is not dead; audio visual presentations to provoke discussion and debate; film versus digital. Please bring some images (prints or digital files), which reflect the style of work currently being produced, and some thoughts about where you would like to head with your photography. This will be a collaborative process involving assessment and re-assessment of photographic images. Ian will work with Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Lightroom 4, and a cursory knowledge of basic digital processing would be a distinct advantage. Having access to your own laptop computer would be an advantage and the classroom is equipped with digital projection facilities. Bring your camera(s), lenses, lots of cards, a tripod and a heap of enthusiasm! This is NOT a post-production tutorial workshop, but these tools will be used to obtain final output. Film based capture is not a dirty word (using scanned files), but the rationale behind this workshop will be digital based. Ian has just gifted over one cubic meters of negative based material from his commercial career to the State Library of Queensland, so is very conversant with the medium.
Ian is an Associate of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography, an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography, holds a Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts from Griffith University, is currently a practicing portrait photographer and a Director of Foto Frenzy, a Brisbane based teaching, exhibition and fine art printing facility. His previous life as an advertising/commercial photographer (30 years) and a lecturer at both the Griffith University and the Queensland University of Technology (19 years) give him a solid basis from which to critique, assess, assist and motivate your personal photographic dreams and aspirations.
On the Rough Ridge Central Otago by Ian Poole
Class No 110A - fee $140
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 $210
FLY FISHING (a three day class - Wednesday Thursday, Friday)
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 by Gilbert van Reenen www.cleangreen.co.nz
Class No 111 - fee $375
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 - fee $350
BOOK ARTS
Tutor - Rosemarie Jeffers - Palmer
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Two different book structures will be covered during this course. A Carolingian Medieval book and a concertina stub binding called a Lamella will be taught. The Carolingian book is an interesting early binding style featuring decorative cord attachment. The covers are made separately and attached at the point of sewing. It opens flat and is suitable for an Artists' book or blank journal. The Lamella can also be a blank book but is a very suitable structure where internal pages become an Artists' Book or album. It also opens completely to the centre of each section. The pages plus the spine area both offer interesting design possibilities. Both books will explore creative ways to decorate covers in leather and/or paper. Some time will be given to design principles and how to apply them to internal pages and cover designing. 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 have 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 of NSW), 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 113 - fee $350 + $140 ingredients
COOKING WITH AN EDGE
Tutor: Adie McClelland
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Come and join Adie producing uncomplicated delicious food with a real edge - stylish yet very straight forward - Asian and Mediterranean -inspired recipes using fresh seasonal ingredients - designed to be easily prepared, to be served without ceremony and to be eaten with joy and good company.
Adie McClelland is a widely travelled foodie. After bluffing her way into a job as cook on chartered yachts in Greece, Elizabeth David’s book, Mediterranean Food became her bible. She subsequently trained with Roger Verge, the famous Michelin starred chef, at his school in Mougins. She worked as the first European chef for a major Hong Kong law firm and then went back for a stint at Prue Leith’s cookery school in London. On moving to Wellington she became the chef at Fay Richwhite. Today she has a small intimate cooking school in her own kitchen; she is a food consultant, tutor, private caterer and the author of two books, Black Dog Cottage Cookbook and Second Black Dog Cookbook.
Class No 114 - fee $350
QUILT ART - WORKING IN SERIES
Tutor: Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer
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One thing leads to another, in both your day-to-day life and in your art work. Whether you are a traditional quilter or a contemporary quilter who has never employed an historic quilt pattern in your fibre work, there is a joyful flow that happens when you allow one visual idea to seed another. This class is about taking your work one step further and using your personal imagery to develop a series, but it’s equally about learning how to pay attention. How to pay attention to the imagery you generate, to how you generate your ideas, and to how those ideas and imagery develop from quilt to quilt. How will we get there? We’ll look at quilts and fibre art by artists who successfully exploit the possibilities of working in a series. We’ll execute a quick no-sew guided series of small-scale pieces that will reveal how composition, colour choices and quilting lines can intensify, clarify, or abstract an image. By paying attention to how we work and what we’re drawn to, we’ll use the information, ideas, and inspiration from this assigned series to begin the next, more personal one. Construction techniques will be demonstrated as needed, but the focus of the class will be on how design, composition, and construction choices support the Big Idea – the intent of our art work.
Jeannette lives and makes quilts in Portland, Oregon, where she taught in the Studio School of the Oregon College of Art and Craft. She is the subject of a monograph by art critic Sandra Sider, The Studio Art Quilt: Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer, and the co-editor of SPEAKING IN CLOTH: 6 Quilters, 6 Voices. Jeannette has had solo exhibitions in the US and overseas, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Christchurch, NorthArt in Auckland, and the Taia Gallery in Wellington. She has written for fibre publications in the U.S., New Zealand, and the U.K. She was awarded a residency at the Christchurch Arts Centre in 2007 and has led workshops in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and across the United States.
Class No 115 - fee $350 + $50 materials fee
JEWELLERY
Tutor: David McLeod
The use of hydraulic forming for jewellery making. This course will introduce the use of the hydraulic press as a means of creating components for jewellery making. These techniques can be conducted using a heavy vice or a larger custom press that will be available for use in the workshop. This technique uses moulds and templates cut or carved from brass, steel, titanium and acrylic. This versatile process lends itself to the formation of raised forms that can be small vessels, as well as making impressions into annealed metals. In conjunction with the use of punches and repoussé and other texturing techniques hydraulic forming can greatly expand the jeweller’s repertoire. Students will be able to emulate the press at home using a medium to heavyweight engineer’s vice. David will also provide information on making a press and other modes of texturing and making repeat elements using simpler technologies will be considered. Students will be encouraged and assisted in a wide range of technical skills and design development. The materials fee covers basic materials , but there will be a charge for extra materials used in developing projects. These will be available for purchase in class. Bring enthusiasm, a willingness to play and explore new possibilities and examples of your work and/or drawings. You’re welcome to bring other work you want assistance with.
David is a past lecturer in jewellery, sculpture and 3D design at the Otago Polytechnic . He uses a wide range of techniques and materials in his contemporary jewellery practice. Since 2000 he has been working full time as a jeweller and co-owner of Quadrant Gallery in Dunedin. www.quadrantgallery.co.nz
Class No 116 - fee $175
ACTING FOR STAGE & FOR SCREEN
( Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday morning (a) OR Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday (b) )
Tutor : MIRANDA HARCOURT
Miranda's acting courses include a mix of science, psychology and acting methodology. She shows excerpts from film and TV to illustrate the work. And everything is supported by active, engaging and memorable exercises. Students will work on scenes and mini-monologues both onstage and on-camera. Miranda will teach her 4 core concepts: connection, white space, internal landscape and vista, plus many other approaches and references that will sharpen you as an actor. Students will receive a script to learn a week before the class. Please note on the registration form which days you would prefer to attend the course.
Miranda is an award-winning actress and director. She performed the solo show Verbatim in prisons around the world. She played Gemma in the classic NZ TV series Gloss and most recently appeared on TV in Tangiwai. She has toured New Zealand with the family series Flowers from My Mother's Garden and Biography of My Skin. You may recognise her voice from the Hyundai ads on TV and from Hairy McClary. She is also an award-winning director, her CV includes Shakespeare and contemporary plays for Downstage, Circa, NZ International Festival of the Arts and ATC. Miranda is also a Hollywood screen acting coach, working via skype and in person all over the world from London to LA, from Thailand to Hawaii. |
