Art & Creativity

Upcycle Clothing with Textile ResQ

Wednesday 7.00 – 9.00 pm (6  Weeks)

Want to learn how to zhuzh up pre-loved clothing?  This is an upcycling course using discarded fabrics and clothing.  We’ll show you some creative ways to transform waste goods into beautiful, useful items.  This can be turning jeans into skirts, doing visible mending or turning men’s shirts into Big Girls Blouses.  BYO clothes or dip into our stash of second hand textiles and haberdasheries.  Basic sewing and sewing machine skills required.

Sewing With Confidence

6  OR 8 Weeks

For beginners to experienced sewers. Improve your confidence in using the sewing machine, over-locker, choosing patterns and fabrics. Students each work on their own chosen garment/item.

Crochet for Beginners

Wednesday  7.00 – 8.30 pm (8 weeks)

This course is for complete beginners.  Learn stitches, create beautiful squares, and transform them into a cozy blanket or something you desire.  Enjoy hands-on guidance, creative projects, and a supportive group.  Start crafting your unique crochet and unleash your creativiey.  BYO materials or purchase at class.

Drawing For All Levels

Tuesday  6.30 – 8.30 pm (6 weeks)

For beginners through to experienced students.  You will explore various drawing approaches with a range of media to develop your observational and expressive skills.

Painting For All Levels

Thursday  6.30 – 9.00 pm (6 weeks)

A fun and relaxed painting class for the beginner through to the experienced artist. Choose your medium to paint in (eg: acrylics, oils or watercolours). Each session will begin with a short introduction on a different subject (eg: colour theory, values, perspective, figures, composition, painting from live vs. photograph). Then the lesson will continue “one on one” to further develop and explore your own subject and style. Paint from a still life or your photograph.

Life Writing – Creative Non-fiction                                 

Thursday 7.00 –9.00 pm (8 weeks)

This creative writing class will encourage you to write with sincerity and heart, drawing upon your own experiences as the basis for the creative non-fiction, in a supportive and encouraging environment which nutures “stretch” and “risk”.  Most people are eligible for a 50% subsidy.

Digital Photography

Thursday 6.30 –8.30 pm (8 weeks)

You will gain a stronger understanding and confidence in using your digital camera.  Techniques to increase your success and take control of the creative aspects of photography will be taught in a fun and highly informative course.  Most people are eligible for a 50% subsidy.